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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today invited Mr Zhang Ruimin, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Haier Group as a keynote speaker for a Distinguished Lecture. On his first visit to Hong Kong, Mr Zhang spoke to the enthusiastic audience comprising 500 HKUST members, professionals and members of the public on the theme of ‘Successful Enterprises Move with the Times’, during which he shared Haier’s experience of Self-management Model and key to sustainable development.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) presented today (18 September) The Shaw Prize Lecture in Life Science & Medicine 2012 featuring the distinguished recipients of this year’s Shaw Prize in Life Science & Medicine, Prof Arthur L Horwich and Prof Franz-Ulrich Hartl. Some 400 participants including HKUST students, faculty, alumni, as well as experts from research institutes, industry, secondary school students and the public were impressed by the inspiring lectures.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has shot up in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds World University Ranking by Subjects, with chemistry placing 11th and five engineering subjects – Computer Science, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering – making a giant leap into top 20 or better. Amongst the 17 subjects for which HKUST was ranked, 12 subjects enjoyed an improved standing compared with last year.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) signed an agreement yesterday (28 August) in Xi’an to establish the XJTU-HKUST Joint School of Sustainable Development (JSSD). To tie in with the economic and social development needs of Central and Western regions of Mainland China and beyond, JSSD will focus on promoting sustainability, through nurturing the talents, promoting frontier knowledge and providing advanced technology. It will also create capabilities in the areas of sustainable energy, chemical engineering, materials science, environment, infrastructure, population and socioeconomic development. Both universities are forming a strategic cooperation to foster a new synergetic regional economic development mode.

A cooperation agreement was signed today between spin-off companies of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and the Guangzhou General Pharmaceutical Research Institute of the Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited for the development of novel targeted anticancer drugs and other new drugs from natural sources. An effort to modernize Chinese medicine writ large, the agreement signals advances in the development of novel drugs and healthcare products.

Prof Zhenguo Wu of the Division of Life Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and his research team have discovered a novel protein Pax3/7BP that plays an influential role in skeletal muscle stem cells. This groundbreaking discovery could lead to more effective stem cell treatments for various muscle diseases including muscular dystrophy. Skeletal muscle stem cells function differently at different developmental stages. They are responsible for normal skeletal muscle growth in young animals including humans and for injury-induced muscle regeneration in adult animals. In skeletal muscle tissues, Pax7 is a protein that is uniquely present in muscle stem cells and is indispensable for muscle stem cell functions in young animals. However, until recently how Pax7 regulates the functions of muscle stem cells had remained unclear.

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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) hosted its second-ever Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS-HK), with 16 undergraduates from the US and Hong Kong coming under the tutelage of university faculty and industry professionals to apply mathematical theories and computational skills to a wide palette of real-life problems proposed by the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), Huawei, MetLife and BGI.