News & Stories
2021

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Why HKUST? Eyeing GBA Opportunities
Hong Kong may not be the popular choice of higher education for many Malaysian students but Jason and Chu Henn see the competitive advantage of HKUST over many leading universities in the world. In the last of the three-part series, the Malaysian students share how studying at HKUST has enriched their international exposure and networking opportunities in the Greater Bay Area.

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HKUST decodes a deep-sea vent-endemic snail hologenome and unveils its living strategies in the extreme environment
Gigantopelta aegis (Photo credit: Dr. CHEN Chong from JAMSTEC)
A research team led by Prof. QIAN Peiyuan, Head and Chair Professor from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)’s Department of Ocean Science and David von Hansemann Professor of Science, has published their cutting-edge findings of symbiotic mechanisms of a deep-sea vent snail (Gigantopelta aegis) in the scientific journal Nature Communications.