• HOME
  • NEWS
  • EXPLORE
    • CAREER
      • Companies
      • Jobs
    • EVENTS
    • iGEM
      • News
      • Team
    • PHOTOS
    • VIDEO
    • WIKI
  • BLOG
  • COMMUNITY
    • FACEBOOK
    • INSTAGRAM
    • TWITTER
Thursday, October 2, 2025
BIOENGINEER.ORG
No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • HOME
  • NEWS
  • EXPLORE
    • CAREER
      • Companies
      • Jobs
        • Lecturer
        • PhD Studentship
        • Postdoc
        • Research Assistant
    • EVENTS
    • iGEM
      • News
      • Team
    • PHOTOS
    • VIDEO
    • WIKI
  • BLOG
  • COMMUNITY
    • FACEBOOK
    • INSTAGRAM
    • TWITTER
  • HOME
  • NEWS
  • EXPLORE
    • CAREER
      • Companies
      • Jobs
        • Lecturer
        • PhD Studentship
        • Postdoc
        • Research Assistant
    • EVENTS
    • iGEM
      • News
      • Team
    • PHOTOS
    • VIDEO
    • WIKI
  • BLOG
  • COMMUNITY
    • FACEBOOK
    • INSTAGRAM
    • TWITTER
No Result
View All Result
Bioengineer.org
No Result
View All Result
Home NEWS Science News Chemistry

HKU holds inauguration ceremony for the New Cornerstone Science Laboratory

Bioengineer by Bioengineer
May 23, 2023
in Chemistry
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
New Cornerstone Science Lab
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedinShare on RedditShare on Telegram

The laboratory of Professor Shuang Zhang, Chair Professor of the Department of Physics and the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the University of Hong Kong (HKU), has become the first New Cornerstone Science Laboratory (“the Laboratory”) at HKU.

New Cornerstone Science Lab

Credit: The University of Hong Kong

The laboratory of Professor Shuang Zhang, Chair Professor of the Department of Physics and the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the University of Hong Kong (HKU), has become the first New Cornerstone Science Laboratory (“the Laboratory”) at HKU.

The Inauguration Ceremony for the Laboratory was held on May 15. Professor Peng Gong, Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Development), and Professor Shuang Zhang, HKU;  and Ms Wurong Wang, Vice President of Tencent, and Vice President and Secretary-General of the New Cornerstone Science Foundation, officiated at the ceremony.

The New Cornerstone Science Laboratory was set up by the New Cornerstone Science Foundation (“the Foundation”) as a platform for launching research work and academic exchange. Tencent established the Foundation in 2022 to provide long-term support for basic research with a funding of RMB 10 billion over 10 years. The New Cornerstone Investigator Programme (“the Programme”) is a non-profit and independent funding initiative which takes an innovative approach to encouraging basic research spearheaded by leading scientists. The Programme focuses on Mathematics and Physical Sciences, and Biological and Biomedical Sciences, and encourages interdisciplinary research between the two areas. 

Professor Zhang has been named among the first batch of three leading scientists from Hong Kong under the Programme. His research interests primarily focus on the topological phenomena of high-dimensional photon systems, photonic strong topological insulators, the impact of vacuum fluctuations on electronic transport in two-dimensional materials, and the realization of new electromagnetic media, such as Tellegen media, using metamaterials.

Professor Peng Gong congratulated Professor Zhang for being selected for the Programme. He said that HKU, which is 112 years’ old, is a world-renowned university with the most comprehensive disciplines in Hong Kong.  It is a university with disciplinary advantages and characteristics. It has accumulated long-term advantages in basic research and innovation, and has cultivated generations of outstanding talents. It is the university with the most internationalised teaching staff in China. Especially since 2018, under the leadership of HKU President Xiang Zhang, the world’s top scholars have been vigorously introduced, and Professor Shuang Zhang serves as an excellent example of the outstanding scholars recruited.  

A briefing session for the Programme was held right after the Inauguration Ceremony. During the session, the Secretariat of the Programme gave a comprehensive introduction on project positioning, application requirements, and application methods.

Please click here for the Powerpoint slides on the briefing session of the Programme, and here for the video of the briefing session. (HKU Portal Login required for viewing the Powerpoint slides and video)

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Melanie Wan, Communications and Public Affairs Office, HKU at tel:  2859 2600, or via email:  [email protected].



Share12Tweet8Share2ShareShareShare2

Related Posts

blank

Palladium Filters Pave the Way for More Affordable, Efficient Hydrogen Fuel Production

October 1, 2025
Revolutionary Organic Molecule Poised to Transform Solar Energy Harvesting

Revolutionary Organic Molecule Poised to Transform Solar Energy Harvesting

October 1, 2025

Innovative Biochar Technology Offers Breakthrough in Soil Remediation and Crop Protection

October 1, 2025

CATNIP Tool Expands Access to Sustainable Chemistry Through Data-Driven Innovation

October 1, 2025

POPULAR NEWS

  • New Study Reveals the Science Behind Exercise and Weight Loss

    New Study Reveals the Science Behind Exercise and Weight Loss

    91 shares
    Share 36 Tweet 23
  • New Study Indicates Children’s Risk of Long COVID Could Double Following a Second Infection – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

    76 shares
    Share 30 Tweet 19
  • Physicists Develop Visible Time Crystal for the First Time

    74 shares
    Share 30 Tweet 19
  • How Donor Human Milk Storage Impacts Gut Health in Preemies

    64 shares
    Share 26 Tweet 16

About

We bring you the latest biotechnology news from best research centers and universities around the world. Check our website.

Follow us

Recent News

Early EBV-DNA Clearance Boosts Nasopharyngeal Survival

The RESTART Trial Explores Drug Targeting Toxic HIV Protein

Decoding the Magnetic Mathematics of Breast Health

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 60 other subscribers
  • Contact Us

Bioengineer.org © Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Homepages
    • Home Page 1
    • Home Page 2
  • News
  • National
  • Business
  • Health
  • Lifestyle
  • Science

Bioengineer.org © Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved.