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Hong Kong registered a record-breaking of Covid-19 cases in July, pushing its total infections over 3,000 since its first coronavirus outbreak in late January. The Infectious Disease Modelling Group at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) recently has developed a comprehensive computer model that can tell the pattern of disease transmission and helps to predict effective measures against a Fourth Wave in Hong Kong.
Innovative findings on high entropy alloys for both functional and structural applications by the HKIAS Materials Science Cluster and researchers at CityU were featured on various leading scientific journals, including Science, Advanced Materials, Nature Communications, Acta Materialia, Materials Today, and Materials Research Letters.
香港城市大学（城大）香港高等研究院（高等研究院）领导的一支研究团队研發了针对功能和结构应用的新型高熵合金，为开發重型结构材料带来突破性进展。研究团队于多份顶尖学术期刊發表相关论文，包括《科学》，《先进材料》，《自然通讯》，《今日材料》，《Acta Materialia》和《材料研究快报》。
香港城市大學（城大）香港高等研究院（高等研究院）領導的一支研究團隊研發了針對功能和結構應用的新型高熵合金，為開發重型結構材料帶來突破性進展。研究團隊於多份頂尖學術期刊發表相關論文，包括《科學》，《先進材料》，《自然通訊》，《今日材料》，《Acta Materialia》和《材料研究快報》。
The doors of the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (HKIAS) at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) were reopened in May for the launch of the institute’s first series of lectures since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Made possible by a generous grant from the Kwang Hua Education Foundation, the HKIAS Distinguished Lecture Series on Life Sciences aims to identify and showcase the work of life scientists and neuroscientists at CityU whose research cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries.
The interdisciplinary nature of neuroscience continues to invite new perspectives on the brain. Yet, there are still many unknowns about the organ responsible for the biological success of the human species. Organized by the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (HKIAS) at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU), and as part of the HKIAS Distinguished Lecture Series on Life Sciences, two talks explored the human brain’s mysteries.
Professor George Fu Gao, HKIAS Senior Fellow and Director of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, and Chinese scientists have created an artificial protein that they say could be the basis of a vaccine to help ward off various deadly coronaviruses, including the pathogen that causes Covid-19. In a peer-reviewed paper published in the scientific journal Cell on 28 June 2020, the research team led by Professor Gao said the approach triggered a strong antibody response in mice and monkey trials to Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) and the Covid-19 coronavirus. According to Professor Gao, the framework of immunogen design can be universally applied to other betacoronavirus vaccines to counter emerging threats.
香港高等研究院资深院士、中国疾控中心主任兼中科院微生物所教授高福教授及其研究团队研究了一种针对COVID-19、MERS和SARS的β冠状病毒疫苗的通用设计，并在6月28日于国际顶级学术期刊《细胞》（Cell）發表了题为「A universal design of betacoronavirus vaccines against COVID-19， MERS and SARS」的论文。高教授及其研究团队指出，该免疫原设计框架可普遍应用于其他β冠状病毒疫苗，以应对未来可能出现的新的威胁。
香港高等研究院資深院士、中國疾控中心主任兼中科院微生物所教授高福教授及其研究團隊研究了一種針對COVID-19、MERS和SARS的β冠狀病毒疫苗的通用設計，並在6月28日於國際頂級學術期刊《細胞》（Cell）發表了題為「A universal design of betacoronavirus vaccines against COVID-19， MERS and SARS」的論文。高教授及其研究團隊指出，該免疫原設計框架可普遍應用於其他β冠狀病毒疫苗，以應對未來可能出現的新的威脅。
Professor David J. Srolovitz, a leading scholar in theoretical and computational materials science, presented a lecture series titled “Grain Boundary Structure and Dynamics: a tutorial” as part of the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study (HKIAS) Distinguished Tutorial Series in Materials Science at City University of Hong Kong (CityU). The tutorial series is composed of four enlightening lectures and is sponsored by a generous donation from the Kwang Hua Educational Foundation.