[February 2024 issue]

NA-affiliated Dr. Wang Xin, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Professor Zhou Renjie, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering received the Research Impact Fund from the Research Grants Council for their project entitled “Development of Liquid Biopsy Assays Based on Exosomal Small Non-coding RNAs for Non-invasive Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer” and “Quantitative Phase Imaging Promoting Cell Biology, Biomedicine, New Materials and Beyond” respectively. The fund aims to encourage local universities to conduct more impactful research and collaborate with stakeholders outside academia.