NEWS
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Congratulations to Prof. Daisy Zhao for securing tenure professorship and being promoted to Associate Professor! - May 2026
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Congratulations to Dr. Liu Jianing for securing an Associate Professor position at the Ocean University of China! - Apr 2026
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Congratulations to our URIS student Wang Yunfei (Felicia) for being awarded the Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Programme 2026. She is now participating in a 12-week research internship at McGill University Canada this summer! - Mar 2026
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Congratulations to Dr. Wu Wenjie for securing a Professor in Practice position at the Human University of Medicine! - Feb 2026
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Congratulations to Anna for completing her undergraduate study at PolyU with 1st Class Honors; Congratulations to Bojian for completing his Master of Science study at PolyU with Distinction
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Welcome Yu Xinyu (Anna) to join us as a Research Assistant - Oct 2025
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We warmly welcome 3 new PhD students to join our team: Chen Bojian, Xiong Jie Jaydern and Wu Haijiang. - Sept 2025
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
The 2nd Conference of Metabolomics for Health
(Shanghai, China) (May 2026)
Oral Presentation - Prof. Daisy Zhao
Best Young Scientist Talk (Grand Prize)
Visit to DiPROBIO (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Apr 2026)
Prof. Daisy Zhao
Explored collaborative project on next-generation probiotic research for metabolic disorders and travel-related stress
Prof. James Simon, distinguished professor in plant science from Rutgers University-State University of New Jersey visited PolyU and our lab at the beginning of the new year! (Jan 2026)
Prof. Simon encouraged our students to cherish wild dreams and work hard at them.
RGC summit 2025 - Young Collaborative Research Fund project
Poster Presentation - Miss DENG Fanghui
ASM-SIAT Symposium on Microbes in Biotechnology 2025 (Shenzhen, China)
Oral Presentation - Prof. Daisy Zhao
"Pyruvate-driven hydrogen production promotes polyphenol bioconversion by gut bacteria"
PolyU ABCT Research Postgraduate Symposium 2025
e-Poster Presentation - Miss DENG Fanghui
(Best Poster Presentation Award)
PolyU FSN Research Postgraduate Symposium 2025
Oral Presentation - Miss LEE Pui Kei
(Best Oral Presentation and People's Choice Award )
Exchange student from Zhejiang University (Jul-Aug 2025)
Miss Luo Ruimin
(Y3 summer research student from College of Animal Science of Zhejiang University, Jul-Aug 2025)
Wish her all the best in her future study!
Visit to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and the Eastern Institute of Technology (Ningbo) (May 2025)
Prof. Daisy Zhao
Engaged in extensive academic exchanges with faculty members and students
The 20th Annual Conference of the Metabolomics Society
Metabolomics 2024, Osaka, Japan
Prof. Daisy Zhao
(Metabolomics Society -
Early Career Researcher Award 2024)
Visit to Xi'an Jiaotong University (Apr 2025)
Prof. Daisy Zhao
(representative of FSN and lead lecturer of FSN's taught doctorate (DFSM) program)
The 26th Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors – East Meets West Symposium 2024
Poster Presentation - Miss LEE Pui Kei
(Young Investigator Poster Presentation Award -First Place)
FSN Excellent Research Output Scholarship Department Research Award
Miss LEE Pui Kei and Dr. YANG Yang
HKSMS Symposium 2024
Poster Presentation - Miss YANG Yang and Mr. WANG Ke
(Best Poster Presentation Award: Miss YANG Yang)
Metabolomic insights into the prebiotic-like and metabolic regulatory properties of ellagic acid and urolithins on commensal gut bacteria in vitro (YANG yang)
Anti-inflammatory and Metabolic Regulatory Effects of Ocular-Accumulative Phenolic Compounds in An In Vitro Model of Dry Eye Disease (WANG Ke)
iCOVER meeting. 23 May, 2024, Hong Kong
Poster Presentation - Mr. WANG Ke
Investigation of the therapeutic effects and mechanisms of action of natural phenolic metabolites in an in vitro dry eye disease model
Dr. Zhao was invited to give a keynote invited talk at The 8th World Chinese Mass Spectrometry Conference (第八届世界华人质谱研讨会) in Xi'an, China (中国西安).
Keynote speaker - Prof. Daisy Zhao
An integrated approach with enhanced matrix removal for high-throughput metabolomics and lipidomics analyses
This Special Issue on Nutrients (IF: 5.9; JCR - Q1 (Nutrition & Dietetics)) welcomes authors to submit original research articles or reviews to address the health impacts of plant-based foods and their bioactive components on cardiometabolic disorders.
Special Issue Editor - Prof. Daisy Zhao
Asia-Oceania Mass Spectrometry Conference 2023 (Jeju Island, Korea)
Keynote speaker and Session chair
- Prof. Daisy Zhao
An integrated approach with enhanced matrix removal for high-throughput metabolomics and lipidomics analyses
ASN Nutrition 2023 Conference (Boston, USA)
Oral Presentation - Prof. Daisy Zhao
Combined application of ellagic acid and urolithin-producing bacteria enhanced anti-obesity efficacy and phenolic bioavailability in diet-induced obese mice.
ASN Nutrition 2023 Conference (Boston, USA)
Poster Presentation - Miss LEE Pui Kei
Investigation of the Anti-Diabetic Effects of Chinese Sweet Tea Leaf Extract and Its Fermented Product In Vitro and In Vivo
PolyU ABCT Research Postgraduate Symposium 2023
Poster Presentation - Miss LEE Pui Kei
(Best Poster Presentation Award)
Investigation of the Anti-Diabetic Effects of Chinese Sweet Tea Leaf Extract In Vitro and In Vivo
PAIR Conference 2023
Poster Presentation - Miss YANG Yang
(Best Poster Presentation Award)
Co-supplementation of ellagic acid and urolithin-producing bacteria enhanced anti-obesity efficacy and phenolic bioavailability in diet-induced obese mice
PAIR Conference 2023
Poster Presentation - Miss LEE Pui Kei
(Best Poster Presentation Award)
Bioavailability of Schisandrin B and its interactions with 5-Fluorouracil in a xengraft mouse model of colorectal cancer
Botanical Symposium 2022
Poster Presentation - Miss LEE Pui Kei
(Best Poster Presentation Award - 2nd Prize)
Bioavailability of Schisandrin B and its interactions with 5-Fluorouracil in a xengraft mouse model of colorectal cancer