NEWS
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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
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Kenny Wang championed in the Faculty of Science 3 Minute Thesis Competition. Wish him good luck in the final competition of PolyU! - June 2025
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Welcome Wang Yunfei - Felicia (Year 1 student, major in Applied Biology and Biotechnology - ABCT Dept) to join our lab as a Student Assistant! She has also received a URIS scholarship for research and will start her URIS project in Sept 2025. - May 2025
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We were very pleased to meet Prof Manuel Coimbra from Aveiro University Portugal, also the Chief Editor of Carbohydrate Polymer (IF = 12.5) during the ICPNFF 2025 conference at PolyU. - May 2025
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Our work on Metabolomic insights into the prebiotic and metabolic regulatory properties of ellagic acid and urolithins on probiotic-like bacteria in vitro (led by Kenny Wang and Yang Yang) has been published on Current Research in Microbial Sciences - June 2025
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Mr Xiong Jie joined our lab (SZRI) as a Research Assistant - May 2025
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As a representative of FSN and lead lecturer of FSN's taught doctorate program - Doctor of Food Science and Management (DFSM) program, Dr. Zhao visited Xi'an Jiaotong University and local food industries in Xi'an, China. This trip led to the signing of MoU and establishment of joint academic programs. – Apr 2025
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Congratulations to Kenny for successfully completing his confirmation of registration and transition from MPhil to PhD program! – Apr 2025
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Congratulations to Dr Jianing Liu for being awarded the HKSMS Travel Grant 2025! This Jun, Jianing and Kenny will give two presentations at The 10th Asia-Oceania Mass Spectrometry Conference in Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan – Mar 2025
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Our group developed a novel integrated workflow for untargeted metabolomics & lipidomics (led by Dr Wenjie Wu), and the work has been published on Analytical Chemistry - Jan 2025
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
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)
Dr. Daisy Zhao
Engaged in extensive academic exchanges with faculty members and students
The 20th Annual Conference of the Metabolomics Society
Metabolomics 2024, Osaka, Japan
Dr. Daisy Zhao
(Metabolomics Society -
Early Career Researcher Award 2024)
Visit to Xi'an Jiaotong University (Apr 2025)
Dr. 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 - Dr. 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 - Dr. Daisy Zhao
Asia-Oceania Mass Spectrometry Conference 2023 (Jeju Island, Korea)
Keynote speaker and Session chair
- Dr. Daisy Zhao
An integrated approach with enhanced matrix removal for high-throughput metabolomics and lipidomics analyses
ASN Nutrition 2023 Conference (Boston, USA)
Oral Presentation - Dr. 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