Congratulations to Prof. Lei SUN
Congratulations to Prof. Lei SUN on being awarded the fellowship under the Research Grants Council’s (RGC) Senior Research Fellow Scheme (SRFS) 2025/26, in recognition of his outstanding research achievements in the field of biomedical engineering.
SRFS aims to provide sustained support to exceptionally outstanding researchers at the University Grants Committee-funded universities in Hong Kong. In each round of the yearly exercise, SRFS provides ten places encompassing all academic disciplines.
As one of the ten SRFS awardees, Prof. Lei SUN led the SRFS project “Development of sonogenetics for non-human primates”, which is aimed at developing a new version of sonogenetics specifically for non-human primates and to investigate its performance in terms of cellular specificity, spatial accuracy and penetration capability. This non-invasive method for modulating specific brain regions has the potential to open a new dimension for ultrasound stimulation, offering a ground-breaking and critical approach to non-invasive, precise brain stimulation with deep brain penetration. This new sonogentics may lead to the dissection of global neural network connections, a better understanding of the circuits underlying neurological and psychiatric disorders, and ultimately serve as a valuable therapeutic tool.
Congratulations once again to Prof. SUN on his exceptional research achievement!
