Dr Xin ZHAO, Associate Professor
Dr Xin ZHAO, Associate Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, PolyU, has been awarded funding from the highly competitive China’s Excellent Young Scientists Fund 2021 (國家優秀青年科學基金) with the project “Engineering biomimetic microenvironment for bone repair”. She will receive HKD1.92 million to support her research project in Hong Kong over a three-year period.
Under the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Fund was extended to young scientists in Hong Kong and Macau at eight designated universities since 2019. A total of 25 young scholars from Hong Kong and Macau are awarded funding this year.
Congratulations to Dr Zhao!
今年，香港理工大學(理大)有一個項目獲選「優秀青年科學家基金項目」。該項目名為「骨修復材料仿生微環境構建」，由理大生物醫學工程學系副教授趙昕博士負責。趙博士從臨床病理出發，研究細胞外微環境中各類因素對細胞行為及功能影響，通過材料設計、修飾及加工，構建具有不同功能的新型組織工程支架，以期提高相關疾病臨床診療效果。
Online coverage:
Ta Kung Pao -https://polyu.me/3j7UuLD
