Prof. Lei SUN, member of the Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA) and Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, has been awarded a fellowship under the Research Grants Council’s (RGC) Senior Research Fellow Scheme (SRFS) 2025/26. In each round of the yearly exercise, SRFS provides ten places encompassing all academic disciplines, which Prof. Sun is an awardee, recognising his exceptional research achievements in biomedical engineering.
His innovative project “Development of sonogenetics for non-human primates” aims to develop 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 new sonogentics can contribute to the dissection of global neural network connections, establish a better understanding of the circuits underlying neurological and psychiatric disorders, ultimately serve as a valuable therapeutic tool.
His remarkable success recognises the contributions of RISA scholars in advancing biomedical engineering and healthcare. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Prof. Sun for his outstanding accomplishments.
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智齡研究院成員、理大生物醫學工程學系教授孫雷教授在2025/26 年度研究資助局（研資局）「高級研究學者計劃」中得獎及獲頒「研資局高級研究學者」名銜。計劃每年頒發 10 個獲獎名額，涵蓋所有學科。孫教授是其中一位得獎者，此殊榮肯定他在生物醫學工程領域上取得的非凡成就。
孫教授帶領的「開發非人靈長類動物適用的聲遺傳學」創新性項目旨在開發一種針對非人靈長類動物的新型聲遺傳學方法，並評估其在細胞特異性、空間精確性和穿透能力的表現。此方法有助剖析神經網絡的連結機制，理解與神經和精神疾病相關的迴路，為日後發展具潛力的治療工具提供新思路。
此殊榮肯定智齡研究院學者在推動生物醫學工程及醫療領域發展的貢獻。我們衷心祝賀孫教授的卓越成就。
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