Annual Report 2014–15

中大隊以「固氮菌集束轉型蛋白缺氧 表達系統」為題參賽。他們改變棕色 固氮菌的基因，令細菌將二氧化碳轉 換成甲烷及其他碳化合物，在土壤及 污水等有氧環境中分解有害物質。 醫學院五年級生高浩博 士憑其有關視覺神經網 絡的研究，晉身2014年 Eppendorf & 神經生物學獎三甲，於 國際權威期刊《科學》 發表得獎文章總結其科 研成果，是該獎自2002 年成立以來首位獲此殊 榮的香港科學家。 在2015年6月28日舉行的「挑戰盃」 香港大學生課外學術科技作品競賽頒 獎典禮上，中大的十四項參賽作品 全部皆獲表揚，獲獎數目為全港院校 之冠。 生命科學學院本科生石致宇、博士研 究生盧芳泉及梁敬邦（左二至四） 發明的「污水處理一 步通」，奪得該賽 事的全場最高榮譽 大獎——特等獎， 此項目同時獲生命 科學組別的一等 獎。 The winning project of the CUHK team was named ABCDE ( Azotobacter vinelandii Cluster-transformable & Deoxygenated protein Expression system). Azotobacter vinelandii is a bacterium that naturally exists in soil. By mutating its gene, the CUHK team developed an intracellular anaerobic protein expression system, in which different oxygen sensitive proteins or enzymes are able to function. By adding remodelled nitrogenase and hydrogenase, the bacteria can covert carbon dioxide into methane and other carbon compounds in a natural aerobic environment. With research on synaptic connections in the neocortex, Dr. Ko Ho Owen, Year 5 medical student, is selected as one of the runners-up in this year’s Eppendorf & Science Prize for neurobiology in 2014. Being the Hong Kong’s first scientist to snatch this honour, Owen’s winning entry concluding his research achievement has been published in the prestigious scientific journal Science . At the award ceremony of the Challenge Cup Hong Kong University Students Extra-curriculum Technology Contest held on 28 June 2015, 14 teams from CUHK received the highest share of awards. The top prize winning project, Solution for One-step Sewage Treatment, is also the recipient of the first-class award in life science. The team consists of Seak Chi-u, undergraduate student, and Loo Fong-chuen Jacky, Leung King-pong ( 2nd to 4th left ), PhD students, of the School of Life Sciences. 八科研項目獲科研優秀成果獎 中大於國家教育部頒發的2014年度高 等學校科學研究優秀成果獎（科學 技術）中，合共八個獲獎項目，為本 港院校之冠。得獎項目見右頁： Eight Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards CUHK received eight Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) from the Ministry of Education in 2014, making it the institution receiving the highest number of awards in the local tertiary sector: 30 開拓人類知識的版圖 Pushing Knowledge Frontiers