Wu Tianxing, a BNBU student of the Class of 2022 from the Food Science and Technology, has stepped into a new chapter from food science to biomedical research. He is currently working at a leading pharmaceutical research company in the US, on the preclinical development and transformation of scientific and technological achievements of the stem cell therapy products.A risky and life-changing decisionBack ...

Twin sisters Xing Mingyu and Xing Mingfang, who have studied together from primary school to UIC, are prepared to embark on postgraduate life at the University College London (UCL). Though identical in appearance, the twins have been distinct in academic choices and successes.Xing Mingfang (left, younger sister) andXing Mingyu (right, elder sister)The twins made a decision to follow their heart...

Academic website of global influence ScholarGPS has released lists of Highly Ranked Scholars, on which UIC Provost Prof Patrick Chau, Head of Department of Life Sciences Prof Xu Baojun, Prof Wang Qing-Guo of Department of Computer Science were selected to the lists of Highly Ranked Scholar.The website also announced the Institutional Rankings in Fields, Disciplines, and Specialties, in which UI...

On April 25, 2024, Prof. David Parker, Global STEM Chair Professor of Department of Chemistry at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), and Adjunct Professor in Food Science and Technology (FS) at Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC), delivered an engaging lecture titled “Excitement in F Block: Luminescent Lanthanide Probes and Sensors”. The ...

Zhou Yifan is a UIC student of the class of 2021 from the Food Science and Technology Programme. She is now studying for her PhD at the Faculty of Life Sciences of University College London.Zhou developed a research interest in food and disease during her undergraduate study. Guided and encouraged by the Head of UIC's Department of Life Sciences, Prof Xu Baojun, she began to conduct review stud...

Clarivate released the statistics of ESI (Essential Science Indicators) from 1 January 2013 to 30 April 2023 on 13 July 2023, and UIC's Food Science and Technology Programme entered the list of the world's top 1% discipline of Agricultural Sciences (including Food Science).A total of 190 disciplines from 25 universities in Guangdong were included in the global top 1% list this time, and UIC is ...

Professor Xu Baojun of UIC's Faculty of Science and Technology has recently been admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).FRSC was established in 1841 and is a chemical academic society with the most extended history in the world and the most significant impact in Europe. It is one of the most influential international authoritative academic institutions. Its members includ...

Mr Zhang Tianfu, a successful entrepreneur of two tea companies in Yunnan, was invited to give a lecture on "Origin of Pu'er Tea" at UIC on 6 December 2022. President Tang Tao, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, attended the lecture. Prof Xu Baojun, Head of the Department of Life Sciences, held the lecture. The lecture also welcomed partici...