Hsing Group News
Research, people, and moments from our group.
2026
11 September 2026
Professor Hsing discusses nucleic acid testing on RTHK Radio 3
Professor I-Ming Hsing joined RTHK Radio 3’s Backchat to discuss HKUST’s nucleic acid testing platform. His interview appears in the segment “HKUST develops innovative virus testing platform”, broadcast from 9:32 to 9:47 am (HKT).
20–21 August 2026
APBEC 2026 Symposium in Seoul
Professor I-Ming Hsing delivered congratulatory remarks at the opening ceremony of the Asia Pacific Biomedical Engineering Consortium (APBEC) 2026 Symposium. The meeting took place at Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, on 20–21 August 2026.
As founding president of APBEC, Professor Hsing joined the opening ceremony and symposium gatherings in Seoul.
Conference website · APBEC presidential address
5 August 2026
Croucher highlights our DNA-guided CRISPR study
Croucher Foundation interviewed Professor I-Ming Hsing about the group’s DNA-guided CRISPR study published in Nature Biotechnology. The feature explores the ideas behind the work and its potential applications.
7 July 2026
Thermodynamically programmed one-pot CRISPR platform for point-of-care SNP genotyping
New publication in Nature Communications by Xiaolong Wu, Yanan Li, Yumeng Cao, Zibin Zhao, Hongyu Lu, Shaochong Liang, Grace CY Lui, Denise PC Chan, I-Ming Hsing.
2 June 2026
OECT-Based Real-Time Monitoring of Biofilms Enabling Online Evaluation of Antibiofilm Agents in Flow Culture
New publication in ACS Sensors by Haosi Lin, Xianzhen Feng, Jizheng Li, I-Ming Hsing.
May 2026
DNA-guided CRISPR–Cas12a effectors for programmable RNA recognition and cleavage
New publication in Nature Biotechnology by Xiaolong Wu, Wai Hei Lam, Zibin Zhao, Yumeng Cao, Haosi Lin, Xianzhen Feng, Yuanliang Zhai, I-Ming Hsing.
Read the paper · Publication details
2025
September 2025
Professor Hsing speaks at BIOHK 2025
Professor I-Ming Hsing presented a talk at BIOHK 2025, sharing research spanning molecular biology, reaction engineering, nucleic acid engineering, and biomaterials.
2024
18 May 2024
Invited talk at MIT
Professor I-Ming Hsing gave an invited talk at the MIT symposium honoring Professor Klavs F. Jensen.
May 2024
Meeting lab alumni in Boston
Professor Hsing met Hsing Group alumni Dr. Xuan Feng and Dr. Cherry in Boston.
2023
January 2023
Paper accepted in a special issue honoring Erkang Wang
A paper by Xiao Lu and colleagues was accepted for a special issue of the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry honoring academician Erkang Wang.
January 2023
Ada Yeung successfully defends her thesis
Congratulations to Ada Yeung on successfully defending her thesis in January 2023.
2022
November 2022
Three alumni join as postdoctoral fellows
We welcomed Dr. Alan Fernando Rodríguez Serrano, Dr. Yue Li, and Dr. Xiao Lu as postdoctoral fellows. All three are PhD graduates of the Hsing Group.
November 2022
Invited talk at National Taiwan University
Professor I-Ming Hsing was invited to give a talk at National Taiwan University.
