Sharing the experience behind a fellowship
The university’s MSCA Summer School report names me among the fellows offering consultations to the next generation of applicants.
MEDIA
Media.
Articles, news coverage and public speaking, collected by year. These records connect the research, ventures, education and interests across this site.
From Finland to Silicon Valley
Listed in SILTA’s Fall 2025 cohort with Colorific. I founded Colorific as a research commercialisation project at Aalto University, connecting nanoswitch science with market needs and venture development.
From Hong Kong to a Nordic mindset
My article on moving to Finland, finding inspiration in a different culture and turning nanoscience into a deep tech venture.
Y Science · Pitching finalists
Colorific at Y Science
The official Y Science 2024 programme lists me representing Colorific as a finalist in the Sustainable Materials Pitching Competition.
Aalto University · Recognition
An innovation nomination for Colorific
The Colorific team was nominated for Innovation of the Year in the SCI Awards 2023.
Aalto University · Research news
A new chapter in nanoscale science
Aalto introduces my Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship project, ROBOT Sensing, connecting DNA nanotechnology with plasmonic biosensing.
CUHK PGT · Invited speaker
A scientific career in progress
Returning as a postdoctoral researcher to an alumni discussion with students and parents, alongside speakers from social enterprise, finance and art.
CUHK Science Faculty · Award news
A postgraduate team championship for a practical idea.
Leung King-pong, Seak Chi-u and I were named Postgraduate Group Champion in the Professor Charles K. Kao Student Creativity Awards. Our one step sewage treatment project progressed from this university competition to the Hong Kong and national Challenge Cup competitions.
CUHK Sustainable Campus · Award news
One step toward cleaner water
Our sewage treatment project, developed with Leung King-pong and Seak Chi-u, won the Grand Award and the First Place Award in Life Sciences at the Hong Kong Challenge Cup. The team then represented Hong Kong at the national competition.
Wen Wei Po · CUHK news archive
Synthetic biology meets a water treatment challenge
Newspaper coverage of our sewage treatment research, preserved in CUHK’s media archive. Original headline: 轉基因菌淨污水 中大生擬申專利.
Oriental Daily · Named coverage
A biological approach to a water treatment problem
The report names and quotes me on the sewage treatment research that received the Hong Kong Challenge Cup top prize.
A National First Award for sewage treatment research.
Leung King-pong, Seak Chi-u and I received a First Award at the 14th National Challenge Cup for “Solution for One-step Sewage Treatment”. This followed the project’s top prize in the Hong Kong regional competition.
Synthetic biology on an international stage
I served as a team instructor for CUHK iGEM 2014. This report covers the team’s nitrogen fixing bacteria project and gold medal, rather than profiling me individually.
Oriental Daily · Named coverage
A tasting table, a Hong Kong team, a place in Bordeaux
The report names me in the HKU SPACE team that won the Hong Kong qualifying round of the Left Bank Bordeaux Cup. Original headline: 專上生品酒比賽衝向法國.
From the Hong Kong round to the world final
Coverage of our selection to represent Hong Kong in Bordeaux, describing the training behind the blind tasting competition. Original headline: 港大附院代表出戰法國品酒決賽.
The World of Fine Wine · Issue 42 · Competition coverage
Bordeaux Left Bank Cup: The battle of the educated noses
Elin McCoy’s magazine feature covers the final and identifies HKU SPACE among the competing teams. It reports on the competition rather than profiling me individually.
Decanter · Competition coverage
The 2013 final, reported by Jane Anson
The report lists HKU SPACE among the eight teams in the final. The archive page was updated in 2015.
Michael Apstein · Competition coverage
The college bowl of wine
A report on the 2013 final, including HKU SPACE among the competing institutions.
Commanderie du Bontemps · Official programme
The name behind the team
The organiser’s official finalists list names “Jacky LOO” in the HKU SPACE team.
CUHK PGT · Invited speaker
Education and career choices, from an alumnus’s perspective
Returning to the Programme for the Gifted and Talented as a doctoral student to share the choices and difficulties behind a scientific career with students and parents.
Taking synthetic biology to an international stage
I served as a team instructor for CUHK iGEM 2011. The university reports the team’s Asia Regional Jamboree gold medal and two BioBrick awards ahead of the world championship.
AFP / Dawn · International coverage
Hong Kong researchers store data in bacteria
International reporting on the iGEM biostorage project, with a team photograph identifying me among the participating students.
iGEM 2011 video
An earlier video from the synthetic biology chapter of my work.
CUHK · Public science & research presentation
The Living Hard Disk
Presenting bacterial data storage with teammates at the sixth Lau Oi Wah Memorial Science Lecture Series and in the Outstanding Student Research Presentations at the Faculty of Science Research Day.
Exploring information storage in bacterial DNA
I was the founding student team leader of CUHK iGEM in 2010. The university’s announcement names me among the team, which won a gold medal for biostorage and biological cryptography.
Exploring bacterial DNA as a storage medium
Hong Kong newspaper coverage of the CUHK iGEM biostorage team’s research and gold medal.