Facilities

The lab is equipped with a variety of novel ultrafast optical microscopy platforms and high-performance computing systems that enable advanced single-cell optofluidic imaging, optical coherence tomography, imaging cytometry, 3D fluorescence imaging and more.
Location: Room 510, Chow Yei Ching Building, Main Campus
Teacher-in-charge: Prof. Kevin Tsia
Website: https://www.eee.hku.hk/~alphahku/

Location: Room 328, Haking Wong Building, Main Campus
Teacher-in-charge: Prof. Anderson Shum
Website: https://meweb.hku.hk/~ashum/index.html

This lab is equipped with advanced ultrasound imaging systems, namely ultrasound strain imaging, shear wave imaging and ultrafast ultrasound imaging platform. Built upon these novel ultrasound imaging platforms, the lab focuses on investigation of the kinematics, mechanical properties, and function of soft tissues, with a current major focus on cardiovascular disease and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Location: Room 206, Chow Yei Ching Building, Main Campus
Teacher-in-charge: Dr. Wei-Ning Lee
Website: https://www.eee.hku.hk/~wnlee/

The lab includes facilities dedicated for laser biofabrication, cell culture; studying how mechanical environments influence cellular events. Using an integrated approach and applying various technologies developed in this lab including microencapsulation, photochemical crosslinking and micropipette-based mechanical loading, we are developing functional replacements for tissues such as cartilage, bone, intervertebral disc, tendon and ligament.
Location: Rooms 205 & 209, Haking Wong Building, Main Campus
Teacher-in-charge: Prof. Barbara Chan
Website: https://meweb.hku.hk/~bpchan/Facilities.htm

This laboratory hosts facilities for teaching and research in biomaterials, biomechanics and tissue engineering. They include the facility for synthesizing nano-sized bioceramic particles, vibratory sieve-shaker, high temperature furnace, hydraulic press, vacuum oven, water purification system, freeze-dryer, cutting/grinding/polishing equipment, mechanical testing machine, micropipette system, cell culture facility, bioreactors, etc.
Location: Room LG-204, Composite Building, Main Campus
Teacher-in-charge: Prof. Barbara Chan & Prof. Min Wang
Website: https://meweb.hku.hk/~bpchan/Facilities.htm

The central equipment in the BISP lab is a 7T PharmaScan, a high-field NMR imaging system. This equipment offers the most advanced capabilities to study soft tissue structures and functions in rodents. The system is tailored for microscopic, spectroscopic, water diffusion, dynamic cardiac, hemodynamic, a warm bore, and functional imaging.
Location: LB1002-3-4 &1037 , 10/F., Laboratory Block, LKS Faculty of Medicine, Sassoon Road Campus
Teacher-in-charge: Prof. Ed Wu
Website: http://www4.hku.hk/bisplab/

This lab develops biomaterials for drug and cell delivery, and supply scaffolds for tissue regeneration and engineering. The full range of mechanical testing can be performed for all regions of the human body (e.g. spine, hip and finger), following ASTM or ISO, all types of animals (e.g. goat, rabbit and mouse), as well as implants, protheses and biomaterials.
Location: L9-10, Laboratory Block, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, LKS Faculty of Medicine Building, Sassoon Road Campus
Teacher-in-charge: Prof. William Lu
Website: http://www.med.hku.hk/corefac/

This facility, established by Faculty of Medicine, provides centralized and expertise support (high-resolution imaging and high-throughput flow cytometry) for advanced biomedical as well as BME research and teaching.
Location: L6-11, 6/F, Laboratory Block, Sassoon Road Campus
Website: http://www.med.hku.hk/corefac/

This unit provides clinical diagnostic imaging services to self paying patients and will also serve as a  core facility to support cutting edge MRI research.
Location: G/F., Patrick Manson Building, Sassoon Road Campus
Teacher-in-charge: Prof. P.L. Khong Head, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, LKS Faculty of Medicine
Website: http://www.radiology.hku.hk/mri.html

This laboratory offers essential teaching infrastructure to our BME students to gain hands-on experience regarding basic biochemistry and biology.
Location: Room 19, G/F., Laboratory Block, LKS Faculty of Medicine Building, Sassoon Road Campus
Teacher-in-charge: Prof. Daisy Shum