Congratulations to Dr. Alan Wong, principal investigator at the Centre for Oncology and Immunology and associate professor at the School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, who was presented with the prestigious BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize (STIP) 2023 in Life and Health Field.
Dr. Alan Wong’s pioneering gene editing tool screening platform has developed a novel approach to overcome the current limitations of one-by-one testing, maximizing editing efficiency and facilitating the identifications of the most suitable base editors for therapeutic genome editing.
We are proud for the affirmation that Dr. Alan Wong received, which recognizes his achievements in the development of next-generation precision genome editors, paving the way for possible therapeutic applications.