News Express: UM Faculty of Health Sciences holds science outreach activity ‘The Pursuit of Research’
新聞快訊:澳大健康科學學院舉辦“科研探索之旅”
澳大健康科學學院舉辦“科研探索之旅”
UM Faculty of Health Sciences hosts the science outreach activity ‘The Pursuit of Research’
澳大健康科學學院舉辦“科研探索之旅”
為增強澳門中學生對健康科學領域的興趣和認識,澳門大學健康科學學院舉行第九期“科研探索之旅”活動。約40位來自七所澳門學校的中學生通過實驗操作提早接觸科研世界,體驗科研樂趣。
期間,澳大健康科學學院助理教授李俊樂歡迎聖若瑟教區中學第五校、慈幼中學、教業中學、聖公會(澳門)蔡高中學、澳門海星中學、澳門大學附屬應用學校及澳門聖保祿學校的學生,並向其介紹學院的課程特色和科研成就。他指出,學院鼓勵本科生從大一開始參與研究項目,激發他們的創新潛能;更將“從課堂到科研”的理念延伸至中學生群體,設計針對中學生的科研體驗活動,讓他們有機會進入實驗室,幫助他們提早了解科研世界。
在澳大健康科學學院高級導師、核心實驗中心營運經理朴政友的帶領下,學生參觀了學院多間實驗室,加深對健康科學前沿研究的了解。隨後,在學院技術員和在讀學生的指導下,學生親身操作多項生物醫學、藥物科學和生物信息學相關的實驗,學習實驗技巧,積累寶貴的研究經驗。
聖若瑟教區中學第五校學生羅昊然首次參觀澳大實驗室,他對先進的科研設備和現代化的動物實驗中心印象深刻。在操作實驗環節,他了解到生物信息學可通過電腦計算方法和大數據整合,為人類解密基因、治療疾病等方面作出巨大貢獻,對生物研究至關重要。
澳門大學附屬應用學校學生趙穎茹在生物信息學實驗中,利用不同物種的同一個基因序列,推測物種之間的演化關係。她表示,實驗讓她明白生物信息學不僅需要生物科學家的數據理解能力,還需要工程師和數學家的工具來分析和解讀數據。
聖保祿中學學生吳詠珊分享了熊果苷乳霜製備實驗的經歷。她表示,從原料的準備到乳霜的混合與調試,每個步驟都讓她獲得了寶貴的經驗。“最難的部分是控制混合的比例。我們在導師的指導下,通過反覆試驗,最終成功製作出具有良好保濕效果的熊果苷乳霜。實驗讓我對藥物科學產生了興趣。”
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UM Faculty of Health Sciences holds science outreach activity ‘The Pursuit of Research’
To enhance Macao secondary school students’ interest in and understanding of health sciences, the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) of the University of Macau (UM) held the ninth session of its science outreach activity, ‘The Pursuit of Research’. About 40 students from seven local secondary schools participated, gaining hands-on research experience and discovering the excitement of scientific research.
Lei Chon Lok, assistant professor in FHS, gave a welcome address to students from Colégio Diocesano de São José (5ª), Instituto Salesiano, Kao Yip Middle School, Sheng Kung Hui Choi Kou School Macau, Escola Estrela do Mar, the Affiliated School of the University of Macau, and Saint Paul School Macau. He gave the students an overview of FHS’s academic offerings and research achievements. He noted that the faculty encourages undergraduates to engage in research projects from their first year to stimulate their innovation. The faculty also designs tailored science outreach activities that provide secondary school students with hands-on research experience and early exposure to scientific inquiry.
Led by Park Jung Woo, senior instructor in FHS and operation manager of the faculty’s Proteomics, Metabolomics and Drug Development Core, the participants toured several laboratories to gain a deeper understanding of cutting-edge research in health sciences. Under the guidance of faculty technicians and current students, the participants conducted a range of experiments in biomedical sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, and bioinformatics, acquiring experimental techniques and research experience.
Lo Hou In, a student from Colégio Diocesano de São José (5ª), said that it was his first visit to UM’s laboratories and he was particularly impressed by the advanced research equipment and the Animal Research Core. Through hands-on experiments, he learned that bioinformatics is crucial to biological studies as it makes significant contribution to genetic research and disease treatment through the integration of computational methods and big data.
Chio Weng U, a student from the Affiliated School of the University of Macau, said that in a bioinformatics experiment, she analysed the same gene sequence from different species to infer the evolutionary relationships between species. The experiment made her understand that bioinformatics requires not only the data interpretation skills of biologists, but also the tools of engineers and mathematicians to analyse and interpret the data.
Ng Weng San, a student from Saint Paul School Macau, shared her experience of making arbutin cream. She said that each step—from raw materials to formulating and adjusting the cream—provided her with invaluable experience. ‘The most challenging part was controlling the mixing ratio. Under the instructor’s guidance and after repeated trials, we succeeded in producing an arbutin cream with good moisturising effects. This experiment sparked my interest in pharmaceutical sciences,’ she said.
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