{"id":2040,"date":"2025-12-22T10:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T10:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmche.hku.hk\/?page_id=2040"},"modified":"2026-03-12T06:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:05:18","slug":"facilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cmche.hku.hk\/?page_id=2040","title":{"rendered":"Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-wrapper  root-eb-wrapper-trjvc\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-wrapper-trjvc \"><div class=\"eb-wrapper-outer eb-wrapper-trjvc\"><div class=\"eb-wrapper-inner\"><div class=\"eb-wrapper-inner-blocks eb-wrapper-align-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-style-default has-border-color has-neutral-400-border-color has-neutral-0-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-eb90bb59 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:35px;border-top-right-radius:35px;border-bottom-left-radius:35px;border-bottom-right-radius:35px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;flex-basis:45%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-layout-flex uagb-block-b2591e56 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-image-comparison  root-eb-image-comparison-16jao\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-image-comparison-16jao \"><div class=\"eb-image-comparison-wrapper eb-image-comparison-16jao eb-image-comparison-align-center eb-label-horizontal-center\" data-left-image=\"https:\/\/cmche.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/picture1_orig-1.png\" data-right-image=\"https:\/\/cmche.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/slide2_orig-1.png\" data-vertical-mode=\"false\" data-hover=\"true\" data-show-label=\"false\" data-left-label=\"Before\" data-right-label=\"After\" data-slider-position=\"50\" data-line-width=\"3\" data-line-color=\"#ceced5\" data-handle=\"false\"><div data-testid=\"container\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Left Image\" src=\"https:\/\/cmche.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/picture1_orig-1.png\" data-testid=\"left-image\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Right Image\" src=\"https:\/\/cmche.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/slide2_orig-1.png\" data-testid=\"right-image\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4430f8d7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-primary-color-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eacd542418aa58b2cd17e274ea63e69d\" style=\"font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:1.2px;text-transform:uppercase\">Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-text  root-eb-text-3msl3\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-text-3msl3 \"><div class=\"eb-text-wrapper eb-text-3msl3\" data-id=\"eb-text-3msl3\"><p class=\"eb-text\"><strong>Chemical Biology Laboratory<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-icon-list uagb-block-20625b8b\"><div class=\"uagb-icon-list__wrap\">\n<div data-aos= \"fade\" data-aos-duration=\"400\" data-aos-delay=\"0\" data-aos-easing=\"ease\" data-aos-once=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child uagb-block-14b379de\"><span class=\"uagb-icon-list__source-wrap\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M168.3 499.2C116.1 435 0 279.4 0 192C0 85.96 85.96 0 192 0C298 0 384 85.96 384 192C384 279.4 267 435 215.7 499.2C203.4 514.5 180.6 514.5 168.3 499.2H168.3zM192 256C227.3 256 256 227.3 256 192C256 156.7 227.3 128 192 128C156.7 128 128 156.7 128 192C128 227.3 156.7 256 192 256z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"uagb-icon-list__label\">Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research, Sassoon Road Campus, HKU<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.078), 15px);\">The Chemical Biology Laboratory houses laboratories for Synthetic Chemistry, Biological Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Biology. The Laboratory also serves as a hub of Strategically Oriented Research Theme (SORT) on Chemical Biology for Drug Discovery involving academic units of Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Medicine in the University. It was established on the foundation of Areas of Excellence (AoE) program of the Institute of Molecular Technology for Drug Discovery &amp; Synthesis, with funding support from: the Research Grants Council, Innovation and Technology Fund, Jockey Club Charity Trust on Chinese Medicines Research, Department of Health projects on Hong Kong Chinese Materia Medica Standards, and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-d445cf74 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-primary-color-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/135-med.hku.hk\/walking-tour\/online\/jcbir\/\" style=\"letter-spacing:1.2px;text-transform:uppercase;\">Direction<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" 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class=\"uagb-image-caption\">Excillum MetalJet Bruker D8 VENTURE X-Ray Diffractometer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4430f8d7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-primary-color-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8bc11f1db336e2b927f627f8aeeb7a64\" style=\"font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:1.2px;text-transform:uppercase\">X-ray diffraction crystallography<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-text  root-eb-text-ajtt3\"><div 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