Professor Kwok Chun-kit, from the Department of Chemistry at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK), has been honoured with the 2024 RNA Society Early-Career Research Award, in recognition of his achievement as an emerging leader in the field of ribonucleic acid (RNA) research. He is the first Hong Kong scientist awarded in the early-career category.
The RNA Society commended Professor Kwok for his exceptional work in elucidating the role of RNA structures and interactions in biology, especially the function of G-quadruplexes in regulating gene expression, as well as his contribution to organising the Hong Kong RNA Club.