{"id":8,"date":"2021-12-25T02:25:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T02:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/42.192.208.191\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-05-24T20:58:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:58:31","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8\" class=\"elementor elementor-8\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b47c434 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b47c434\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbd2fcc\" data-id=\"cbd2fcc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ddb40f elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ddb40f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3df38a9\" data-id=\"3df38a9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fc4036 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fc4036\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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These modules, consisting of sensing, communication, and response, enable <em>in vitro<\/em> biosensing and <em>in vivo<\/em> drug delivery and modulate the gut ecosystem in an animal disease model. SINERGY not only preserves the safety and health-promoting properties of the natural components but also endows microbes with programmable functionalities, facilitating broad applications in biomedicine.\u00a0Read more in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2025.10.09.681537v1.abstract\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">BioRxiv<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58bea24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58bea24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-692037a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"692037a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2568\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HKUST-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HKUST-1.png 2568w, https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HKUST-1-300x29.png 300w, https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HKUST-1-1024x97.png 1024w, https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HKUST-1-768x73.png 768w, https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HKUST-1-1536x146.png 1536w, https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HKUST-1-2048x195.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2568px) 100vw, 2568px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c2db6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c2db6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Copyright \u00a9 2022 LAI LAB | Powered by WordPress Theme<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de1b9fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de1b9fb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af1d528\" data-id=\"af1d528\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harnessing the Gut Microbiome to Prevent and Cure Human&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u9605\u8bfb\u66f4\u591a &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Home<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-pagebuilder-full-width.php","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":745,"href":"https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yonglai.people.ust.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}