Celebrating Global Brilliance: ABIC Innovators Shine at iCAN 2025 with International Awards

The Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre (ABIC) is proud to announce that 3 of its distinguished inventions have earned multiple international distinctions for their groundbreaking biomedical solutions for global healthcare in the 10th International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN 2025).

ABIC’s Success: Award-Winning Inventions

1. Electrochemical Biosensor for Rapid and Real-Time Detection of Key Inflammatory and Stress Markers
Inventors: Prof. Julian Tanner, Dr.William Whitehouse, Dr. Lin Wang, Dr. Louisa Lo
Awards: Top 10 Best Invention Awards; International Special Award

2. Electret-induced polarization on droplet: a general liquid handling module for digital microfluidics (US Non-provisional Patent Application No: 18/910,845 and Chinese Non-provisional Patent Application No: 202411620634.7)
Inventors: Prof. Anderson Ho Cheung Shum, Dr. Ruotong Zhang, Dr. Zheqi Chen
Awards: Top 20 Best Invention Awards; International Special Award Eurobusiness

3. Deep Visual Immune Cell Profiling (Deep VICP)
Inventors: Prof. Kevin Tsia Kin Man, Sam Ho Chi Kai, Dickson Siu Man Dick
Awards: International Special Award; Canadian Special Award

ABIC’s success at iCAN 2025 highlights the Centre’s commitment to nurturing ideas that extend beyond laboratories into clinics, communities, and global markets. The recognition serves as both validation and a springboard for ABIC’s broader mission in empowering lives through connection, recognition, and purpose, solidifying ABIC’s role as one of the most globally inclusive platforms and hubs of innovation excellence across continents, driven to redefine, inspire, and transform lives.