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At the 2nd Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Orthopedic Graduate Academic Forum on July 5^th, 2025, Yutong Lu, a Ph.D. student from School of Life Sciences received the prestigious Best Oral Presentation Award for her research presentation titled "Enabling Citrate-based Materials for Tissue Separation and Tissue Repair."

The forum, an authoritative platform for sports medicine in the Greater Bay Area and, brought together top scholars and physicians from around the country. Focusing on the cutting-edge field of "Orthopedic Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine," the event showcased innovative research and facilitated valuable academic exchange.

Yutong Lu’s presentation highlighted her research efforts aiming at tackling a critical clinical challenge: the precise separation and simultaneous repair of tissues during surgery. Her team proposed an innovative dual-function solution based on bioactive citrate materials. The study’s key findings include:

1. Technological Breakthrough – The developed material can achieve controllable physical separation of tissues within the body, while simultaneously releasing citric acid to promote tissue repair.

2. Clinical Transformation Potential – Animal experiments have demonstrated that this material surpasses traditional alternatives in both tissue separation efficiency and repair promotion, indicating promising prospects for clinical application.

Yutong Lu, who studied under Professor Jian Yang at Westlake University, has previously co-authored a publication titled "Biodegradable metabotissugenic citrate-based polymer derived self-sealing pro-regenerative membrane for tendon anti-biofouling and repair" in the journal Bioactive Materials. Her success at the forum not only reflects her research strength but also underscores the innovative cross-disciplinary efforts combining medicine and engineering.