Author: HKUL Scholarly Communication Services
From RCSB PDB to Blender: Creating 3D Models and Animations for Structural Biology
— by Wilson Tang Structural biology becomes easier to understand when biological molecules are viewed as three-dimensional objects rather than as flat textbook diagrams. The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB) provides browser-based access to experimentally determined three-dimensional biomolecular structures and offers tools for exploration, visualisation, analysis, and download [1]. For researchers, educators, and science communicators, RCSB PDB…
Read More
What the Data Means: Documenting Research (Meta)data
— by Chloe Ng For research data to be discovered and reused, it needs to be easy to understand. Even before a dataset is finalised, researchers returning to their own data later, or collaborators working with it, need clear explanations and context to know what the data mean. Data documentation provides this information, helping others…
Read More
How HKU’s Geography Research Trended Online (2020–2024): Attention, Reach and Policy Influence
— by Kitman Chan We wanted to look beyond traditional metrics to understand the real-world footprint of HKU’s geographical research. In today’s digitally connected world, the academic conversation happens everywhere: on social media, in news headlines, and even in policy rooms from Geneva to Washington. By using Altmetric Explorer and SciVal, we analyzed 1,064 HKU-affiliated geography outputs from 2020 –2024. Below is a summary…
Read More