AISL Harrow Talent Circle Members Join Nobel Laureates and Global Scholars at HKU Asian Science Camp 2026

AISL Harrow Scholars, Talent Awardees and academic nominees from 7 AISL Harrow schools attended Asian Science Camp 2026 and join plenary seminars led by 8 Nobel laureates.

For the first time, AISL Harrow Scholars, AISL Harrow Talent Awardees and academic nominees from 9 AISL Harrow schools took part in the AISL Foundation Talent Circle event together.

Invited by The University of Hong Kong and led by the AISL Foundation, they joined Asian Science Camp 2026, an annual forum that brings together Nobel laureates, distinguished scientists and exceptional young people from across Asia. The pupils were honoured to join plenary seminars led by eight Nobel laureates, and to meet young scientists from around the region.

The camp was not a lecture series with a laboratory attached. Plenary sessions ran beside hatchery visits, robotics and free-range electrochemistry.

Learning from Leading Scientific Thinkers

Ivy Sham, a Year 13 AISL Harrow Talent Awardee from AISL Harrow Hong Kong, pointed to one of those plenaries. “I was fascinated by the Plenary Lecture delivered by Professor Sir Gregory Paul Winter, titled The Antibody Revolution,” she said. “This session truly opened my eyes to the amazing research on antibodies, as well as the incredible developments in our understanding and application of them. I found his talk and topic inspiring because it showed how scientific breakthroughs, such as phage display to engineer antibodies. Sir Winter’s pioneering work could completely transform modern medicine. Learning how engineered antibodies can target specific diseases like cancer with such high precision was incredible, and it inspired me to see how creative molecular biology can directly save millions of lives.”

Gloria Lo, an AISL International Old Harrovian and AISL Harrow Scholar from AISL Harrow Hengqin, took a different lesson from Professor Dennis Lo’s account of discovering cell-free foetal DNA in blood plasma. “I found the plenary speech by Prof. Dennis Lo the most inspiring,” she said. She drew three things from it: the habit of reading other people’s discoveries and applying them when one’s own ideas run out; the fact that his discovery took more than ten years, and longer still to reach the clinic; and the way a rivalry on the same question pushed the work forward, with two teams able to confirm or close off a path. “Patience and perseverance are crucial in doing research and making a real impact to the world.”