Department of Biology

Projects

Projects per year 2007 2019 2023 2024 2027

• 1 Curtailed
• 22 Not started
• 57 Active
• 101 Finished

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  Spatiotemporal release and proteolytic activation of proBDNF and latent TGF-β1 in coordinating neuromuscular junction development

  LEE, C. W. & Chan, C. B.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research project

  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor 100%
  • Neuromuscular Junction 34%
  • Cholinergic Receptors 26%
  • Transforming Growth Factors 18%
  • Agrin 18%

• Breaking the barriers of grain-filling using novel mutant resources

  ZHANG, J.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research project

  • abscisic acid 100%
  • Plant Dormancy 61%
  • rice 51%
  • Germination 40%
  • Oryza 33%

• The use of a bioactive peptide derived from edible Chinese yam to reduce chronic inflammation (inflammaging) in aging ovaries.

  SZE, C. W.

  1/01/20 → 30/04/23

  Project: Research project

  • Estradiol 100%
  • Biosynthesis 90%
  • Ferroptosis 90%
  • Ovary 87%
  • biosynthesis 86%

• Arabidopsis SIB1: its role in chloroplast-nucleus communication during the immune response and regulation of its expression by its NAD-capped RNAs

  XIA, Y.

  1/10/19 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research project

  • RNA 100%
  • chloroplasts 81%
  • immune response 52%
  • Arabidopsis 46%
  • genes 30%

• 基于Wnt/β-catenin通路探讨远志皂苷元的促神经发生作用及其治疗阿尔兹海默病的研究

  ZHANG, S.

  1/10/19 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research project

  • an-gong-niu-huang wan 100%
  • tenuigenin 87%
  • isoalantolactone 86%
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 83%
  • Alzheimer Disease Treatment 71%

• Defining human cytomegalovirus latent genes in favor of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 coinfection in CD34+ cells and association in HIV patients

  CHEUNG, K. L. A.

  1/10/19 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research project

  • Rotaxanes 100%
  • Butyrophilins 89%
  • Epstein-Barr virus EBV-associated membrane antigen 76%
  • Dendrimers 68%
  • T-Lymphocytes 67%

• High-Resolution Genome Assembly and Characterization of Sex Determination Mechanism in the Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica

  WONG, C. K. C.

  1/08/19 → 31/07/22

  Project: Research project

• Developing a novel genomic scaffolding toolkit with the nanopore DNA modification information and its applications on deep-sea invertebrate genomes

  LI, R.

  1/08/19 → 31/07/22

  Project: Research project

• Understanding the genomic basis of symbiosis in two deep-sea bivalves

  QIU, J.

  1/08/19 → 31/07/22

  Project: Research project

  • multiomics 100%
  • annelid 88%
  • Bivalvia 87%
  • hydrothermal vent 78%
  • deep sea 77%

• CD133 Innovation Limited

  LI, H. Y. & YUNG, K. L.

  1/04/19 → 31/03/21

  Project: Knowledge transfer project

• BP InnoMed Limited

  LI, W. S., LUNG, H. L. & WONG, K.

  1/04/19 → 31/03/22

  Project: Knowledge transfer project

• Targeting Epstein-Barr virus in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: from mechanistic study to novel therapeutic development

  Lo, K. W., Chiang, A. K. S., MAK, N. K., To, K. F., Wong, A. S. T., WONG, K., Wu, A. R., Cheng, A. W. & Peng, L.

  1/03/19 → 28/02/22

  Project: Research project

  • Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma 100%
  • Human Herpesvirus 4 87%
  • Solid-Phase Synthesis Techniques 70%
  • Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2 63%
  • diethoxy-(1-phenyl-1,3-butanedionato)titanium (IV) 49%

• Autologous Neural Stem Cell (NSCs) Harvest: Precision cell therapies for neurodegeneration in animal model of Parkinson's disease

  YUNG, K. L.

  18/02/19 → 17/02/22

  Project: Research project

  • an-gong-niu-huang wan 100%
  • rhamnolipid 71%
  • Acinetobacter calcoaceticus 67%
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins 65%
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 58%

• Does a functional interaction between X chromosome and autosome exist in vivo to regulate male fertility? If yes, how?

  ZHAO, Z.

  1/01/19 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research project

  • Ribosomal DNA 100%
  • autosomes 34%
  • male fertility 23%
  • male sterility 22%
  • loci 21%

• Functional characterization of an ABA-responsive splicing factor SR184 and its five transcript isoforms

  ZHANG, J.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research project

  • alternative splicing 100%
  • Alternative Splicing 64%
  • Panicum 33%
  • Ecotype 30%
  • Colletotrichum sublineolum 30%

• Effects of In Utero Exposure to Perfluorinated Compounds on Placental Functions and Early Development of Pancreatic Islets

  WONG, C. K. C.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research project

  • endocrine-disrupting chemicals 100%
  • Islets of Langerhans 82%
  • maternal exposure 80%
  • islets of Langerhans 73%
  • metabolic diseases 73%

• Roles of chromatin architecture in allele-specific expression and male sterility in species hybrids 染色質結構在種間雜交體的等位基因差异表達和雄性不育中的作用

  ZHAO, Z.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research project

  • Caenorhabditis 100%
  • Caenorhabditis elegans 65%
  • Embryonic Development 36%
  • Genetic Mapping 36%
  • Developmental 26%

• Defining molecular and biological functions of Arabidopsis DXO, a protein that removes the non-canonical NAD cap from RNA

  XIA, Y.

  1/10/18 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research project

  • RNA Caps 100%
  • Arabidopsis 82%
  • guanosines 75%
  • ribonucleic acids 72%
  • NAD 70%

• Bleaching in subtropical corals of the northern South China Sea: differential susceptibility to environmental stressors and molecular mechanisms

  QIU, J.

  1/09/18 → 31/08/20

  Project: Research project

  • coral 100%
  • bleaching 36%
  • salinity 30%
  • coral bleaching 29%
  • environmental change 18%

• Thermal and salinity thresholds of bleaching in Hong Kong corals

  QIU, J.

  1/06/18 → 31/05/21

  Project: Research project

  • corals 100%
  • Pavona 66%
  • coral 57%
  • liquid chromatography 42%
  • metabolites 41%

• High-resolution live-cell imaging system for quantifying long-term 3D dynamics of large tissue models and organisms

  SHI, J., Lam, Y. W., Lei, D., Leung, S. Y., Park, H., Sun, H., Tsao, S. W., Wong, A. S. T., Wong, C. C. L., Yuen, K. W. Y. & ZHAO, Z.

  1/06/18 → 30/11/21

  Project: Research project

  • Macrophages 100%
  • CD66 antigens 99%
  • Single-Cell Analysis 80%
  • Cells 79%
  • Catenins 75%

• Filling the knowledge gap - current status of endangered freshwater turtles

  WONG, C. K. C.

  1/03/18 → 29/02/20

  Project: Research project

• Molecular Characterization of the Highly Penetrant Paternal Transmission of Mitochondrial DNA Observed in a Hybrid Line between Nematodes C. briggsae and C. nigoni

  ZHAO, Z.

  1/01/18 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research project

  • Caenorhabditis 100%
  • NADH Dehydrogenase 64%
  • Ribosomal DNA 52%
  • Transfer RNA 48%
  • Mitochondrial DNA 46%

• ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF STANNIOCALCIN-1 RECEPTOR IN FISH GILLS OF JAPANESE EELS.

  WONG, C. K. C.

  1/01/18 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research project

  • calcium 100%
  • receptors 80%
  • gills 70%
  • fish 37%
  • homeostasis 34%

• Molecular mechanism of sensing moisture by rice coleorhiza during germination

  ZHANG, J.

  1/01/18 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research project

  • Ecotype 100%
  • rice 82%
  • drying 74%
  • alternative splicing 73%
  • Alternative Splicing 72%

• Roles of the plant SIRTUIN deacetylases in plant immunity

  XIA, Y.

  1/10/17 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research project

  • ribose 100%
  • Arabidopsis 64%
  • lysine 54%
  • epigenetics 42%
  • molecular genetics 42%

• The South China Sea and beyond: A genome-wide phylogeographical study of macrobenthos in the chemosynthesis-based ecosystems of the subtropical to temperate Northwestern Pacific Ocean

  QIU, J.

  1/09/17 → 31/08/20

  Project: Research project

  • cold seep 100%
  • epifauna 77%
  • South China Sea 76%
  • macrobenthos 71%
  • sea 53%

• Study of target-based Chinese herbal medicine in suppression of aberrant cryptic foci: implication of colon cancer prevention

  SZE, C. W.

  15/08/17 → 14/11/19

  Project: Research project

  • Particulate Matter 100%
  • meta-analysis 90%
  • confidence interval 80%
  • cancer 77%
  • particulate matter 69%

• Establishment of Third Generation Sequencing Core Facility

  QIU, J.

  1/04/17 → 30/03/20

  Project: Research project

• Identification of Asymmetric Hybrid Incompatibility Loci by Systematic Introgression of C. nigoni Genomic Fragment into C. briggsae Background

  ZHAO, Z.

  1/01/17 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research project

  • Ribosomal DNA 100%
  • introgression 22%
  • Nematoda 17%
  • Nanopore Sequencing 12%
  • genomics 11%

• Will the ubiquitous contaminant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate affect growth, development, feeding, reproduction and larval settlement in marine invertebrates?

  CHIU, M. Y.

  1/01/17 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research project

  • phosphates 100%
  • invertebrates 75%
  • trophic relationships 31%
  • ecological function 29%
  • sediments 23%

• Use transcriptome analysis to uncover the genetic distinction between superior and inferior rice spikelets of different grain filling efficiency

  ZHANG, J.

  1/01/17 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research project

  • Oryza 100%
  • filling period 89%
  • Soil 81%
  • rice 72%
  • drying 72%

• Regulatory Roles of Tonicity-responsive MicroRNAs in Osmoregulatory Functions of the gills of Japanese Eels.

  WONG, C. K. C.

  1/01/17 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research project

  • Anguilla 100%
  • Gills 76%
  • microRNA 63%
  • MicroRNAs 52%
  • Genome 42%

• Stress resistance genes as the new engineering target for environmental control of airborne bacteria

  LAI, K. M.

  1/11/16 → 31/10/19

  Project: Research project

  • airborne microorganisms 100%
  • stress tolerance 64%
  • resistance genes 41%
  • bioaerosols 34%
  • bacteria 32%

• Functional Characterization of Two E3 Ubiquitin Ligases (PUB2 and PUB4) and the EXTRA LARGE G PROTEINS in Arabidopsis

  XIA, Y.

  1/10/16 → 30/09/19

  Project: Research project

  • Arabidopsis 100%
  • Cytokinins 50%
  • immunity 47%
  • Immunity 46%
  • MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 5 42%

• Characterising the role of a novel PD1 isoform expressed on gamma-delta T cells in HIV-1 infection

  CHEUNG, K. L. A.

  1/06/16 → 30/09/18

  Project: Research project

  • Viral Tumor Antigens 100%
  • Antigens 52%
  • T-Lymphocytes 50%
  • Membrane Proteins 40%
  • Protein 33%

• Asia-Pacific Symposium on "Biotechnology for Waste Conversion"

  WONG, J. W. C.

  26/05/16 → 7/06/16

  Project: Research project

• Divergence of perivitelline fluid proteins in association with the change in egg deposition environment in apple snails: A transcriptomic and proteomic approach

  QIU, J.

  1/01/16 → 30/06/19

  Project: Research project

  • Snails 100%
  • Malus 66%
  • Ampullariidae 58%
  • Gastropoda 48%
  • Pomacea 43%

• Mechanistic understanding of the role of two Nudix proteins in plant immunity

  XIA, Y.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research project

  • Arabidopsis 100%
  • NAD 78%
  • Epigenomics 66%
  • RNA 53%
  • Proteins 40%

• Will hypoxia and ocean acidification alter biofilms and hence disrupt their role as a signpost for marine larval settlement?

  CHIU, M. Y.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research project

  • ocean acidification 100%
  • hypoxia 95%
  • Acidification 63%
  • biofilm 61%
  • Aquaculture 60%

• Cloning and Functional Study of A Rice Temperature Sensitive Female Sterility Gene

  ZHANG, J.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research project

  • Oryza 100%
  • rice 80%
  • Germination 48%
  • Ecotype 32%
  • wetting 32%

• International Conference on Solid Waste 2015: Knowledge Transfer for Sustainable Resource Management

  WONG, J. W. C.

  19/05/15 → 23/05/15

  Project: Research project

• Total Municipal Organic Waste Management by integrating Food Waste Disposal And Sewage Treatment (MOW-FAST)

  WONG, J. W. C.

  1/03/15 → 28/02/18

  Project: Research project

  • Food waste 100%
  • food waste 73%
  • Food 46%
  • digestion 41%
  • Methane 36%

• Regulation and functional role of Arabidopsis miR163 and its targets in plant defense

  NG, D. W. K.

  1/01/15 → 31/12/17

  Project: Research project

  • Pseudomonas syringae 100%
  • Arabidopsis 77%
  • Alamethicin 36%
  • Genetically Modified Plants 31%
  • Lycopersicon esculentum 27%

• Managing pharmaceutical waste from households in Hong Kong

  CHUNG, S. S.

  1/01/15 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research project

  • drug 100%
  • pharmaceutical waste 92%
  • water security 89%
  • Ostreidae 73%
  • world city 71%

• The Arabidopsis redox-sensitive bZIP68 protein: does it function as a redox sensor in the oxidative stress response?

  XIA, Y.

  1/01/15 → 31/12/17

  Project: Research project

  • Oxidation-Reduction 100%
  • Oxidative Stress 68%
  • Arabidopsis 40%
  • Genes 20%
  • Cytosol 20%

• Molecular characterization of hybrid male sterility and inviability produced by X-linked introgression between C. briggsae and C. sp.9

  ZHAO, Z.

  1/01/15 → 31/12/17

  Project: Research project

  • Nematoda 100%
  • Genetic Speciation 86%
  • Caenorhabditis 84%
  • nematode 60%
  • Rhabditidae 59%

• International Conference on Eco-aquaculture and Public Health

  YUNG, K. L.

  28/11/14 → 30/11/14

  Project: Research project

• OPER Technology Limited

  LUI, C. N. P. & YUNG, K. L.

  1/04/14 → 31/03/17

  Project: Knowledge transfer project

• R&P Technology Limited

  YUE, P. Y. K.

  1/04/14 → 31/03/16

  Project: Knowledge transfer project