Department of Biology

Projects

Projects per year 2007 2019 2023 2024 2027

• 1 Curtailed
• 29 Not started
• 42 Active
• 89 Finished

Projects per year

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  Thermal and salinity thresholds of bleaching in Hong Kong corals

  QIU, J.

  1/06/18 → 31/05/21

  Project: Research project

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

  WONG, C. K. C.

  1/03/18 → 29/02/20

  Project: Research project

• Molecular mechanism of sensing moisture by rice coleorhiza during germination

  ZHANG, J.

  1/01/18 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research project

  • trichomes 100%
  • drying 98%
  • rice 93%
  • flood irrigation 93%
  • nutritive value 80%

• 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 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%
  • Transfer RNA 48%
  • Mitochondrial DNA 46%
  • Genomics 45%

• 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

  • macrobenthos 100%
  • deep sea 94%
  • ecosystem 89%
  • chemosynthesis 80%
  • cold seep 69%

• 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

• 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

  • introgression 100%
  • Nematoda 79%
  • genomics 51%
  • genome 44%
  • asymmetry 40%

• 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

  • filling period 100%
  • Oryza 92%
  • Soil 71%
  • drying 66%
  • Carbon 64%

• 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%

• 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 78%
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases 63%
  • GTP-Binding Proteins 52%
  • ligases 46%

• 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

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

  WONG, J. W. C.

  26/05/16 → 7/06/16

  Project: Research project

• 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%

• 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 78%
  • Droughts 44%
  • flooding tolerance 40%
  • Germination 40%

• 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 55%
  • Ampullariidae 48%
  • Fresh Water 42%
  • Gastropoda 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%

• 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

• 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%

• 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%

• 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

• R&P Technology Limited

  YUE, P. Y. K.

  1/04/14 → 31/03/16

  Project: Knowledge transfer project

• OPER Technology Limited

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

  1/04/14 → 31/03/17

  Project: Knowledge transfer project

• Mechanism of WRKY factors-mediated defense and heterosis in Arabidopsis polyploids

  NG, D. W. K.

  1/01/14 → 30/06/16

  Project: Research project

  • Arabidopsis 100%
  • heterosis 81%
  • biotic stress 76%
  • stress response 69%
  • autotetraploidy 63%

• Extra Large G Protein 2 (XLG2) in Plant Immunity: What Is Its Molecular Mode of Action?

  XIA, Y.

  1/01/14 → 31/12/16

  Project: Research project

  • G-proteins 100%
  • Cytokinins 81%
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases 53%
  • GTP-Binding Proteins 47%
  • cytokinins 46%

• Centre for Organelle Biogenesis and Function

  XIA, Y. & ZHANG, J.

  1/01/14 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research project

• Matagenomic-metatranscriptomic analysis of the acidogenic reactor in a two-phase anaerobic digestion process

  WONG, J. W. C.

  1/12/13 → 30/11/16

  Project: Research project

  • Food waste 100%
  • food waste 99%
  • reactor 69%
  • Food 60%
  • Hydrolysis 53%

• "The impact of perinatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids, and its linkage to predisposition of metabolic disorders in adult offspring."

  WONG, C. K. C.

  1/01/13 → 31/12/14

  Project: Research project

  • perfluoroalkyl acids 100%
  • metabolic diseases 25%
  • perfluorooctane sulfonic acid 16%
  • metabolic syndrome 14%
  • endocrine-disrupting chemicals 12%

• "Defining the role of two Nudix proteins, AtNUDT6 and AtNUDT7, in modulating the defense pathway in Arabidopsis"

  XIA, Y.

  1/01/13 → 31/12/15

  Project: Research project

  • nitric oxide 100%
  • proteins 63%
  • Arabidopsis 55%
  • biochemical mechanisms 45%
  • nitrate reductase 40%

• Systematic Characterization of Hybrid Incompatibilities between Nematode Species

  ZHAO, Z.

  1/11/12 → 30/04/17

  Project: Research project

  • loci 100%
  • Nematoda 76%
  • human fertility 51%
  • genomics 41%
  • abnormal development 39%

• Effects of hypoxia on the structure and function of microbial communities in surface marine sediments

  CHIU, M. Y.

  1/10/12 → 30/09/15

  Project: Research project

  • microbial community 100%
  • hypoxia 80%
  • marine sediment 38%
  • environmental stress 18%
  • phosphorus cycle 11%

• A study of responses of the invasive apple snail Pomacea canaliculata to environmental stressors using shotgun proteomics

  QIU, J.

  1/10/12 → 31/03/15

  Project: Research project

  • Pomacea canaliculata 100%
  • proteomics 48%
  • Ampullariidae 40%
  • invasive species 27%
  • hypoxia 24%

• Enhanced Functional Sapphire Substrate for LED 

  WONG, J. W. C.

  24/09/12 → 23/04/14

  Project: Research project

• Defining the mechanism that regulates male gametogenesis and floral meristem determinacy by an E3 ubiquitin ligase in Arabidopsis

  XIA, Y.

  1/01/12 → 31/12/14

  Project: Research project

  • meristems 100%
  • gametophytes 72%
  • pollen 63%
  • carpels 60%
  • Arabidopsis 48%

• Polybrominated DiphenyI Ethers: Bioaccumulation, Maternal Transfer and Effects on Darwinian Fitness Traits of the Parental and F1 Generations of Marine Gastropod Crepidula Onyx

  CHIU, M. Y.

  1/01/12 → 31/12/14

  Project: Research project

• Rapid Screening Platforms for Modulators of Melanogenesis and Cytoprotectants Using Human Skin Equivalent Models 

  YUNG, K. L.

  1/07/11 → 30/06/13

  Project: Research project

• Risk Assessment and Remediation of Cadmium Contamination in Registered Vegetable Farms in the Pearl River Delta Region

  WONG, M. H.

  1/01/11 → 31/12/13

  Project: Research project

• Functional characterization of a redox-sensitive Anamorsin family protein in Arabidopsis

  XIA, Y.

  1/01/11 → 31/12/13

  Project: Research project

• The Identification of Stanniocalcin-1 Target Cells and the Characterization of the In-Situ Ca2+-Sensing and Transport Mechanisms in Gill Epithelial Cells of Japanese Eels.

  WONG, C. K. C.

  1/01/11 → 31/12/13

  Project: Research project

• N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor as a prime target for therapy of Parkinson's disease: new discoveries on an old target

  YUNG, K. L.

  1/01/11 → 31/12/13

  Project: Research project

• High-Nutrient Compost Production From Food Waste

  WONG, J. W. C.

  1/10/10 → 30/09/11

  Project: Research project

• An empirical and modeling study of the demography of a commercially exploited sea urchin: Implications for stock management

  QIU, J.

  1/09/10 → 31/08/13

  Project: Research project

• Application of a novel semiconductor catalyst in a surface coating material: characterization of antimicrobial properties and the associated mechanisms

  LIANG, Y.

  1/01/10 → 31/12/12

  Project: Research project