Department of Biology

Projects

Projects per year 2007 2009 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2026

• 1 Curtailed
• 15 Not started
• 26 Active
• 79 Finished

Projects per year

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  Field Trials to Compare Common Fruits Flies Control Methods in Hong Kong

  WONG, J. W. C.

  15/01/22 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research project

• International Conference on Sustainable Biowaste Management (SBM 2020)

  WONG, J. W. C.

  12/04/21 → 15/04/21

  Project: Research project

• Viral Inhibition of Pseudo-SARS-CoV-2 Using a UV-C Equipped Ventilation Pipe

  CHEUNG, K. L. A.

  16/03/21 → 15/06/21

  Project: Research project

• A Study of Coral-Eating Nudibranchs

  QIU, J.

  1/06/20 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research project

• A network framework for inferring the underlying ecological processes of facilitated gut microbiota remodelling in response to therapeutic agents: Focus on irritable bowel syndrome interventions

  KIM, P. J.

  1/05/20 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research project

• 針灸治療兒童自閉症研究 - 單盲(評估者)隨機對照試驗

  CHUNG, S. S.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research project

• 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

• 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%

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

  • abscisic acid 100%
  • alternative splicing 91%
  • acid treatment 41%
  • stress response 24%
  • knockout mutants 24%

• 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

  • autosomes 100%
  • male fertility 68%
  • male sterility 65%
  • loci 62%
  • X chromosome 60%

• 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

• 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%
  • maternal exposure 80%
  • islets of Langerhans 73%
  • metabolic diseases 73%
  • obesity 42%

• 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

  • NAD 100%
  • RNA 94%
  • RNA Caps 64%
  • Arabidopsis 63%
  • Yeasts 23%

• 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%

• 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

  • CD66 antigens 100%
  • macrophages 86%
  • Single-Cell Analysis 80%
  • Catenins 75%
  • tumors 57%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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

• 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%

• 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%

• 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

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

• 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%

• 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 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%

• 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

• 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%

• 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%

• International Conference on Eco-aquaculture and Public Health

  YUNG, K. L.

  28/11/14 → 30/11/14

  Project: Research project

• 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%