Department of Biology

Projects

Projects per year 2007 2019 2023 2027

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

Projects per year

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  Alternate wetting and drying irrigation enhances grain filling of inferior spikelets for different rice cultivars

  ZHANG, J.

  1/04/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research project

• 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

• Integrative Anslysis of Microbiome, Metabolome, PM2.5-exposure, and dietary pattern for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in mice model

  TIAN, L. & YANG, Z.

  1/06/21 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research project

  • fatty liver 100%
  • disease models 63%
  • microbiome 58%
  • metabolome 57%
  • eating habits 51%

• Comparative study on subcritical hydrothermal treatment as pre- and post- treatment of anaerobic digestion—opportunities for the improvement of food waste treatment technology in Hong Kong

  ZHAO, J. & WONG, J. W. C.

  1/06/21 → 31/05/23

  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

• Understanding roles of NAD-capped RNAs in regulating virulence of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae

  XIA, Y.

  1/11/20 → 31/10/23

  Project: Research project

  • virulence 100%
  • RNA 93%
  • Pseudomonas syringae 83%
  • plant pathogens 33%
  • pathogens 31%

• 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

• Non-canonical NAD-capped RNAs in Arabidopsis: mechanisms of capping and decapping and molecular and physiological functions

  XIA, Y., XIONG, L., CAI, Z., Wong, K. B., Jiang, L., Huang, L. & Zhang, W.

  1/04/20 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research project

• Preparation and Modification of Biomass-derived Graphitic Carbon Materials and Their Performance in Metal-Free Catalytic One-Pot Synthesis of 2,5-Furandicarboxaldehyde

  ZHAO, J.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research project

• 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

  • Dioscorea 100%
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy 97%
  • Estradiol 75%
  • Longevity 58%
  • Ovary 56%

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

  • Caenorhabditis 100%
  • Gene Transfer Techniques 76%
  • Caenorhabditis elegans 65%
  • Genome 20%
  • Spices 19%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%