Department of Biology

Projects

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

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  Role of OsABA8ox2 in the regulation of seedling establishment and grain filling in rice

  ZHANG, J.

  1/01/23 → …

  Project: Research project

  • abscisic acid 100%
  • filling period 65%
  • plant establishment 58%
  • rice 27%
  • metabolism 20%

• Shell DNA as an archive of phylogenetics, population genetics, and symbiosis in deep-sea clams

  QIU, J.

  1/01/23 → …

  Project: Research project

  • clams 100%
  • shell (molluscs) 89%
  • DNA 52%
  • population genetics 39%
  • endosymbionts 33%

• Mapping, molecular cloning and functional characterization of an autosome-linked locus that leads to 100% lethality of the hybrid embryos between two closely related nematodes

  ZHAO, Z.

  1/01/23 → …

  Project: Research project

  • abortion (animals) 100%
  • loci 84%
  • Caenorhabditis briggsae 72%
  • embryo (animal) 49%
  • genes 47%

• NAD-capped RNAs in Arabidopsis may link gene regulation and energy metabolism

  XIA, Y.

  1/01/23 → …

  Project: Research project

  • RNA 100%
  • energy metabolism 72%
  • eukaryotic cells 32%
  • Arabidopsis 28%
  • gene expression 22%

• Hydrogen production in two-phase food waste anaerobic digestion with acidogenic gas diversion: mechanism and control

  WONG, J. W. C.

  1/01/23 → …

  Project: Research project

  • food waste 100%
  • anaerobic digestion 64%
  • methane 33%
  • electron 15%
  • decarboxylation 15%

• Constraint-based genome-scale computational modeling of human enterotype-associated gut commensal metabolism: Focus on the systems metabolic picture of bacterium Prevotella copri

  KIM, P. J.

  1/01/23 → …

  Project: Research project

  • Prevotella 100%
  • nutrients 54%
  • genome 40%
  • metabolomics 37%
  • intestinal microorganisms 36%

• Investigation on removal of the microplastics in food waste digestate for safer organic fertilizers

  ZHAO, J.

  1/09/22 → 31/08/24

  Project: Research project

• 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

• Translating Disease-Mechanism Discoveries to Improve Treatment of Biliary Atresia, an Intractable Newborn Liver Disease

  CHEUNG, K. L. A.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Research project

• Regulation of plant drought tolerance by AT-rich Interaction domain (ARID) proteins

  XIONG, L.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research project

  • transpiration 100%
  • protein domains 89%
  • stomatal movement 56%
  • guard cells 48%
  • drought tolerance 39%

• Understanding the roles of Arabidopsis DXO1 in mRNA capping and transcriptional pausing

  XIA, Y.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research project

  • Arabidopsis 100%
  • RNA Caps 85%
  • NAD 78%
  • Messenger RNA 72%
  • RNA Polymerase II 59%

• A study of the genomic basis of symbiosis in a deep-sea tubeworm

  QIU, J.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research project

  • symbiont 100%
  • genome 69%
  • symbiosis 65%
  • chemosynthesis 58%
  • deep sea 51%

• Effects of the sunscreen UV filter, benzophenone, on marine invertebrates

  CHIU, M. Y.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research project

  • invertebrate 100%
  • filter 38%
  • coral 34%
  • skin 34%
  • exposure 33%

• Diversity, abundance and distribution of epifauna from southern Hong Kong waters

  QIU, J.

  1/12/21 → 30/11/24

  Project: Research project

• 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

• Characterizing the in vivo functions of cyclin L and its binding partners in pre-mRNA splicing and cell cycle control

  ZHAO, Z.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research project

  • Cyclins 100%
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinases 58%
  • Cell Cycle 39%
  • RNA Precursors 28%
  • Caenorhabditis elegans 27%

• Cloning and functional analysis of the main QTL gene qBGW1 that controls rice grain width

  ZHANG, J.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research project

  • rice 100%
  • trichomes 42%
  • transcriptomics 41%
  • Lycoris 36%
  • seed germination 31%

• 基於CXCR7/beta-catenin信號通路探索補骨脂定抑制肝癌幹細胞及轉移的作用機制

  YUNG, K. L.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research project

• Molecular Mechanisms for LOT1 Regulation of Plant Drought Stress Tolerance

  XIONG, L.

  1/12/20 → 30/11/23

  Project: Research project

  • abscisic acid 100%
  • transpiration 78%
  • ubiquitination 61%
  • temperature 49%
  • proteins 24%

• 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%

• 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

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

  ZHANG, J.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research project

  • filling period 100%
  • spikelets 51%
  • mutants 49%
  • rice 49%
  • source-sink relationships 26%

• 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%

• Center for Genomic Studies on Plant-Environment Interaction for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security

  ZHANG, J.

  1/06/17 → 31/05/25

  Project: Research project

  • flood irrigation 100%
  • nutritive value 86%
  • irrigation 86%
  • drying 84%
  • rice 72%

• Center for Genomic Studies on Plant-Environment Interaction for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security

  NG, D. W. K.

  1/06/17 → 31/05/25

  Project: Research project

• Center for Genomic Studies on Plant-Environment Interaction for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security

  XIA, Y.

  1/06/17 → 31/05/25

  Project: Research project