1) Optimization of aptamer selection methodology;

2) Aptamer-based translational medicine and drug discovery;

3) Aptamer structural biology

研究興趣：

1）核酸適配體篩選方法優化；

2）基於核酸配適體的轉化醫學與藥物發現；

3）核酸適配體結構生物學

Prof. Yuanyuan Yu is a tenure track Assistant Professor in the School of Chinese Medicine. She earned her PhD in Biochemistry from Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong in 2015.  Prof. Yu has undertaken multiple external grants in the capacity of PI (such as GRF-RGC and NSFC). Prof. Yu has focused on developing therapeutic aptamers for various diseases.  Her research mainly focuses on aptamer-based drug discovery, including understanding disease mechanisms, identifying targets and discovering drug for diseases, particularly rare and geriatric diseases that lack specific treatments.

個人簡介：

于教授為中醫藥學院助理教授（終身職軌）。她於2015年在香港大學醫學院獲得生物化學博士學位。于教授以首席研究員（PI）身分主持多項外部研究資助（如研究資助局 RGC 的優配研究基金 GRF 及國家自然科學基金 NSFC）。于 教授致力於研發用於多種疾病的治療性核酸適配體。其研究主要聚焦於基於核酸適體的藥物發現，包括闡明疾病機制、鑑定靶點與發現/開發新藥，特別關注缺乏針對性治療的罕見疾病與老年性疾病。

任教科目：

微生物學、分子生物學及生物化學