School of Biological Sciences

SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Researcher : ANAND A

List of Research Outputs

Duprey N.N., WONG C.W.M., ANAND A., CONTI-JERPE I.E., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., WONG C.Y., Yasuhara M. and Baker D.M., Stable N isotopes reveal the sources of nitrogen affecting Hong Kong’s coral communities, In: Dr. Put O. ANG, Jr., Dr. David M. BAKER, Dr. Leo L. CHAN, , International Conference on Underwater Sciences, Technology and Education ICUSTE. 2015.

Researcher : AROKIARAJ AWR

List of Research Outputs

Sekar R., SINGH K., AROKIARAJ A.W.R. and Chow B.K.C., Pharmacological Actions of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1, Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide, and Glucagon, International review of cell and molecular biology. 2016.

Researcher : BAI J

List of Research Outputs

BAI J., Tan C.D. and Chow B.K.C., Secretin, at the Hub of Water-salt Homeostasis, American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. 2016, ajprenal.00191.2015.

BAI J., Tan C.D. and Chow B.K.C., The Role of Secretin and Its Receptor in Angiotensin II–Induced Aldosterone Biosynthesis and Release, The 12th International Symposium on VIP-PACAP and Related Peptides. 2015.

Researcher : Baker DM

Project Title:	A stable isotope survey of Hong Kongs corals: Assessing the impact of nitrogen pollution on coral health and community biodiversity
Investigator(s):	Baker DM
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:	09/2013

Project Title:	Clash of the Dinoflagellates! Nitrogen Competition Among Coral-hosted Symbionts
Investigator(s):	Baker DM
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	09/2013
Completion Date:	08/2015

Project Title:	Two Centuries of Nitrogen Pollution in Hong Kong’s Coastal Waters Reconstructed from Hard-Coral and Octocoral δ15N records
Investigator(s):	Baker DM
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	Clash of the Dinoflagellates! Nitrogen Competition Among Coral-hosted Symbionts
Investigator(s):	Baker DM
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2014

Project Title:	Seed Funding for a Pilot Survey of Marine Biodiversity using Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS): A First Step for MarineGEO Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Baker DM
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2015

Project Title:	2015 ESA Annual Meeting; Reefs of the future: water quality constrains coral biodiversity in an urbanized seascape
Investigator(s):	Baker DM
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2015
Completion Date:	08/2015

Project Title:	Determining the sources of nitrogen to the coral skeletal organic matrix
Investigator(s):	Baker DM
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	3D-printed coral reefs: exploring the relationship between rugosity and biodiversity
Investigator(s):	Baker DM
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	03/2016

List of Research Outputs

Baker D.M., Climate change impacts on corals, from reef to cell, Effects of the long-term climatic changes on marine environment and the marine invertebrate animals. 2015.

Cheung P.K., Yuen K.L., Li P.F., Lau W.H., Chiu C.M., Yuen S.W. and Baker D.M., To swim or not to swim? A disagreement between microbial indicators on beach water quality assessment in Hong Kong, Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2015, 101: 53-60.

Duprey N.N., Wang X.T., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., Pleadwell J., Raymundo L., Kim K. and Baker D.M., Coral skeletal δ15N records provide a historical perspective on coastal coral reefs eutrophication, International Coral Reef Symposium ICRS. 2016.

Duprey N.N., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., Li M.H., WONG C.W.M. and Baker D.M., Reefs of the future: Water quality constrains coral biodiversity in an urbanized seascape, 100th Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. 2015.

Duprey N.N., WONG C.W.M., ANAND A., CONTI-JERPE I.E., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., WONG C.Y., Yasuhara M. and Baker D.M., Stable N isotopes reveal the sources of nitrogen affecting Hong Kong’s coral communities, In: Dr. Put O. ANG, Jr., Dr. David M. BAKER, Dr. Leo L. CHAN, , International Conference on Underwater Sciences, Technology and Education ICUSTE. 2015.

Freeman C.J., Stoner E.W., Easson C.G., Matterson K.O. and Baker D.M., Symbiont carbon and nitrogen assimilation in the Cassiopea–Symbiodinium mutualism, Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2016, 544: 281-286.

Researcher : Bonebrake TC

Project Title:	Stochastic Population Growth and the Ecological Impact of Increased Fluctuations in Climate
Investigator(s):	Bonebrake TC, Thomson DL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	12/2012

Project Title:	Relative vulnerability of temperate and tropical species to climate change: lessons from Hong Kong Lepidoptera
Investigator(s):	Bonebrake TC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	07/2013

Project Title:	Light Pollution as an Emerging Biodiversity Threat: Impacts on Hong Kong Moths (Lepidoptera)
Investigator(s):	Bonebrake TC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2015

Project Title:	Hong Kong Arthropod Biodiversity and Forest Health Assessment
Investigator(s):	Bonebrake TC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	04/2015

Project Title:	The 2015 ESA Annual Meeting; Habitat degradation compounds climate change threat to tropical forest butterfly communities
Investigator(s):	Bonebrake TC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2015
Completion Date:	08/2015

Project Title:	Nocturnality and climate change impacts on tropical Lepidoptera
Investigator(s):	Bonebrake TC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	09/2015
Completion Date:	11/2015

List of Research Outputs

Perkins M.J., Ng P.T., Dudgeon D., Bonebrake T.C. and Leung K.M.Y., Conserving intertidal habitats: What is the potential of ecological engineering to mitigate impacts of coastal structures, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2015, 167: 504-515.

Tam K.C. and Bonebrake T.C., Butterfly diversity, habitat and vegetation usage in Hong Kong urban parks, Urban Ecosystems. 2015.

Researcher : CESARIO A

List of Research Outputs

CESARIO A., Costa M., Fumagalli M., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. and Karczmarski L., Female reproductive success and post-natal growth in spinner dolphins through underwater photo-identification and photogrammetry., 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, 13–18 December 2015.. 2015.

Researcher : CHAN CY

List of Research Outputs

CHAN C.Y., Karczmarski L. and Gailey G., DISCOVERY: A Photo-Identification Data Management System, 14th Savanna Science Network Meeting. Kruger National Park, South Africa; 13–17 March 2016. . 2016.

CHAN C.Y. and Karczmarski L., New demographic insights: The first mark-recapture analysis of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Hong Kong., 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, 13–18 December 2015.. 2015.

Karczmarski L., Huang S., OR K.M., Gui D., CHAN C.Y., Lin W., Porter L., WONG W.H., Zheng R., Ho Y.W., Chui Y.S., Tiongson A.J.C., Mo Y., Chang W., Kwok H.W.J., Lee T.L., YIU S.W., Keith M., Gailey G. and Wu Y., Humpback dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Status, threats, and conservation challenges., Advances in Marine Biology . Elsevier, 2016, 73: 27–64.

Researcher : CHEN H

List of Research Outputs

CHEN H., Mruk D.D., Lee W.W.M. and Cheng C.Y., Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) Protein Vangl2 Regulates Ectoplasmic Specialization Dynamics via Its Effects on Actin Microfilaments in the Testes of Male Rats, Endocrinology. 2016, 157: 2140-2159.

Researcher : CHEUNG CWR

List of Research Outputs

Katsuki K., Yang D.Y., Seto K., Yasuhara M., Takata H., Otsuka M., Nakanishi T., Yoon Y., Um I.K., CHEUNG C.W.R., Khim B.K. and Kashima K., Factors controlling typhoons and storm rain on the Korean Peninsula during the Little Ice Age, Journal of Paleolimnology. 2016, 55: 35–48.

Researcher : CHIU WT

List of Research Outputs

CHIU W.T., Yasuhara M., Cronin T.M., Hunt G. and Gemery L., Modern and Interglacial Marine Ostracode Species Diversity Patterns off Eastern North America , Ocean Science Meeting 2016.

CHIU W.T., Yasuhara M., Iwatani H., Kitamura A. and Fujita K., THE PALEOECOLOGY OF A SUBMARINE CAVE IN OKINAWA, JAPAN FOR THE PAST 7000 YEARS, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. 2015.

Researcher : CHUI YS

List of Research Outputs

CHUI Y.S., Henly M., Parrini F. and Karczmarski L., Socio-behavioural ecology of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Associated Private Nature Reserves on the western border of the Kruger National Park, 14th Savanna Science Network Meeting. Kruger National Park, South Africa; 13–17 March 2016.. 2016.

Karczmarski L., Huang S., OR K.M., Gui D., CHAN C.Y., Lin W., Porter L., WONG W.H., Zheng R., Ho Y.W., Chui Y.S., Tiongson A.J.C., Mo Y., Chang W., Kwok H.W.J., Lee T.L., YIU S.W., Keith M., Gailey G. and Wu Y., Humpback dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Status, threats, and conservation challenges., Advances in Marine Biology . Elsevier, 2016, 73: 27–64.

Researcher : CONTI-JERPE IE

List of Research Outputs

Duprey N.N., WONG C.W.M., ANAND A., CONTI-JERPE I.E., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., WONG C.Y., Yasuhara M. and Baker D.M., Stable N isotopes reveal the sources of nitrogen affecting Hong Kong’s coral communities, In: Dr. Put O. ANG, Jr., Dr. David M. BAKER, Dr. Leo L. CHAN, , International Conference on Underwater Sciences, Technology and Education ICUSTE. 2015.

Researcher : Cai Y

Project Title:	14th World Congress of Food Science and Technology Effects of phytochemicals on reduction of acrylamide in an asparagine/glucose model system
Investigator(s):	Cai Y
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	10/2008

Researcher : Cannicci S

Project Title:	The relationship between the sea-land transition by intertidal species and their sensitivity to global warming: an interdisciplinary study
Investigator(s):	Cannicci S
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Baldanzi S., Weidberg N. .F., Fusi M., Cannicci S., McQuaid C. .D. and Porri F., Contrasting environments shape thermal physiology across the spatial range of the sandhopper Talorchestia capensis, Oecologia. 2015, 179: 1067-1078.

Cannicci S., The study of sea-land transition of intertidal species reveals evolutionary consequences of global warming, 8th UCAS Postgraduate Symposium, Jinshan, New Taipei City, March 2016. 2016.

Fusi M., Cannicci S., Daffonchio D., Mostert B., Poertner H.-.O. and Giomi F., The trade-off between heat tolerance and metabolic cost drives the bimodal life strategy at the air-water interface, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 19158.

Paoli F., Wirkner C. .S. and Cannicci S., The branchiostegal lung of Uca vocans (Decapoda: Ocypodidae): Unreported complexity revealed by corrosion casting and MicroCT techniques, Arthropod Structure & Development. 2015, 44: 622-629.

Researcher : Chan CL

List of Research Outputs

Gan R., Lui W.Y., Chan C.L. and Corke H., Hot Air Drying Induces Browning and Enhances Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Capacity in Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.) Sprouts, Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 2016.

Gan R., Deng Z., Yan A., Shah N., Lui W.Y., Chan C.L. and Corke H., Pigmented edible bean coats as natural sources of polyphenols with antioxidant and antibacterial effects, Food Science and Technology. 2016, 73: 168-177.

Researcher : Chan CMN

List of Research Outputs

Ng A.M.C., GUO M., Leung Y.H., Chan C.M.N., Wong W.Y., YUNG M.N.M., Ma A.P.Y., Djurisic A., Leung F.C.C., Leung K.M.Y., Chan W.K. and Lee H.K., Metal oxide nanoparticles with low toxicity, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology. 2015, 151: 17-24.

Researcher : Chang W

List of Research Outputs

Karczmarski L., Huang S., OR K.M., Gui D., CHAN C.Y., Lin W., Porter L., WONG W.H., Zheng R., Ho Y.W., Chui Y.S., Tiongson A.J.C., Mo Y., Chang W., Kwok H.W.J., Lee T.L., YIU S.W., Keith M., Gailey G. and Wu Y., Humpback dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Status, threats, and conservation challenges., Advances in Marine Biology . Elsevier, 2016, 73: 27–64.

Researcher : Cheng CY

List of Research Outputs

CHEN H., Mruk D.D., Lee W.W.M. and Cheng C.Y., Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) Protein Vangl2 Regulates Ectoplasmic Specialization Dynamics via Its Effects on Actin Microfilaments in the Testes of Male Rats, Endocrinology. 2016, 157: 2140-2159.

Gao Y., Xiao X., Lui W.Y., Lee W.W.M., Mruk D.D. and Cheng C.Y., Cell polarity proteins and spermatogenesis, Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 2016.

Gao Y., Lui W.Y., Lee W.W.M. and Cheng C.Y., Polarity protein Crumbs homolog-3 (CRB3) regulates ectoplasmic specialization dynamics through its action on F-actin organization in Sertoli cells, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 28589.

Li N., Mruk D.D., Wong C.K.C., Lee W.W.M., Han D. and Cheng C.Y., Actin-bundling Protein Plastin 3 Is A Regulator Of Ectoplasmic Specialization Dynamics During Spermatogenesis In The Rat Testis, The FASEB Journal. 2015, 29: 3788-3805.

Li N., Mruk D.D., Mok K.W., Li M.W.M., Wong C.K.C., Lee W.W.M., Han D., Silvestrini B. and Cheng C.Y., Connexin 43 reboots meiosis and reseals blood-testis barrier following toxicant-mediated aspermatogenesis and barrier disruption, The FASEB Journal. 2016, 30: 1436-1452.

Li N., Mruk D.D., Wong C.K.C., Han D., Lee W.W.M. and Cheng C.Y., Formin 1 Regulates Ectoplasmic Specialization in the Rat Testis Through Its Actin Nucleation and Bundling Activity, Endocrinology. 2015, 156: 2969-2983.

Li N., Mruk D.D., TANG E.I.Y., Lee W.W.M., Wong C.K.C. and Cheng C.Y., Formin 1 regulates microtubule and F-actin organization to support spermatid transport during spermatogenesis in the rat testis, Endocrinology. 2016, en.2016-1133.

Li N., Mruk D.D., Lee W.W.M., Wong C.K.C. and Cheng C.Y., Is toxicant-induced Sertoli cell injury in vitro a useful model to study molecular mechanisms in spermatogenesis?, Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 2016.

Su L., Zhang Y., Cheng C.Y., Lee W.W.M., Ye K. and Hu D., Slc15a1 is involved in the transport of synthetic F5-peptide into the seminiferous epithelium in adult rat testes, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 16271.

TANG E.I.Y., Lee W.W.M. and Cheng C.Y., Coordination of Actin- and Microtubule-Based Cytoskeletons Supports Transport of Spermatids and Residual Bodies/Phagosomes During Spermatogenesis in the Rat Testis, Endocrinology. 2016, 157: 1644-1659.

Researcher : Chiu MY

Project Title:	Toxic effects of silver nanoparticles (Ag NP) on marine invertebrates
Investigator(s):	Chiu MY, Djurisic A, Wu SS
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2012

Project Title:	Effects of hypoxia on the structure and function of microbial communities in surface marine sediments
Investigator(s):	Chiu MY, Pointing SB
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2013

Researcher : Chow BKC

Project Title:	A unified on-line learning portal for Majors and Minors offered by the newly formed School of Biological Sciences
Investigator(s):	Chow BKC, Pointing SB, Wong AST, Wan JMF, Lo CSC, Hau CH, Gu J
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Run Run Shaw Research and Teaching Endowment Fund - Teaching Grants
Start Date:	09/2008

Project Title:	Research Output Prize (Faculty of Science)
Investigator(s):	Chow BKC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:	12/2010

Project Title:	The Mechanism of Central Secretin as a Dipsogen
Investigator(s):	Chow BKC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2012
Completion Date:	12/2015

Project Title:	Strategic research of hormones and their receptors in the water homeostatic axis: from molecular mechanisms to anti-hypertensive drug design
Investigator(s):	Chow BKC, Chan YS, Chung SK, Lee TO, Lui WY, Sun H, Tsao GSW, Wong AST
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project
Start Date:	06/2012

Project Title:	Secretin in mouse cerebellar Purkinje cells is responsible for regulating motor coordination and learning.
Investigator(s):	Chow BKC, Chung SK
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Nuclear factor of activated T-cells 5 (NFAT5) plays a key role in regulating secretin and secretin receptor in the kidney for renal omsoprotection against osmotic stress
Investigator(s):	Chow BKC, Chung SK, Lee TO
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	07/2014

Project Title:	A role of secretin in fat uptake in enterocytes and breakdown in adipocytes
Investigator(s):	Chow BKC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	Marine Genomics: Crustacean Evolution and Aquaculture
Investigator(s):	Chow BKC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project
Start Date:	03/2015

Project Title:	Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Progressive Development of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Secretin Knockout Mice
Investigator(s):	Chow BKC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Function of transmembrane peptides of angiotensin and secretin receptors in regulation of vasopressin expression and release in the hypothalamus
Investigator(s):	Chow BKC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2016

List of Research Outputs

BAI J., Tan C.D. and Chow B.K.C., Secretin, at the Hub of Water-salt Homeostasis, American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. 2016, ajprenal.00191.2015.

BAI J., Tan C.D. and Chow B.K.C., The Role of Secretin and Its Receptor in Angiotensin II–Induced Aldosterone Biosynthesis and Release, The 12th International Symposium on VIP-PACAP and Related Peptides. 2015.

Chow B.K.C., SECRETIN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION, The 8th Congress of Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology. 2016.

Sekar R. and Chow B.K.C., Modulation of lipid homeostasis by secretin, 2015.

Sekar R. and Chow B.K.C., Modulation of lipid homeostasis by secretin, ICOMES 2015.

Sekar R., SINGH K., AROKIARAJ A.W.R. and Chow B.K.C., Pharmacological Actions of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1, Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide, and Glucagon, International review of cell and molecular biology. 2016.

YUAN S., ZHANG N., SINGH K., SHUAI H., Chu H., Zhou J., Chow B.K.C. and Zheng B., Cross-Protection of Influenza A Virus Infection by a DNA Aptamer Targeting the PA Endonuclease Domain, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2015, 59: 4082-4093.

Yuan S., Chu H., SINGH K., Zhao H., Zhang K., Kao R.Y.T., Chow B.K.C., Zhou J. and Zheng B., A novel small-molecule inhibitor of influenza A virus acts by suppressing PA endonuclease activity of the viral polymerase, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 22880.

Yuan S., Chu H., Zhao H., Zhang K., SINGH K., Chow B.K.C., Kao R.Y.T., Zhou J. and Zheng B., Identification of a small-molecule inhibitor of influenza virus via disrupting the subunits interaction of the viral polymerase, Antiviral Research. 2016, 125: 34-42.

Researcher : Chui YS

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Chye ML

Project Title:	Outstanding Researcher Award 2006-2007
Investigator(s):	Chye ML
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Outstanding Researcher Award
Start Date:	11/2007

Project Title:	Functional dissection of a novel C2-domain protein that regulates an unconventional G-protein in plants
Investigator(s):	Chye ML
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	08/2013

Project Title:	Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding proteins in plant growth and development
Investigator(s):	Chye ML
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2013

Project Title:	Interactions of ankyrin-containing ACBPs, protein partners and lipids in vitro
Investigator(s):	Chye ML
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	03/2015

Project Title:	14th International Congress on Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins; Acyl-CoA-binding proteins mediate stress tolerance in plants
Investigator(s):	Chye ML
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2015
Completion Date:	08/2015

Project Title:	Investigations on the rice class I and class II acyl-CoA-binding proteins
Investigator(s):	Chye ML
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	Transcriptome and metabolome analyses on transgenic plants
Investigator(s):	Chye ML, Liao P
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	03/2016

List of Research Outputs

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Chye M.L., 2015. Acyl-CoA-binding proteins mediate stress tolerance in plants, The 14th International Conference on Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins, Vienna, Aug 3-7, 2015. Lecture (Plant Physiology Session). Amino Acids 47: 1658. 2015.

Chye M.L., 2015. An Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein, ACBP2, can protect transgenic Arabidopsis from drought stress. , Mini-symposium on integrated studies on soybean. Organized by the Center for Soybean Research of the Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 14-17 Dec 2015 (15/12/15 talk). 2015.

Chye M.L., 2015. Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding proteins can protect plants against environmental stresses, 6th International Singapore Lipid Symposium (ISLS6-Nov 30-2 Dec, 2015) & 6th Asian Symposium on Plant Lipids (ASPL6-Dec2-4,2015), Singapore, Dec 2-4, 2015, p. 104. Invited talk (2/12/15) and session chair on “Lipid signalling in development and defence”. 2015.

Chye M.L., 2015. Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding proteins confer protection against biotic and abiotic stresses, Keynote Lecture, 11th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology (ISBAB), Banff, Alberta, Sep 13-16, 2015. (13/9/15). 2015.

Chye M.L., 2015. Enhancing seed yield via manipulation of plant isoprenoid biosynthesis, Session III: Food Biotechnology & Industry, Food Safety & Food for Health First Trilateration Meeting (HKU-Jinan University-Seoul National University), University of Hong Kong, Aug 27-28, 2015, p. 42 Invited talk and session chair. (28/8/15). 2015.

Chye M.L., 2015. International engagement in doctoral education at the University of Hong Kong Framework for the Internationalisation of Doctoral Education (FRINDOC) Launch Event, International doctoral education – the role of institutions, Plenary III: International profile, Imperial College London, U.K. (Sep 24-25, 2015; invited by Secretary General, European University Association). (25/9/15). 2015.

Chye M.L. and Liao P., 2015. Rice acyl-CoA-binding proteins ACBP4 and ACBP5 show difference in their endoplasmic reticulum subcellular localization., Croucher/AoE Symposium, The University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Dec 7-9, 2015 (9/12/15 talk presented by M-L. Chye & P. Liao). 2015.

Chye M.L., 2016. Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding proteins can protect plants against various forms of environmental stresses, University of Melbourne. Invited talk, 2/6/16. 2016.

Chye M.L., 2016. The plant isoprenoid pathway can be engineered to promote growth and seed production, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu. Invited talk, 17/5/16. 2016.

Chye M.L., Board Director (2015) of the International Society on Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, (ISBAB). 2015.

Chye M.L., Board Member of the 6th Asian Symposium on Plant Lipids, Singapore (2-4/12/15). 2015.

Chye M.L., Chair, 12th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, Hong Kong 2016.. 2016.

Chye M.L., International Scientific Advisory Committee, 10th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology (2015). 2015.

Chye M.L., Member (Editor), Editorial Board, Planta (Springer). 2015-2016. 2015.

Chye M.L., Member, Advisory Panel - Plant Genomics Congress Asia, Hong Kong (2017). 2016.

Chye M.L., Member, Judging Panel for the 2015 U21 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) Competition (Oct 2015). Invited by Jane Usherwood (Secretary General, Universitas 21). 2015.

Chye M.L., Member, Scientific Advisory Committee for the 22nd Symposium on Plant Lipids, Goettingen (3-8/7/16). 2015.

Chye M.L., Plant biotechnology in Asia and beyond, The 2nd International Postgraduate Symposium on Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology (IPSFAB) 2015, Mahasarakham University, Thailand, Aug 17-18, 2015. Invited keynote lecture (17/8/15). 2015.

Chye M.L., Review Editor, Frontiers in Plant Metabolism and Chemodiversity. 2015-2016. 2015.

Chye M.L., Review Editor, Frontiers in Plant Physiology. 2015-2016. 2015.

Chye M.L., Vice President, International Society of Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology (Nov 2015-Oct 2016). 2015.

Liao P., WANG H., Hemmerlin A., NAGEGOWDA D. .A., Bach T. .J. and Chye M.L., 2015. Enhancing plant growth, seed yield and sterol content through manipulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase, 11th GERLI Lipidomics Meeting "Lipids in Agronomy, Health and Disease". Conference center "Le Bischenberg", Bischoffsheim, France. October 25-28, 2015.

Liao P., Wang M., Bach T... .J... and Chye M.L., 2016. Manipulation of the plant isoprenoid pathway to enhance agriculture, 3rd Plant Genomics Congress Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 11-12, 2016. Invited talk (11/4/16) presented by ML Chye. 2016.

Liao P., Bach T... .J... and Chye M.L., 2016. RNA sequencing analysis to understand how transgenic tobacco overexpressing Brassica 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase influences plant growth and development, Universite de Strasbourg, France (13/6/16 presented by P Liao). 2016.

Liao P., Hemmerlin A., Bach T... .J... and Chye M.L., 2016. The potential of the mevalonate pathway for enhanced isoprenoid production, Biotechnology Advances 34: 697-713. 2016.

Liao P., Wang M., Bach T... .J... and Chye M.L., 2016. Transcriptome analysis on transgenic tobacco overexpressing Brassica 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase, Norwegian Plant Biology 2016. Trondheim, Norway, June 15-17, 2016, Poster 34 p. 40. 2016.

Liao P., Bach T.J. and Chye M.L., RNA-Seq analysis of transgenic tobacco overexpressing Brassica 3-hydroxy-3- methylglutaryl-CoA synthase, Plant Evolution & adaptation workshop, May 27, 2016, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. (oral presentation, 27/5/2016 presented by P Liao). 2016.

Liao P. and Chye M.L., The significance of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase in regulating isoprenoid production. SKL/IPMBAB Seminar Series. 2015 Oct 17, 2015. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. (17/10/2015 talk presented by P Liao). . 2015.

Lung S.C., Du Z. and Chye M.L., 2015. Acyl-CoA-Binding Proteins (ACBPs) in Plant Development, In “Lipid in plant and algae development” (ISBN 9783319259796) edited by Y. Nakamura and Y. Li-Beisson. Springers. Chapter 15, p. 363-404. 2015.

Lung S.C. and Chye M.L., 2016. Acyl-CoA-binding proteins help plants “degrease” adversities, Atlas of Science (24/5/16). 2016.

XUE Y., Kim J., Lung S.C., Suh M.C. and Chye M.L., 2015. Class I acyl-CoA-binding protein family function in Arabidopsis cuticle formation, The 26th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Paris, July 5-9, 2015, Poster P277, p. 112.. 2015.

XUE Y., Kim J., Lung S.C., Suh M.C. and Chye M.L., 2015. Depletion of the Arabidopsis ACBP1 affects stem cuticle formation, Croucher/AoE Symposium, The University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Dec 7-9, 2015.. 2015.

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Hoffmann-Benning S., Young E. and Chye M.L., 2015. Expression of an acyl-CoA-binding protein, ACBP6, in Arabidopsis phloem., The 26th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Paris, July 5-9, 2015, Poster P428, p. 143-144. 2015.

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Wang M., Hoffman-Benning S., Yeung E. and Chye M.L., 2016. Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP6 can potentially bind lipids in the phloem., Plant Model Species: Fundamentals and Applications - Vienna International Conference Series, Feb 4-5, 2016. Invited talk (4/2/16) presented by S-C. Lung. 2016.

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Wang M., Hoffmann-Benning S., Yeung E. and Chye M.L., 2016. Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP6 can potentially bind lipids in the phloem, Plant Model Species: Fundamentals and Applications - Vienna International Conference Series, Feb 4-5, 2016. Invited talk, Session I: Arabidopsis thaliana-general plant model. (4/2/16 presented by S-C. Lung). 2016.

YE Z. and Chye M.L., 2016. Plant cytosolic acyl-CoA-binding proteins, Lipids 50th Commemorative Issue 51: 1-13. 2016.

Yung Y.L., Cheung M.Y., Miao R., Fong Y.H., Li K.P., Yu M.H., Chye M.L., Wong K.B. and Lam H.M., Site-directed mutagenesis shows the significance of interactions with phospholipids and the G-protein OsYchF1 on the physiological functions of the rice GTPase-Activating Protein 1 (OsGAP1), J Biol. Chem. 290: 23984-23996.. 2015.

Researcher : Corke H

Project Title:	2nd International Wheat Quality Conference Effect of Wheat Quality on Noodle Production
Investigator(s):	Corke H
Department:	Botany
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2001

Project Title:	Genetic and physical predictors of sensory properties of rice grain and rice starch gels
Investigator(s):	Corke H
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2014

List of Research Outputs

GAN R., Shah N., Wang M., Lui W.Y. and Corke H., L actobacillus plantarum WCFS1 Fermentation Differentially Affects Antioxidant Capacity and Polyphenol Content in Mung bean ( Vigna radiata ) and Soya Bean ( Glycine max ) Milks , Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 2016.

GAN R., Shah N., Wang M., Lui W.Y. and Corke H., Fermentation alters antioxidant capacity and polyphenol distribution in selected edible legumes, International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 2016, 51: 875-884.

GAN R., Lui W.Y. and Corke H., Sword bean (Canavalia gladiata) as a source of antioxidant phenolics, International Journal of Food Science & Technology . 2016, 51: 156-162.

Gan R., Lui W.Y., Chan C.L. and Corke H., Hot Air Drying Induces Browning and Enhances Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Capacity in Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.) Sprouts, Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 2016.

Gan R., Deng Z., Yan A., Shah N., Lui W.Y., Chan C.L. and Corke H., Pigmented edible bean coats as natural sources of polyphenols with antioxidant and antibacterial effects, Food Science and Technology. 2016, 73: 168-177.

Gan R., Lui W.Y., Wu K. and Corke H., Thermal treatments affect the polyphenol profile and increase antioxidant capacity in five varieties of edible bean milks, International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 2016, 51: 954-961.

Researcher : DENG L

List of Research Outputs

DENG L. and Tsang J.S.H., Unraveling the members of a DNA-binding complex of a bacterial haloacid operon, FEBS Journal. 2015, 282: 71.

Researcher : Deng Z

List of Research Outputs

Gan R., Deng Z., Yan A., Shah N., Lui W.Y., Chan C.L. and Corke H., Pigmented edible bean coats as natural sources of polyphenols with antioxidant and antibacterial effects, Food Science and Technology. 2016, 73: 168-177.

Researcher : Du Z

List of Research Outputs

Lung S.C., Du Z. and Chye M.L., 2015. Acyl-CoA-Binding Proteins (ACBPs) in Plant Development, In “Lipid in plant and algae development” (ISBN 9783319259796) edited by Y. Nakamura and Y. Li-Beisson. Springers. Chapter 15, p. 363-404. 2015.

Researcher : Dudgeon D

Project Title:	The conservation of freshwaters in tropical Asia
Investigator(s):	Dudgeon D
Department:	Ecology & Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:	01/2002

Project Title:	The ecology and biodiversity of Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Dudgeon D, Corlett RT
Department:	Ecology & Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:	07/2002

Project Title:	Tropical stream ecology
Investigator(s):	Dudgeon D
Department:	Ecology & Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:	01/2003

Project Title:	Conservation of freshwater biodiversity in Asia
Investigator(s):	Dudgeon D
Department:	Ecology & Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:	06/2003

Project Title:	Can stream drift be used to monitor climate change? Development of a protocol for assessing the effects of temperature rise on biodiversity in Hong Kong streams
Investigator(s):	Dudgeon D
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	03/2014

List of Research Outputs

Boyero L., Pearson R.G., Hui C., Gessner M., Perez J., Alexandrou M.A., Cardinale B., Albarino R.J., Arunachalam M., Barmuta L., Boulton A.J., Bruder A., Callisto M., Chauvet E., Death R.G., Graca M., Dudgeon D., Encalada A.C., Ferreira V., Flecker A.S., Goncalves J.F., Helson J., Iwata T., Jinggut T., Moretti M.S., Pringle C., Ramirez A., Rincon J. and Yule C., Biotic and abiotic variables influencing plant litter breakdown in streams: a global study, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2016, 283: 20152664.

Dudgeon D., Apocalypse in Anthropocene Asia: can we conserve freshwater biodiversity in a rapidly-changing world?, Keynote: 1st Philippine Symposium on Freshwater Biodiversity and Ecosystems. 2016.

Dudgeon D., Can we conserve freshwater biodiversity in a rapidly-changing world?, Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystems: Evolution, Interactions and Global Change, 2015. 2015.

Dudgeon D., Editor-in -Chief, Freshwater Biology. 2016.

Dudgeon D., Editor-in-Chief, Freshwater Biology. 2015.

Dudgeon D., Editorial Board Member, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Systems. 2015.

Dudgeon D., Editorial Board member, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 2016.

Dudgeon D., Editorial Board member, Global Ecology and Conservation. 2016.

HO S.K. and Dudgeon D., Are high densities of fishes and shrimp associated with top-down control of tropical benthic communities? A test in three Hong Kong streams, Freshwater Biology. 2016, 61: 57-68.

Welcomme R.L., Baird I.G., Dudgeon D., Halls A., Lamberts D. and Mustafa M.G., Fisheries of the rivers of Southeast Asia., In: J.F. Craig, Freshwater Fisheries Ecology. Chichester, UK, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015.

YEUNG A.C.Y. and Dudgeon D., Do adult snails in headwater streams make upstream migrations to compensate for spate-induced washout? A test using three populations of a tropical caenogastropod, Journal Of Molluscan Studies. 2015, 81: 417-420.

YUEN Y.L. and Dudgeon D., Dietary Dependence of Predatory Arthropods on Volant Aquatic Insects in Tropical Stream Riparia, Biotropica. 2016, 48: 218-228.

YUEN Y.L. and Dudgeon D., Spatio-temporal variability in the distribution of ground-dwelling riparian spiders and their potential role in water-to-land energy transfer along Hong Kong forest streams, PeerJ. 2015, 3: e1134.

YUEN Y.L. and Dudgeon D., The magnitude and seasonality of aquatic insect subsidies to tropical stream riparia in Hong Kong., Aquatic Sciences. 2016, 78: 655-667.

Researcher : Duprey NN

Project Title:	13th International Coral Reef Symposium; Coral skeletal δ15N records provide a historical perspective on coastal coral reefs eutrophication
Investigator(s):	Duprey NN
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2016
Completion Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Duprey N.N., Wang X.T., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., Pleadwell J., Raymundo L., Kim K. and Baker D.M., Coral skeletal δ15N records provide a historical perspective on coastal coral reefs eutrophication, International Coral Reef Symposium ICRS. 2016.

Duprey N.N., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., Li M.H., WONG C.W.M. and Baker D.M., Reefs of the future: Water quality constrains coral biodiversity in an urbanized seascape, 100th Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. 2015.

Duprey N.N., WONG C.W.M., ANAND A., CONTI-JERPE I.E., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., WONG C.Y., Yasuhara M. and Baker D.M., Stable N isotopes reveal the sources of nitrogen affecting Hong Kong’s coral communities, In: Dr. Put O. ANG, Jr., Dr. David M. BAKER, Dr. Leo L. CHAN, , International Conference on Underwater Sciences, Technology and Education ICUSTE. 2015.

Researcher : Dvornyk V

Project Title:	Life-style and genetic factors contributing to age at menarche in Hong Kong college female students
Investigator(s):	Dvornyk V, Li RHW
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2013
Completion Date:	08/2015

Project Title:	Effect of acute long-term natural stress on a genomic structure and evolution of Nostoc linckia from “Evolution Canyon”
Investigator(s):	Dvornyk V
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014

List of Research Outputs

Qiming M., Sadovy Y.J. and Dvornyk V., Molecular evolution of cryptochromes in fishes, Gene. 2015, 574: 112-120.

Researcher : El-Nezamy HS

Project Title:	The melamine milk - kidney and developmental toxicity: impact on the foetus and the disease development later in life
Investigator(s):	El-Nezamy HS, Chen Y, Tam PKH, Lau ASY, Chen SF, Leung FCC, Lan CLL, Wang M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Studies Related to Melamine Incident
Start Date:	04/2009

Project Title:	Interactions Between Perfluorooctane Sulfonate and Gestational Diabetes on Placental Lipid Transport
Investigator(s):	El-Nezamy HS
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2014
Completion Date:	10/2015

Project Title:	Fusarium toxins compromised mucus synthesis and secretion: A potential target for probiotic intervention
Investigator(s):	El-Nezamy HS
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	10/2014

Project Title:	Th17 regulation by the probiotic mixture (Prohep) may provide an alternative therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma
Investigator(s):	El-Nezamy HS
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	03/2015
Completion Date:	08/2016

Project Title:	Novel bioactive peptides from probiotic bacteria for management of infectious diarrhea- potential involvement of mucus barrier on bacterial adherence and invasion
Investigator(s):	El-Nezamy HS
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2016

List of Research Outputs

LING K.H., Wan L.Y., El-Nezamy H.S. and Wang M., Protective capacity of resveratrol, a natural polyphenolic compound, against deoxynivalenol-induced intestinal barrier dysfunction and bacterial translocation, Chemical Research in Toxicology. 2016, 29: 823-833.

Li J., Sung C.Y., Lee N., NI Y., Pihajamaki J., Panagiotou I. and El-Nezamy H.S., Probiotics modulated gut microbiota suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma growth in mice, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016, 113: E1306-E1315.

Li J., Sung Y.J.C., Lee N.P.Y., NI Y., Pihlajamäki J., Panagiotou I. and El-Nezamy H.S., Probiotics modulated gut microbiota suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma growth in mice, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016, 113(9): E1306-E1315.

Wan L.Y., LING K.H., Wang M. and El-Nezamy H.S., Green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate improves epithelial barrier function by inducing the production of antimicrobial peptide pBD-1 and pBD-2 in monolayers of porcine intestinal epithelial IPEC-J2 cells, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 2016, 60: 1048-1058.

Wan L.Y., YUNG C.Y., Shah N. and El-Nezamy H.S., Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG enhances mucus barrier against Escherichia coli infection, Probiotics Congress: Asia. 2016.

Wan L.Y., Turner P.C., Allen K.J. and El-Nezamy H.S., Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG modulates intestinal mucosal barrier and inflammation in mice following combined dietary exposure to deoxynivalenol and zearalenone, Journal of Functional Foods. 2016, 22: 34-43.

YUNG C.Y., Wan L.Y., Shah N. and El-Nezamy H.S., Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG enhances intestinal mucus barrier upon Escherichia coli infection, International Scientific Conference on Probiotics and Prebiotics. 2016.

Researcher : Fung KC

Project Title:	Development of a metabolomics approach to identify physiological substrates of TolC-dependent efflux systems in Escherichia coli
Investigator(s):	Fung KC, Yan A
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2014
Completion Date:	11/2015

Researcher : GAN R

List of Research Outputs

GAN R., Shah N., Wang M., Lui W.Y. and Corke H., L actobacillus plantarum WCFS1 Fermentation Differentially Affects Antioxidant Capacity and Polyphenol Content in Mung bean ( Vigna radiata ) and Soya Bean ( Glycine max ) Milks , Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 2016.

GAN R., Shah N., Wang M., Lui W.Y. and Corke H., Fermentation alters antioxidant capacity and polyphenol distribution in selected edible legumes, International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 2016, 51: 875-884.

GAN R., Lui W.Y. and Corke H., Sword bean (Canavalia gladiata) as a source of antioxidant phenolics, International Journal of Food Science & Technology . 2016, 51: 156-162.

Gan R., Lui W.Y., Chan C.L. and Corke H., Hot Air Drying Induces Browning and Enhances Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Capacity in Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.) Sprouts, Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 2016.

Gan R., Deng Z., Yan A., Shah N., Lui W.Y., Chan C.L. and Corke H., Pigmented edible bean coats as natural sources of polyphenols with antioxidant and antibacterial effects, Food Science and Technology. 2016, 73: 168-177.

Gan R., Lui W.Y., Wu K. and Corke H., Thermal treatments affect the polyphenol profile and increase antioxidant capacity in five varieties of edible bean milks, International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 2016, 51: 954-961.

Researcher : GANDHI A

List of Research Outputs

GANDHI A. and Shah N., Release of bioactive peptides and essential amino acids as affected by sodium chloride reduction and substitution in Akawi cheese, ADSA Annual meeting, Orlando, FL, July 12-16, 2015.

GANDHI A. and Shah N., Sodium chloride induced stress responses in dairy probiotic bacteria, ADSA Annual meeting, Orlando, FL, July 12-16, 2015.. 2015.

Researcher : GUAN X

List of Research Outputs

Law Y.S., ZHANG R., GUAN X., CHENG S., SUN F., Duncan O., Murcha M., Whelan J. and Lim B.L., Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation of the Presequence of Precursor MULTIPLE ORGANELLAR RNA EDITING FACTOR3 during Import into Mitochondria from Arabidopsis, In: Prof. Wataru Sakamoto, Plant Physiology. 2015, 169: 1344-1355.

Researcher : Gan R

List of Research Outputs

GAN R., Lui W.Y. and Corke H., Sword bean (Canavalia gladiata) as a source of antioxidant phenolics, International Journal of Food Science & Technology . 2016, 51: 156-162.

Researcher : Gao Y

List of Research Outputs

Gao Y., Xiao X., Lui W.Y., Lee W.W.M., Mruk D.D. and Cheng C.Y., Cell polarity proteins and spermatogenesis, Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 2016.

Gao Y., Lui W.Y., Lee W.W.M. and Cheng C.Y., Polarity protein Crumbs homolog-3 (CRB3) regulates ectoplasmic specialization dynamics through its action on F-actin organization in Sertoli cells, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 28589.

Researcher : Gibson LG

Project Title:	The response of two sympatric bear species to habitat fragmentation in Southeast Asia
Investigator(s):	Gibson LG
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2015

Project Title:	Biodiversity and Conservation of Tropical Andes and Amazon Rainforest; Fragmentation from hydropower: impacts of forest edges and isolation on rainforest mammals
Investigator(s):	Gibson LG
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	10/2015
Completion Date:	10/2015

Project Title:	Elephant defaunation and cascading impacts on tropical forest tree communities
Investigator(s):	Gibson LG
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Gibson L.G., Fragmentation from hydropower: impacts of forest edges and isolation on rainforest mammals, Andes Amazon Biodiversity Conservation. 2015.

Gibson L.G., Fragmentation from hydropower: shifts in rainforest mammal communities from fragments to edges to interior forest, Conservation of China’s Tropical Biodiversity. 2016.

Gibson L.G., Saving two birds with one stone: solving the quandary of threatened species introduced to urban centers, Conservation Asia. 2016.

Gibson L.G., Wang Gungwu Medal & Prize, National University of Singapore. 2015.

Gibson L.G., World Future Foundation Prize in Environmental and Sustainability Research, World Future Foundation. 2015.

Researcher : Gu J

Project Title:	Super genetic engineered bacterium and detoxification enzymes for bioremidiation
Investigator(s):	Gu J
Department:	Ecology & Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Matching Fund for Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Projects)
Start Date:	02/2004

Project Title:	Anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria as bio-indicator for the anthropogenic pollution and its history
Investigator(s):	Gu J
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	12/2011

Project Title:	Biological Methanogenesis of Alkanes: Thermodynamics and Microbial Ecology
Investigator(s):	Gu J, Jiao JJJ
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:	01/2012

Project Title:	Phylogenetic Diversity and Contribution of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (Anammox) Bacteria to Nitrogen Removal in Mangrove Wetland Ecosystem
Investigator(s):	Gu J
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Optimization of PCR primer sets for detection of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria
Investigator(s):	Gu J
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	ICoN4 - the 4th International Conference on nitrification; Distribution of Anammox Bacteria Along an Anthropogenic Nitrogen-input Gradient from the Pearl River Delta to the South China Sea
Investigator(s):	Gu J
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2015
Completion Date:	07/2015

Project Title:	44th Annual AIC Meeting/42nd CAC Conference; Involvement of Microbes in Cultural Heritage Protection at Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Investigator(s):	Gu J
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2016
Completion Date:	05/2016

List of Research Outputs

Gu J., A Foreword from the Editor, Applied Environmental Biotechnology. 2015, 1.

Gu J., Assistant Field Editor, Microbial Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation. Switzerland, Frontiers Research Foundation, 2015.

Gu J. and Wang Y.S., Coastal and marine pollution and ecotoxicology, Ecotoxicology. Springer, 2015, 24: 1407-1410.

Gu J., Editor-in-Chief, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 2015.

JIANG X., Wang J., Chan L., Lam P.K.S. and Gu J., Comparison of three protein extraction procedures from toxic and non-toxic dinoflagellates for proteomics analysis, Ecotoxicology. 2015, 24: 1395-1406.

JIANG X., Wang J., Gao Y.-.F., Chan L., Lam P.K.S. and Gu J., Relationship of proteomic variation and toxin synthesis in the dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense CI01 under phosphorus and inorganic nitrogen limitation, Ecotoxicology. 2015.

LUO L. and Gu J., Nutrient limitation status in a subtropical mangrove ecosystem revealed by analysis of enzymatic stoichiometry and microbial abundance for sediment carbon cycling, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 2016.

Yang G., Zhou L.P., Mbadinga S.M., Liu J.-.F., Yang S.-.Z., Gu J. and Mu B.-.Z., Formate-Dependent Microbial Conversion of CO2 and the Dominant Pathways of Methanogenesis in Production Water of High-temperature Oil Reservoirs Amended with Bicarbonate, Frontiers in Microbiology. 2016, 7.

Researcher : Gu JD

Project Title:	Super genetic engineered bacterium and detoxification enzymes for bioremidiation
Investigator(s):	Gu J
Department:	Ecology & Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Matching Fund for Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Projects)
Start Date:	02/2004

Project Title:	Anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria as bio-indicator for the anthropogenic pollution and its history
Investigator(s):	Gu J
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	12/2011

Project Title:	Biological Methanogenesis of Alkanes: Thermodynamics and Microbial Ecology
Investigator(s):	Gu J, Jiao JJJ
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:	01/2012

Project Title:	Phylogenetic Diversity and Contribution of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (Anammox) Bacteria to Nitrogen Removal in Mangrove Wetland Ecosystem
Investigator(s):	Gu J
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Optimization of PCR primer sets for detection of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria
Investigator(s):	Gu J
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	ICoN4 - the 4th International Conference on nitrification; Distribution of Anammox Bacteria Along an Anthropogenic Nitrogen-input Gradient from the Pearl River Delta to the South China Sea
Investigator(s):	Gu J
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2015
Completion Date:	07/2015

Project Title:	44th Annual AIC Meeting/42nd CAC Conference; Involvement of Microbes in Cultural Heritage Protection at Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Investigator(s):	Gu J
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2016
Completion Date:	05/2016

List of Research Outputs

Gu J.D., Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 2016.

Researcher : Guenard BS

Project Title:	Effects of urbanization and biological invasions on ant communities in Hong Kong: a comparison of communities on The University of Hong Kong campus and Lung Fu Shan Country Park.
Investigator(s):	Guenard BS
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	02/2015

Project Title:	Monitoring of terrestrial non-native insect species introductions in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Guenard BS
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong International Airport
Start Date:	06/2015

Project Title:	Effects of micro-habitats and competition on species diversity of social insects: observational and experimental approaches in arboreal ant communities
Investigator(s):	Guenard BS
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2016

Project Title:	Distribution and ecological impacts of invasive ant species on arthropod communities in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Guenard BS
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	05/2016

List of Research Outputs

Bharti H., Guenard B.S., Bharti M. and Economo E.P., An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), ZooKeys. 2016, 551: 1-83.

Economo E.P., Sarnat E.M., Janda M., Clouse R., Klimov P.B., Fischer G., Blanchard B.D., Ramirez L.N., Andersen A.N., Berman M., Guenard B.S., Lucky A., Rabeling C., Wilson E.O. and Knowles L.L., Breaking out of biogeographical modules: range expansion and taxon cycles in the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole , Journal of Biogeography. 2015, 42: 2289-2301.

Fisher B.L., Guenard B.S. and Robson S., Borneo, fANTastique!, Asian Myrmecology. 2015, 7: 171–174.

Guenard B.S. and Economo E.P., Additions to the checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Peru, Zootaxa. 2015, 4040: 225-235.

Guenard B.S., Perrichot V. and Economo E.P., Integration of global fossil and modern biodiversity data reveals dynamism and stasis in ant macroecological patterns, Journal of Biogeography. 2015, 42: 2302-2312.

Janicki J., Narula N., Ziegler M., Guenard B.S. and Economo E.P., Visualizing and interacting with large-volume biodiversity data using client–server web-mapping applications: The design and implementation of antmaps.org, Ecological Informatics. 2016, 32: 185-193.

Liu C., Guenard B.S., Blanchard B., Peng Y.Q. and Economo E.P., Reorganization of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic ant biodiversity after conversion to rubber plantation, Ecological Monographs. 2016, 86: 215-227.

Sarnat E.M., Fischer G., Guenard B.S. and Economo E.P., Introduced Pheidole of the world: taxonomy, biology and distribution, ZooKeys. 2015, 543: 1-109.

Wepfer P.H., Guenard B.S. and Economo E.P., Influences of climate and historical land connectivity on ant beta diversity in East Asia, Journal of Biogeography. 2016.

Wetterer J.K., Guenard B.S. and Booher D.B., Geographic spread of Vollenhovia emeryi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Asian Myrmecology. 2015, 7: 105-112.

Wong M.K.L. and Guenard B.S., Aenictus seletarius, a New Species of Hypogaeic Army Ant from Singapore, with an Updated Key to the Aenictus minutulus Species Group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae) from Southeast Asia , Annales Zoologici. 2016, 66: 35-42.

Wong M.K.L. and Guenard B.S., First confirmed record of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Malay Peninsula: description of a new species and a key to Myrmecina species from Sundaland, Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 2016, 50: 129-140.

Wong M.K.L. and Guenard B.S., Leptanilla hypodracos sp. n., a new species of the cryptic ant genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Singapore, with new distribution data and an updated key to Oriental Leptanilla species, ZooKeys. 2016, 551: 129-144.

Researcher : HO SK

List of Research Outputs

HO S.K. and Dudgeon D., Are high densities of fishes and shrimp associated with top-down control of tropical benthic communities? A test in three Hong Kong streams, Freshwater Biology. 2016, 61: 57-68.

Researcher : HU A

List of Research Outputs

HU A., Gale S.W., Saunders R.M.K. and Fischer G.A., Extinction vortex in Bulbophyllum bicolor, an outcrossing epiphytic orchid: evidence from an analysis of microsatellites, 6th International Orchid Conservation Congress, Hong Kong, 16–20 May 2016.

Researcher : HU S

List of Research Outputs

Wang M. and HU S., The Depigmenting Effect and Mechanism S of Kuwanon O and Sanggenon T from the Roots of Morus Australis, July 25 – 29, 2015, poster presentation, The American Society of Pharmacognosy’s 2015 Annual Meeting,. Copper Mountain, CO, USA, 2015.

Researcher : HU T

List of Research Outputs

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Hoffmann-Benning S., Young E. and Chye M.L., 2015. Expression of an acyl-CoA-binding protein, ACBP6, in Arabidopsis phloem., The 26th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Paris, July 5-9, 2015, Poster P428, p. 143-144. 2015.

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Wang M., Hoffman-Benning S., Yeung E. and Chye M.L., 2016. Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP6 can potentially bind lipids in the phloem., Plant Model Species: Fundamentals and Applications - Vienna International Conference Series, Feb 4-5, 2016. Invited talk (4/2/16) presented by S-C. Lung. 2016.

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Wang M., Hoffmann-Benning S., Yeung E. and Chye M.L., 2016. Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP6 can potentially bind lipids in the phloem, Plant Model Species: Fundamentals and Applications - Vienna International Conference Series, Feb 4-5, 2016. Invited talk, Session I: Arabidopsis thaliana-general plant model. (4/2/16 presented by S-C. Lung). 2016.

Researcher : Hau CH

Project Title:	Green Slope Engineering: Bioengineered, Live Cover Systems for Man-made Fill Slopes and Landfill Capillary Barriers in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Hau CH, Tham LG, Pryor MR, Yan RWM
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project
Start Date:	06/2013

Project Title:	Understanding Debris Flow Mechanisms and Mitigating Risks for a Sustainable Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Hau CH
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Theme-based Research Scheme
Start Date:	01/2016

List of Research Outputs

Chick H.L. and Hau C.H., Seminar on “Living Water & Community Revitalization: An Agricultural-led Action, Engagement and Incubation Programme at Lai Chi Wo”, HSBC. 2016.

Hau C.H., Hong Kong's Urban Biodiversity, Hong Kong Bird Watching Society. 2016.

Hau C.H., Hong Kong's Urban Biodiversity, St. Paul Co-Education College. 2016.

Leung A.K., Garg A., Coo J.L., Ng C.W.W. and Hau C.H., Effects of the roots of Cynodon dactylon and Schefflera heptaphylla on water infiltration rate and soil hydraulic conductivity , Hydrological Processes. 2015, 29: 3342-3354.

NG C...W...W..., Garg A., Leung A.K. and Hau C.H., Relationships between leaf and root area indices and soil suction induced during drying-wetting cycles, Ecological Engineering. Elsevier, 2016, 93: 113-118.

YEUNG S.W., Yan W.M. and Hau C.H., Performance of ground penetrating radar in root detection and its application in root diameter estimation under controlled conditions, Science China Earth Sciences. 2016, 59: 145-155.

Researcher : He M

Project Title:	Regulation of ion channels by angiotensin II in human cardiac fibroblasts
Investigator(s):	He M, Li GR
Department:	LKS Medical Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	09/2009

List of Research Outputs

JIANG X., He M., MA A. and Wong A.O.L., Type II SOCS as a feedback repressor for GH-induced Igf1 expression in carp hepatocytes., J Endocrinol.. 2016.

JIANG X., He M., MA A. and Wong A.O.L., Type Ii Socs As A Feedback Repressor For Gh-induced Igf1 Expression In Carp Hepatocytes, J Endocrinol. 2016.

Researcher : Ho YW

List of Research Outputs

Karczmarski L., Huang S., OR K.M., Gui D., CHAN C.Y., Lin W., Porter L., WONG W.H., Zheng R., Ho Y.W., Chui Y.S., Tiongson A.J.C., Mo Y., Chang W., Kwok H.W.J., Lee T.L., YIU S.W., Keith M., Gailey G. and Wu Y., Humpback dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Status, threats, and conservation challenges., Advances in Marine Biology . Elsevier, 2016, 73: 27–64.

Researcher : Huang S

List of Research Outputs

Karczmarski L., Huang S., OR K.M., Gui D., CHAN C.Y., Lin W., Porter L., WONG W.H., Zheng R., Ho Y.W., Chui Y.S., Tiongson A.J.C., Mo Y., Chang W., Kwok H.W.J., Lee T.L., YIU S.W., Keith M., Gailey G. and Wu Y., Humpback dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Status, threats, and conservation challenges., Advances in Marine Biology . Elsevier, 2016, 73: 27–64.

Researcher : Ip KM

Project Title:	The effect of bisphenol A on ovarian tumor-initiating cells and the underlying signaling mechanisms
Investigator(s):	Ip KM, Wong AST
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	03/2015
Completion Date:	02/2016

List of Research Outputs

Ip K.M., LI S., TANG Y.H., Sy K.H.S., Shum H.C. and Wong A.S.T., Sialyl Lewis x is essential for early stage ovarian tumor metastasis through modulation of tumor-mesothelial adhesion, ASCB Annual Meeting 2015, San Diego, CA. 2015.

Ip K.M., LI S., TANG Y.H., Sy K.H.S., Ren R.Y., Shum H.C. and Wong A.S.T., Stemness and chemoresistance in epithelial ovarian carcinoma cells under shear stress, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 26788.

Researcher : Iwatani H

List of Research Outputs

CHIU W.T., Yasuhara M., Iwatani H., Kitamura A. and Fujita K., THE PALEOECOLOGY OF A SUBMARINE CAVE IN OKINAWA, JAPAN FOR THE PAST 7000 YEARS, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. 2015.

Iwatani H., Kondo Y., Irizuki T., Iwai M. and Ikehara M., Orbital obliquity cycles recorded in Kuroshio Current region, eastern Asia, around Plio–Pleistocene boundary, Quaternary Science Reviews. 2016, 140: 67-74.

SHIN C.P., Iwatani H., Kase T. and Yasuhara M., TROPICAL OSTRACOD DIVERSITY AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. 2015.

Researcher : JIANG X

List of Research Outputs

JIANG X., Wang J., Chan L., Lam P.K.S. and Gu J., Comparison of three protein extraction procedures from toxic and non-toxic dinoflagellates for proteomics analysis, Ecotoxicology. 2015, 24: 1395-1406.

JIANG X., Wang J., Gao Y.-.F., Chan L., Lam P.K.S. and Gu J., Relationship of proteomic variation and toxin synthesis in the dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense CI01 under phosphorus and inorganic nitrogen limitation, Ecotoxicology. 2015.

JIANG X., He M., MA A. and Wong A.O.L., Type II SOCS as a feedback repressor for GH-induced Igf1 expression in carp hepatocytes., J Endocrinol.. 2016.

JIANG X., He M., MA A. and Wong A.O.L., Type Ii Socs As A Feedback Repressor For Gh-induced Igf1 Expression In Carp Hepatocytes, J Endocrinol. 2016.

Researcher : JIANG X

List of Research Outputs

JIANG X., He M., MA A. and Wong A.O.L., Type II SOCS as a feedback repressor for GH-induced Igf1 expression in carp hepatocytes., J Endocrinol.. 2016.

JIANG X., He M., MA A. and Wong A.O.L., Type Ii Socs As A Feedback Repressor For Gh-induced Igf1 Expression In Carp Hepatocytes, J Endocrinol. 2016.

Researcher : KANG K

List of Research Outputs

KANG K., Li J., Lim B.L. and Panagiotou I., MESSI: metabolic engineering target selection and best strain identification tool, Database. 2015, 2015: bav076.

Liang C., Cheng S., Zhang Y., Sun Y., Fernie A.R., Kang K., Panagiotou I., Lo C.S.C. and Lim B.L., Transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolic changes in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves after the onset of illumination, BMC Plant Biol. 2016, 16: 43.

Researcher : KIM T

List of Research Outputs

Duprey N.N., Wang X.T., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., Pleadwell J., Raymundo L., Kim K. and Baker D.M., Coral skeletal δ15N records provide a historical perspective on coastal coral reefs eutrophication, International Coral Reef Symposium ICRS. 2016.

Duprey N.N., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., Li M.H., WONG C.W.M. and Baker D.M., Reefs of the future: Water quality constrains coral biodiversity in an urbanized seascape, 100th Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. 2015.

Duprey N.N., WONG C.W.M., ANAND A., CONTI-JERPE I.E., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., WONG C.Y., Yasuhara M. and Baker D.M., Stable N isotopes reveal the sources of nitrogen affecting Hong Kong’s coral communities, In: Dr. Put O. ANG, Jr., Dr. David M. BAKER, Dr. Leo L. CHAN, , International Conference on Underwater Sciences, Technology and Education ICUSTE. 2015.

Researcher : Karczmarski L

Project Title:	Metapopulation dynamics of coastal and semi-pelagic dolphins: Evolutionary patterns vs. anthropogenic pressures in the archipelago system of Solomon Islands
Investigator(s):	Karczmarski L
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	06/2012

Project Title:	Integrated ecological approach to the conservation of Chinese white dolphins across the Pearl River Estuary
Investigator(s):	Karczmarski L
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Ocean Park Research Project
Start Date:	05/2013

Project Title:	Integrated ecological approach to conservation of Chinese White Dolphins across the Pearl River Estuary: What it is that we are trying to protect?
Investigator(s):	Karczmarski L
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2013

Project Title:	Population connectivity and barriers to gene flow in a mobile aquatic mammal: The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin in coastal systems of Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan
Investigator(s):	Karczmarski L
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Coastal delphinid under the impact of long-term land reclamation
Investigator(s):	Karczmarski L
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	Habitat integrity and conservation ecology of a coastal delphinid: The Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin in anthropogenically degraded environments
Investigator(s):	Karczmarski L
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	08/2015

List of Research Outputs

CESARIO A., Costa M., Fumagalli M., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. and Karczmarski L., Female reproductive success and post-natal growth in spinner dolphins through underwater photo-identification and photogrammetry., 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, 13–18 December 2015.. 2015.

CHAN C.Y., Karczmarski L. and Gailey G., DISCOVERY: A Photo-Identification Data Management System, 14th Savanna Science Network Meeting. Kruger National Park, South Africa; 13–17 March 2016. . 2016.

CHAN C.Y. and Karczmarski L., New demographic insights: The first mark-recapture analysis of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Hong Kong., 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, 13–18 December 2015.. 2015.

CHUI Y.S., Henly M., Parrini F. and Karczmarski L., Socio-behavioural ecology of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Associated Private Nature Reserves on the western border of the Kruger National Park, 14th Savanna Science Network Meeting. Kruger National Park, South Africa; 13–17 March 2016.. 2016.

Gui D., Karczmarski L., Yu R., Plön S., Chen L., Tu Q., Cliff G. and Wu Y., Profiling and spatial variation analysis of persistent organic pollutants in South African delphinids. , Environmental Science and Technology. American Chemical Society, 2016, 50: 4008−4017.

Karczmarski L., Huang S., OR K.M., Gui D., CHAN C.Y., Lin W., Porter L., WONG W.H., Zheng R., Ho Y.W., Chui Y.S., Tiongson A.J.C., Mo Y., Chang W., Kwok H.W.J., Lee T.L., YIU S.W., Keith M., Gailey G. and Wu Y., Humpback dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Status, threats, and conservation challenges., Advances in Marine Biology . Elsevier, 2016, 73: 27–64.

Karczmarski L., Keynote speech -- Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins in Pearl River Delta and Taiwan: Modelling socio-spatial and demographic parameters with photo-identification techniques. , 3rd International Symposium and Workshop of Wildlife Photo-ID Network: Data Sourcing and Long-Term Studies. University of Eastern Finland and Finish Cultural Foundation, Helsinki, Finland; 3 Sept 2015. . 2015.

Koper R.P., Karczmarski L., du Preez D. and Plön S., Sixteen years later: Occurrence, group size, and habitat use of humpback dolphins (Sousa plumbea) in Algoa Bay, South Africa. , Marine Mammal Science . John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016, 32: 490–507.

OR K.M. and Karczmarski L., New insights into spatio-behavioural dynamics of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Hong Kong., 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, 13–18 December 2015.. 2015.

OR K.M. and Karczmarski L., The seascape of the Anthropocene: Spatio-behavioural dynamics of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Hong Kong. , 34th International Ethological Conference, Cairns, Australia; 9–14 August 2015.. 2015.

TIONGSON A.J.C. and Karczmarski L., Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Tañon Strait, central Philippines: Early research findings and health concerns., 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, 13–18 December 2015.. 2015.

YIU S.W., Keith M., Karczmarski L. and Parrini F., Early post-release movement of reintroduced lions (Panthera leo) in Dinokeng Game Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa., European Journal of Wildlife Research . Springer, 2015, 61: 861–870.

YIU S.W., Parrini F., Keith M. and Karczmarski L., How to move around and where to settle: environmental determinants of spatial behaviour in reintroduced lions (Panthera leo), 14th Savanna Science Network Meeting. Kruger National Park, South Africa; 13–17 March 2016.. 2016.

Researcher : Karraker NE

Project Title:	Population Demography and Impacts of Environmental Change on Eastern Box Turtles on Long Island, New York
Investigator(s):	Karraker NE
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2011

List of Research Outputs

LAU T.C.E., Karraker N.E. and Leung K.M.Y., Temperature-dependent acute toxicity of methomyl pesticide on larvae of 3 Asian amphibian species, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2015, n/a-n/a.

Researcher : Kong KF

List of Research Outputs

PAN Y., Kong K.F. and Tsang J.S.H., Complete Genome Sequence of the Exopolysaccharide-Producing Burkholderia caribensis Type Strain MWAP64, Genome Announcements. 2016, 4: e01636-15.

PAN Y., Kong K.F. and Tsang J.S.H., Complete genome sequence and characterization of the haloacid–degrading Burkholderia caribensis MBA4, Standards in Genomic Sciences. 2015, 10: 114.

Researcher : Kwok HWJ

List of Research Outputs

Karczmarski L., Huang S., OR K.M., Gui D., CHAN C.Y., Lin W., Porter L., WONG W.H., Zheng R., Ho Y.W., Chui Y.S., Tiongson A.J.C., Mo Y., Chang W., Kwok H.W.J., Lee T.L., YIU S.W., Keith M., Gailey G. and Wu Y., Humpback dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Status, threats, and conservation challenges., Advances in Marine Biology . Elsevier, 2016, 73: 27–64.

Researcher : LAM PY

List of Research Outputs

LAM P.Y., Tobimatsu Y., ZHU F., Liu H., Umezawa T. and Lo C.S.C., Prospective identification of a flavone synthase II gene involved in the biosynthesis of tricin-lignin conjugates in rice, The 66th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Nagoya, Japan. 2016.

Researcher : LAU LY

List of Research Outputs

Ng P.T., LAU L.Y., Davies M.S., Seuront L. and Williams G.A., Doing the right thing at the right time: behavioural partitioning in tropical littorinid snails. , Aquatic biodiversity and ecosystems. 2015.

Researcher : LAU TCE

List of Research Outputs

LAU T.C.E., Karraker N.E. and Leung K.M.Y., Temperature-dependent acute toxicity of methomyl pesticide on larvae of 3 Asian amphibian species, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2015, n/a-n/a.

Researcher : LAU YY

List of Research Outputs

LAU Y.Y., Pang C.C. and Saunders R.M.K., Evolution of pollinator traps in Goniothalamus and Dasymaschalon (Annonaceae), associated with short anthesis periods, Botanikertagung 2015, Munich, Germany, 30 August–3 September 2015.

Researcher : LEE CH

List of Research Outputs

LEE C.H., LIN Z. and Yuen K.W.Y., RbAp46/48^LIN-53 is Required for Holocentromere Assembly in Caenorhabditis elegans, In: Sabbi Lall, Cell Reports. USA, Cell Press, 2016, 14: 1819-1828.

Researcher : LEE YY

List of Research Outputs

LEE Y.Y., Galano J.M., Oger C., Le Guennec J.Y., Durand T. and Lee C.Y.J., Evaluation of intravenous delivery of oxygenated DHA, 4(RS)-4-F4t-neuroprostane, in rodent, 14th International Conference Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation and Related Diseases, Budapest Hungary. 2015.

LEE Y.Y., Galano J.M., Roy J., Le Guennec J.Y., Durand T. and Lee C.Y.J., Pharmacokinetics of oxygenated DHA, 4(RS)-4-F4t-Neuroprostane in rodent brain, LIPID MAPS Annual Meeting 2016: Lipidomics Impact on Metabolic, Cancer, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Diseases May 17-18, 2016, La Jolla, CA USA. 2016.

Researcher : LEUNG HH

List of Research Outputs

LEUNG K.S., LEUNG H.H., Cuyamendous C., Oger C., Galano J.M., Durand T. and Lee C.Y.J., Evaluation of Phytoprostanes and Phytofurans in different nuts and seed, LIPID MAPS Annual Meeting 2016:Lipidomics Impact on Metabolic, Cancer, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Diseases May 17-18, 2016, La Jolla, CA USA. 2016.

Lee C.Y.J., LEUNG K.S., Leung H.H., Galano J.M. and Durand T., Identification and evaluation of bioactive fatty acids and its lipid mediators in nuts and seeds, 13th Euro Fed Lipid Congress "Fats, Oils and Lipids: New Challenges in Technology, Quality Control and Health", Florence Italy. 2015.

Researcher : LEUNG KS

List of Research Outputs

Cuyamendous C., LEUNG K.S., Durand T., Lee C.Y.J., Oger C. and Galano J.M., Synthesis and Discovery of Phytofurans: Metabolites of α-Linolenic Acid Peroxidation, Chem. Commun.. 2015.

LEUNG K.S., LEUNG H.H., Cuyamendous C., Oger C., Galano J.M., Durand T. and Lee C.Y.J., Evaluation of Phytoprostanes and Phytofurans in different nuts and seed, LIPID MAPS Annual Meeting 2016:Lipidomics Impact on Metabolic, Cancer, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Diseases May 17-18, 2016, La Jolla, CA USA. 2016.

LEUNG K.S., Wang H., Oger C., Galano J.M., Durand T., Wan J.M.F. and Lee C.Y.J., Investigation on the effect of dietary omega 3-6-9 fatty acids and lard on carbon tetrachloride induced liver injury, 13th Euro Fed Lipid Congress "Fats, Oils and Lipids: New Challenges in Technology, Quality Control and Health", Florence Italy. 2015.

Lee C.Y.J., LEUNG K.S., Leung H.H., Galano J.M. and Durand T., Identification and evaluation of bioactive fatty acids and its lipid mediators in nuts and seeds, 13th Euro Fed Lipid Congress "Fats, Oils and Lipids: New Challenges in Technology, Quality Control and Health", Florence Italy. 2015.

Researcher : LI K

List of Research Outputs

LI K., Bao J.S. and Sun M., Association between amylose content variations and waxy gene haplotypes in USDA rice mini-core collection., 3rd Conference of Cereal Biotechnology and Breeding, 2 - 4 November, Berlin, Germany. 2015.

Researcher : LI PS

List of Research Outputs

LI P.S., Thomas D.C. and Saunders R.M.K., Phylogenetic reconstruction, morphological homologies and generic delimitation of Disepalum (Annonaceae), PLoS One. 2015, 10: e0143481.

Researcher : LI S

List of Research Outputs

Ip K.M., LI S., TANG Y.H., Sy K.H.S., Shum H.C. and Wong A.S.T., Sialyl Lewis x is essential for early stage ovarian tumor metastasis through modulation of tumor-mesothelial adhesion, ASCB Annual Meeting 2015, San Diego, CA. 2015.

Ip K.M., LI S., TANG Y.H., Sy K.H.S., Ren R.Y., Shum H.C. and Wong A.S.T., Stemness and chemoresistance in epithelial ovarian carcinoma cells under shear stress, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 26788.

Researcher : LI T

List of Research Outputs

Pickett E.J., Thomson D.L., LI T. and XING S., Jensen’s Inequality and the Impact of Short-term Environmental Variability on Long-term Population Growth Rates, PLOS ONE. 2015, 10(9): e0136072.

Researcher : LING KH

List of Research Outputs

LING K.H., Wan L.Y., El-Nezamy H.S. and Wang M., Protective capacity of resveratrol, a natural polyphenolic compound, against deoxynivalenol-induced intestinal barrier dysfunction and bacterial translocation, Chemical Research in Toxicology. 2016, 29: 823-833.

Wan L.Y., LING K.H., Wang M. and El-Nezamy H.S., Green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate improves epithelial barrier function by inducing the production of antimicrobial peptide pBD-1 and pBD-2 in monolayers of porcine intestinal epithelial IPEC-J2 cells, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 2016, 60: 1048-1058.

Researcher : LUO L

List of Research Outputs

LUO L. and Gu J., Nutrient limitation status in a subtropical mangrove ecosystem revealed by analysis of enzymatic stoichiometry and microbial abundance for sediment carbon cycling, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 2016.

Researcher : Lai KP

Project Title:	PFOS promotes steatohepatitis and tumorigenesis in fatty liver
Investigator(s):	Lai KP, Wu SS
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	09/2013
Completion Date:	08/2015

Project Title:	Prenatal perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) exposure and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: an in vivo mechanistic study
Investigator(s):	Lai KP
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	02/2015

Researcher : Lau KYT

Project Title:	Acute and chronic effects of Perfluorinated Compounds on development and reproduction in marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma): an epigenetic approach to delineate potential trans-generational effects
Investigator(s):	Lau KYT, Wu SS
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2012

Researcher : Law YS

List of Research Outputs

Law Y.S., ZHANG R., GUAN X., CHENG S., SUN F., Duncan O., Murcha M., Whelan J. and Lim B.L., Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation of the Presequence of Precursor MULTIPLE ORGANELLAR RNA EDITING FACTOR3 during Import into Mitochondria from Arabidopsis, In: Prof. Wataru Sakamoto, Plant Physiology. 2015, 169: 1344-1355.

WU Q., Law Y.S. and Shah N., Dairy Streptococcus thermophilus improves cell viability of Lactobacillus brevis NPS-QW-145 and its γ-aminobutyric acid biosynthesis ability in milk., Scientific Reports. Nature publishing group, 2015, 5.

Researcher : Lee CYJ

Project Title:	An investigation of oxidative damage biomarkers alteration: Can prolonged consumption of dark soy sauce and its active compound combat oxidative stress?
Investigator(s):	Lee CYJ
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards 2014-15
Investigator(s):	Lee CYJ
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards
Start Date:	07/2014

Project Title:	Functional role of lipid mediators of polyunsaturated fatty acids on cardiomyocytes
Investigator(s):	Lee CYJ
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2015

Project Title:	Lipidomics of oxidized lipid mediators of omega-3 fatty acids and its protective effect against microvascular injury
Investigator(s):	Lee CYJ
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	08/2015

Project Title:	13th Euro Fed Lipid & Post Congress Satellite Workshop; Identification and evaluation of bioactive fatty acids and its lipid mediators in nuts and seeds
Investigator(s):	Lee CYJ
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	09/2015
Completion Date:	09/2015

List of Research Outputs

Cuyamendous C., LEUNG K.S., Durand T., Lee C.Y.J., Oger C. and Galano J.M., Synthesis and Discovery of Phytofurans: Metabolites of α-Linolenic Acid Peroxidation, Chem. Commun.. 2015.

Dupuy A., Le Faouder P., Vigor C., Oger C., Galano J.M., Dray C., Lee C.Y.J., Valet P., Gladine C., Durand T. and Bertrand-Michel J., Simultaneous quantitative profiling of 20 isoprostanoids from omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids by LC-MS/MS in various biological samples, Analytica Chimica Acta. 2016.

Durand T., Roy J., Oger C., Fauconnier J., Lee C.Y.J., Farah C., Bideaux P., Scheurmann V., Bultel-Poncé V., Guy A., Vigor C., Lacampagne A., Galano J.M. and Le Guennec J.Y., Cardioprotection Following Injury Heart Failure Afforded By a Non-Enzymatic Oxygenated Metabolite of Omega 3 Fatty Acid Involves Ryanodine Receptor Mechanism and Mitochondrial Function, International Symposium on Lipid Oxidation and Antioxidants, June Porto, Portugal. 2016.

LEE Y.Y., Galano J.M., Oger C., Le Guennec J.Y., Durand T. and Lee C.Y.J., Evaluation of intravenous delivery of oxygenated DHA, 4(RS)-4-F4t-neuroprostane, in rodent, 14th International Conference Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation and Related Diseases, Budapest Hungary. 2015.

LEE Y.Y., Galano J.M., Roy J., Le Guennec J.Y., Durand T. and Lee C.Y.J., Pharmacokinetics of oxygenated DHA, 4(RS)-4-F4t-Neuroprostane in rodent brain, LIPID MAPS Annual Meeting 2016: Lipidomics Impact on Metabolic, Cancer, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Diseases May 17-18, 2016, La Jolla, CA USA. 2016.

LEUNG K.S., LEUNG H.H., Cuyamendous C., Oger C., Galano J.M., Durand T. and Lee C.Y.J., Evaluation of Phytoprostanes and Phytofurans in different nuts and seed, LIPID MAPS Annual Meeting 2016:Lipidomics Impact on Metabolic, Cancer, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Diseases May 17-18, 2016, La Jolla, CA USA. 2016.

LEUNG K.S., Wang H., Oger C., Galano J.M., Durand T., Wan J.M.F. and Lee C.Y.J., Investigation on the effect of dietary omega 3-6-9 fatty acids and lard on carbon tetrachloride induced liver injury, 13th Euro Fed Lipid Congress "Fats, Oils and Lipids: New Challenges in Technology, Quality Control and Health", Florence Italy. 2015.

Lee C.Y.J., Alteration of omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid and its oygenated metabolites in marine medaka fish under oxidative stress, Symposium on Environmental Health and Food Safety, Faculty of Science, HKU. 2016.

Lee C.Y.J., Assessment of oxygenated polyunsaturated fatty acid: From cells to human., Oxylipins and other lipid mediators application in biomedical and nutritional research: A Mini-Symposium, Western Human Nutrition Research Centre, Agriculture Research Centre, Davis USA. 2016.

Lee C.Y.J., LEUNG K.S., Leung H.H., Galano J.M. and Durand T., Identification and evaluation of bioactive fatty acids and its lipid mediators in nuts and seeds, 13th Euro Fed Lipid Congress "Fats, Oils and Lipids: New Challenges in Technology, Quality Control and Health", Florence Italy. 2015.

Lee C.Y.J. and Durand T., Oxygenated metabolites of polyunsaturated fatty acids: Are they bioactive molecules or biomarkers?, International Conference on Food Factors (ICoFF) 2015, Seoul Korea. 2015.

Mok A., Sumanto H., Lee C.Y.J., Leow M.K. and Henry C.J., Postprandial changes in cardiometabolic disease risk in young Chinese men following isocaloric high or low protein diets, stratified by either high or low meal frequency - a randomized controlled crossover trial, Nutrition Journal. 2015, 15.

TAM K.T., Sit W.H., Lo S.Y., Singh M., Lee C.Y.J., Louie C.Y.J., Leung F. and Wan J.M.F., Modulation of gut microbiota diversity and species richness by dietary extra virgin olive oil and refined olive oil, 2016 Gut Microbiota, Metabolic Disorders and Beyond Keystone Symposia, Newport USA. 2016.

Researcher : Lee SYA

List of Research Outputs

Sobko T., Kaplan M.A., Lee S.Y.A. and Huei Tseng C., PLAYTIME, HEALTHY FEEDING AND NATURE EXPERIENCES IN HONG KONG PRE-SCHOOLERS. EVALUATION OF PILOT STUDY “PLAY&GROW”., International Congress Pediatrics 2.0. 2016.

Researcher : Lee TL

List of Research Outputs

Karczmarski L., Huang S., OR K.M., Gui D., CHAN C.Y., Lin W., Porter L., WONG W.H., Zheng R., Ho Y.W., Chui Y.S., Tiongson A.J.C., Mo Y., Chang W., Kwok H.W.J., Lee T.L., YIU S.W., Keith M., Gailey G. and Wu Y., Humpback dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Status, threats, and conservation challenges., Advances in Marine Biology . Elsevier, 2016, 73: 27–64.

Researcher : Lee WWM

Project Title:	Role of TAM receptor tyrosine kinases on blood-testis barrier function and testicular innate immunity
Investigator(s):	Lee WWM
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:	01/2013

Project Title:	Regulation and coordination of spermatogenesis by the apical ES-BTB-basement membrane autocrine axis.
Investigator(s):	Lee WWM
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Regulation of tubulin and actin cytoskeletal networks by end-binding protein 1 (EB1) in the testis and its role in spermatogenesis
Investigator(s):	Lee WWM
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2015

Project Title:	14th International Conference on Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins; Planar polarity protein Vangl2 regulates actin cytoskeletal networks at the Sertoli cell blood-testis barrier in male rats
Investigator(s):	Lee WWM
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2015
Completion Date:	08/2015

Project Title:	Regulation of mammalian spermatogenesis by polarity protein Crumbs homolog-3.
Investigator(s):	Lee WWM
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2016

List of Research Outputs

CHEN H., Mruk D.D., Lee W.W.M. and Cheng C.Y., Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) Protein Vangl2 Regulates Ectoplasmic Specialization Dynamics via Its Effects on Actin Microfilaments in the Testes of Male Rats, Endocrinology. 2016, 157: 2140-2159.

Gao Y., Xiao X., Lui W.Y., Lee W.W.M., Mruk D.D. and Cheng C.Y., Cell polarity proteins and spermatogenesis, Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 2016.

Gao Y., Lui W.Y., Lee W.W.M. and Cheng C.Y., Polarity protein Crumbs homolog-3 (CRB3) regulates ectoplasmic specialization dynamics through its action on F-actin organization in Sertoli cells, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 28589.

Li N., Mruk D.D., Wong C.K.C., Lee W.W.M., Han D. and Cheng C.Y., Actin-bundling Protein Plastin 3 Is A Regulator Of Ectoplasmic Specialization Dynamics During Spermatogenesis In The Rat Testis, The FASEB Journal. 2015, 29: 3788-3805.

Li N., Mruk D.D., Mok K.W., Li M.W.M., Wong C.K.C., Lee W.W.M., Han D., Silvestrini B. and Cheng C.Y., Connexin 43 reboots meiosis and reseals blood-testis barrier following toxicant-mediated aspermatogenesis and barrier disruption, The FASEB Journal. 2016, 30: 1436-1452.

Li N., Mruk D.D., Wong C.K.C., Han D., Lee W.W.M. and Cheng C.Y., Formin 1 Regulates Ectoplasmic Specialization in the Rat Testis Through Its Actin Nucleation and Bundling Activity, Endocrinology. 2015, 156: 2969-2983.

Li N., Mruk D.D., TANG E.I.Y., Lee W.W.M., Wong C.K.C. and Cheng C.Y., Formin 1 regulates microtubule and F-actin organization to support spermatid transport during spermatogenesis in the rat testis, Endocrinology. 2016, en.2016-1133.

Li N., Mruk D.D., Lee W.W.M., Wong C.K.C. and Cheng C.Y., Is toxicant-induced Sertoli cell injury in vitro a useful model to study molecular mechanisms in spermatogenesis?, Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 2016.

Su L., Zhang Y., Cheng C.Y., Lee W.W.M., Ye K. and Hu D., Slc15a1 is involved in the transport of synthetic F5-peptide into the seminiferous epithelium in adult rat testes, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 16271.

TANG E.I.Y., Lee W.W.M. and Cheng C.Y., Coordination of Actin- and Microtubule-Based Cytoskeletons Supports Transport of Spermatids and Residual Bodies/Phagosomes During Spermatogenesis in the Rat Testis, Endocrinology. 2016, 157: 1644-1659.

Researcher : Leung FCC

Project Title:	Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award 2001-2002
Investigator(s):	Leung FCC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award
Start Date:	06/2002

Project Title:	Cloning of the viral genes from the newly identified SARS coronavirus
Investigator(s):	Leung FCC
Department:	Zoology
Source(s) of Funding:	VCO SARS Research Fund
Start Date:	07/2003

Project Title:	Development of a rapid high throughput RT-PCR assay to detect SARS-CoV
Investigator(s):	Leung FCC
Department:	Zoology
Source(s) of Funding:	VCO SARS Research Fund
Start Date:	07/2003

Project Title:	Isolation and characterization of a PCV2 virus causing postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in pigs
Investigator(s):	Leung FCC
Department:	Zoology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	11/2003

Project Title:	International Conference on Farm Animal Endocrinology Characterization of the 5'-Flanking Transcriptional Regulatory Region of the Chicken Growth Hormone Gene
Investigator(s):	Leung FCC
Department:	Zoology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	07/2004

Project Title:	2009 Conference for Research Workers in Animal Diseases A Web-based Database and Phylogenetic Tools to Study Molecular Epidemiology and Evolution of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV)
Investigator(s):	Leung FCC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2009

Project Title:	International PRRS Symposium and National Swine Improvement Federation Conference; Deep sequencing of PRRSV isolates: rapid and large-scale characterization of viral genomes
Investigator(s):	Leung FCC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	11/2012

Project Title:	An In-depth Investigation of the Microbial Community Underpinning Renewable Biogas Production From North East New Territories Landfill
Investigator(s):	Leung FCC, Hui RKH
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	05/2014

List of Research Outputs

Ng A.M.C., GUO M., Leung Y.H., Chan C.M.N., Wong W.Y., YUNG M.N.M., Ma A.P.Y., Djurisic A., Leung F.C.C., Leung K.M.Y., Chan W.K. and Lee H.K., Metal oxide nanoparticles with low toxicity, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology. 2015, 151: 17-24.

Researcher : Leung K.M.Y.

Project Title:	Aquatic ecological risk assessment: comparison of tropical and temperate species sensitivity to chemicals
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY
Department:	Ecology & Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:	09/2002

Project Title:	Ecology, physiology and toxicology of Stomatopoda in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY
Department:	Ecology & Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:	09/2002

Project Title:	International Conference on Deriving Environmental Quality Standards for the Protection of Aquatic Ecosystems (EQSPAE – 2011)
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	08/2011

Project Title:	Photosynthetic and proteomic responses of the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana to triphenyltin exposure
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY, Lo CSC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2012

Project Title:	Mechanistic study on the organotin-mediated imposex in the rock shell Thais clavigera using RNA-sequencing analysis
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2013
Completion Date:	12/2015

Project Title:	Ecology and biodiversity of benthic marine ecosystems before and after the trawling ban in Hong Kong coastal waters
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY, Dudgeon D, Williams GA, Sadovy YJ, Li WK
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project
Start Date:	06/2013

Project Title:	Analysis of environmental endocrine disrupting activities in treated sewage effluents and receiving marine waters using Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) ELISA and Recombinant Yeast bioassays
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY, Ho SL, Ho WL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2014
Completion Date:	10/2015

Project Title:	International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems 2015 (BECoME 2015)
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	Biomagnification of organotin compounds in marine organisms at higher trophic levels: A case study in Hong Kong’s coastal marine waters
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY, Ho KY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	03/2015

Project Title:	Influences of temperature and salinity on the physicochemical properties and toxicities of nano zinc oxide to marine organisms
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY, Djurisic A
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	International Conference on Deriving Environmental Quality Standards for the Protection of Aquatic Ecosystems (EQSPAE – 2016)
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY, Chan KY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Enhancing marine biodiversity and ecological function on artificial coastal structures through ecological engineering
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY, Perkins MJ
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Leung KMY

Project Title:	Aquatic ecological risk assessment: comparison of tropical and temperate species sensitivity to chemicals
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY
Department:	Ecology & Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:	09/2002

Project Title:	Ecology, physiology and toxicology of Stomatopoda in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY
Department:	Ecology & Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:	09/2002

Project Title:	International Conference on Deriving Environmental Quality Standards for the Protection of Aquatic Ecosystems (EQSPAE – 2011)
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	08/2011

Project Title:	Photosynthetic and proteomic responses of the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana to triphenyltin exposure
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY, Lo CSC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2012

Project Title:	Mechanistic study on the organotin-mediated imposex in the rock shell Thais clavigera using RNA-sequencing analysis
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2013
Completion Date:	12/2015

Project Title:	Ecology and biodiversity of benthic marine ecosystems before and after the trawling ban in Hong Kong coastal waters
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY, Dudgeon D, Williams GA, Sadovy YJ, Li WK
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project
Start Date:	06/2013

Project Title:	Analysis of environmental endocrine disrupting activities in treated sewage effluents and receiving marine waters using Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) ELISA and Recombinant Yeast bioassays
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY, Ho SL, Ho WL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2014
Completion Date:	10/2015

Project Title:	International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems 2015 (BECoME 2015)
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	Biomagnification of organotin compounds in marine organisms at higher trophic levels: A case study in Hong Kong’s coastal marine waters
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY, Ho KY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	03/2015

Project Title:	Influences of temperature and salinity on the physicochemical properties and toxicities of nano zinc oxide to marine organisms
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY, Djurisic A
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	International Conference on Deriving Environmental Quality Standards for the Protection of Aquatic Ecosystems (EQSPAE – 2016)
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY, Chan KY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Enhancing marine biodiversity and ecological function on artificial coastal structures through ecological engineering
Investigator(s):	Leung KMY, Perkins MJ
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Ho K.Y., Zhou G., Xu E.G.B., Wang X.H. and Leung K.M.Y., Long-Term Spatio-Temporal Trends of Organotin Contaminations in the Marine Environment of Hong Kong, PLOS ONE. 2016, 11: e0155632.

Ho W.L., Ho S.L. and Leung K.M.Y., Risk assessment of estrogenic endocrine disruptors on adult brain dopamine homeostasis, Symposium on Environmental Health and Food Safety, Faculty of Science & Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. 2016.

Jin X., Wang Z., Wang Y., Lv Y., Rao K., Jin W., Giesy J.P. and Leung K.M.Y., Do water quality criteria based on nonnative species provide appropriate protection for native species?, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2015, 34: 1793-1798.

LAU T.C.E., Karraker N.E. and Leung K.M.Y., Temperature-dependent acute toxicity of methomyl pesticide on larvae of 3 Asian amphibian species, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2015, n/a-n/a.

Leung K.M.Y., How to prepare for a successful academic career; Key elements of good science and essential basic statistics; How to set environmental quality benchmarks for ecosystem protection, and Temperature-dependent chemical toxicity models, A series of invited lectures delivered at the Second Sino-Finnish Summer School in Environmental Science, organised by College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, China, held during 3-14 August 2015 in Shanghai, China . 2015.

Leung K.M.Y., Retinoic acids produced by marine algae and cyanobacteria can trigger sex change in the marine gastropod Reishia clavigera, An invited talk at the XI Biofouling, Benthic Ecology and Marine Biotechnology Meeting - BIOINC, held at Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira (IEAPM), during 27-31 July 2015 in Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2015.

Leung K.M.Y., Seasonality Can Lower Biotic Resistance to Ascidian Invasion in Subtropical Marine Fouling Communities, An invited talk delivered at the International Conference on Underwater Science, Technology and Education, held during 19022 August 2015 at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. 2015.

Ng A.M.C., GUO M., Leung Y.H., Chan C.M.N., Wong W.Y., YUNG M.N.M., Ma A.P.Y., Djurisic A., Leung F.C.C., Leung K.M.Y., Chan W.K. and Lee H.K., Metal oxide nanoparticles with low toxicity, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology. 2015, 151: 17-24.

Perkins M.J. and Leung K.M.Y., Oral Presentation: What is the Potential of Ecological Engineering to Mitigate Impacts of Coastal Structures? , 8th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology, held during 20-24 June 2016, at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. 2016.

WANG Z. and Leung K.M.Y., Effects of unionised ammonia on tropical freshwater organisms: Implications on temperate-to-tropic extrapolation and water quality guidelines, Environmental Pollution. 2015, 205: 240-249.

XU G., Ho W.L., Tse H.M., Ho S.L. and Leung K.M.Y., Revealing ecological risks of priority endocrine disrupting chemicals in four marine protected areas in Hong Kong through an integrative approach, Environmental Pollution. 2016, 215: 103-112.

YUNG M.N.M., Wong W.Y., Kwok K.W.H., Liu F., Leung Y.H., Chan W.T., Li X.Y., Djurisic A. and Leung K.M.Y., Salinity-dependent Toxicities of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles to the Marine Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana, Aquatic Toxicology. Elsevier B.V., 2015, 165: 31-40.

Researcher : Li ETS

Project Title:	Nutritional benefits of dietary fiber supplementation in hospitalized geriatrics
Investigator(s):	Li ETS
Department:	Zoology
Source(s) of Funding:	Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:	09/1997

Project Title:	An evaluation on the antioxidant effects of Lycium barbarum L. and its supplementation on cataract formation in rats
Investigator(s):	Li ETS
Department:	Zoology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	11/2003

Project Title:	Anti-cataract effects of Lycium barbarum L and Momordica charantia
Investigator(s):	Li ETS
Department:	Zoology
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	11/2004

Project Title:	The CSCN 5th Annual Scientific Meeting Bitter Melon Supplementation Changes Expression of Genes Controlling Lipid Metabolism in Diet-induced Obese Rats
Investigator(s):	Li ETS
Department:	Zoology
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2006

Project Title:	World Diabetes Congress 2015; Oxyresveratrol attenuates high-fat diet-induced metabolic syndrome in male mice
Investigator(s):	Li ETS
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	11/2015
Completion Date:	12/2015

Researcher : Li J

Project Title:	Towards a metagenomic understanding on the virulence factors and antibiotic resistance on Hong Kong currency
Investigator(s):	Li J, Panagiotou I, Webster CJ
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2015
Completion Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

KANG K., Li J., Lim B.L. and Panagiotou I., MESSI: metabolic engineering target selection and best strain identification tool, Database. 2015, 2015: bav076.

Li J., Sung C.Y., Lee N., NI Y., Pihajamaki J., Panagiotou I. and El-Nezamy H.S., Probiotics modulated gut microbiota suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma growth in mice, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016, 113: E1306-E1315.

Li J., Sung Y.J.C., Lee N.P.Y., NI Y., Pihlajamäki J., Panagiotou I. and El-Nezamy H.S., Probiotics modulated gut microbiota suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma growth in mice, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016, 113(9): E1306-E1315.

NI Y., Li J. and Panagiotou I., A Molecular-Level Landscape of Diet-Gut Microbiome Interactions: Toward Dietary Interventions Targeting Bacterial Genes, mBio. 2015, 6: e01263-15.

Singh G.H.H., Ip H.W., Li J., Yim R.L.H., Panagiotou I., Leung A.Y.H. and Kwong Y.L., Whole exome sequencing identifies novel mutations in relapsed or refractory acute promyelocytic leukaemia failing treatment with oral arsenic trioxide, 21st Congress of the European Hematology Association. Haematologica, 2016.

Researcher : Li N

List of Research Outputs

Li N., Mruk D.D., Mok K.W., Li M.W.M., Wong C.K.C., Lee W.W.M., Han D., Silvestrini B. and Cheng C.Y., Connexin 43 reboots meiosis and reseals blood-testis barrier following toxicant-mediated aspermatogenesis and barrier disruption, The FASEB Journal. 2016, 30: 1436-1452.

Li N., Mruk D.D., Wong C.K.C., Han D., Lee W.W.M. and Cheng C.Y., Formin 1 Regulates Ectoplasmic Specialization in the Rat Testis Through Its Actin Nucleation and Bundling Activity, Endocrinology. 2015, 156: 2969-2983.

Li N., Mruk D.D., TANG E.I.Y., Lee W.W.M., Wong C.K.C. and Cheng C.Y., Formin 1 regulates microtubule and F-actin organization to support spermatid transport during spermatogenesis in the rat testis, Endocrinology. 2016, en.2016-1133.

Li N., Mruk D.D., Lee W.W.M., Wong C.K.C. and Cheng C.Y., Is toxicant-induced Sertoli cell injury in vitro a useful model to study molecular mechanisms in spermatogenesis?, Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 2016.

Researcher : Liang C

List of Research Outputs

Liang C., Zhang Y., Cheng S., Osorio S., Sun Y., Fernie A.R., Cheung C.Y. and Lim B.L., Impacts of high ATP supply from chloroplasts and mitochondria on the leaf metabolism of Arabidopsis thaliana, Front Plant Sci. 2015, 6: 922.

Liang C., Cheng S., Zhang Y., Sun Y., Fernie A.R., Kang K., Panagiotou I., Lo C.S.C. and Lim B.L., Transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolic changes in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves after the onset of illumination, BMC Plant Biol. 2016, 16: 43.

Researcher : Liao P

Project Title:	Norwegian Plant Biology 2016 in Trondheim – Plant Biology for Sustainable Living; Transcriptome analysis on transgenic tobacco overexpressing Brassica 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase
Investigator(s):	Liao P
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2016
Completion Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Chye M.L. and Liao P., 2015. Rice acyl-CoA-binding proteins ACBP4 and ACBP5 show difference in their endoplasmic reticulum subcellular localization., Croucher/AoE Symposium, The University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Dec 7-9, 2015 (9/12/15 talk presented by M-L. Chye & P. Liao). 2015.

Cui L., Huang F., Zhang D., Lin Y., Liao P., Zong J. and Kai G., Transcriptome exploration for further understanding of the tropane alkaloids biosynthesis in Anisodus acutangulus., Mol Genet Genomics.. SpringerLink, 2015, 294: 1367-77.

Liao P., WANG H., Hemmerlin A., NAGEGOWDA D. .A., Bach T. .J. and Chye M.L., 2015. Enhancing plant growth, seed yield and sterol content through manipulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase, 11th GERLI Lipidomics Meeting "Lipids in Agronomy, Health and Disease". Conference center "Le Bischenberg", Bischoffsheim, France. October 25-28, 2015.

Liao P., Wang M., Bach T... .J... and Chye M.L., 2016. Manipulation of the plant isoprenoid pathway to enhance agriculture, 3rd Plant Genomics Congress Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 11-12, 2016. Invited talk (11/4/16) presented by ML Chye. 2016.

Liao P., Bach T... .J... and Chye M.L., 2016. RNA sequencing analysis to understand how transgenic tobacco overexpressing Brassica 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase influences plant growth and development, Universite de Strasbourg, France (13/6/16 presented by P Liao). 2016.

Liao P., Hemmerlin A., Bach T... .J... and Chye M.L., 2016. The potential of the mevalonate pathway for enhanced isoprenoid production, Biotechnology Advances 34: 697-713. 2016.

Liao P., Wang M., Bach T... .J... and Chye M.L., 2016. Transcriptome analysis on transgenic tobacco overexpressing Brassica 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase, Norwegian Plant Biology 2016. Trondheim, Norway, June 15-17, 2016, Poster 34 p. 40. 2016.

Liao P., Bach T.J. and Chye M.L., RNA-Seq analysis of transgenic tobacco overexpressing Brassica 3-hydroxy-3- methylglutaryl-CoA synthase, Plant Evolution & adaptation workshop, May 27, 2016, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. (oral presentation, 27/5/2016 presented by P Liao). 2016.

Liao P. and Chye M.L., The significance of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase in regulating isoprenoid production. SKL/IPMBAB Seminar Series. 2015 Oct 17, 2015. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. (17/10/2015 talk presented by P Liao). . 2015.

Researcher : Lim BL

Project Title:	Physiological function of a phosphatase dually targeted to the outer membranes of chloroplasts and mitochondria
Investigator(s):	Lim BL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	10/2012
Completion Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	The role of AtPAP2 in mitochondria and its effects on mitochondrial functions
Investigator(s):	Lim BL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014
Completion Date:	05/2016

Project Title:	Studies on Dynamic Changes of pH and ATP Levels in Chloroplasts using Fluorescent Protein Sensors.
Investigator(s):	Lim BL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2015

Project Title:	2nd FEBS Workshop on Plant Organellar Signalling; How does energy production from chloroplasts and mitochondria affect each other?
Investigator(s):	Lim BL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	09/2015
Completion Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	Sorting process of dual-targeted proteins to chloroplasts and mitochondria
Investigator(s):	Lim BL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2016

List of Research Outputs

Cheng S., Gutmann B., Zhong X., Ye Y., Fisher M.F., Bai F., Castleden I., Song Y., Song B., Huang J., Liu X., Xu X., Lim B.L., Bond C.S., Yiu S.M. and Small I., Redefining the structural motifs that determine RNA binding and RNA editing by pentatricopeptide repeat proteins in land plants, Plant J. 2016, 85(4): 532-47.

KANG K., Li J., Lim B.L. and Panagiotou I., MESSI: metabolic engineering target selection and best strain identification tool, Database. 2015, 2015: bav076.

Law Y.S., ZHANG R., GUAN X., CHENG S., SUN F., Duncan O., Murcha M., Whelan J. and Lim B.L., Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation of the Presequence of Precursor MULTIPLE ORGANELLAR RNA EDITING FACTOR3 during Import into Mitochondria from Arabidopsis, In: Prof. Wataru Sakamoto, Plant Physiology. 2015, 169: 1344-1355.

Liang C., Zhang Y., Cheng S., Osorio S., Sun Y., Fernie A.R., Cheung C.Y. and Lim B.L., Impacts of high ATP supply from chloroplasts and mitochondria on the leaf metabolism of Arabidopsis thaliana, Front Plant Sci. 2015, 6: 922.

Liang C., Cheng S., Zhang Y., Sun Y., Fernie A.R., Kang K., Panagiotou I., Lo C.S.C. and Lim B.L., Transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolic changes in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves after the onset of illumination, BMC Plant Biol. 2016, 16: 43.

Lim B.L., Can China establish its agrobiotechnology business?, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University. 2016.

Lim B.L., Energy output from chloroplasts and mitochondria can be modulated by protein import, Beijing Forestry University (Beijing, China). 2015.

Lim B.L., Enhance plant growth and seed yield by modulating protein import into chloroplasts and mitochondria, National Conference of Plant Cell Biology (Zhejiang, China). 2015.

Lim B.L., How does energy production from chloroplasts and mitochondria affect each other?, 2nd FEBS Workshop on Plant Organellar Signalling (Primosten, Croatia). 2015.

Lim B.L., How does higher energy supply from chloroplasts and mitochondria affect leaf proteomes?, 第二届中国蛋白质组组织(CNHUPO)青年学者研讨会 (深圳, 2015.

Lim B.L., Impact of illumination on leaf transcriptomes and proteomes of Arabidopsis thaliana, Plant Biology Europe EPSO/FESPB 2016 Congress (Prague, Czech Republics). 2016.

Lim B.L., Impacts of energy supply from chloroplasts and mitochondria on the leaf transcriptomes, proteomes and metabolomes, 3rd Plant Genomics Congress: Asia (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). 2016.

Lim B.L., Increase seed yield by 50% in Arabidopsis thaliana by boosting cellular ATP and sucrose levels, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Wuhan, China). 2015.

Lim B.L., Similarity in the initial processes of protein import into chloroplasts and mitochondria, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan. 2015.

Lim B.L., Transcriptomes, Proteomes, Metabolomes and sRNA profiles of high energy Arabidopsis thaliana, Tsinghua University (Beijing, China). 2015.

Researcher : Lin W

List of Research Outputs

Karczmarski L., Huang S., OR K.M., Gui D., CHAN C.Y., Lin W., Porter L., WONG W.H., Zheng R., Ho Y.W., Chui Y.S., Tiongson A.J.C., Mo Y., Chang W., Kwok H.W.J., Lee T.L., YIU S.W., Keith M., Gailey G. and Wu Y., Humpback dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Status, threats, and conservation challenges., Advances in Marine Biology . Elsevier, 2016, 73: 27–64.

Researcher : Lo CSC

Project Title:	Further dissection of flavone biosynthesis in rice
Investigator(s):	Lo CSC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2012
Completion Date:	12/2015

Project Title:	Protein profile analysis of lead responses in in Arabidopsis
Investigator(s):	Lo CSC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2014
Completion Date:	11/2015

Project Title:	Functional characterization of a rice J-like protein essential for chloroplast development at lower temperatures
Investigator(s):	Lo CSC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	11/2014

Project Title:	Further molecular dissection of pathogen-inducible biosynthesis of 3-deoxyflavonoid phytoalexins in sorghum
Investigator(s):	Lo CSC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2016

List of Research Outputs

LAM P.Y., Tobimatsu Y., ZHU F., Liu H., Umezawa T. and Lo C.S.C., Prospective identification of a flavone synthase II gene involved in the biosynthesis of tricin-lignin conjugates in rice, The 66th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Nagoya, Japan. 2016.

Liang C., Cheng S., Zhang Y., Sun Y., Fernie A.R., Kang K., Panagiotou I., Lo C.S.C. and Lim B.L., Transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolic changes in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves after the onset of illumination, BMC Plant Biol. 2016, 16: 43.

Researcher : Louie CYJ

List of Research Outputs

Gopinath B., Flood V.M., Kifley A., Louie C.Y.J. and Mitchell P., Association Between Carbohydrate Nutrition and Successful Aging Over 10 Years, The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2016, glw091.

Gopinath B., Flood V.M., Burlutsky G., Louie C.Y.J., Baur L.A. and Mitchell P., Frequency of takeaway food consumption and its association with major food group consumption, anthropometric measures and blood pressure during adolescence, British Journal of Nutrition. 2016, 115: 2025-2030.

Haskelberg H., Neal B., Dunford E., Flood V., Rangan A., Thomas B., Cleanthous X., Trevena H., Zheng J.M., Louie C.Y.J., Gill T. and Wu J.H.Y., High variation in manufacturer-declared serving size of packaged discretionary foods in Australia, British Journal of Nutrition. 2016, 115: 1810-1818.

Jebeile H., Mijatovic J., Louie C.Y.J., Prvan T. and Brand-Miller J.C., A systematic review and meta-analysis of energy intake and weight gain in pregnancy, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2015.

Kizirian N.V., Kong Y., Muirhead R., Brodie S., Garnett S.P., Petocz P., Sim K.A., Celermajer D.S., Louie C.Y.J., Markovic T.P., Ross G.P., Ward L.C., Brand-Miller J.C. and Skilton M.R., Effects of a low-glycemic index diet during pregnancy on offspring growth, body composition, and vascular health: a pilot randomized controlled trial, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2016, 103: 1073-1082.

Kizirian N.V., Markovic T.P., Muirhead R., Brodie S., Garnett S.P., Louie C.Y.J., Petocz P., Ross G.P. and Brand-Miller J.C., Macronutrient Balance and Dietary Glycemic Index in Pregnancy Predict Neonatal Body Composition, Nutrients. 2016, 8: 270.

Louie C.Y.J., Review Editor, Frontiers in Nutrition. 2015.

Markovic T.P., Muirhead R., Overs S., Ross G.P., Louie C.Y.J., Kizirian N., Denyer G., Petocz P., Hyett J. and Brand-Miller J.C., Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating the Effects of a Low–Glycemic Index Diet on Pregnancy Outcomes in Women at High Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: The GI Baby 3 Study, Diabetes Care. 2016, 39: 31-38.

Moshtaghian H., Louie C.Y.J., Charlton K.E., Probst Y.C., Gopinath B., Mitchell P. and Flood V.M., Added sugar intake that exceeds current recommendations is associated with nutrient dilution in older Australians, Nutrition. 2016, 32: 937-42.

Rangan A.M., Tieleman L., Louie C.Y.J., Tang L.M., Hebden L., Roy R., Kay J. and Allman-Farinelli M., Electronic Dietary Intake Assessment (e-DIA): relative validity of a mobile phone application to measure intake of food groups, British Journal of Nutrition. 2016, 115: 2219-2226.

TAM K.T., Sit W.H., Lo S.Y., Singh M., Lee C.Y.J., Louie C.Y.J., Leung F. and Wan J.M.F., Modulation of gut microbiota diversity and species richness by dietary extra virgin olive oil and refined olive oil, 2016 Gut Microbiota, Metabolic Disorders and Beyond Keystone Symposia, Newport USA. 2016.

Zheng M., Wu J.H.Y., Louie C.Y.J., Flood V.M., Gill T., Thomas B., Cleanthous X., Neal B. and Rangan A., Typical food portion sizes consumed by Australian adults: results from the 2011–12 Australian National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 19596.

Researcher : Lui WY

Project Title:	Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2008-2009
Investigator(s):	Lui WY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Start Date:	12/2009

Project Title:	Unraveling the function and regulation of coxsackie and adenovirus receptor (CAR) in the testis
Investigator(s):	Lui WY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	12/2013

Project Title:	Unraveling the role of Nectin-like molecule 4 and Necl-4/aPKC/Par/Cdc42 complex in the testis
Investigator(s):	Lui WY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	Unraveling the function of doppel in the testis
Investigator(s):	Lui WY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2015

Project Title:	40th FEBS Congress The Biochemical Basis of Life; Transforming growth factor-β3 regulates cell junction restructuring via MAPK-mediated mRNA destabilization and Smad-dependent protein degradation of Junctional adhesion molecule B (JAM-B)
Investigator(s):	Lui WY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	07/2015
Completion Date:	07/2015

Project Title:	Characterization of coxsackie and adenovirus receptor (CAR) and its mechanism on junction dynamics using in vivo and in vitro knockout models
Investigator(s):	Lui WY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2016

List of Research Outputs

GAN R., Shah N., Wang M., Lui W.Y. and Corke H., L actobacillus plantarum WCFS1 Fermentation Differentially Affects Antioxidant Capacity and Polyphenol Content in Mung bean ( Vigna radiata ) and Soya Bean ( Glycine max ) Milks , Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 2016.

GAN R., Shah N., Wang M., Lui W.Y. and Corke H., Fermentation alters antioxidant capacity and polyphenol distribution in selected edible legumes, International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 2016, 51: 875-884.

GAN R., Lui W.Y. and Corke H., Sword bean (Canavalia gladiata) as a source of antioxidant phenolics, International Journal of Food Science & Technology . 2016, 51: 156-162.

Gan R., Lui W.Y., Chan C.L. and Corke H., Hot Air Drying Induces Browning and Enhances Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Capacity in Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.) Sprouts, Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 2016.

Gan R., Deng Z., Yan A., Shah N., Lui W.Y., Chan C.L. and Corke H., Pigmented edible bean coats as natural sources of polyphenols with antioxidant and antibacterial effects, Food Science and Technology. 2016, 73: 168-177.

Gan R., Lui W.Y., Wu K. and Corke H., Thermal treatments affect the polyphenol profile and increase antioxidant capacity in five varieties of edible bean milks, International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 2016, 51: 954-961.

Gao Y., Xiao X., Lui W.Y., Lee W.W.M., Mruk D.D. and Cheng C.Y., Cell polarity proteins and spermatogenesis, Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 2016.

Gao Y., Lui W.Y., Lee W.W.M. and Cheng C.Y., Polarity protein Crumbs homolog-3 (CRB3) regulates ectoplasmic specialization dynamics through its action on F-actin organization in Sertoli cells, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 28589.

Lui W.Y., Award for Teaching Excellence, Faculty of Science, HKU. 2015.

Lui W.Y., Editorial Board Member, Spermatogenesis. 2016.

Lui W.Y., Editorial Board, World Journal of Methology. 2016.

Researcher : Lung SC

Project Title:	The role of Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein 2 in sterol biosynthesis during embryogenesis
Investigator(s):	Lung SC, Chye ML
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	04/2014
Completion Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	VISCEA II - Plant Model Species: Fundamentals and Applications; Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP6 can potentially bind lipids in the phloem
Investigator(s):	Lung SC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	02/2016
Completion Date:	02/2016

List of Research Outputs

Lung S.C., Du Z. and Chye M.L., 2015. Acyl-CoA-Binding Proteins (ACBPs) in Plant Development, In “Lipid in plant and algae development” (ISBN 9783319259796) edited by Y. Nakamura and Y. Li-Beisson. Springers. Chapter 15, p. 363-404. 2015.

Lung S.C. and Chye M.L., 2016. Acyl-CoA-binding proteins help plants “degrease” adversities, Atlas of Science (24/5/16). 2016.

Lung S.C., Schoor S., Sigurdson D., Yanagisawa M., Yeung K., Liu M.Q. and Chuong S.D.X., Protoplast isolation and staining, In: Edward Chee Tak Yeung, Claudio Stasolla, Michael John Sumner, Bing Quan Huang, Plant microtechniques and protocols. Switzerland, Springer International Publishing, 2015, 197-211.

Schoor S., Lung S.C., Sigurdson D. and Chuong S.D.X., Fluorescent staining of living plant cells, In: Edward Chee Tak Yeung, Claudio Stasolla, Michael John Sumner, Bing Quan Huang, Plant microtechniques and protocols. Switzerland, Springer International Publishing, 2015, 153-165.

XUE Y., Kim J., Lung S.C., Suh M.C. and Chye M.L., 2015. Class I acyl-CoA-binding protein family function in Arabidopsis cuticle formation, The 26th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Paris, July 5-9, 2015, Poster P277, p. 112.. 2015.

XUE Y., Kim J., Lung S.C., Suh M.C. and Chye M.L., 2015. Depletion of the Arabidopsis ACBP1 affects stem cuticle formation, Croucher/AoE Symposium, The University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Dec 7-9, 2015.. 2015.

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Hoffmann-Benning S., Young E. and Chye M.L., 2015. Expression of an acyl-CoA-binding protein, ACBP6, in Arabidopsis phloem., The 26th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Paris, July 5-9, 2015, Poster P428, p. 143-144. 2015.

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Wang M., Hoffman-Benning S., Yeung E. and Chye M.L., 2016. Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP6 can potentially bind lipids in the phloem., Plant Model Species: Fundamentals and Applications - Vienna International Conference Series, Feb 4-5, 2016. Invited talk (4/2/16) presented by S-C. Lung. 2016.

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Wang M., Hoffmann-Benning S., Yeung E. and Chye M.L., 2016. Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP6 can potentially bind lipids in the phloem, Plant Model Species: Fundamentals and Applications - Vienna International Conference Series, Feb 4-5, 2016. Invited talk, Session I: Arabidopsis thaliana-general plant model. (4/2/16 presented by S-C. Lung). 2016.

Researcher : MA A

List of Research Outputs

JIANG X., He M., MA A. and Wong A.O.L., Type II SOCS as a feedback repressor for GH-induced Igf1 expression in carp hepatocytes., J Endocrinol.. 2016.

JIANG X., He M., MA A. and Wong A.O.L., Type Ii Socs As A Feedback Repressor For Gh-induced Igf1 Expression In Carp Hepatocytes, J Endocrinol. 2016.

Researcher : MA J

List of Research Outputs

MA J., Peng L., Cheung S.T., Lo K.W. and Wong A.S.T., BCL-3 siRNA amphiphilic dendrimer for effective and potent nasopharyngeal carcinoma treatment, GCBENS, Singapore. 2016.

Zhou Z., SUN X., MA J., Man C.H., Wong A.S.T., Leung A.Y.H. and Ngan A.H.W., Mechanical oscillations enhance gene delivery into suspended cells, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6:22824: 1-9.

Researcher : Ma APY

List of Research Outputs

Ng A.M.C., GUO M., Leung Y.H., Chan C.M.N., Wong W.Y., YUNG M.N.M., Ma A.P.Y., Djurisic A., Leung F.C.C., Leung K.M.Y., Chan W.K. and Lee H.K., Metal oxide nanoparticles with low toxicity, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology. 2015, 151: 17-24.

Researcher : Ma CY

Project Title:	Analysis of chemically modified non-starch polysaccharides by Raman spectroscopy
Investigator(s):	Ma CY
Department:	Botany
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	11/2003

Project Title:	Institute of Food Technologists Annual Conference 2009 Conformational study of SPI treated with ultrasound
Investigator(s):	Ma CY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2009

Researcher : Magellan KMEG

List of Research Outputs

Barral-Fraga L., Morin M., Rovira M.D.M., Urrea G., Magellan K.M.E.G. and Guasch H., Short-term arsenic exposure reduces diatom cell size in biofilm communities, Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2016, 23: 4257-4270.

Magellan K.M.E.G., Amphibious adaptations in a newly recognized amphibious fish: Terrestrial locomotion and the influences of body size and temperature, Austral Ecology. 2016, 41: 446-454.

Magellan K.M.E.G., Editor in Chief (inland waters), In: John Mark Hanson: Editor in Chief (marine) Vadim Panov: Managing Editor, Aquatic Invasions. REABIC, 2016.

Magellan K.M.E.G., Editor in Chief (inland waters), In: John Mark Hanson: Editor in Chief (marine) John Ross Wilson: Editor in Chief (terrestrial) Vadim Panov: Managing Editor , BioInvasions Records. REABIC, 2016.

Magellan K.M.E.G. and Garcia-Berthou E., Experimental evidence for the use of artificial refugia to mitigate the impacts of invasive Gambusia holbrooki on an endangered fish, Biological Invasions. 2016, 18: 873-882.

Magellan K.M.E.G., Prayer Animal Release Can Embody Conservation Principles: A Call to Action, Religion and Conservation Research Collaborative (RCRC) of the Religion and Conservation Biology Working Group (RCBWG) Society for Conservation Biology (SCB). 2016.

OuldRouis S., OuldRouis A., Dumont H.J., Magellan K.M.E.G. and Arab A., Dynamics and effects of Ligula intestinalis (L.) infection in the native fish Barbus callensis Valenciennes, 1842 in Algeria, Acta Parasitologica. 2016, 61.

Researcher : Mak ASC

List of Research Outputs

To K.Y., Mak A.S.C., Fung E.Y.M., Che C.M., Guan X. and Wong A.S.T., An isogenic experimental model identifies b-catenin as a molecular target in ovarian cancer metastasis, AACR Annual Meeting 2016, New Orleans, LA. 2016.

Researcher : Mamo BL

List of Research Outputs

Strotz L.C., Mamo B.L. and Dominey-Howes D., Effects of cyclone-generated disturbance on a tropical reef foraminifera assemblage, Scientific Reports. Nature, 2016, 6: 24846.

Researcher : Miao R

List of Research Outputs

Yung Y.L., Cheung M.Y., Miao R., Fong Y.H., Li K.P., Yu M.H., Chye M.L., Wong K.B. and Lam H.M., Site-directed mutagenesis shows the significance of interactions with phospholipids and the G-protein OsYchF1 on the physiological functions of the rice GTPase-Activating Protein 1 (OsGAP1), J Biol. Chem. 290: 23984-23996.. 2015.

Researcher : Mok KW

List of Research Outputs

Li N., Mruk D.D., Mok K.W., Li M.W.M., Wong C.K.C., Lee W.W.M., Han D., Silvestrini B. and Cheng C.Y., Connexin 43 reboots meiosis and reseals blood-testis barrier following toxicant-mediated aspermatogenesis and barrier disruption, The FASEB Journal. 2016, 30: 1436-1452.

Researcher : Mruk DD

List of Research Outputs

CHEN H., Mruk D.D., Lee W.W.M. and Cheng C.Y., Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) Protein Vangl2 Regulates Ectoplasmic Specialization Dynamics via Its Effects on Actin Microfilaments in the Testes of Male Rats, Endocrinology. 2016, 157: 2140-2159.

Gao Y., Xiao X., Lui W.Y., Lee W.W.M., Mruk D.D. and Cheng C.Y., Cell polarity proteins and spermatogenesis, Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 2016.

Li N., Mruk D.D., Wong C.K.C., Lee W.W.M., Han D. and Cheng C.Y., Actin-bundling Protein Plastin 3 Is A Regulator Of Ectoplasmic Specialization Dynamics During Spermatogenesis In The Rat Testis, The FASEB Journal. 2015, 29: 3788-3805.

Li N., Mruk D.D., Mok K.W., Li M.W.M., Wong C.K.C., Lee W.W.M., Han D., Silvestrini B. and Cheng C.Y., Connexin 43 reboots meiosis and reseals blood-testis barrier following toxicant-mediated aspermatogenesis and barrier disruption, The FASEB Journal. 2016, 30: 1436-1452.

Li N., Mruk D.D., Wong C.K.C., Han D., Lee W.W.M. and Cheng C.Y., Formin 1 Regulates Ectoplasmic Specialization in the Rat Testis Through Its Actin Nucleation and Bundling Activity, Endocrinology. 2015, 156: 2969-2983.

Li N., Mruk D.D., TANG E.I.Y., Lee W.W.M., Wong C.K.C. and Cheng C.Y., Formin 1 regulates microtubule and F-actin organization to support spermatid transport during spermatogenesis in the rat testis, Endocrinology. 2016, en.2016-1133.

Li N., Mruk D.D., Lee W.W.M., Wong C.K.C. and Cheng C.Y., Is toxicant-induced Sertoli cell injury in vitro a useful model to study molecular mechanisms in spermatogenesis?, Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 2016.

Researcher : NI Y

List of Research Outputs

Li J., Sung C.Y., Lee N., NI Y., Pihajamaki J., Panagiotou I. and El-Nezamy H.S., Probiotics modulated gut microbiota suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma growth in mice, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016, 113: E1306-E1315.

Li J., Sung Y.J.C., Lee N.P.Y., NI Y., Pihlajamäki J., Panagiotou I. and El-Nezamy H.S., Probiotics modulated gut microbiota suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma growth in mice, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016, 113(9): E1306-E1315.

NI Y., Li J. and Panagiotou I., A Molecular-Level Landscape of Diet-Gut Microbiome Interactions: Toward Dietary Interventions Targeting Bacterial Genes, mBio. 2015, 6: e01263-15.

Researcher : OR KM

List of Research Outputs

Karczmarski L., Huang S., OR K.M., Gui D., CHAN C.Y., Lin W., Porter L., WONG W.H., Zheng R., Ho Y.W., Chui Y.S., Tiongson A.J.C., Mo Y., Chang W., Kwok H.W.J., Lee T.L., YIU S.W., Keith M., Gailey G. and Wu Y., Humpback dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Status, threats, and conservation challenges., Advances in Marine Biology . Elsevier, 2016, 73: 27–64.

OR K.M. and Karczmarski L., New insights into spatio-behavioural dynamics of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Hong Kong., 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, 13–18 December 2015.. 2015.

OR K.M. and Karczmarski L., The seascape of the Anthropocene: Spatio-behavioural dynamics of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Hong Kong. , 34th International Ethological Conference, Cairns, Australia; 9–14 August 2015.. 2015.

Researcher : OU J

List of Research Outputs

OU J., Huang J.Q., Song Y., Yao S.W., Peng X.C., Wang M. and Ou S.Y., Feruloylated Oligosaccharides from Maize Bran Modulated the Gut Microbiota in Rats, Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 2016, 71: 123-128.

Researcher : PAN Y

List of Research Outputs

PAN Y., Kong K.F. and Tsang J.S.H., Complete Genome Sequence of the Exopolysaccharide-Producing Burkholderia caribensis Type Strain MWAP64, Genome Announcements. 2016, 4: e01636-15.

PAN Y., Kong K.F. and Tsang J.S.H., Complete genome sequence and characterization of the haloacid–degrading Burkholderia caribensis MBA4, Standards in Genomic Sciences. 2015, 10: 114.

Researcher : Panagiotou I

Project Title:	How Bacteria Travel Around Hong Kong: A Metagenome-Based Mapping of the Transportation System
Investigator(s):	Panagiotou I, Webster CJ, Baker DM, Denizen S
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	03/2015
Completion Date:	05/2016

List of Research Outputs

KANG K., Li J., Lim B.L. and Panagiotou I., MESSI: metabolic engineering target selection and best strain identification tool, Database. 2015, 2015: bav076.

Li J., Sung C.Y., Lee N., NI Y., Pihajamaki J., Panagiotou I. and El-Nezamy H.S., Probiotics modulated gut microbiota suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma growth in mice, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016, 113: E1306-E1315.

Li J., Sung Y.J.C., Lee N.P.Y., NI Y., Pihlajamäki J., Panagiotou I. and El-Nezamy H.S., Probiotics modulated gut microbiota suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma growth in mice, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016, 113(9): E1306-E1315.

Liang C., Cheng S., Zhang Y., Sun Y., Fernie A.R., Kang K., Panagiotou I., Lo C.S.C. and Lim B.L., Transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolic changes in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves after the onset of illumination, BMC Plant Biol. 2016, 16: 43.

NI Y., Li J. and Panagiotou I., A Molecular-Level Landscape of Diet-Gut Microbiome Interactions: Toward Dietary Interventions Targeting Bacterial Genes, mBio. 2015, 6: e01263-15.

Singh G.H.H., Ip H.W., Li J., Yim R.L.H., Panagiotou I., Leung A.Y.H. and Kwong Y.L., Whole exome sequencing identifies novel mutations in relapsed or refractory acute promyelocytic leukaemia failing treatment with oral arsenic trioxide, 21st Congress of the European Hematology Association. Haematologica, 2016.

udatha U.G., topakas T.E., Salazar S.M., Olsson O.L., Andersen A.M. and Panagiotou I., Deciphering the signaling mechanisms of the plant cell wall degradation machinery in Aspergillus oryzae, BMC Systems Biology. 2015, 9.

Researcher : Pang CC

List of Research Outputs

LAU Y.Y., Pang C.C. and Saunders R.M.K., Evolution of pollinator traps in Goniothalamus and Dasymaschalon (Annonaceae), associated with short anthesis periods, Botanikertagung 2015, Munich, Germany, 30 August–3 September 2015.

Researcher : Perkins MJ

List of Research Outputs

Perkins M.J., Ng P.T., Dudgeon D., Bonebrake T.C. and Leung K.M.Y., Conserving intertidal habitats: What is the potential of ecological engineering to mitigate impacts of coastal structures, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2015, 167: 504-515.

Perkins M.J. and Leung K.M.Y., Oral Presentation: What is the Potential of Ecological Engineering to Mitigate Impacts of Coastal Structures? , 8th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology, held during 20-24 June 2016, at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. 2016.

Researcher : Russell BD

Project Title:	Ecological performance of subtidal grazers under climate change
Investigator(s):	Russell BD
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2016

Project Title:	11th International Temperate Reefs Symposium; From physiology to ecosystems: metabolic mismatch in subtidal grazers under future conditions could lead to ecosystem change
Investigator(s):	Russell BD
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Falkenberg L.J., Russell B.D. and Connell S.D., Design and performance evaluation of a mesocosm facility and techniques to simulate ocean acidification and warming, Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 2016, 14: 278-291.

Falkenberg L.J., Connell S.D., Coffee O.I., Ghedini G. and Russell B.D., Species interactions can maintain resistance of subtidal algal habitats to an increasingly modified world, Global Ecology and Conservation. 2015, 4(C): 549-558.

Ghedini G., Russell B.D., Falkenberg L.J. and Connell S.D., Beyond spatial and temporal averages: ecological responses to extreme events may be exacerbated by local disturbances, Climate Change Responses. 2015, 2.

Leung J.Y.S., Russell B.D., Connell S.D., Ng J.C.Y. and Lo M.M.Y., Acid dulls the senses: impaired locomotion and foraging performance in a marine mollusc, Animal Behaviour. 2015, 106: 223-229.

Li W., Han G., Dong Y., Ishimatsu A., Russell B.D. and Gao K., Combined effects of short-term ocean acidification and heat shock in a benthic copepod Tigriopus japonicus Mori, Marine Biology. 2015, 162: 1901-1912.

McSkimming C., Russell B.D., Tanner J.E. and Connell S.D., A test of metabolic and consumptive responses to local and global perturbations: enhanced resources stimulate herbivores to counter expansion of weedy species, Marine and Freshwater Research. 2016, 67: 96-102.

McSkimming C., Tanner J.E., Russell B.D. and Connell S.D., Compensation of nutrient pollution by herbivores in seagrass meadows, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2015, 471: 112-118.

McSkimming C., Connell S.D., Russell B.D. and Tanner J.E., Habitat restoration: Early signs and extent of faunal recovery relative to seagrass recovery, ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE. ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2016, 171(C): 51-57.

Mertens N.L., Russell B.D. and Connell S.D., Escaping herbivory: ocean warming as a refuge for primary producers where consumer metabolism and consumption cannot pursue, Oecologia. 2015, 179: 1223-1229.

Nagelkerken I., Russell B.D., Gillanders B.M. and Connell S.D., Ocean acidification alters fish populations indirectly through habitat modification, Nature Climate Change. Nature Publishing Group, 2016, 6(1): 89-93.

Russell B.D., Ecophysiology: Climate change and ecosystem shifts , Invited lecture, Instituto do Mar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Santos, Brazil. 2015.

Russell B.D., Subtidal systems of Australasia , Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystems, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. 2015.

Russell B.D., Unexpected ecosystem change: the role of multiple stressors and underlying mechanisms, International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems, The University of Hong Kong. 2015.

Researcher : SHIN CP

List of Research Outputs

SHIN C.P., Iwatani H., Kase T. and Yasuhara M., TROPICAL OSTRACOD DIVERSITY AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. 2015.

Researcher : SINGH K

List of Research Outputs

Sekar R., SINGH K., AROKIARAJ A.W.R. and Chow B.K.C., Pharmacological Actions of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1, Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide, and Glucagon, International review of cell and molecular biology. 2016.

YUAN S., ZHANG N., SINGH K., SHUAI H., Chu H., Zhou J., Chow B.K.C. and Zheng B., Cross-Protection of Influenza A Virus Infection by a DNA Aptamer Targeting the PA Endonuclease Domain, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2015, 59: 4082-4093.

Yuan S., Chu H., SINGH K., Zhao H., Zhang K., Kao R.Y.T., Chow B.K.C., Zhou J. and Zheng B., A novel small-molecule inhibitor of influenza A virus acts by suppressing PA endonuclease activity of the viral polymerase, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 22880.

Yuan S., Chu H., Zhao H., Zhang K., SINGH K., Chow B.K.C., Kao R.Y.T., Zhou J. and Zheng B., Identification of a small-molecule inhibitor of influenza virus via disrupting the subunits interaction of the viral polymerase, Antiviral Research. 2016, 125: 34-42.

Researcher : SUEN YL

List of Research Outputs

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Hoffmann-Benning S., Young E. and Chye M.L., 2015. Expression of an acyl-CoA-binding protein, ACBP6, in Arabidopsis phloem., The 26th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Paris, July 5-9, 2015, Poster P428, p. 143-144. 2015.

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Wang M., Hoffman-Benning S., Yeung E. and Chye M.L., 2016. Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP6 can potentially bind lipids in the phloem., Plant Model Species: Fundamentals and Applications - Vienna International Conference Series, Feb 4-5, 2016. Invited talk (4/2/16) presented by S-C. Lung. 2016.

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Wang M., Hoffmann-Benning S., Yeung E. and Chye M.L., 2016. Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP6 can potentially bind lipids in the phloem, Plant Model Species: Fundamentals and Applications - Vienna International Conference Series, Feb 4-5, 2016. Invited talk, Session I: Arabidopsis thaliana-general plant model. (4/2/16 presented by S-C. Lung). 2016.

Researcher : SUN F

List of Research Outputs

Law Y.S., ZHANG R., GUAN X., CHENG S., SUN F., Duncan O., Murcha M., Whelan J. and Lim B.L., Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation of the Presequence of Precursor MULTIPLE ORGANELLAR RNA EDITING FACTOR3 during Import into Mitochondria from Arabidopsis, In: Prof. Wataru Sakamoto, Plant Physiology. 2015, 169: 1344-1355.

Researcher : Sadovy YJ

Project Title:	6th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference The Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregation (SCFRA) Perplexing Problems of Sexual Patterns in the Genus Paralabrax
Investigator(s):	Sadovy YJ
Department:	Ecology & Biodiversity
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2001

Project Title:	Gulf and Caribbean Institute Annual Meeting; “PATTERN OF RECOVERY IN A MULTI-SPECIES GROUPER SPAWNING AGGREGATION; LESSONS LEARNED AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT
Investigator(s):	Sadovy YJ
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	11/2015
Completion Date:	11/2015

List of Research Outputs

Qiming M., Sadovy Y.J. and Dvornyk V., Molecular evolution of cryptochromes in fishes, Gene. 2015, 574: 112-120.

Sadovy Y.J., BBC new Ocean series Interview - French, Polynesia, Summer 2015 (for release 2017), BBC . 2015.

Sadovy Y.J. and Yin X., Cashing in on coral reefs: the implications of exporting reef fishes, Ecology Of Fishes On Coral Reefs. Cambridge University Press, 2015, 166-179.

Sadovy Y.J. and Ramoica M., Grouper Spawning Site and Trade Study, July 2015: Northern Fishery Division, Fiji. . Completion Report: Fiji Fisheries Department and Society for Conservation of Fish Aggregations., 2015, 27.

Sadovy Y.J., Hong Kong Heritage (half hour radio on Napoleon fish and live fish trade) - 20th April 2016 , 2016.

Sadovy Y.J., Legal but not sustainable; how airlines can support sustainable trade in live reef food fish, ADM Capital Foundation. 2015, 40.

Sadovy Y.J., Mainstreaming fish spawning aggregations into fishery management calls for truly precautionary approach, BioScience. 2016, 66: 295-306.

Sadovy Y.J., The Price of Good Taste, In: Hegan, A., 'no More Endlings’: Saving Species One Story At A Time . 2015, 312-321.

Sadovy Y.J., Wildlife Crime: is Hong Kong Doing Enough? , 2015, 49.

Sadovy Y.J., Workshop report on illegal, unregulated and unmonitored trade, conservation planning and non-detriment finding of Napoleon (Humphead) wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus , Jakarta, Indonesia, 2015, 20.

Tuuli C.D., Sadovy Y.J. and Ng W.C., Molecular identification of croaker dried swim bladders (maw) on sale in Hong Kong using 16S rRNA nucleotide sequences and implications for conservation, Fisheries Research. 2016, 174: 260-269.

Researcher : Saunders RMK

Project Title:	Rapid, recent evolutionary radiation in the flowering plant genus Goniothalamus (Annonaceae): using phylogenetics, diversification analyses and empirical ecology to assess the impact of morphological adaptations and biogeography
Investigator(s):	Saunders RMK, Pang CC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	10/2013

Project Title:	Publication of a taxonomic monograph of the early-divergent flowering plant genera Cyathocalyx and Drepananthus (Annonaceae)
Investigator(s):	Saunders RMK
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2014

Project Title:	Perianth evolution in the Annonaceae, an early-divergent family of flowering plants: integrating floral development, comparative transcriptomics and pollination ecology
Investigator(s):	Saunders RMK, Pang CC, Arias Garzon T
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	Pollinator trapping in the early-divergent flowering plant family Annonaceae: evolution of a mechanism that maximizes the efficiency of pollinator use
Investigator(s):	Saunders RMK
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2016

Project Title:	Conserving Hong Kong’s endemic and endangered flora: pollination ecology, seed dispersal, population genetics and conservation biology of Thismia species
Investigator(s):	Saunders RMK
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	05/2016

List of Research Outputs

HU A., Gale S.W., Saunders R.M.K. and Fischer G.A., Extinction vortex in Bulbophyllum bicolor, an outcrossing epiphytic orchid: evidence from an analysis of microsatellites, 6th International Orchid Conservation Congress, Hong Kong, 16–20 May 2016.

LAU Y.Y., Pang C.C. and Saunders R.M.K., Evolution of pollinator traps in Goniothalamus and Dasymaschalon (Annonaceae), associated with short anthesis periods, Botanikertagung 2015, Munich, Germany, 30 August–3 September 2015.

LI P.S., Thomas D.C. and Saunders R.M.K., Phylogenetic reconstruction, morphological homologies and generic delimitation of Disepalum (Annonaceae), PLoS One. 2015, 10: e0143481.

Saunders R.M.K. and Tang C.C., Assessing key evolutionary innovations and founder events as drivers of speciation: evolutionary diversification in Meiogyne (Annonaceae), International Annonaceae Workshop, Guangzhou, China, 12–16 October 2015.

Saunders R.M.K., Associate Editor, , Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2015.

Saunders R.M.K., Editor, Taxon. 2015.

Saunders R.M.K., Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 2015.

TANG C.C., Thomas D.C. and Saunders R.M.K., Molecular and morphological data supporting phylogenetic reconstruction of the genus Goniothalamus (Annonaceae), including a reassessment of previous infrageneric classifications, Data in Brief. 2015, 4: 410-421.

TANG C.C., Thomas D.C. and Saunders R.M.K., Molecular phylogenetics of the species-rich angiosperm genus Goniothalamus (Annonaceae) inferred from nine chloroplast regions: synapomorphies and putative correlated evolutionary changes in fruit and seed morphology, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2015, 92: 124-139.

Tang C.C. and Saunders R.M.K., The significance of founder-event speciation in the evolutionary history of the tropical early-divergent angiosperm family Annonaceae, Botanikertagung 2015, Munich, Germany, 30 August–3 September 2015.

Researcher : Sekar R

Project Title:	Combinational actions of enetroendocrine hormones on lipid uptake in enterocytes and adipocytes
Investigator(s):	Sekar R, Chow BKC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	12/2014
Completion Date:	11/2015

Project Title:	2015 International Congress on Obesity and MEtabolic Syndrome in conjunction with the 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of KSSO; Modulation of lipid homeostasis by secretin
Investigator(s):	Sekar R
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	11/2015
Completion Date:	11/2015

List of Research Outputs

Sekar R. and Chow B.K.C., Modulation of lipid homeostasis by secretin, 2015.

Sekar R. and Chow B.K.C., Modulation of lipid homeostasis by secretin, ICOMES 2015.

Sekar R., SINGH K., AROKIARAJ A.W.R. and Chow B.K.C., Pharmacological Actions of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1, Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide, and Glucagon, International review of cell and molecular biology. 2016.

Researcher : Shah N

Project Title:	Antioxidative and bioactivities of soy isoflavone glycosides and isoflavone aglycones
Investigator(s):	Shah N
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2013

Project Title:	Antibacterial and anti-adhesive properties of pure plant extracts in combination with milk fermentation against selected foodborne pathogens
Investigator(s):	Shah N
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Translational and Applied Research
Start Date:	05/2015
Completion Date:	12/2016

Project Title:	Omics based analyses of dairy starter Streptococcus thermophilus ASCC 1275 for increased exopolysaccharide production for dairy applications
Investigator(s):	Shah N
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2015

Project Title:	American Dairy Science Assoc. joint Annual Meeting; Chemical modification of EPS to improve its health functionalities
Investigator(s):	Shah N
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	07/2015
Completion Date:	07/2015

Project Title:	Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of exopolysaccharide producing dairy starter Streptococcus thermophilus ASCC 1275
Investigator(s):	Shah N, Lo CSC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	A comprehensive characterization of high γ-aminobutyric acid-producing lactic acid bacteria: insights into genomics and transcriptomics
Investigator(s):	Shah N
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

GAN R., Shah N., Wang M., Lui W.Y. and Corke H., L actobacillus plantarum WCFS1 Fermentation Differentially Affects Antioxidant Capacity and Polyphenol Content in Mung bean ( Vigna radiata ) and Soya Bean ( Glycine max ) Milks , Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 2016.

GAN R., Shah N., Wang M., Lui W.Y. and Corke H., Fermentation alters antioxidant capacity and polyphenol distribution in selected edible legumes, International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 2016, 51: 875-884.

GANDHI A. and Shah N., Release of bioactive peptides and essential amino acids as affected by sodium chloride reduction and substitution in Akawi cheese, ADSA Annual meeting, Orlando, FL, July 12-16, 2015.

GANDHI A. and Shah N., Sodium chloride induced stress responses in dairy probiotic bacteria, ADSA Annual meeting, Orlando, FL, July 12-16, 2015.. 2015.

Gan R., Deng Z., Yan A., Shah N., Lui W.Y., Chan C.L. and Corke H., Pigmented edible bean coats as natural sources of polyphenols with antioxidant and antibacterial effects, Food Science and Technology. 2016, 73: 168-177.

Li S. and Shah N., Chemical modification of EPS to improve its bio-functionalities, ADSA Symposium - Advances in bacterial exo-polysaccharides: from production to applications in dairy foods and health., ADSA Annual meeting, Orlando, FL, July 12-16, 2015.. 2015.

WU Q., Law Y.S. and Shah N., Dairy Streptococcus thermophilus improves cell viability of Lactobacillus brevis NPS-QW-145 and its γ-aminobutyric acid biosynthesis ability in milk., Scientific Reports. Nature publishing group, 2015, 5.

Wan L.Y., YUNG C.Y., Shah N. and El-Nezamy H.S., Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG enhances mucus barrier against Escherichia coli infection, Probiotics Congress: Asia. 2016.

Wei H., Zhang Z., Tao X., Feng X., Xu H., Wan C., Wu Q. and Shah N., Beneficial effects of EPS on human health and gut microbiota., ADSA Annual meeting, Orlando, FL, July 12-16, 2015.. 2015.

YUNG C.Y., Wan L.Y., Shah N. and El-Nezamy H.S., Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG enhances intestinal mucus barrier upon Escherichia coli infection, International Scientific Conference on Probiotics and Prebiotics. 2016.

Researcher : Sit WH

List of Research Outputs

TAM K.T., Sit W.H., Lo S.Y., Singh M., Lee C.Y.J., Louie C.Y.J., Leung F. and Wan J.M.F., Modulation of gut microbiota diversity and species richness by dietary extra virgin olive oil and refined olive oil, 2016 Gut Microbiota, Metabolic Disorders and Beyond Keystone Symposia, Newport USA. 2016.

WANG H., Sit W.H., Tipoe G.L., Liu Z.G. and Wan J.M.F., Comparative proteomic analysis of fibrotic liver of rats fed high fat diet contained lard versus corn oil, Clinical Nutrition. 2015.

Researcher : Sobko T

Project Title:	Connecting to Nature: Promoting healthy lifestyle (physical activity and diet) in preschool children in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Sobko T
Department:	Institute of Human Performance
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	10/2014

Project Title:	Child's physical activity and eating habits at home - how to involve, educate and empower the domestic worker - developing and testing an intervention
Investigator(s):	Sobko T
Department:	Institute of Human Performance
Source(s) of Funding:	Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Fund Award Scheme
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	Eportfolio - a tool for reflective, autonomous learning: evaluation and further development.
Investigator(s):	Sobko T, Churchill D, Bridges SM
Department:	Institute of Human Performance
Source(s) of Funding:	Teaching Development Grants
Start Date:	04/2015

Project Title:	International Congress Pediatrics; PLAYTIME, HEALTHY FEEDING AND NATURE EXPERIENCES IN HONG KONG PRE-SCHOOLERS. EVALUATION OF THE PILOT STUDY “PLAY&GROW”.
Investigator(s):	Sobko T
Department:	Institute of Human Performance
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2016
Completion Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Notari M., Sobko T. and Churchill D., PERSONAL BIOMETRIC INFORMATION FROM WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY TRACKED AND FOLLOWED USING AN EPORTFOLIO A CASE STUDY OF EHEALTH LITERACY DEVELOPMENT WITH EMERGING TECHNOLOGY IN HONG KONG HIGHER EDUCATION, In: Inmaculada Arnedillo Sanchez Pedro Isaias , 12th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2016. .

Notari M., Sobko T. and Churchill D., Using wearable technology to improve the acquisition of new literacies A new pedagogical approach of situated individual feedback coming from the Activity Trackers and reflected upon in the ePortfolio, In: D Churchil and M Notari., International Mobile Learning 2016.

Sobko T., Kaplan M.A., Lee S.Y.A. and Huei Tseng C., PLAYTIME, HEALTHY FEEDING AND NATURE EXPERIENCES IN HONG KONG PRE-SCHOOLERS. EVALUATION OF PILOT STUDY “PLAY&GROW”., International Congress Pediatrics 2.0. 2016.

Researcher : Sun M

Project Title:	Evolutionary origin and population genetic structure of endemic orchids in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Sun M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2013
Completion Date:	10/2015

Project Title:	Association analysis of allelic variation in starch biosynthesis related genes and starch physicochemical properties of the USDA mini-core rice germplasms
Investigator(s):	Sun M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2014
Completion Date:	12/2015

Project Title:	Phylogenetic and genomic delimitation of mangrove taxa: Rhizophora stylosa and Rhizophora mucronata
Investigator(s):	Sun M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2015

Project Title:	Allopolyploid Speciation in Spiranthes Orchids
Investigator(s):	Sun M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2016

List of Research Outputs

LI K., Bao J.S. and Sun M., Association between amylose content variations and waxy gene haplotypes in USDA rice mini-core collection., 3rd Conference of Cereal Biotechnology and Breeding, 2 - 4 November, Berlin, Germany. 2015.

Sun M., Editorial Board Subject Editor, Oikos. 2015.

Researcher : Sung YJC

List of Research Outputs

Li J., Sung Y.J.C., Lee N.P.Y., NI Y., Pihlajamäki J., Panagiotou I. and El-Nezamy H.S., Probiotics modulated gut microbiota suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma growth in mice, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016, 113(9): E1306-E1315.

Researcher : Surveswaran S

Project Title:	7th Biennial Conference of the Systematics Association Phylogeny of the Cananga-Cyathocalyx-Drepananthus (Annonaceae) group
Investigator(s):	Surveswaran S
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2009

Researcher : TAM KT

List of Research Outputs

TAM K.T., Sit W.H., Lo S.Y., Singh M., Lee C.Y.J., Louie C.Y.J., Leung F. and Wan J.M.F., Modulation of gut microbiota diversity and species richness by dietary extra virgin olive oil and refined olive oil, 2016 Gut Microbiota, Metabolic Disorders and Beyond Keystone Symposia, Newport USA. 2016.

Researcher : TANG CC

List of Research Outputs

Saunders R.M.K. and Tang C.C., Assessing key evolutionary innovations and founder events as drivers of speciation: evolutionary diversification in Meiogyne (Annonaceae), International Annonaceae Workshop, Guangzhou, China, 12–16 October 2015.

TANG C.C., Thomas D.C. and Saunders R.M.K., Molecular and morphological data supporting phylogenetic reconstruction of the genus Goniothalamus (Annonaceae), including a reassessment of previous infrageneric classifications, Data in Brief. 2015, 4: 410-421.

TANG C.C., Thomas D.C. and Saunders R.M.K., Molecular phylogenetics of the species-rich angiosperm genus Goniothalamus (Annonaceae) inferred from nine chloroplast regions: synapomorphies and putative correlated evolutionary changes in fruit and seed morphology, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2015, 92: 124-139.

Tang C.C. and Saunders R.M.K., The significance of founder-event speciation in the evolutionary history of the tropical early-divergent angiosperm family Annonaceae, Botanikertagung 2015, Munich, Germany, 30 August–3 September 2015.

Researcher : TANG EIY

List of Research Outputs

Li N., Mruk D.D., TANG E.I.Y., Lee W.W.M., Wong C.K.C. and Cheng C.Y., Formin 1 regulates microtubule and F-actin organization to support spermatid transport during spermatogenesis in the rat testis, Endocrinology. 2016, en.2016-1133.

TANG E.I.Y., Lee W.W.M. and Cheng C.Y., Coordination of Actin- and Microtubule-Based Cytoskeletons Supports Transport of Spermatids and Residual Bodies/Phagosomes During Spermatogenesis in the Rat Testis, Endocrinology. 2016, 157: 1644-1659.

Researcher : THOMPSON PD

List of Research Outputs

Duprey N.N., Wang X.T., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., Pleadwell J., Raymundo L., Kim K. and Baker D.M., Coral skeletal δ15N records provide a historical perspective on coastal coral reefs eutrophication, International Coral Reef Symposium ICRS. 2016.

Duprey N.N., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., Li M.H., WONG C.W.M. and Baker D.M., Reefs of the future: Water quality constrains coral biodiversity in an urbanized seascape, 100th Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. 2015.

Duprey N.N., WONG C.W.M., ANAND A., CONTI-JERPE I.E., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., WONG C.Y., Yasuhara M. and Baker D.M., Stable N isotopes reveal the sources of nitrogen affecting Hong Kong’s coral communities, In: Dr. Put O. ANG, Jr., Dr. David M. BAKER, Dr. Leo L. CHAN, , International Conference on Underwater Sciences, Technology and Education ICUSTE. 2015.

Researcher : TIONGSON AJC

List of Research Outputs

Karczmarski L., Huang S., OR K.M., Gui D., CHAN C.Y., Lin W., Porter L., WONG W.H., Zheng R., Ho Y.W., Chui Y.S., Tiongson A.J.C., Mo Y., Chang W., Kwok H.W.J., Lee T.L., YIU S.W., Keith M., Gailey G. and Wu Y., Humpback dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Status, threats, and conservation challenges., Advances in Marine Biology . Elsevier, 2016, 73: 27–64.

TIONGSON A.J.C. and Karczmarski L., Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Tañon Strait, central Philippines: Early research findings and health concerns., 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, San Francisco, 13–18 December 2015.. 2015.

Researcher : Tan CD

List of Research Outputs

BAI J., Tan C.D. and Chow B.K.C., Secretin, at the Hub of Water-salt Homeostasis, American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. 2016, ajprenal.00191.2015.

BAI J., Tan C.D. and Chow B.K.C., The Role of Secretin and Its Receptor in Angiotensin II–Induced Aldosterone Biosynthesis and Release, The 12th International Symposium on VIP-PACAP and Related Peptides. 2015.

Researcher : Tan-Un KC

Project Title:	King's/HKU Fellowship Awards 2010-11
Investigator(s):	Tan-Un KC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	King's/HKU Fellowship Awards
Start Date:	06/2010

Project Title:	Zearalenone-induced toxicity in cells
Investigator(s):	Tan-Un KC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2011

Project Title:	Characterization of the novel distal regulatory elements of the Neuroglobin gene
Investigator(s):	Tan-Un KC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	02/2012

Project Title:	CHARACTERISATION OF NOVEL DISTAL REGULATORY ELEMENTS OF THE NEUROGLOBIN GENE
Investigator(s):	Tan-Un KC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2013

Researcher : Tang CC

Project Title:	The impact of founder-event speciation on diversification rates and biogeography in the early-divergent angiosperm family Annonaceae
Investigator(s):	Tang CC, Saunders RMK
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	02/2015
Completion Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Botanikertagung 2015; The significance of founder-event speciation in the evolutionary history of the tropical early-divergent angiosperm family Annonaceae
Investigator(s):	Tang CC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2015
Completion Date:	09/2015

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Tang KS

List of Research Outputs

Tang K.S. and Wong A.S.T., Exosomes: Emerging biomarkers and targets for ovarian cancer, Cancer Letters. 2015, 367: 26-33.

Researcher : Thomson DL

List of Research Outputs

Pickett E.J., Thomson D.L., LI T. and XING S., Jensen’s Inequality and the Impact of Short-term Environmental Variability on Long-term Population Growth Rates, PLOS ONE. 2015, 10(9): e0136072.

Researcher : Tiongson AJC

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : To KY

Project Title:	AACR Annual Meeting 2016; An isogenic experimental model identifies β-catenin as a molecular target in ovarian cancer metastasis
Investigator(s):	To KY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	04/2016
Completion Date:	04/2016

List of Research Outputs

To K.Y., Mak A.S.C., Fung E.Y.M., Che C.M., Guan X. and Wong A.S.T., An isogenic experimental model identifies b-catenin as a molecular target in ovarian cancer metastasis, AACR Annual Meeting 2016, New Orleans, LA. 2016.

Researcher : Tsang JSH

Project Title:	IUMS 2008 XII International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology Cloning of a putative regulator of the haloacid operon of Burkholderia cepacia MBA4
Investigator(s):	Tsang JSH
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2008

Project Title:	Tn-seq analysis of the fitness determinants of a haloacid-degrading bacterium
Investigator(s):	Tsang JSH
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2015
Completion Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Purification of a DNA-binding protein of a haloacid operon during growth on monochloroacetate
Investigator(s):	Tsang JSH
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2015
Completion Date:	05/2016

Project Title:	40th Congress of the Federation of the European Biochemical Societies (FEBS); Unraveling the members of a DNA-binding complex of a bacterial haloacid operon
Investigator(s):	Tsang JSH
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	07/2015
Completion Date:	07/2015

List of Research Outputs

DENG L. and Tsang J.S.H., Unraveling the members of a DNA-binding complex of a bacterial haloacid operon, FEBS Journal. 2015, 282: 71.

PAN Y., Kong K.F. and Tsang J.S.H., Complete Genome Sequence of the Exopolysaccharide-Producing Burkholderia caribensis Type Strain MWAP64, Genome Announcements. 2016, 4: e01636-15.

PAN Y., Kong K.F. and Tsang J.S.H., Complete genome sequence and characterization of the haloacid–degrading Burkholderia caribensis MBA4, Standards in Genomic Sciences. 2015, 10: 114.

Researcher : Vengatesen T

Project Title:	Biocalcification by tubeworms in the face of climate change: challenges and adaptive mechanisms
Investigator(s):	Vengatesen T, Williams GA
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2013

Project Title:	Biomineralizationresponse of shellfish to global change: biomaterial aspects and applications
Investigator(s):	Vengatesen T
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	SFC / RGC Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:	01/2015
Completion Date:	12/2015

Project Title:	Larvae of the Hong Kong, Pacific, and Portuguese oysters in a changing climate: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why?
Investigator(s):	Vengatesen T
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	4th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World ; Biofouling in high-CO2 coastal oceans: importance of multiple stressors interactions
Investigator(s):	Vengatesen T
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2016
Completion Date:	05/2016

Project Title:	Architecture and material properties of oyster shells: new insights from 3D printing and FEA modeling
Investigator(s):	Vengatesen T, Yeung KWK
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Dineshram R., Sharma R., Chandramouli K., Yalamanchili H.K., Chu I.K. and Vengatesen T., Comparative and quantitative proteomics reveal the adaptive strategies of oyster larvae to ocean acidification, Proteomics. 2015, 15(23-24): 4120-4134.

Dineshram R., Chandramouli K., Ko G.W.K., Zhang H., Qian P., Ravasi T. and Vengatesen T., Quantitative analysis of oyster larval proteome provides new insights into the effects of multiple climate change stressors, Global change biology. 2016, 22(6): 2054-2068.

Researcher : WANG H

List of Research Outputs

LEUNG K.S., Wang H., Oger C., Galano J.M., Durand T., Wan J.M.F. and Lee C.Y.J., Investigation on the effect of dietary omega 3-6-9 fatty acids and lard on carbon tetrachloride induced liver injury, 13th Euro Fed Lipid Congress "Fats, Oils and Lipids: New Challenges in Technology, Quality Control and Health", Florence Italy. 2015.

Liao P., WANG H., Hemmerlin A., NAGEGOWDA D. .A., Bach T. .J. and Chye M.L., 2015. Enhancing plant growth, seed yield and sterol content through manipulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase, 11th GERLI Lipidomics Meeting "Lipids in Agronomy, Health and Disease". Conference center "Le Bischenberg", Bischoffsheim, France. October 25-28, 2015.

WANG H., Sit W.H., Tipoe G.L., Liu Z.G. and Wan J.M.F., Comparative proteomic analysis of fibrotic liver of rats fed high fat diet contained lard versus corn oil, Clinical Nutrition. 2015.

Researcher : WANG Z

List of Research Outputs

WANG Z. and Leung K.M.Y., Effects of unionised ammonia on tropical freshwater organisms: Implications on temperate-to-tropic extrapolation and water quality guidelines, Environmental Pollution. 2015, 205: 240-249.

WANG Z., Meador J.P. and Leung K.M.Y., Metal toxicity to freshwater organisms as a function of pH: A meta-analysis, Chemosphere. 2016, 144: 1544-1552.

Researcher : WONG CWM

List of Research Outputs

Duprey N.N., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., Li M.H., WONG C.W.M. and Baker D.M., Reefs of the future: Water quality constrains coral biodiversity in an urbanized seascape, 100th Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. 2015.

Duprey N.N., WONG C.W.M., ANAND A., CONTI-JERPE I.E., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., WONG C.Y., Yasuhara M. and Baker D.M., Stable N isotopes reveal the sources of nitrogen affecting Hong Kong’s coral communities, In: Dr. Put O. ANG, Jr., Dr. David M. BAKER, Dr. Leo L. CHAN, , International Conference on Underwater Sciences, Technology and Education ICUSTE. 2015.

Researcher : WONG CY

List of Research Outputs

Duprey N.N., WONG C.W.M., ANAND A., CONTI-JERPE I.E., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., WONG C.Y., Yasuhara M. and Baker D.M., Stable N isotopes reveal the sources of nitrogen affecting Hong Kong’s coral communities, In: Dr. Put O. ANG, Jr., Dr. David M. BAKER, Dr. Leo L. CHAN, , International Conference on Underwater Sciences, Technology and Education ICUSTE. 2015.

Researcher : WONG WH

List of Research Outputs

Karczmarski L., Huang S., OR K.M., Gui D., CHAN C.Y., Lin W., Porter L., WONG W.H., Zheng R., Ho Y.W., Chui Y.S., Tiongson A.J.C., Mo Y., Chang W., Kwok H.W.J., Lee T.L., YIU S.W., Keith M., Gailey G. and Wu Y., Humpback dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Status, threats, and conservation challenges., Advances in Marine Biology . Elsevier, 2016, 73: 27–64.

Researcher : WONG YYC

List of Research Outputs

WONG Y.Y.C. and Yuen K.W.Y., Determining the Mechanism of CSR-1 RNAi Pathway in Organizing Holocentromere in Caenorhabditis elegans, The 7th Asia Pacific C. elegans Meeting. Beijing, China, 2016.

Researcher : WU Q

List of Research Outputs

WU Q., Law Y.S. and Shah N., Dairy Streptococcus thermophilus improves cell viability of Lactobacillus brevis NPS-QW-145 and its γ-aminobutyric acid biosynthesis ability in milk., Scientific Reports. Nature publishing group, 2015, 5.

Researcher : Wai TC

Project Title:	Stock and Ecological Status of Echinoderms in Hong Kong: Evaluation of Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas using Sea Urchins as Model Organism
Investigator(s):	Wai TC, Ng WC, Leung KMY, Williams GA
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	04/2008

Researcher : Wan JMF

Project Title:	The role of free radicals and antioxidants in motor neuron degenerative disease
Investigator(s):	Wan JMF, Vacca-Galloway LL
Department:	Zoology
Source(s) of Funding:	Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:	07/1995

Project Title:	Effects of tumor necrosis factor-[alpha]TNF-[alpha] on cyclins and related cell cycle proteins expressions in human tumor cell lines as determined
Investigator(s):	Wan JMF
Department:	Zoology
Source(s) of Funding:	Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:	07/1995

Project Title:	The effects of different dietary fatty acids on the development of mammary tumors in female fischer 344 rats
Investigator(s):	Wan JMF
Department:	Zoology
Source(s) of Funding:	Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:	09/1995

Project Title:	The effects of antioxidants on small cell lung cancer cell line, NCI-H446
Investigator(s):	Wan JMF
Department:	Zoology
Source(s) of Funding:	Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:	09/1995

Project Title:	Temporal Proteomic Analysis of the Apoptosis Mechanisms of Polysaccharopeptides derived from Coriolus versicolor on Human Leukemic HL-60 Cell
Investigator(s):	Wan JMF
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	02/2015
Completion Date:	07/2016

Project Title:	The 6th International Conference on Food Factors; The protective mechanisms of dietary extra-virgin olive oil on mammary tumor growth./Effects of High Consumption of Dietary Lard and Corn Oil on CCl4-induced Liver Fibrosis: A Proteomic Approach
Investigator(s):	Wan JMF
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	11/2015
Completion Date:	11/2015

List of Research Outputs

LEUNG K.S., Wang H., Oger C., Galano J.M., Durand T., Wan J.M.F. and Lee C.Y.J., Investigation on the effect of dietary omega 3-6-9 fatty acids and lard on carbon tetrachloride induced liver injury, 13th Euro Fed Lipid Congress "Fats, Oils and Lipids: New Challenges in Technology, Quality Control and Health", Florence Italy. 2015.

TAM K.T., Sit W.H., Lo S.Y., Singh M., Lee C.Y.J., Louie C.Y.J., Leung F. and Wan J.M.F., Modulation of gut microbiota diversity and species richness by dietary extra virgin olive oil and refined olive oil, 2016 Gut Microbiota, Metabolic Disorders and Beyond Keystone Symposia, Newport USA. 2016.

WANG H., Sit W.H., Tipoe G.L., Liu Z.G. and Wan J.M.F., Comparative proteomic analysis of fibrotic liver of rats fed high fat diet contained lard versus corn oil, Clinical Nutrition. 2015.

Researcher : Wan LY

List of Research Outputs

LING K.H., Wan L.Y., El-Nezamy H.S. and Wang M., Protective capacity of resveratrol, a natural polyphenolic compound, against deoxynivalenol-induced intestinal barrier dysfunction and bacterial translocation, Chemical Research in Toxicology. 2016, 29: 823-833.

Wan L.Y., LING K.H., Wang M. and El-Nezamy H.S., Green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate improves epithelial barrier function by inducing the production of antimicrobial peptide pBD-1 and pBD-2 in monolayers of porcine intestinal epithelial IPEC-J2 cells, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 2016, 60: 1048-1058.

Wan L.Y., YUNG C.Y., Shah N. and El-Nezamy H.S., Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG enhances mucus barrier against Escherichia coli infection, Probiotics Congress: Asia. 2016.

Wan L.Y., Turner P.C., Allen K.J. and El-Nezamy H.S., Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG modulates intestinal mucosal barrier and inflammation in mice following combined dietary exposure to deoxynivalenol and zearalenone, Journal of Functional Foods. 2016, 22: 34-43.

YUNG C.Y., Wan L.Y., Shah N. and El-Nezamy H.S., Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG enhances intestinal mucus barrier upon Escherichia coli infection, International Scientific Conference on Probiotics and Prebiotics. 2016.

Researcher : Wang M

Project Title:	Natural tyrosinase inhibitors as skin whitening agents
Investigator(s):	Wang M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Innovation and Technology Fund Internship Programme
Start Date:	10/2007

Project Title:	Development of Novel Skin Whitening Cosmetic Products with Natural Tyrosinase Inhibitors as Key Ingredients
Investigator(s):	Wang M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Innovation and Technology Support Programme (Tier 2)
Start Date:	04/2010

Project Title:	Development of Novel Skin Whitening Cosmetic Products with Natural Tyrosinase Inhibitors as Key Ingredients
Investigator(s):	Wang M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Innovation and Technology Fund Internship Programme
Start Date:	10/2010

Project Title:	Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2011-12
Investigator(s):	Wang M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Start Date:	01/2013

Project Title:	Design and Synthesis of Catechin Derivatives as Inhibitors against the Formation of Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) and AGEs-induced Endothelial Cell Apoptosis and Inflammation
Investigator(s):	Wang M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2013

Project Title:	The impact of phenolics on the signaling pathway of melanogenesis in Melan-a and B16 cells
Investigator(s):	Wang M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2014

Project Title:	Inhibitory effects of some dietary phenolics on adipogenesis of 3T3-L1 cells
Investigator(s):	Wang M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	04/2015

Project Title:	Phenolic-type Reactive Carbonyl Scavengers as Inhibitors against the Formation of Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) and AGEs-induced Endothelial Dysfunction, Cell Apoptosis and Inflammation
Investigator(s):	Wang M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	10/2015

Project Title:	The formation of beneficial compounds in soups
Investigator(s):	Wang M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2016

List of Research Outputs

GAN R., Shah N., Wang M., Lui W.Y. and Corke H., L actobacillus plantarum WCFS1 Fermentation Differentially Affects Antioxidant Capacity and Polyphenol Content in Mung bean ( Vigna radiata ) and Soya Bean ( Glycine max ) Milks , Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 2016.

GAN R., Shah N., Wang M., Lui W.Y. and Corke H., Fermentation alters antioxidant capacity and polyphenol distribution in selected edible legumes, International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 2016, 51: 875-884.

LING K.H., Wan L.Y., El-Nezamy H.S. and Wang M., Protective capacity of resveratrol, a natural polyphenolic compound, against deoxynivalenol-induced intestinal barrier dysfunction and bacterial translocation, Chemical Research in Toxicology. 2016, 29: 823-833.

Liao P., Wang M., Bach T... .J... and Chye M.L., 2016. Manipulation of the plant isoprenoid pathway to enhance agriculture, 3rd Plant Genomics Congress Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 11-12, 2016. Invited talk (11/4/16) presented by ML Chye. 2016.

Liao P., Wang M., Bach T... .J... and Chye M.L., 2016. Transcriptome analysis on transgenic tobacco overexpressing Brassica 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase, Norwegian Plant Biology 2016. Trondheim, Norway, June 15-17, 2016, Poster 34 p. 40. 2016.

OU J., Huang J.Q., Song Y., Yao S.W., Peng X.C., Wang M. and Ou S.Y., Feruloylated Oligosaccharides from Maize Bran Modulated the Gut Microbiota in Rats, Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 2016, 71: 123-128.

Wan L.Y., LING K.H., Wang M. and El-Nezamy H.S., Green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate improves epithelial barrier function by inducing the production of antimicrobial peptide pBD-1 and pBD-2 in monolayers of porcine intestinal epithelial IPEC-J2 cells, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 2016, 60: 1048-1058.

Wang M., Advisory Editorial Board member 2015-2016, Chemical Research in Toxicology. American Chemical Society, 2015.

Wang M., Associate Editor 2015-2016, Journal of Functional Foods. Elseiver, 2015.

Wang M., Board member, 2016 China Food Science and Technology Forum, June 6-8 2016. 2016.

Wang M., Board member, ISNFF 2015 Annual Meeting , Sept 20-23, Wuxi, China. 2015.

Wang M., Editorial Board Member 2015-2016, Food Bioscience. Elseiver, 2015.

Wang M., Editorial Board Member 2015-2016, Food Science and Human Wellness. Elseiver, 2015.

Wang M., Impact of fruit phenolics on food quality and human health, The 6th International Conference on Food Factors - ICoFF 2015, Nov. 22-25, 2015, invited talk . Seoul, South Korea., 2015.

Wang M., Resveratrol Derivatives as Colorectal Cancer Chemopreventive Agents,, 2015 Small Molecule Pharmaceutical Applications in Cancer Research and Biotechnology International Conference; December 14-16, 2015, invited talk. Kaohsiung, Taiwan., 2015.

Wang M., Selected phenolics for health management,, The Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition (KFN), 2015 International Symposium and Annual Meeting, August 24-26, 2015, invited talk . Alpensia Resort Convention Center, Pyeo, 2015.

Wang M. and HU S., The Depigmenting Effect and Mechanism S of Kuwanon O and Sanggenon T from the Roots of Morus Australis, July 25 – 29, 2015, poster presentation, The American Society of Pharmacognosy’s 2015 Annual Meeting,. Copper Mountain, CO, USA, 2015.

Wang M., The application of Phenolics for management of food quality and Human Health, invited talk, Nanchang University. Nanchang, China, 2016.

Wang M., The development of novel natural skin lightening agents with multiple action mechanism,, ISNFF 2015 Annual Meeting , Sept 20-23, 2015, invited talk. Wuxi, China, 2015.

Wang M., The impact of thermal processing on Phenolics’ nutrition and health benefits June 6-8 2016, keynote talk, 2016 China Food Science and Technology Forum (Xinjiang). Xinjiang, 2016.

Wang M., The natural Skin Whitening Agents, invited talk, Central China Agricultural University. Wuhan, China, 2016.

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Wang M., Hoffman-Benning S., Yeung E. and Chye M.L., 2016. Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP6 can potentially bind lipids in the phloem., Plant Model Species: Fundamentals and Applications - Vienna International Conference Series, Feb 4-5, 2016. Invited talk (4/2/16) presented by S-C. Lung. 2016.

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Wang M., Hoffmann-Benning S., Yeung E. and Chye M.L., 2016. Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP6 can potentially bind lipids in the phloem, Plant Model Species: Fundamentals and Applications - Vienna International Conference Series, Feb 4-5, 2016. Invited talk, Session I: Arabidopsis thaliana-general plant model. (4/2/16 presented by S-C. Lung). 2016.

Zheng Z.P., Yan Y., Xia J., Zhang S., Wang M., Chen J. and Xu Y., A phenylacetaldehyde-flavonoid adduct, 8-C-(E-phenylethenyl)-norartocarpetin, exhibits intrinsic apoptosis and MAPK pathways-related anticancer potential on HepG2, SMMC-7721 and QGY-7703, Food Chemistry. Elseiver, 2016, 197: 1085-1092.

Zhu Q., Zhang S., Wang M., Chen J. and Zheng Z.P., Inhibitory effects of selected dietary flavonoids on the formation of total heterocyclic amines and 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) in roast beef patties and in chemical models, Food Funct.. 2016, 7: 1057-1066.

Researcher : Wang Y

Project Title:	EGFR Ligands in the Chicken Ovary --- How Are They Involved in the Proliferation, Differentiation, and Apoptosis of Ovarian Granulosa Cell?
Investigator(s):	Wang Y, Leung FCC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2008

Researcher : Williams G.A.

Project Title:	Predicting the fate of marine bivalves in a warming world
Investigator(s):	Williams GA, Vengatesen T
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Phenotypic plasticity of thermal tolerance: do snails from different intertidal habitats exhibit localised thermal acclimation?
Investigator(s):	Williams GA, Ng PT
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2014
Completion Date:	12/2015

Project Title:	Environmentally induced changes in behavioural responses and selection pressures: predicting the fate of high shore snails under a warming climate
Investigator(s):	Williams GA
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	05/2015

Project Title:	Aquatic Biodiversity & Ecosystems; The rocky shores of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Williams GA
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2015
Completion Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	Assessing the Marine Biodiversity and Ecology of Tolo Harbour and Channel, with Particular Reference to Coastal Marine Environments of Ting Kok and Shuen Wan Hoi – Phase I
Investigator(s):	Williams GA
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	10/2015

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Williams GA

Project Title:	Predicting the fate of marine bivalves in a warming world
Investigator(s):	Williams GA, Vengatesen T
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Phenotypic plasticity of thermal tolerance: do snails from different intertidal habitats exhibit localised thermal acclimation?
Investigator(s):	Williams GA, Ng PT
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2014
Completion Date:	12/2015

Project Title:	Environmentally induced changes in behavioural responses and selection pressures: predicting the fate of high shore snails under a warming climate
Investigator(s):	Williams GA
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	05/2015

Project Title:	Aquatic Biodiversity & Ecosystems; The rocky shores of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Williams GA
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2015
Completion Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	Assessing the Marine Biodiversity and Ecology of Tolo Harbour and Channel, with Particular Reference to Coastal Marine Environments of Ting Kok and Shuen Wan Hoi – Phase I
Investigator(s):	Williams GA
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	10/2015

List of Research Outputs

Giomi F., Mandaglio C., Ganmanee M., Han G.D., Dong Y.W., Williams G.A. and Sara G., The importance of thermal history: costs and benefits of heat exposure in a tropical, rocky shore oyster., Journal of Experimental Biology. 2016, 219: 686-694.

Hawkins S.J., Mieszkowska N., Firth L.B., Bohn K., Burrows M.T., MacLean M.A., Thompson R.T., Chan B.K.K., Little C. and Williams G.A., Looking backwards to look forwards: the role of natural history in temperate reef ecology, Marine and Freshwater Research. 2016, 67: 1.

Ng P.T., Davies M.S., Stafford R. and Williams G.A., Fighting for mates: the importance of individual size in mating contests in rocky shore littorinids, Marine Biology. 2016, 163.

Wang W., Hui J.H.L., Williams G.A., Cartwright S.R., Tsang L.M. and Chu K.H., Comparative transcriptomics across populations offers new insights into the evolution of thermal resistance in marine snails, Marine Biology. 2016, 163.

Williams G.A., Wang W., Chu K.H., Marshall D.M., Dong Y.W., Han G.D. and Cartwright S.R., Is it really tough at the top: the paradigm of high shore littorinids, XIX Marine Biology Symposium, CEBIMar, Brazil. 2015.

Williams G.A., Chan B.K.K. and Dong Y.W., The rocky shores of mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, Interactions in the marine benthos: a regional and habitat perspective. 2015.

Researcher : Wong AOL

Project Title:	New Components of Intrapituitary Feedback Loop Regulating Growth Hormone Gene Expression in Grass Carp Pituitary Cells: - Autocrine/Paracrine Actions of Pituitary Activin/Follistatin System. .
Investigator(s):	Wong AOL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2012

Project Title:	Novel Functions of Spexin as a Regulator for Reproduction and Feeding in Fish Model
Investigator(s):	Wong AOL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:	01/2013

Project Title:	Novel Aspects of Insulin and Growth Hormone Synergism on IGF Gene Expression in Carp Hepatocytes: - Multiple Levels of Signal Enhancement through Modulation of Membrane Receptors, Signal Transduction, and Intracellular feedback for Signal Termination.
Investigator(s):	Wong AOL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Grass Carp PIAS4: Molecular Cloning, Functional Characterization and Differential Regulation by Pancreatic Hormones.
Investigator(s):	Wong AOL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014
Completion Date:	05/2016

Project Title:	Grass Carp Type III Neurokinin Receptor: Molecular Cloning, Functional Characterization, and Pituitary Regulation by Somatolactin.
Investigator(s):	Wong AOL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2015
Completion Date:	03/2016

Project Title:	Novel Pituitary Actions of Neurokinin B (NKB) and NKB-Related Peptide in Fish Model: TAC3/NK3R System and its Interaction with Insulin-like Growth Factor in Somatolactin α Regulation in Carp Pituitary Cells
Investigator(s):	Wong AOL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	Adiponectin on Feeding Control and Pituitary Function: - A Study in Goldfish using a System Biology Approach.
Investigator(s):	Wong AOL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2016

Project Title:	ENDO2016, the 98th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society; Regulation of Luteinizing Hormone, Prolactin and Somatolactin Secretion and Gene Expression By TAC1 Gene Products in Carp Pituitary Cells: Signal Transduction and Receptor Specificity at Pituitary Level
Investigator(s):	Wong AOL
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	04/2016
Completion Date:	04/2016

List of Research Outputs

JIANG X., He M., MA A. and Wong A.O.L., Type II SOCS as a feedback repressor for GH-induced Igf1 expression in carp hepatocytes., J Endocrinol.. 2016.

JIANG X., He M., MA A. and Wong A.O.L., Type Ii Socs As A Feedback Repressor For Gh-induced Igf1 Expression In Carp Hepatocytes, J Endocrinol. 2016.

Researcher : Wong AST

Project Title:	Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2006-2007
Investigator(s):	Wong AST
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Start Date:	11/2007

Project Title:	Exploring the Anti-Cancer Properties of Gold(III) Complexes with Bidentate S-Donor Ligand
Investigator(s):	Wong AST
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	07/2012

Project Title:	Systematic Development of Molecular Targets for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Investigator(s):	Wong AST
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Theme-based Research Scheme
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Soluble E-cadherin: a novel molecule regulating angiogenesis?
Investigator(s):	Wong AST, Che CM, Cheung ANY, Yam JWP
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Exploring ginsenoside-Rb1 as an anti-cancer therapeutics on cancer stem cells
Investigator(s):	Wong AST
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	04/2014
Completion Date:	11/2016

Project Title:	Sialyl Lewis x antigen: a critical molecule for early stage tumor metastasis?
Investigator(s):	Wong AST, Chiu CN, Shum HC, Chow BKC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	Nur77: new insights in signaling and mechanism of activation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and tumor metastasis
Investigator(s):	Wong AST
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	Critical role of a tumor-macrophage positive feedback loop in ovarian cancer metastasis
Investigator(s):	Wong AST
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2015

Project Title:	American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting 2015; Sialyl Lewis x is essential for early stage ovarian tumor metastasis through modulation of tumor-mesothelial adhesion
Investigator(s):	Wong AST
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2015
Completion Date:	12/2015

Project Title:	Unraveling the Metadherin-CEACAM1 interaction in the aggressiveness and therapeutic resistance of highly metastatic tumor cells in ovarian cancer
Investigator(s):	Wong AST
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2016

Project Title:	Structural analysis of the Metadherin-CEACAM1 interaction for exploring therapeutic targeting of the complex
Investigator(s):	Wong AST
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Translational and Applied Research
Start Date:	05/2016

Project Title:	Biomimetic 3D Microsystem to Study Tumour Survival and Drug Responses
Investigator(s):	Wong AST
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project
Start Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Choi R., Wong A.S.T., Jia W., Chang I.M., Wong R.N., Fan T.P. and Kim Y.S., Panax – a panacea linking East Asia and North America, Science. 2015, 350 (6262 Suppl): S54-56.

Ip K.M., LI S., TANG Y.H., Sy K.H.S., Shum H.C. and Wong A.S.T., Sialyl Lewis x is essential for early stage ovarian tumor metastasis through modulation of tumor-mesothelial adhesion, ASCB Annual Meeting 2015, San Diego, CA. 2015.

Ip K.M., LI S., TANG Y.H., Sy K.H.S., Ren R.Y., Shum H.C. and Wong A.S.T., Stemness and chemoresistance in epithelial ovarian carcinoma cells under shear stress, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 26788.

MA J., Peng L., Cheung S.T., Lo K.W. and Wong A.S.T., BCL-3 siRNA amphiphilic dendrimer for effective and potent nasopharyngeal carcinoma treatment, GCBENS, Singapore. 2016.

Sun R.W., Zhang M., Li D., Zhang Z.F., Cai H., Li M., Xian Y.J., Ng S.W. and Wong A.S.T., Dinuclear gold(I) pyrrolidinedithiocarbamato complex: cytotoxic and antimigratory activities on cancer cells and the use of metal-organic framework, Chemistry. 2015, 21: 18534-18538.

Tang K.S. and Wong A.S.T., Exosomes: Emerging biomarkers and targets for ovarian cancer, Cancer Letters. 2015, 367: 26-33.

To K.Y., Mak A.S.C., Fung E.Y.M., Che C.M., Guan X. and Wong A.S.T., An isogenic experimental model identifies b-catenin as a molecular target in ovarian cancer metastasis, AACR Annual Meeting 2016, New Orleans, LA. 2016.

Wong A.S.T., Cell adhesion dynamics in ovarian cancer metastasis: an update, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China, Nov. 2015.

Wong A.S.T., Communicating via glycan: a new view to ovarian cancer metastasis, 7th Asian Community of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, Miyagi, Japan, Nov. 2015.

Zhang M., Li D., Li M., Wong A.S.T. and Sun R.W., Enhanced anti-cancer activities of a gold(III) pyrrolidinedithiocarbamato complex incorporated in a biodegradable metal-organic framework, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 2016, 163: 1-7.

Zhou Z., SUN X., MA J., Man C.H., Wong A.S.T., Leung A.Y.H. and Ngan A.H.W., Mechanical oscillations enhance gene delivery into suspended cells, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6:22824: 1-9.

Researcher : Wong WY

List of Research Outputs

Ng A.M.C., GUO M., Leung Y.H., Chan C.M.N., Wong W.Y., YUNG M.N.M., Ma A.P.Y., Djurisic A., Leung F.C.C., Leung K.M.Y., Chan W.K. and Lee H.K., Metal oxide nanoparticles with low toxicity, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology. 2015, 151: 17-24.

YUNG M.N.M., Wong W.Y., Kwok K.W.H., Liu F., Leung Y.H., Chan W.T., Li X.Y., Djurisic A. and Leung K.M.Y., Salinity-dependent Toxicities of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles to the Marine Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana, Aquatic Toxicology. Elsevier B.V., 2015, 165: 31-40.

Researcher : Wu K

List of Research Outputs

Gan R., Lui W.Y., Wu K. and Corke H., Thermal treatments affect the polyphenol profile and increase antioxidant capacity in five varieties of edible bean milks, International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 2016, 51: 954-961.

Researcher : Wu SS

Project Title:	The 16th International Symposium on Toxicity Assessment ; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers disrupts endocrine systems, impairs reproduction and development and leads to a male biased F1 population in fish (Xiaoboa Han, Karen W.Y. Yuen and Rudolf S.S. Wu)
Investigator(s):	Wu SS
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	02/2013

List of Research Outputs

Kim B.M., Kim J.B., Choi I.Y., Raisuddin S., Au D.W.T., Leung K.M.Y., Wu S.S., Rhee J.S. and Lee J.S., Omics of the marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma) and its relevance to marine environmental research, Marine Environmental Research. 2016, 113: 141-152.

Researcher : XING S

List of Research Outputs

Pickett E.J., Thomson D.L., LI T. and XING S., Jensen’s Inequality and the Impact of Short-term Environmental Variability on Long-term Population Growth Rates, PLOS ONE. 2015, 10(9): e0136072.

Researcher : XU G

List of Research Outputs

XU G., Ho W.L., Tse H.M., Ho S.L. and Leung K.M.Y., Revealing ecological risks of priority endocrine disrupting chemicals in four marine protected areas in Hong Kong through an integrative approach, Environmental Pollution. 2016, 215: 103-112.

Researcher : XUE Y

List of Research Outputs

XUE Y., Kim J., Lung S.C., Suh M.C. and Chye M.L., 2015. Class I acyl-CoA-binding protein family function in Arabidopsis cuticle formation, The 26th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Paris, July 5-9, 2015, Poster P277, p. 112.. 2015.

XUE Y., Kim J., Lung S.C., Suh M.C. and Chye M.L., 2015. Depletion of the Arabidopsis ACBP1 affects stem cuticle formation, Croucher/AoE Symposium, The University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Dec 7-9, 2015.. 2015.

Researcher : YE Z

List of Research Outputs

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Hoffmann-Benning S., Young E. and Chye M.L., 2015. Expression of an acyl-CoA-binding protein, ACBP6, in Arabidopsis phloem., The 26th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Paris, July 5-9, 2015, Poster P428, p. 143-144. 2015.

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Wang M., Hoffman-Benning S., Yeung E. and Chye M.L., 2016. Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP6 can potentially bind lipids in the phloem., Plant Model Species: Fundamentals and Applications - Vienna International Conference Series, Feb 4-5, 2016. Invited talk (4/2/16) presented by S-C. Lung. 2016.

YE Z., Lung S.C., HU T., CHEN Q., SUEN Y.L., Wang M., Hoffmann-Benning S., Yeung E. and Chye M.L., 2016. Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP6 can potentially bind lipids in the phloem, Plant Model Species: Fundamentals and Applications - Vienna International Conference Series, Feb 4-5, 2016. Invited talk, Session I: Arabidopsis thaliana-general plant model. (4/2/16 presented by S-C. Lung). 2016.

YE Z. and Chye M.L., 2016. Plant cytosolic acyl-CoA-binding proteins, Lipids 50th Commemorative Issue 51: 1-13. 2016.

Researcher : YEUNG ACY

List of Research Outputs

YEUNG A.C.Y. and Dudgeon D., Do adult snails in headwater streams make upstream migrations to compensate for spate-induced washout? A test using three populations of a tropical caenogastropod, Journal Of Molluscan Studies. 2015, 81: 417-420.

Researcher : YIU SW

List of Research Outputs

Karczmarski L., Huang S., OR K.M., Gui D., CHAN C.Y., Lin W., Porter L., WONG W.H., Zheng R., Ho Y.W., Chui Y.S., Tiongson A.J.C., Mo Y., Chang W., Kwok H.W.J., Lee T.L., YIU S.W., Keith M., Gailey G. and Wu Y., Humpback dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Status, threats, and conservation challenges., Advances in Marine Biology . Elsevier, 2016, 73: 27–64.

YIU S.W., Keith M., Karczmarski L. and Parrini F., Early post-release movement of reintroduced lions (Panthera leo) in Dinokeng Game Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa., European Journal of Wildlife Research . Springer, 2015, 61: 861–870.

YIU S.W., Parrini F., Keith M. and Karczmarski L., How to move around and where to settle: environmental determinants of spatial behaviour in reintroduced lions (Panthera leo), 14th Savanna Science Network Meeting. Kruger National Park, South Africa; 13–17 March 2016.. 2016.

Researcher : YUEN YL

List of Research Outputs

YUEN Y.L. and Dudgeon D., Dietary Dependence of Predatory Arthropods on Volant Aquatic Insects in Tropical Stream Riparia, Biotropica. 2016, 48: 218-228.

YUEN Y.L. and Dudgeon D., Spatio-temporal variability in the distribution of ground-dwelling riparian spiders and their potential role in water-to-land energy transfer along Hong Kong forest streams, PeerJ. 2015, 3: e1134.

YUEN Y.L. and Dudgeon D., The magnitude and seasonality of aquatic insect subsidies to tropical stream riparia in Hong Kong., Aquatic Sciences. 2016, 78: 655-667.

Researcher : YUNG CY

List of Research Outputs

Wan L.Y., YUNG C.Y., Shah N. and El-Nezamy H.S., Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG enhances mucus barrier against Escherichia coli infection, Probiotics Congress: Asia. 2016.

YUNG C.Y., Wan L.Y., Shah N. and El-Nezamy H.S., Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG enhances intestinal mucus barrier upon Escherichia coli infection, International Scientific Conference on Probiotics and Prebiotics. 2016.

Researcher : YUNG MNM

List of Research Outputs

Ng A.M.C., GUO M., Leung Y.H., Chan C.M.N., Wong W.Y., YUNG M.N.M., Ma A.P.Y., Djurisic A., Leung F.C.C., Leung K.M.Y., Chan W.K. and Lee H.K., Metal oxide nanoparticles with low toxicity, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology. 2015, 151: 17-24.

YUNG M.N.M., Wong W.Y., Kwok K.W.H., Liu F., Leung Y.H., Chan W.T., Li X.Y., Djurisic A. and Leung K.M.Y., Salinity-dependent Toxicities of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles to the Marine Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana, Aquatic Toxicology. Elsevier B.V., 2015, 165: 31-40.

Researcher : Yan A

Project Title:	HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards 2010-11
Investigator(s):	Yan A
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	HKU Overseas Fellowship Awards
Start Date:	06/2010

Project Title:	Characterization of two-component system mutants responsible for silver resistance and its implication in resistance development in pathogenic bacteria
Investigator(s):	Yan A, Fung KC
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	12/2013

Project Title:	Exploring the regulation and physiological roles of multidrug efflux pumps during the anaerobic adaptation of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
Investigator(s):	Yan A
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Development of an efficient and broad-host range fluorescence reporter system for real time detection of virulence gene expression
Investigator(s):	Yan A
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	05/2014

Project Title:	Exploring the mechanisms of indole stimulated phenazine production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its application in green pesticide “Shenqinmycin” (phenazine-1-carboxylic acid , PCA) production
Investigator(s):	Yan A
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	Exploring the molecular mechanisms of the differentiated responses of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 and PAO1 to indole stimulation and their implications on stress adaptation of P. aeruginosa
Investigator(s):	Yan A
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	03/2015

Project Title:	Exploring the role of the gram-negative bacterial general efflux protein TolC in biofilm formation in Escherichia coli
Investigator(s):	Yan A
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Mini Grant
Start Date:	06/2015

Project Title:	Exploring the effect of indole pre-exposure on the virulence of P. aeruginosa ATCC27853 in the C. elegans infection model
Investigator(s):	Yan A
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	08/2015

Project Title:	Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms Gordon Research Conference; Dissociation of specific intra-molecular transmembrane interfaces mediates the cross-membrane signal transduction of the heavy metal sensing two-component systems
Investigator(s):	Yan A
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	01/2016
Completion Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Identification, cloning, and antimicrobial screening of novel antibiotic drug leads from the metagenomes of deep-sea hydrothermal environments
Investigator(s):	Yan A, Cao H
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Translational and Applied Research
Start Date:	05/2016

List of Research Outputs

Gan R., Deng Z., Yan A., Shah N., Lui W.Y., Chan C.L. and Corke H., Pigmented edible bean coats as natural sources of polyphenols with antioxidant and antibacterial effects, Food Science and Technology. 2016, 73: 168-177.

Yan A., School Biological Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Functional Characterization of Bacterial Multi-Drug Efflux Pumps: Understanding Their Ubiquitousness in Bacterial Genomes. 2015.

Researcher : Yasuhara M

Project Title:	Tropical western Pacific marine paleo-biodiversity: a micropaleontological approach
Investigator(s):	Yasuhara M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Research Output Prize (Faculty of Science)
Investigator(s):	Yasuhara M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	Revealing historical profile of marine ecological degradation in Hong Kong using paleoecological approaches
Investigator(s):	Yasuhara M, Zong Y
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment and Conservation Fund
Start Date:	05/2014

Project Title:	Biodiversity and faunal distribution of the US continental margin: taxonomic standardization and data integration.
Investigator(s):	Yasuhara M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014
Completion Date:	05/2016

Project Title:	Environment, ecosystems, and evolution in the deep ocean: A coupled approach using foraminifera and ostracodes
Investigator(s):	Yasuhara M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	Deep-sea ecosystem and biodiversity responses to millennial–orbital-scale paleoceanographic changes in the Sea of Japan
Investigator(s):	Yasuhara M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2015

Project Title:	Deep-Sea Biology Symposium; Temperature impacts on deep-sea biodiversity
Investigator(s):	Yasuhara M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2015
Completion Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	Northwestern Pacific biodiversity hotspot: investigating biodiversity and biogeographic patterns and their controlling factors
Investigator(s):	Yasuhara M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2014-15
Investigator(s):	Yasuhara M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Start Date:	02/2016

Project Title:	Neogene Western Pacific Warm Pool intermediate-water paleoceanography and paleoecology: basic microfossil ostracode analyses based on International Ocean Discovery Program sediment cores
Investigator(s):	Yasuhara M
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2016

List of Research Outputs

CHIU W.T., Yasuhara M., Cronin T.M., Hunt G. and Gemery L., Modern and Interglacial Marine Ostracode Species Diversity Patterns off Eastern North America , Ocean Science Meeting 2016.

CHIU W.T., Yasuhara M., Iwatani H., Kitamura A. and Fujita K., THE PALEOECOLOGY OF A SUBMARINE CAVE IN OKINAWA, JAPAN FOR THE PAST 7000 YEARS, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. 2015.

Duprey N.N., WONG C.W.M., ANAND A., CONTI-JERPE I.E., KIM T., THOMPSON P.D., WONG C.Y., Yasuhara M. and Baker D.M., Stable N isotopes reveal the sources of nitrogen affecting Hong Kong’s coral communities, In: Dr. Put O. ANG, Jr., Dr. David M. BAKER, Dr. Leo L. CHAN, , International Conference on Underwater Sciences, Technology and Education ICUSTE. 2015.

Ingels J., Clark M.R., Vecchione M., Perez J.A.A., Levin L.A., Priede I.G., Sutton T., Rowden A.A., Smith C.R., Yasuhara M., Sweetman A.K., Soltwedel T., Santos R., Narayanaswamy B.E., Ruhl H.A., Fujikura K., Amaral Zettler L., Jones D.O.B., Gates A.R., Snelgrove P., Bernal P. and Van Gaever S., Chapter 36F. Open Ocean Deep Sea, The First Global Integrated Marine Assessment, World Ocean Assessment I, United Nations. United Nations, 2016, 37 pp.

Katsuki K., Yang D.Y., Seto K., Yasuhara M., Takata H., Otsuka M., Nakanishi T., Yoon Y., Um I.K., CHEUNG C.W.R., Khim B.K. and Kashima K., Factors controlling typhoons and storm rain on the Korean Peninsula during the Little Ice Age, Journal of Paleolimnology. 2016, 55: 35–48.

SHIN C.P., Iwatani H., Kase T. and Yasuhara M., TROPICAL OSTRACOD DIVERSITY AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. 2015.

Yasuhara M., Associate Editor, Paleontological Research. 2016.

Yasuhara M., Doi H., Wei C.L., Danovaro R. and Myhre S.E., Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships in long-term time series and palaeoecological records: deep sea as a test bed, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2016, 371.

Yasuhara M., Climatic and anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems: a paleoecological perspective, Historical Ecology and Conservation Paleobiology (University of Vienna, April 18-29 2016). 2016.

Yasuhara M., Climatic and anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems: a paleoecological perspective, Workshop: Greenhouse gases in the ocean and climate change (Geo-8144 and Geo-8145) in The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway. 2015.

Yasuhara M., Combining marine macroecology and palaeoecology in understanding biodiversity: microfossils as a model, International Symposium “Towards collaborative field-research on life and environments in East Asia”, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan . 2015.

Yasuhara M., Tittensor D.P., Hillebrand H. and Worm B., Combining marine macroecology and paleoecology in biodiversity analyses: microfossils as a model, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. 2015.

Yasuhara M., Editorial board member, Global and Planetary Change. 2016.

Yasuhara M., Introduction to ostracode micropaleontology and ostracode under the microscope, Workshop: Greenhouse gases in the ocean and climate change (Geo-8144 and Geo-8145) in The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway. 2015.

Yasuhara M., Introduction to ostracode micropaleontology, Historical Ecology and Conservation Paleobiology (University of Vienna, April 18-29 2016). 2016.

Yasuhara M., Journal editor, Plankton and Benthos Research. 2016.

Yasuhara M., Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA) 2014-2015, The University of Hong Kong. 2016.

Yasuhara M., Scientific committee, 2nd Meeting of Asian Ostracodologists (Yunnan University, China, June 27–30, 2016) . 2016.

Yasuhara M., Hunt G., Okahashi H. and Brandão S.N., Taxonomy of Deep-sea Trachyleberidid, Thaerocytherid, and Hemicytherid Genera (Ostracoda), Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 2015, 96: 216 pp.

Yasuhara M., Hunt G., Okahashi H. and Brandão S.N., Taxonomy of deep-sea trachyleberidid, thaerocytherid, and hemicytherid genera (Ostracoda), 8th European Ostracodologists’ Meeting, Tartu, Estonia, 22-30 July 2015.

Yasuhara M. and Danovaro R., Temperature Impacts on Deep-Sea Biodiversity , American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. 2015.

Yasuhara M. and Danovaro R., Temperature impacts on deep-sea biodiversity, 14th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, 31 August - 4 September 2015.

Yasuhara M. and Danovaro R., Temperature impacts on deep-sea biodiversity, 8th European Ostracodologists’ Meeting, Tartu, Estonia, 22-30 July 2015.

Yasuhara M. and Danovaro R., Temperature impacts on deep-sea biodiversity, Biological Reviews. 2016.

Researcher : Yip WK

Project Title:	Direct quantitation of cyanide detoxification metobolite in plant mitochondria
Investigator(s):	Yip WK
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2015
Completion Date:	03/2016

Researcher : Yuen KWY

Project Title:	Determining the Cellular Mechanism of Centromere Establishment
Investigator(s):	Yuen KWY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:	11/2012

Project Title:	Deciphering centromeric chromatin assembly pathway and dynamics in holocentric Caenorhabditis elegans
Investigator(s):	Yuen KWY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014

Project Title:	The Role of Centromeric Transcription in Budding Yeast Centromere Function
Investigator(s):	Yuen KWY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	Elucidating the function of the Bre1 E3 ubiquitin ligase in sister chromatid cohesion
Investigator(s):	Yuen KWY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	Determining the dynamic changes of histone modifications during centromere establishment
Investigator(s):	Yuen KWY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2015

Project Title:	The Role of Centromeric Non-coding RNA Transcription in Chromosome Segregation
Investigator(s):	Yuen KWY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	Maintenance of Genome Stability 2016; Unique Histone Modifications Promote New Centromere Establishment and Chromosome Segregation
Investigator(s):	Yuen KWY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	03/2016

Project Title:	7th Asia Pacific C. elegans Meeting; Epigenetic Regulation on Centromere Propagation and Establishment in Caenorhabditis elegans
Investigator(s):	Yuen KWY
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2016
Completion Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

LEE C.H., LIN Z. and Yuen K.W.Y., RbAp46/48^LIN-53 is Required for Holocentromere Assembly in Caenorhabditis elegans, In: Sabbi Lall, Cell Reports. USA, Cell Press, 2016, 14: 1819-1828.

WONG Y.Y.C. and Yuen K.W.Y., Determining the Mechanism of CSR-1 RNAi Pathway in Organizing Holocentromere in Caenorhabditis elegans, The 7th Asia Pacific C. elegans Meeting. Beijing, China, 2016.

Yuen K.W.Y., Centromere Establishment in C. elegans Embryos, Hong Kong Society of Developmental Biology 2015 Summer Meeting. 2015.

Yuen K.W.Y., Centromere Establishment in C. elegans embryos, Institute of Advances Study Focused Program on Genome Damage and Stability, with University of Sussex, at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong, 2015.

Yuen K.W.Y., Editorial Board Member , Cloning and Transgenesis. OMICS, 2015.

Yuen K.W.Y., Editorial Board Member, Journal of Cell Science and Molecular Biology. Open Science, 2015.

Yuen K.W.Y., Epigenetic effects on centromere establishment (Selected Talk), The 7th Asia Pacific C. elegans Meeting. Beijing, China, 2016.

Zhang W. and Yuen K.W.Y., Monoubiquitination of histone H2B by E3 ubiquitin ligase Bre1 is crucial for sister chromatid cohesion, EMBO Conference on DNA Replication, Chromosome Segregation and Cell Division. Egham, United Kingdom, 2015.

Researcher : ZHANG R

List of Research Outputs

Law Y.S., ZHANG R., GUAN X., CHENG S., SUN F., Duncan O., Murcha M., Whelan J. and Lim B.L., Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation of the Presequence of Precursor MULTIPLE ORGANELLAR RNA EDITING FACTOR3 during Import into Mitochondria from Arabidopsis, In: Prof. Wataru Sakamoto, Plant Physiology. 2015, 169: 1344-1355.

Researcher : ZHU F

List of Research Outputs

LAM P.Y., Tobimatsu Y., ZHU F., Liu H., Umezawa T. and Lo C.S.C., Prospective identification of a flavone synthase II gene involved in the biosynthesis of tricin-lignin conjugates in rice, The 66th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Nagoya, Japan. 2016.

Researcher : Zhang J

Project Title:	Role of epigenetic regulator Mi-2/NuRD in oncogenesis
Investigator(s):	Zhang J
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	08/2013
Completion Date:	08/2015

Project Title:	T cell development and leukemogenesis mediated by Ikaros and Mi-2beta
Investigator(s):	Zhang J
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	07/2014

Project Title:	Characterization of T-cell specific Ikaros enhancer
Investigator(s):	Zhang J
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2015

Project Title:	Mechanistic Study of Regulatory Variants Associated with Paediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
Investigator(s):	Zhang J
Department:	School of Biological Sciences
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	03/2016

Researcher : Zhang Y

List of Research Outputs

Liang C., Zhang Y., Cheng S., Osorio S., Sun Y., Fernie A.R., Cheung C.Y. and Lim B.L., Impacts of high ATP supply from chloroplasts and mitochondria on the leaf metabolism of Arabidopsis thaliana, Front Plant Sci. 2015, 6: 922.

Liang C., Cheng S., Zhang Y., Sun Y., Fernie A.R., Kang K., Panagiotou I., Lo C.S.C. and Lim B.L., Transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolic changes in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves after the onset of illumination, BMC Plant Biol. 2016, 16: 43.

Researcher : Zheng R

List of Research Outputs

Karczmarski L., Huang S., OR K.M., Gui D., CHAN C.Y., Lin W., Porter L., WONG W.H., Zheng R., Ho Y.W., Chui Y.S., Tiongson A.J.C., Mo Y., Chang W., Kwok H.W.J., Lee T.L., YIU S.W., Keith M., Gailey G. and Wu Y., Humpback dolphins in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Status, threats, and conservation challenges., Advances in Marine Biology . Elsevier, 2016, 73: 27–64.

Researcher : Zhou G

List of Research Outputs

Ho K.Y., Zhou G., Xu E.G.B., Wang X.H. and Leung K.M.Y., Long-Term Spatio-Temporal Trends of Organotin Contaminations in the Marine Environment of Hong Kong, PLOS ONE. 2016, 11: e0155632.

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