DENTAL FACULTY - ORAL BIOSCIENCES
| Researcher : Chan YK |
| Project Title: | Oral Treponemes Phylogenomics: establishing a robust set of genetic markers |
| Investigator(s): | Chan YK, Watt RM, Leung WK |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Oral Biosciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Small Project Funding |
| Start Date: | 03/2015 |
| Completion Date: | 12/2016 |
| Project Title: | IADR/AADR/CADR General Session & Exhibition; Whole Genome Sequencing of ‘Treponema vincentii' With Nanopore MinION |
| Investigator(s): | Chan YK |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Applied Oral Sciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 03/2017 |
| Completion Date: | 03/2017 |
| Project Title: | Establishment and characterization of in vitro model oral microbiome for studying periodontitis |
| Investigator(s): | Chan YK, Watt RM, Leung WK |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Applied Oral Sciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Fund for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 06/2017 |
| Researcher : Cheng T |
| Project Title: | Crosstalk of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Helicobacter pylori with human gastric and gingival epithelial cells in molecular signaling |
| Investigator(s): | Cheng T, Jin L, Sun H |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Periodontology |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Small Project Funding |
| Start Date: | 03/2015 |
| Completion Date: | 08/2016 |
| Project Title: | Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Fellowships 2015-16 |
| Investigator(s): | Cheng T |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Periodontology |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Fellowships |
| Start Date: | 09/2015 |
| List of Research Outputs |
| LAI Y.T., YANG Y., Hu L., Cheng T., CHANG Y.Y., KOOHIMOGHADAM M., WANG Y., Xia J., Wang J.J., Li H. and Sun H., Integration of fluorescence imaging with proteomics enables visualization and identification of metallo-proteomes in living cells, Metallomics. 2017, 9: 38-47. |
| Researcher : Jung HS |
| Project Title: | Harnessing the osteogenic potential of marine biostructures in the development of a new dental "Bioimplant" for seniors (CRF) |
| Investigator(s): | Jung HS |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Oral Biosciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding for Incubating Group-based Collaborative Research Projects |
| Start Date: | 01/2015 |
| Completion Date: | 06/2017 |
| Project Title: | Wound Healing and Dermal Reconstruction to Control the Regenerative Skin |
| Investigator(s): | Jung HS, Green DW |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Oral Biosciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Fund for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 02/2015 |
| Project Title: | RUNX 2 mutations in supernumerary tooth formation among patients in Hong Kong, Japan and Sri Lanka |
| Investigator(s): | Jung HS, Epasinghe DJ |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Oral Biosciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Fund for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 04/2016 |
| Project Title: | Antibacterial effect of Centella asiatica extract against periodontal pathogenic bacteria |
| Investigator(s): | Jung HS, Epasinghe DJ |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Applied Oral Sciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Fund for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 03/2017 |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Lee M.J., K E.J., O K., Harada H. and Jung H.S., Sox2 contributes to tooth development via Wnt Signaling, Cell Tissue Research. 2016. |
| Researcher : Seneviratne CJ |
| Project Title: | Research Output Prize (Faculty of Dentistry) |
| Investigator(s): | Seneviratne CJ |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Oral Biosciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Research Output Prize (in Faculty) |
| Start Date: | 12/2011 |
| Researcher : Tsang WK |
| Project Title: | Generation of focused libraries by combinatorial biocatalysis with anti-Candidal activity: synthesis and in vitro study |
| Investigator(s): | Tsang WK |
| Department: | Dental Faculty |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Mini Grants |
| Start Date: | 01/2009 |
| Project Title: | Investigation of the functional significance of phytase activity in Candida albicans: gene disruption, pH regulation, and virulence study |
| Investigator(s): | Tsang WK, Samaranayake LP |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Oral Biosciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 03/2012 |
| Project Title: | Perturbation of pH homeostasis: a comparative study on the inhibitory effect of purpurin on membrane-bound ATPases in Candida albicans |
| Investigator(s): | Tsang WK, Samaranayake LP, Lam OLT |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Oral Biosciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 03/2013 |
| Project Title: | Research Output Prize (Faculty of Dentistry) |
| Investigator(s): | Tsang WK |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Oral Biosciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Research Output Prize (in Faculty) |
| Start Date: | 01/2014 |
| Researcher : WU Z |
| List of Research Outputs |
| WU Z., Epasinghe D.J., He J., Li L., Green D.W., Lee M.J. and Jung H.S., Altered tooth morphogenesis after silencing the planar cell polarity core component, Vangl2, Cell and Tissue Research. 2016. |
| Researcher : Watt RM |
| Project Title: | Research Output Prize (Faculty of Dentistry) |
| Investigator(s): | Watt RM |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Oral Biosciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Research Output Prize (in Faculty) |
| Start Date: | 01/2013 |
| Project Title: | Whats in your pockets? Single-site analysis of Treponema and Synergistetes populations associated with periodontal health and disease |
| Investigator(s): | Watt RM, Leung WK, Lacap-Bugler DC |
| Department: | Dental Faculty |
| Source(s) of Funding: | General Research Fund (GRF) |
| Start Date: | 01/2014 |
| Project Title: | Breaking the chain or making magic? Establishing the roles of polyphosphate hydrolase proteins in pathogenic bacteria |
| Investigator(s): | Watt RM, Tanner JA, Lacap-Bugler DC |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Oral Biosciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | General Research Fund (GRF) |
| Start Date: | 01/2015 |
| Project Title: | Amine production and acid tolerance in oral treponemes: identifying species-specific and conserved pathways |
| Investigator(s): | Watt RM, Leung WK |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Oral Biosciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Fund for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 03/2015 |
| Completion Date: | 02/2017 |
| Project Title: | Bark and Bite: a Comparative Genomics Approach to Unwind Uncertainties in Treponeme Biology, Taxonomy and Pathogenicity |
| Investigator(s): | Watt RM, Leung WK, Chan YK |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Oral Biosciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | General Research Fund (GRF) |
| Start Date: | 01/2016 |
| Project Title: | Cysteine proteases in oral Actinomyces: implications for disease pathology |
| Investigator(s): | Watt RM |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Oral Biosciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Fund for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 04/2016 |
| Project Title: | Microbiology Society Annual Conference; It’s all Rel-ative. Comparative analysis of bacterial (pp)pGpp alarmone synthesizing proteins |
| Investigator(s): | Watt RM |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Applied Oral Sciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 04/2017 |
| Completion Date: | 04/2017 |
| Project Title: | The truth laid bare: establishing the roles of Nudix hydrolase and DHH domain proteins in stress-response pathways in spirochete bacteria |
| Investigator(s): | Watt RM |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Applied Oral Sciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Fund for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 05/2017 |
| Researcher : Wong SSW |
| Project Title: | Transcriptomic and proteomic view on cellular aging in the model of Candida albicans (OMICS biology perspective) |
| Investigator(s): | Wong SSW, Jin L, Wang Y |
| Department: | Dental Faculty - Oral Biosciences |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Small Project Funding |
| Start Date: | 01/2015 |
| Researcher : YU X |
| List of Research Outputs |
| YU X., Chan Y.K., Zhuang L.F., Lai H.C., Lang N., Leung W.K. and Watt R.M., Oral microbiota in healthy versus diseased periodontal and peri-implant niches, J Dent Res 96 (Spec Iss A):2109), 2017. |