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Department of Biochemistry

Prof. HO Kwok-Keung, Walter   [walterk@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Expression of recombinant proteins in E. coli and baculovirus
  2. Immunodiagnostic assays and monoclonal antibody production
  3. Development of lipid lowering drugs from Chinese herbal medicine

Prof. FUNG Kwok-Pui   [kpfung@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Biochemistry of tumour cell
  2. Bioinformatics
  3. Chinese Medicine

Prof. NG Tzi-Bun   [b021770@mailserv.cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Natural products with anti-human immunodeficiency virus activity
  2. Brain hormones, pituitary hormones and other hormones
  3. Bioactive proteins and peptides from Chinese medicinal plants such as lectins, ribosome inactivating proteins and enzyme inhibitors

Prof. CHEN Zhen-Yu   [zhenyuchen@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Natural antioxidants
  2. Essential fatty acid metabolism
  3. Cholesterol metabolism

Prof. CHENG Hon-Ki, Christopher   [chkcheng@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Molecular endocrinology
  2. Polypeptide hormones and their receptors
  3. Hormone action and signal transduction
  4. Identification and development of drugs from natural products

Prof. FONG Wing-Ping   [wpfong@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Enzyme inhibitors as therapeutic agents
  2. Enzyme structure and mechanism
  3. Enzyme in osmoregulation
  4. Enzyme inhibitors as therapeutic agents
  5. Photodynamic activities of phthalocyanine derivatives

Prof. KONG Sui-Kai   [skkong@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Biochemistry of cellular calcium
  2. Cancer Biochemistry
  3. Mitochondria as regulators of cell death
  4. Aptamer Biotechnology
  5. Biochemistry of Intracellular Calcium

Prof. LEUNG Kwok-Nam   [knleung@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Immunomodulalory and anti-tumour activities of Chinese medicinal herbs and natural products
  2. Cellular and molecular analyses of myeloid leukemic cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis
  3. Signal transduction in haematopoietic cell proliferation and differentiation
  4. HIV protease and its inhibitors

Prof. SHAW Pang-Chui   [pcshaw@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Engineering and structural studies of biological or pharmacological important proteins
  2. Authentication and quality control of Chinese medicinal materials by molecular and chemical technologies
  3. Screening of Chinese medicinal materials for Alzheimer's disease

Prof. TSANG Sau-Cheuk, David   [davidtsang@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Interactions of neural cells in culture
  2. Biochemistry of vision
  3. Regulation of Gene expression in nervous tissues

Prof. TSUI Kwok-Wing, Stephen   [kwtsui@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Functional Roles of Zinc Finger Proteins in Human Heart Development
  2. Terminal Differentiation of Cardiomyocytes
  3. The Pathogenesis of Hepatitis B Virus-associated Hepatocarcinoma
  4. The Pathogenesis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Prof. WANG Jun   [wangjun@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Virtual mutagenesis.
  2. Protein and genetic engineering of pharmaceutical, industrial and agricultural proteins
  3. A novel class of Cox-2 inhibitor as anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer drugs

Prof. WAYE Miu-Yee, Mary   [mary-waye@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. DNA sequence analysis of human liver and heart cDNA clones
  2. Molecular cloning and characterization of novel genes
  3. Development of vectors, techniques and computer software for molecular cloning
  4. Studies on viral genes using recombinant DNA techniques
  5. Study of association of genotypes with human diseases

Prof. CHOY Yuen-Min   [yuenminchoy@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Bioactive polysaccharides from plants, Chinese herbs and bacteria
  2. Food, drugs and growth of cancer
  3. Anti-cholesterol effect of natural polysaccharides

Prof. TSO Wung-Wai   [wungwaitso@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Immobilized cell biotechnology
  2. Inorganic biochemistry
  3. Reproduction biochemistry

Prof. CHAN King-Ming   [kingchan@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Marine biotechnology and transgenic fish experiments
  2. Environmental Biochemistry and toxicology
  3. Regulation of eukaryotic gene expression

Prof. CHEUNG Wing-Tai   [wtcheung@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Renin-Angiotensin System: cell signalling, molecular biology and physiology
  2. Biochemistry and physiology of orphan G protein-coupled receptors
  3. Recombinant antibody

Prof. GULDAN, Georgia Sue   [gsguldan@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Designing nutrition promotion strategies for various segments of the population including school-based strategies for children
  2. Childrens eating habits and growth
  3. Overcoming weaning-age growth faltering in rural Asia

Prof. HO Wing-Shing, John   [ws203ho@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Herbal medicine in the treatment of liver disorders
  2. Chemical carcinogenesis
  3. Molecular basis for chemical carcinogen-induced cancer
  4. Structure and function of enzymes

Prof. KWOK Tim-Tak   [kwok2020@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Cancer therapy: The role of radiation and drug resistance, hypoxia, and tumour microenvironrnent
  2. Growth factor signal transduction
  3. Tumour suppressor genep53: biological function and regulation

Prof. LEE Sau-Tuen, Susanna   [lee2022@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Cytochrome P450: Its physiological and toxicological role
  2. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor: its physiological and toxicological role
  3. Production of gene knockout transgenic mice

Prof. LEUNG Lai-Kwok   [laikleung@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Nutrition and Cancer
  2. Phytonutrients and gene expression
  3. Chemopreventive natural products

Prof. WAN Chi-Cheong, David   [chicheongwan@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Enzyme inhibitors as therapeutic agents
  2. Neurobiology neurological and neuromuscular diseases
  3. HIV protease and its inhibitors

Prof. WONG Kam-Bo   [kbwong@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Determination of three-dimensional structure of protein by NMR spectroscopy
  2. Computational biology-simulation and modeling of protein
  3. Protein engineering and design

Prof. AU Wing Ngor, Shannon   [shannon-au@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Sumoylation and liver cancer
  2. Structure determination of SUMO E3 ligases and SUMO-specific proteases by x-ray crystallography
  3. Molecular basis of sumoylation

Prof. CHAN Ho-Yin, Edwin   [hyechan@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Drosophila models of human disease
  2. Genetic intervention of degenerative brain diseases
  3. Nucleolar function and nuclear trafficking

Prof. HO Yuan Yuan   [yuanyuanho@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Roles of apolipoprotein E in lipid metabolism and cell proliferation
  2. Expression of recombinant proteins in E. coli and baculovirus
  3. Nutritional regulation of gene expression

Prof. TSANG Wai-Kei, Paul   [paultsang@cuhk.edu.hk]
  1. Metabolic engineering of microorganisms to produce fine chemicals
  2. Protein expression, fermentation and downstream processing
  3. Fungal genetics

 
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