The Department of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) is delighted to announce another outstanding achievement in the Research Grants Council (RGC)’s 2026/2027 General Research Fund (GRF) and Early Career Scheme (ECS) exercise.
The GRF and ECS are highly competitive funding schemes administered by the RGC to support high-quality research conducted by scholars at Hong Kong’s UGC-funded universities. These awards recognise projects with strong scientific merit and significant potential to advance knowledge and generate research impact. This year’s success once again reflects the Department’s strengths across a broad spectrum of biomedical research.
We warmly congratulate the following Principal Investigators (PIs) on receiving these prestigious awards and extend our sincere appreciation to all colleagues who contributed to the preparation of high-quality research proposals.
| Principal Investigator (PI) | Project Title |
|---|---|
| CHEN Lingxi | Single-Cell DNA Copy Number Calling with Structural Information Theory |
| CHEN Xi | Dissecting the function of the thalamocortical circuit involving the central lateral (and neighboring) thalamic nuclei and the anterior cingulate cortex in the noise-induced flight behavior of mice |
| DENG Xin | Oxygen-sensing hydroxyproline regulates Pseudomonas syringae virulence |
| HE Lei | Endothelial CD93 is a novel mechanosensitive inflammatory mediator and a therapeutic target against atherosclerosis |
| HUANG Yu | Endothelial uncoupling protein 2 protects brain-blood barrier integrity in mice of ischemic stroke |
| MAK K. L. Kingston | Identification of a novel inflammatory mediator of the kidney-bone axis for chronic kidney disease associated bone loss |
| XIONG Wenjun | Investigate the role of retinal pigment epithelium in eye size control and myopia development using a Lrp2 conditional knockout mouse model |
| YUAN H. Y. Sean | Early Prediction of SARS-CoV-2 Variant Dynamics: Modelling Virus Interactions with Antibodies and ACE2 Receptor |
| YAN Jian | Exploring and characterizing RNA-binding proteins with selective N6-methyladenosine recognition |