Major Research Grants Awarded

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Faculty Member	Project Title	Grant/Fund
Prof CHAN Wai Yan Kannie	Non-invasive CEST MRI Detects Reduced CSF Clearance in the Brain for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease	RGC Research Fellow Scheme
Prof CHEN Chia-Hung	Uncovering Dynamically Functional Cells Using a Time-Resolved Intelligent Cell Sorter (TRIC) for Cancer Treatments	Research Impact Fund
Prof HU Jinlian	Fundamental Study Towards Real Spider Dragline Silk Performance Through Artificial Innovative Approach	Collaborative Research Fund
Prof WANG Lidai	全光纤主动超声相控阵成像基础与关键技术研究	国家自然科学基金重点项目
Prof XU Chenjie	Microneedle Biomedical Devices for Drug Delivery and Biosensing	国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目(A类)
Prof YU Xinge	Skin-Integrated and Multi-functional Closed Loop Human Machine Interface: Sensing, Actuation, and System Integration	RGC Research Fellow Scheme
	Thin, Soft, Wireless, Air and Sweat Permeable Electronics for Long Term ECG Monitoring	Research Impact Fund

Department of Biomedical Sciences

Faculty Member	Project Title	Grant/Fund
Prof HUANG Yu	Single-Cell Multi-Omics Study of Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: Narrowing the Gap Between Bench and Bedside	Research Grants Council’s (RGC) Theme-based Research Scheme (TBRS)
Prof HE Mingliang	Repurposing and Formulating Alpha-2-macroglobulin (α2M) for Antiviral Treatment	Innovation and Technology Commission — Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF)
Prof LAO Xiangqian	Environment and Conservation Fund - Establishing a Long-Term Air Quality Health Index Through Localised Scientific Evidence in Hong Kong	Environmental and Conservation Fund (ECF)
Prof YANG Michael	Microfluidics-Based Detection Platform for Circulating Tumor Cells and Its Applications in Cancer Early Screening and Disease Monitoring	HKSAR Government’s Research, Academic and Industry Sectors One-plus Scheme (RAISe+) Scheme
Prof ZHANG Liang	A High-performance Mass Spectrometry Platform for Next-generation Proteomics and Metabolomics	Collaborative Research Equipment Grant (CREG) Research Grants Council’s (RGC) Collaborative Research Fund (CRF)
Prof ZHENG Zongli	In Vivo Somatic Human Genome Editing for Genetic Diseases: Translating Novel Genome Editing and Engineered Delivery Vectors into Clinical Trials	HKSAR Government’s Research, Academic and Industry Sectors One-plus Scheme (RAISe+) Scheme
	A study on liquid biopsy markers using pre-cancer diagnosis blood sample 基于癌症诊断前血液样本的多肿瘤液体活检标志物研究	Shenzhen Medical Research Fund (深圳市醫學研究專項資金)

Department of Neuroscience

Faculty Member	Project Title	Grant/Fund
Prof FUNG Chi Chung Alan	神经胶质细胞引发的神经递质释放概率变化对神经元网络动力学的影响	深圳市科技创新委员会
Prof HE Jufang	Long-term Rescuing Effects on Remembering and Memory Retention in Alzheimer’s Disease Mice with Self-synthesized CCK-B Receptor Agonists	RGC Collaborative Research Fund
	Synthesized CCK-B Receptor Agonists to Alleviate Anterograde Amnesia in Animal Models	RGC Collaborative Research Fund
	Sonogenetics for Specific Deep Neural Circuit Modulation and Mitigation of Parkinsonian Mice	RGC Collaborative Research Fund
	Roles of Cholecystokinin in The Plasticity of Gabaergic and Glutamatergic Synapses in The Basolateral Amygdala	RGC General Research Fund
	Heterosynaptic Neuroplasticity of the Ascending Inputs in the Auditory Thalamus by Corticothalamic Modulation	RGC General Research Fund
	Cholecystokinin from the Thalamocortical Projection Facilitates Heterosynaptic Visual Inputs in the Auditory Cortex and Visuoauditory Association	RGC General Research Fund
	The Medial Prefrontal Cortex Facilitates Learning and Memory in the Auditory Cortex Through the Medial Temporal Lobe	UGC Research Fellowship Schemes
Prof HUNG Christy	Croucher Start-up Allowance for Prof HUNG Christy	HK Charities/Foundations Start-up Allowance for Returning Croucher Award Recipients
Prof LAI Kwok On	Molecular Mechanism of RNA Transport and Specificity of their Spatial Distribution in Neuron	RGC Collaborative Research Fund
	Elucidating the Dendritic Transport of C1qtnf4 mRNA and the Function of Its Encoded Protein CTRP4 in Dendritic Arborization and Synapse Formation of Neuron	RGC General Research Fund
	Investigate The Impact of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Related FUS Mutation on The Synaptic Connections of Human Brain Neurons Through Transplantation of Induced Pluripotent Neural Stem Cells	RGC General Research Fund
Prof LAU Chun Yue Geoffrey	TNF-α orchestrates experience-dependent balancing of excitation-inhibition in the olfactory cortex	RGC General Research Fund
	Hunger-dependent control of olfactory cortical circuits regulates food-seeking behavior	RGC General Research Fund
	Inhibitory Gating of Neural Circuits for Dynamic Representation of Distinct Odor Features	RGC Early Career Scheme
Prof LIU Aijia Jessica	Cell Intrinsic and Extrinsic Effects of Astrocytes Lipid Metabolism in Spinal Muscular	RGC Collaborative Research Fund
	Elucidating the Role of Glycolytic Metabolism in Dorsal Root Ganglion Development	RGC Early Career Scheme
	Elucidating the Role of Phosphorylated Sox9 in Regulating Glycolytic Activities in Neuropathic Pain Pathogenesis	RGC General Research Fund
	Development of a Novel Permeable Transcriptional Factor System for Generating Personalized Neural Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine	HKSAR Government ITF - ITSP – Partnership Research Programme, Collaborative (PRP)
	Functional Reconstruction: A "Scar-Free" Strategy for Transplanting Human Neural Progenitor Cells after Spinal Cord Injury	RGC Other Funds
Prof LIU Qiang	Decoding the Worm Brain - Comprehensive Biophysical Mapping and Modeling of the C. Elegans Nervous System	RGC Early Career Scheme
	Dissecting the Mechanism of Gut-brain Oscillations Underlying the C.elegans Enteric Clock	RGC General Research Fund
	Decoding Olfaction in C. Elegans with Integrated Cellular and Circuit Modeling	RGC General Research Fund
Prof MA Chi Him Eddie	Elucidating The Novel Roles of Histamine H4 Receptor in Traumatic Optic Neuropathy and As a Therapeutic Target for Glaucoma	RGC General Research Fund
	Metabolomic Analysis Identifies Metabolites as Novel Therapeutic Targets for Alzheimer's Disease	HKSAR Government ITF - ITSP Platform Research Projects, Platform
	Development and Validation of Novel Therapeutic Agents for Glaucoma Treatment through Integrated Preclinical and Clinical Studies with A Drug Repurposing Approach	Research Impact Fund from UGC
	Therapeutic potential of low-frequency stimulation at pons nuclei (PN) in acute and chronic models of epilepsy in mice	Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Prof YANG Sungchil	Epidural stimulation via an active transistor electrode array to alleviate hearing loss-induced tinnitus	RGC General Research Fund
	Cortical Stimulation to Suppress Tinnitus and Enable Auditory Perception	RGC General Research Fund
	Preclinical Evaluation of In Vitro, Ex Vivo and In Vivo Delivery of a Proprietary Formulation of CRISPR/Cas-Based Genome-Editing Agent to Mouse Brain Models of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases Using Engineered Virus-Like Particles	HKSAR Government ITF - ITSP – Partnership Research Programme, Collaborative (PRP)
Prof YUNG Wing Ho	Mechanism of Cognitive Flexibility: From Core Brain Areas to Network Analysis	RGC Collaborative Research Fund
	Axon Regeneration-Mediated Functional Recovery by Regulating Intrinsic Mechanisms and Neuronal Activity	RGC Collaborative Research Fund
	Brain Mechanism Underlying Experience-induced Modulation in Social Decision-making	RGC Collaborative Research Fund
	Dopamine regulates motor learning through astrocytes in primary motor cortex	RGC General Research Fund
	The Roles of Primary and Secondary Motor Cortices in Learning and Encoding Novel Movement Sequences	RGC General Research Fund
	A Novel Target Brain Area for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder Neuromodulatory and Pharmacological Intervention	HKSAR Government Health Bureau, HKSAR
Prof ZHU Xiaowei	Using Deep Learning to Characterize Somatic Mobile Element Insertions in Neurodevelopmental Disorders	RGC General Research Fund
	Study the Pathogenicity of Brain Somatic Mutations in Tourette Syndrome by Utilizing AI-guided Behavioral Classification for Mouse Models	RGC General Research Fund
	Machine Learning-based Mobile Element Testing for Personalized Cancer Screening	HKSAR Government ITF - ITSP Seed Projects