CityU Department of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) is pleased to announce the results of the Research Grants Council’s General Research Fund (GRF) for 2023–2024. BMS has once again demonstrated its excellence in research by obtaining nine GRF grants totaling over HK$12M.
The GRF aims to supplement the eight UGC-funded universities’ own research support to researchers who have achieved or have the potential to achieve research excellence. Among the awarded projects in BMS, seven of them have obtained large grants of over $1.4M.
The outstanding results are a testament to our faculty’s hard work and dedication. The Department would like to extend its heartfelt congratulations to the following colleagues and express its gratitude to all faculty staff for their contributions to submitting high-standard proposals in this round.
| Principal Investigator (PI) | Project Title |
|---|---|
| CHAN Kui Ming | Investigate the mechanism of H2BG53D mutation in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma |
| CHOW Kwan Ting | Understanding the myeloid-specific IRF5-mediated immune response in breast cancer |
| DENG Xin | Probing a novel negative regulatory cascade in Pseudomonas syringae virulence |
| HUANG Yu | Critical roles of endothelial FOXO-1 activation in endothelial dysfunction during hypertension development |
| LO P. C. Gigi | Targeted Protein Degradation by Photosensitization Triggering Ferroptosis for Enhanced Antitumor Immunity |
| WANG Li | TNFAIP2 secreted by endothelial cells promotes atherosclerosis by inducing macrophage migration |
| XIONG Wenjun | Elucidating the function of DKK1 and IGF1 in mouse eye size regulation through activating the AKT signaling in the retinal pigment epithelium |
| YUAN H. Y. Sean | Identifying vaccine target groups to reduce COVID-19 hospitalisations by modelling waning immunity |
| ZHENG Zongli | Circulating biomarkers and hepatocellular carcinoma in a high-risk population |