本院成功于2011至2012年度的研究资助局 (研资局) 优配研究金拨款中获取10个研究项目资助,总额合共约港币958万,这些受资助的项目将于2011年最后一个季度陆续展开。获拨款资助的十位教授分别为:
– 陈扬超教授: “Functional characterization of EZH2/miR-218 interaction in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma”
– 郑汉其教授: “An investigation into the functional role of insulin-like growth factor-3 in mediating the action of LH on oocyte maturation in zebrafish”
– 冯波教授: “Systematic screening for new factors that can promote rapid generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)”
– 黄聿教授: “Endoplasmic reticulum stress mediates endothelial dysfunction in diabetes and obesity”
– 蒋晓华教授: “CFTR as a tumor suppressor in breast cancer progression/metastasis”
– 高永雄教授: “Functional role of the novel G protein-coupled receptor 30 in modulating nucleotide-evoked Ca2+ signaling and ion transport in human airway epithelia: implications for airway inflammation”
– 李天立教授: “Identification and functional characterization of novel long non-coding RNA candidates in male germ cell development”
– 万超教授: “Insulin/insulin receptor signaling in chondrogenesis during skeletal growth and regeneration”
– 夏银教授: “Regulation of BMP signaling in oocytes”
– 姚晓强教授: “TRPV4-C1-P2 complex: assembly and function”
本学院在此再次恭贺以上十位教授!