本院成功於2011至2012年度的研究資助局 (研資局) 優配研究金撥款中獲取10個研究項目資助,總額合共約港幣958萬,這些受資助的項目將於2011年最後一個季度陸續展開。獲撥款資助的十位教授分別為:
– 陳揚超教授: “Functional characterization of EZH2/miR-218 interaction in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma”
– 鄭漢其教授: “An investigation into the functional role of insulin-like growth factor-3 in mediating the action of LH on oocyte maturation in zebrafish”
– 馮波教授: “Systematic screening for new factors that can promote rapid generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)”
– 黃聿教授: “Endoplasmic reticulum stress mediates endothelial dysfunction in diabetes and obesity”
– 蔣曉華教授: “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”
– 萬超教授: “Insulin/insulin receptor signaling in chondrogenesis during skeletal growth and regeneration”
– 夏銀教授: “Regulation of BMP signaling in oocytes”
– 姚曉強教授: “TRPV4-C1-P2 complex: assembly and function”
本學院在此再次恭賀以上十位教授!