PhD University of Western Ontario
Research interests: stem cell biology, cell signaling, muscle stem cells, transcriptional regulation, muscle differentiation & regeneration
Chair Professors
Nancy Yuk-Yu IP
The Morningside Professor of Life Science / Chair Professor
PhD Harvard University
Research interests: molecular control of neuronal survival, differentiation, synapse development & plasticity; drug discovery & development for neurodegenerative diseases.
Randy Y.C. POON
Chair Professor
MA, PhD University of Cambridge
Research interests: cell cycle, cell death, cancer, molecular medicine
Karl Wah-Keung TSIM
Chair Professor
PhD University of Cambridge
Research interests: agricultural & domestic animal services, cellular & molecular mechanisms, membrane traffickng, molecular & cellular neuroscience
Yung Hou WONG
Chair Professor, Director of Biotechnology Research Institute. Co-Director of Molecular Neuroscience Center
PhD University of Cambridge
Research interests: cell signaling
PhD University of British Columbia
Research interests: intracellular protein trafficking, secretory organelle maintenance
King-Lau CHOW
Professor
PhD Baylor College of Medicine
Research interests: genetics, evolutionary biology, cellular & molecular mechanisms, developmental biology, sensory organ differentiation
Pingobo HUANG
Professor
PhD University of Cincinnati
Research interests: sensory neurobiology, mechanotransduction of hair cells, hearing, ion channels, molecular mechanobiology
Robert K.M. KO
Professor
PhD University of British Columbia
Research interests: traditional chinese medicine
Ning LI
Professor
PhD University of Washington
Research interests: cell signaling, post-translational modification proteomics & interactomics, molecular systems biology, regulation of gene expression, epigenetics
Andrew L. Miller
Professor
PhD University of Dundee
Research interests: calcium signaling, imaging techniques, plasma membrane of non-excitable animal cells
Robert Z. Qi
Professor
PhD University of Calgary
Research interests: cell biology, cytoskeletal dynamics, cellular & molecular mechanisms, cancer, molecular & cellular neuroscience
Zilong Wen
Professor
PhD Rockefeller University
Joseph Tin Yum Wong
Professor
PhD University of Stirling
Research interests: dinoflagellate life-cycle transition, nucleosomeless chromosomes, cell size regulation, colecular cell biology of life-cycle transitions
Jun Xia
Professor
PhD Johns Hopkins University
Research interests: protein trafficking, synaptic transmission, neurotransmission
Guang Zhu
Professor
PhD University of Maryland
Research interests: neurogenetics, cell cycle, cell death, CNS development, epigenetics, Alzheimer's disease, ataxia-telangiectasia
PhD University of Colorado
Research interests: stem cell aging, stem cell biology
Kenny K. Chung
Associate Professor
PhD University of Cambridge
Research interests: molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration
Chun Liang
Associate Professor
PhD Brown University
Research interests: deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) replication, cancer biology
Kai Liu
Cheng Associate Professor of Science
PhD Rutgers University
Research interests: cellular and molecular biology, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, spinal cord regeneration, stem cell biology
Ho Yi Mak
Associate Professor
PhD University College London
Research interests: cell biology, fat storage, organelle structure and function, metabolic diseases, caenorhabditis elegans
Wan-Keung R. Wong
Associate Professor
PhD University of British Columbia
Research interests: biotechnology, biochemistry, commercial-scale protein production, protein engineering, In-vitro expression
Yan Yan
Associate Professor
PhD Princeton University
Research interests: cell competition & cell polarity, molecular biology, cancer biology, drosophila model organism, cell extrusion
