Prof. Jiguang Wang and his team developed a computational framework (termed MetaNet) that integrates clinical and sequencing data from 30K cancers to assess the metastatic risk of primary tumors.
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A research team led by Prof. Robert Qi revealed the mechanism of centrosome disjunction mediated by GAS2L1 during cell division.
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Prof. Bik-Kwoon Tye and Prof. Danny Leung, in collaboration with the University of Hong Kong (HKU), recently made a breakthrough on how the ORC selects the site for origins of replications and the basis behind the divergence between humans and yeast.
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Using zebrafish as an animal model, Prof. Zilong Wen and his research team identified two distinct microglial populations – the phagocytotic microglia and regulatory microglia. Their findings were published in the journal Science Advances.
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A research team led by Prof. Tom CHEUNG, Associate Professor in the Division of Life Science at HKUST, revealed the relationship between Dek and Intron retention during muscle stem cell quiescence.
Read MoreIn this study published in the journal PNAS, Prof. Tom Cheung and his research team have found that a lncRNA, LncMyoD, regulates the differentiation of muscle cells through modulating chromatin accessibility.
Read MoreSeeing how Alzheimer’s disease has turned her beloved aunt from a sprightly 75-year-old to a confusing mind, Dr. Fanny IP Chui-Fun says the experience is frustrating for her as a neuroscientist because the disease remains incurable.
Read MoreProf. Angela Wu has just been awarded the ASPIRE League Partnership Seed Fund to investigate primate-specific RNA-editing using single-cell RNA-seq.
Read MoreProf. Karl Tsim and Prof. Andrew Miller (as a co-principal investigator) have received a grant from the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) to identify potential Chinese medicines against COVID-19 infection.
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Prof. Jiguang Wang elucidated the mechanism of resistance to TMZ in a subset of glioma patients and published their research in Nature Communications.
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