Congratulations to Four colleagues awarded General Research Fund (GRF)
The RGC has recently announced the results of the 2020-21 General Research Fund (GRF). Our department has obtained FOUR grants, the total amount of the four funded projects captured by the Department of Biology this year exceeds $4 million.
We congratulate to Dr. Jill Chiu, Prof. JW Qiu, Prof. YJ Xia, and Prof. LM Xiong on their remarkable achievements.
Details of the four funded grants are as follows:
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Principal Investigator |
Project Title |
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Prof Xia Yiji BIOL
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Understanding the roles of Arabidopsis DXO1 in mRNA capping and transcriptional pausing |
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Prof Xiong Liming |
Regulation of plant drought tolerance by AT-rich Interaction domain (ARID) proteins |
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Prof Qiu Jianwen
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A study of the genomic basis of symbiosis in a deep-sea tubeworm |
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Dr Chiu Jill Man-ying |
Effects of the sunscreen UV filter, benzophenone, on marine invertebrates |
