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Congratulations to SIX colleagues awarded General Research Fund (GRF) 生物系六項研究項目成功獲得大學教育資助委員會研究資助局優配研究金(2021-22) 資助

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The RGC has recently announced the results of the 2022-23 General Research Fund (GRF). Our department has obtained SIX GRF grants, the total amount of the funded projects captured by the Department of Biology this year exceeds $7.5 million.

We congratulate to Dr. PJ Kim, Prof. JW Qiu, Prof. YJ Xia, Prof. ZY Zhao,  and Prof. JH Zhang on their remarkable achievements!

Details of the funded grants are as follows:

Principal Investigator

Project Title code

Project Title

Grant Total Awarded (HK$)

Dr Kim, Pan Jun

12202322

Constraint-based genome-scale computational modeling of human enterotype-associated gut commensal metabolism: Focus on the systems metabolic picture of bacterium Prevotella copri

964,025

Prof Qiu, Jianwen

12102222

Shell DNA as an archive of phylogenetics, population genetics, and symbiosis in deep-sea clams


1,075,474

 

Prof Wong, Jonathan Woon-chung


12203322

 

Hydrogen production in two-phase food waste anaerobic digestion with acidogenic gas diversion: mechanism and control

743,635

Prof Xia, Yiji

12102022

NAD-capped RNAs in Arabidopsis may link gene regulation and energy metabolism

1,464,337

Prof Zhang, Jianhua

12101722

Role of OsABA8ox2 in the regulation of seedling establishment and grain filling in rice

1,978,833

Prof Zhao, Zhongying

12101522


Mapping, molecular cloning and functional characterization of an autosome-linked locus that leads to 100% lethality of the hybrid embryos between two closely related nematodes

1,331,700

 

Congratulations to the colleagues who were successful in securing a GRF grant!