Principle Investigator
Chaogu Zheng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Biological Science, The University of Hong Kong
WORK EXPERIENCES
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University (2015-2018)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, City University of New York (2016-2017)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Columbia University (2015)
M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biophysics, CAS (2009)
B.S. in Biotechnology, University of Science and Technology of China (2006)
Postdoctoral Fellows
Fuqiang Ma
Ph.D. at Beijing Institute of Genomics, CAS (2018)
Dr. MA works on identifying the genetic mechanism of the evolution of neuronal diversity and the genomic basis of adaptation in C. elegans wild-isolates.
Chenyin (Cherry) Wang
Ph.D. at University of Macau (2018)
Dr. Wang works on modeling neurodegenerative diseases, such as AD and PD, in C. elegans with a specific focus on microbe-neuron interaction.
Graduate Students
Yuming Lu (2019-)
B.S. at South China Agricultural University
Yuming works on the effects of tubulin post-translational modifications on axonal development and regeneration.
Kam Ue Roy Li (2020-)
B.S. at The University of Hong Kong
Roy works on the regulation of lipid metabolism by bacterial diet in C. elegans
Ho Ming Terence Lee
B.S. at King's College London
Terence works on investigating alternative mRNA splicing in regulating neurite growth.
Siyu Deng (2020-)
B.S. at Cornell University;
M.S. at Columbia University
Siyu works on the impact of ultrafine DNA bridge in cell fate decision
Research Assistant
Alvin Chun Yin Lau
B.S. at The University of Hong Kong
Alvin works on bioinformatics and the population genetics of wild C. elegans isolates
Qiao Ran
B.S. at Hunan University;
M.S. at University College London
Qiao works on developing chemical method for cell-specific proteomics and interactomics
Undergraduate Students
Hui Yuan Lim
Hui Yuan works on the mechanism of mRNA axonal transport
Sehong Kim
Sehong works on the function of MAP1 homologs in C. elegans
Kailee Hoikiu Poon
Kailee works on mutations that affect neuronal migration
Sophie Yin Lam Wong
Sophie is screening for target proteins of the ubiquitination-proteosome system in neurons