12 Jan 2021

Faculty of Science receives funding of over HK$38 Million from Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) 2020/21 of University Grants Committee

Eight projects of the Faculty receive funding from CRF

The Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) of the University Grants Committee comprises Collaborative Research Equipment Grant and Collaborative Research Project Grant, supporting multi-investigators in diverse disciplines to engage in more creative and high quality cross-disciplinary projects.

Eight projects of the Faculty receive a funding of HKD 38,841,067 from the CRF 2020/21 in January 2021. Among the awarded projects, 4 are from the Research Division for Chemistry, 3 from the Research Division for Molecular & Cell Biology , and 1 from the Research Division of Physics & Astronomy.

The awarded projects are as follows:

Principal Coordinator	Research Division	Project Title
Professor Xuechen LI	Chemistry	Integrative Chemical Biology Approaches to Investigate the Biological Process of Bacterial Pseudaminic Acid
Dr Xiaoyu LI	Chemistry	Development of DNA-encoded glycan constructs as multivalent influenza hemagglutinin inhibitors towards novel anti-influenza therapy
Dr Yuanliang ZHAI	Molecular & Cell Biology	Structure and molecular mechanisms of the eukaryotic replisome
Professor Aleksandra DJURISIC	Physics & Astronomy	Controlling the moisture – towards stable and efficient flexible perovskite solar cells
Dr Chaogu ZHENG	Molecular & Cell Biology	Investigating protein homeostasis during neuronal development and aging through cell-specific proteomics and interactomics
Dr Aixin YAN	Molecular & Cell Biology	Deciphering the Physiological Functions and Regulation of the Endogenous CRISPR-Cas System for Biotechnological and Therapeutic Exploitations: Type I-F as a Paradigm
Professor Hongzhe SUN	Chemistry	Mass cytometry, a multiplexed single-cell technology for chemical biology and precision medicine
Professor Xuechen LI	Chemistry	Development of glycopeptide-based anti SARS-CoV-2 vaccines