12 Jan 2021
Faculty of Science receives funding of over HK$38 Million from Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) 2020/21 of University Grants Committee
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 |
For more details about the funding results, please click here.