Professor CHYE, Mee Len

Teaching Areas

• Plant & Food Biotechnology
• Plant Cell Biology & Cell Technology

Research Interests

• Plant lipids
• Plant isoprenoids
• Stress-tolerant crops
• Plant bioreactors
• Agricultural biotechnology
• Plant molecular biology

Current Research

• Plant acyl-CoA-binding proteins
• Plant lipid metabolism
• Phytosterols

 

Research Team

Lab members

Team members supported by NSFC-RGC JRS 2018/19 -(N_HKU744/18), AoE/M05/12, AoE/M-403/16, General Research Grant awards, and SKL of Agrotechnology (CUHK).

Fellowships

• Croucher Senior Research Fellowship (Croucher Foundation) 2007/2008
• Edward Clarence Dyason Universitas 21 Fellowship 2004/2005

Publications and News

• Publication list:

http://www.biosch.hku.hk/staff/mlc/mlc.html

HKU press releases:

• HKU researchers generate tomatoes with enhanced antioxidant properties by genetic engineering (9/11/17)

https://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_17055.html

• Enhancing drought tolerance in plants:

Nikkei Asia Review (13/1/16)

http://asia.nikkei.com/Tech-Science/Science/Hong-Kong-scientists-engineer-plants-for-a-warmer-planet

• HKU scientists discover a drought tolerance gene that may help plants survive global warming (22/11/15):

http://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/13590.html

• HKU identifies a new strategy to protect flowers from freezing stress (9/6/14): http://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/11311.html