Category: Lab News

Ziyan Nie (聶紫嫣) and Jingyuan Deng (鄧景元) are fourth year undergraduate students from the Department of Biomedical Sciences. They join our lab to conduct their final-year research projects under the mentorship of Yicong and Jiaqi, respectively.

Jiayue Cao (曹家悅) joins our lab as a Ph.D student. She obtained her Bachelor of Engineering degree in Food Quality and Safety from the Northwest A&F University and her Master of Science degree in Nutrition, Food Science and Technology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She studied the use of infrared auto-fluorescence in diagnosis.

Jianfeng Zhang (張建峰) joins our lab as a joint Ph.D student. His co-PI is Professor Juan Li (李娟) of the Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer, CAS, Hanzhou (中國科學院基礎醫學與腫瘤研究所). He obtained both his Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science and Master of Science degree in Animal Genetic Breeding & Reproduction Engineering from the Northwest A&F University. He studied the treatment of diabetes using a pharmacologic agent.

Juanjuan Huang (黃娟娟) joins our lab as a joint Ph.D student. Her co-PI is Professor Xiangyang Xue (薛向陽) of the School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University (溫州醫科大學基礎醫學院). She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Biological Science from Jishou University and her Master of Basic Medical in Pathology and Pathophysiology from Wenzhou Medical University. She studied how gastric cancer cells are affected by human cytomegalovirus.

Jingkai Gao (高景凱) and Junghong Lizhao (李趙雋鴻) join our lab as research assistants and will start their Ph.D studies in the lab in August 2023.

Jingkai obtained his B.E. degree in Bioengineering from Anhui Science and Technology University (安徽科技學院) and his M.S. degree in Cell Biology from Shanghaitech University (上海科技大學). He studied the roles of Golgin45 in mitosis and stress response.

Junghong obtained her B.S. degree in Biological Sciences from Yunnan University (雲南大學) and his M.M. degree in Regenerative medicine from Sichuan University (四川大學). She studied copper uptake in cardiomyocytes.

Yuqing Gao (高雨晴) joins our lab as a joint Ph.D student. Her co-PI is Professor Qing Wei (衛青) of Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中國科學院深圳先進技術研究院). She obtained both her B.S. degree in Biotechnology and M.S. degree in Bioengineering from Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot. She studied the development of the reproductive organs.

Jiaqi Shen (申佳琦) joins our lab as a Ph.D student. She obtained her B.S. degree in Biological Science from Hainan University and her master’s degree in Reproductive Medicine from the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She studied TMCO1 and the agenesis of the corpus callosum.

Wenyao Yang (楊文耀) joins our lab as a joint Ph.D student. His co-PI is Professor Xinluan Wang (王新峦) of Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中國科學院深圳先進技術研究院). He obtained his B.S. degree in Biological Engineering from Shanghai University and M.S. degree in Cell Biology from Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He studied the effects of icariin in protecting muscles from damage.

Yicong Zhang (張禕聰) joins our lab as a Ph.D student. She obtained her B.S. degree in Food Safety and Quality from China Pharmaceutical University and her master’s degree in Medicine Analysis from Ocean University of China. She studied pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetics using both cell and animal models.

Jie Hu (胡杰) joins our lab as a joint Ph.D student. Her co-PI is Professor Man Zhang (張滿) of the Guangzhou Laboratory (廣州實驗室). She obtained both her B.S. degree in Agronomy and M.S. degree in Cell Biology from Southwest University, Chongqing. She studied the regulation of the innate immune signaling pathway and embryonic development.

Yue Ma (馬越) joins our lab as a Ph.D student. He obtained both his bachelor’s degree in Medicine and master’s degree in Reproductive Medicine from Zhengzhou University. He studied lncRNAs and polycystic ovarian syndrome.

As part of the Research Experiences Programme of the Honours College, Lousia Kam (甘沛桐) joins our lab and will stay until October. She is from Macau and a junior student in Biomedical Sciences. She may choose to stay in the lab to conduct her final-year research project.

Mengqi Chen (陳夢琪) joins our lab as a Ph.D student. She obtained her B.S. degree in Biological Science from Taiyuan Normal University and M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Sichuan University. She studied copper regualtion of cell migration throught intermediate filament protein vimentin.

Yutao Li (李宇桃) joins our lab as a Ph.D student. She obtained her B.S. degree in Pharmacy from Jinan University and worked in BindeBio Co. Ltd. as a research assistant. She studied the mechanism and regulation of tumor cell killing function of NY-SCO-1, a cancer-testis antigen.

Jenny Chio (趙子慧) joins our lab as a research assistant. She obtained her B.S. degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of London and will receive her M.S. degree in Medical Sciences soon from the University of Hong Kong. She studied the modulation of periostin mRNA splicing in anti-fibrotic therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Welcome!

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