Address

(Office): Rm 181, Science Centre (South), CUHK
(Lab): Rm LG105, Run Run Shaw Science Building, CUHK

 People ZhuangXiaohong 23

Phone

(Office): (852) 3943 4066
(Lab): (852) 3943 8963
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Education

  • BSc, Sun Yat-sen University
  • MPhil-PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Position

  • Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Research Interests

  • Autophagy and autophagosome formation in plants and green algae
  • Selective autophagy in plant stress response
  • Lipid metabolism and membrane dynamics


Representative Publications (*Corresponding author, #Co-first author)

  1. Zhuang X. #*, Li R. #*, and Jiang L. #* (2024) A Century Journey of Organelles Research in the Plant Endomembrane System. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae004
  2. Luo M#, Law KC#, He Y#, Chung KK, Po MK, Feng L, Chung KP, Gao C, Zhuang, X. * and Jiang L.* (2023) Arabidopsis AUTOPHAGY-RELATED (ATG) 2 is essential for ATG18a and ATG9 trafficking during autophagosome closure. Plant Physiology. 193(1), 304-321.
  3. He Y, Gao J, Luo M, Gao C, Lin Y, Wong HY, Cui Y, Zhuang, X., Jiang L. (2023). VAMP724 and VAMP726 are involved in autophagosome formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Autophagy 19(5):1406-1423.
  4. Zhou, J., Ma, J., Yang, C., Zhu, X., Li, J., Zheng, X., Li, X., Chen, S., Feng, L., Wang, P., Ho, M. I., Ma, W., Liao, J., Li, F., Wang, C., Zhuang, X., Jiang, L., Kang, B. H., & Gao, C. (2023). A non-canonical role of ATG8 in Golgi recovery from heat stress in plants. Nature Plants, 9(5), 749-765.
  5. Li H, Huang R, Liao Y, Yang S, Feng B, Qin H, Zhou J, Zeng Y, Shen J, Zhuang, X., Jiang L, Otegui MS, Zhang S, Gao C. (2023) A plant-unique protein BLISTER coordinates with core retromer to modulate endosomal sorting of plasma membrane and vacuolar proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 120(1):e2211258120.
  6. Li, H., Liao, Y., Zheng, X., Zhuang, X., Gao, C., Zhou, J. (2022). Shedding Light on the Role of Phosphorylation in Plant Autophagy. FEBS Lett. 596(17):2172-2185.
  7. Law, K.C., Chung, K.K., and Zhuang, X. * (2022). An update on coat protein complexes for vesicle formation in plant post-Golgi trafficking. Front Plant Sci. 13, 826007.
  8. Sun S, Feng L, Chung KP, Lee KM, Cheung HHY, Luo M, Ren K, Law KC, Jiang L, Wong KB, Zhuang X. * (2021) Mechanistic insights into an atypical interaction between ATG8 and SH3P2 in Arabidopsis thaliana. Autophagy 18, 1350-1366.
  9. Zhang, X.#, Man, Y. #, Zhuang, X. #, Shen, J. #, Zhang, Y., Cui, Y., Yu, M., Xing, J., Wang, G., Lian, N., Hu, Z., Ma, L., Shen, W., Yang, S., Xu, H., Bian, J., Jing, Y., Li, X., Li, R., Mao, T., Jiao, Y., Sodmergen, Ren, H., and Lin, J. (2021). Plant multiscale networks: charting plant connectivity by multi-level analysis and imaging techniques. Sci China Life Sci 64, 1392-1422.
  10. Yang C., Luo M., Zhuang X., Li F., and Gao C. (2020). Transcriptional and Epigenetic Regulation of Autophagy in Plants. Trends in Genetics 36: 676-688.
  11. Zhuang, X. *, Chung, K.P. #, Luo Mengqian and Jiang, L*. (2018) Autophagosome Biogenesis and the Endoplasmic Reticulum: A plant perspective. Trends in Plant Science 23:677-692
  12. Zhuang, X., Chung, K.P. and Jiang, L. (2017) Targeting tail-anchored proteins into plant organelles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 114:1762-1764.
  13. Zhuang, X. #, Chung, K.P. #, Cui, Y. #, Lin, W., Gao, C., Kang, Y.B., and Jiang, L. (2017) ATG9 Regulates Autophagosome Progression from the Endoplasmic Reticulum in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 114: E426-E43
  14. Soto-Burgos J.#, Zhuang X. #, Jiang L and Bassham C.D. (2017) Dynamics of autophagosome formation. Plant Physiology 176:219-229
  15. Gao C.#, Zhuang X. #, Shen J and Jiang L. (2017) Plant ESCRT complexes: moving beyond endosomal sorting. Trends in Plant Science. 22:986-998
  16. Gao C. #, Zhuang X. #, Cui Y., Fu X., He Y., Zhao Q., Zeng Y., Shen J., Luo M., and Jiang L. (2015). Dual roles of an Arabidopsis ESCRT component FREE1 in regulating vacuolar protein transport and autophagic degradation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112, 1886-1891.
  17. Zhuang X. #, Cui, Y. #, Gao, C., and Jiang, L. (2015). Endocytic and autophagic pathways crosstalk in plants. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 28, 39-47.
  18. Cai, Y.#, Zhuang X. #, Gao, C. #, Wang, X. #, and Jiang, L. (2014). The Arabidopsis Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport III Regulates Internal Vesicle Formation of the Prevacuolar Compartment and Is Required for Plant Development. Plant Physiology 165, 1328-1343
  19. Li, S., Liu, L., Zhuang X., Yu, Y., Liu, X., Cui, X., Ji, L., Pan, Z., Cao, X., Mo, B., Zhang, F., Raikhel, N., Jiang, L., and Chen, X. (2013). MicroRNAs inhibit the translation of target mRNAs on the endoplasmic reticulum in Arabidopsis. Cell 153, 562-574.
  20. Zhuang X. #, Wang, H. #, Lam, S.K., Gao, C., Wang, X., Cai, Y., and Jiang, L. (2013). A BAR-domain protein SH3P2, which binds to phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate and ATG8, regulates autophagosome formation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 25, 4596-4615.


Research grants

  • 2024-2026  Research Grants Council General Research Fund (GRF), Molecular Characterization of Novel ATG8-interacting Proteins in Plant Autophagy, PI
  • 2024-2025  Research Grants Council (RGC) Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme, Membrane Remodeling by Biomolecular Condensates in Plant Autophagosome and Vacuole, PI
  • 2023-2025  NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau), Molecular Mechanism of Membrane Trafficking in Plant Autophagy, PI
  • 2023-2025  Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF), Investigating the roles of autophagy in organelle homeostasis in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas, PI
  • 2021-2024  NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme 2020/21, Molecular Mechanism Study of the Reciprocal Regulation of SnRK1 Kinase and Plant Autophagy, PI
  • 2021-2023  Research Grants Council (RGC) Early Career Scheme (ECS), Molecular mechanism of SH3P2 in plant autophagy and mitochondrial pathway, PI
  • 2018-2021  Research Grants Council (RGC)  Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme, Intersection Points of Autophagy and Ubiquitination, PI
  • 2022-2025  Research Grants Council (RGC) Collaborative Research Fund (CRF), The First Integrated State-of-the-Art Live Cell Imaging Platforms to Timely Promote Interdisciplinary and Advanced Life Sciences Research in Hong Kong and Beyond, Co-PI
  • 2021-2024  Research Grants Council (RGC) Collaborative Research Fund (CRF), Vacuole Dynamics, Biogenesis and Functions in Plants, Co-PI
  • 2021-2023  Research Grants Council (RGC) Collaborative Research Fund (CRF), The First Integrated State-of-the-Art Sample Preparation System for Cryo-Electron Microscopy/Tomography Analysis to Promote Advanced Cellular and Structural Biology Research in Hong Kong, Co-PI
  • 2019-2024  Research Grants Council (RGC) Research Impact Fund (RIF), Plant Bioreactor for Pharmaceutical Proteins, Co-PI
  • 2018-2021  Research Grants Council (RGC) Collaborative Research Fund (CRF), Molecular Mechanisms of Autophagy and Autophagosome in Plants, Co-PI

 
Awards

  • 2022   Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards 2022, Second Class Prize (Natural Sciences, 6/10), Ministry of Education, China
  • 2022   China’s Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau)
  • 2022   Association of Applied Biologists (AAB) Travel Grant
  • 2019   American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Travel Grant
  • 2017   Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards 2017, Second Class Prize (Natural Sciences, 3/7), Ministry of Education, China
  • 2013   The Chinese University of Hong Kong Yong Scholars Thesis Awards


Professional Activities

  • Review editor: Nature communications, Molecular Plant, PNAS, The Plant Cell, Plant physiology, New phytologist, Frontiers in Plant Science (Plant Cell Biology), Plant Science, Bio-protocol and Protoplasma
  • H1 Connect Associate Faculty Member (Formerly Faculty Opinions)

 

Address

(Office): Rm 526, Mong Man Wai Building
(Lab): ---

            People Erika 

Phone

(Office): (852) 3943 4403
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Education

2022      Ph.D. The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2018   B.Sc. The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Position

  • Lecturer, School of Life Sciences

Research Interests

  • Food Processing Technology and Product Development
  • Fat and Cholesterol Metabolism
  • Gut Microbiota Regulation


Representative Publications 

  1. Kwek, E., Yan, C., Ding, H., Hao, W., He, Z., Ma, K. Y., Liu, J., Zhu, H., & Chen, Z.-Y. (2022). Effects of Thermally-Oxidized Frying Oils (Corn Oil and Lard) on Gut Microbiota in Hamsters. Antioxidants, 11(9), 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11091732.
  2. Kwek, E., Yan, C., Ding, H., Hao, W., He, Z., Liu, J., Ma, K. Y., Zhu, H., & Chen, Z.-Y. (2022). Effects of hawthorn seed oil on plasma cholesterol and gut microbiota. Nutrition & Metabolism, 19(1), 55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12986-022-00690-4.
  3. Kwek, E., Zhu, H., Ding, H., He, Z., Hao, W., Liu, J., Ma, K. Y., & Chen, Z.-Y. (2022). Peony seed oil decreases plasma cholesterol and favorably modulates gut microbiota in hypercholesterolemic hamsters. European Journal of Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-021-02785-9.
  4. He, Z., Kwek, E., Hao, W., Zhu, H., Liu, J., Ma, K. Y., & Chen, Z.-Y. (2021). Hawthorn fruit extract reduced trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO)-exacerbated atherogenesis in mice via anti-inflammation and anti-oxidation. Nutrition & Metabolism, 18(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12986-020-00535-y. 
  5. Liu, J., Hao, W., He, Z., Kwek, E., Zhu, H., Ma, N., Ma, K. Y., & Chen, Z.-Y. (2021). Blueberry and cranberry anthocyanin extracts reduce bodyweight and modulate gut microbiota in C57BL/6 J mice fed with a high-fat diet. European Journal of Nutrition, 60(5), 2735–2746. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-020-02446-3.
  6. He, Z., Kwek, E., & Chen, Z.-Y. (2020). Lipids and Arthritis. In Bailey’s Industrial Oil and Fat Products (pp. 1–16). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/047167849X.bio108.
  7. Hao, W., Zhu, H., Chen, J., Kwek, E., He, Z., Liu, J., Ma, N., Ma, K. Y., & Chen, Z.-Y. (2020). Wild Melon Seed Oil Reduces Plasma Cholesterol and Modulates Gut Microbiota in Hypercholesterolemic Hamsters. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 68(7), 2071–2081. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.9b07302.

Full Publication List: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=F48ODtUAAAAJ

 

 

Address

(Office): Room EG07, Science Center East Block

(Lab): Room LG102 & 104, Run Run Shaw Science Building

 People CSJ

Phone

(Office): (852) 3943 6255
(Lab): (852) 3943 6333
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Education

2013 Ph.D. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2009 B.Sc. Wuhan University

 

Position

  • 2023 -              Vice-Chancellor Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • 2017 - 2023     Assistant Professor, Karolinska Institutet
  • 2019 - 2021     Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • 2018 - 2022     Honorary Assistant Professor, Dr Li Dak-Sum Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong

 

Research Interests

Fluorescent materials and fluorescence-based technologies

  • Fluorescent probes for bioimaging
  • Fluorescent probes for biosensing
  • Fluorescent probes for diagnosis and therapy
  • Super-resolution imaging
  • Fluorescence lifetime imaging

 

Representative Publications

  1. P. Y. Ho, T. Y. Chou, C. Kam, W. Huang, Z. He, A. H. W. Ngan, S. Chen*. “A Dual Organelle-Targeting Mechanosensitive Probe” Sci. Adv. 9, eabn539 (2023).
  2. F. Wang, P. Y. Ho, C. Kam, Q. Yang, J. Liu, W. Wang, E. Zhao*, S. Chen*. “An AIE-active probe for efficient detection and high-throughput identification of outer membrane vesicles” Aggregate, e312 (2023)
  3. M. Gu, S Jiang, X. Xu, M. Y. Wu, C. Chen, Y. Yuan, Q. Chen, Y. Sun, L. Chen, C. Shen, P. Guo, S. Liu, E. Zhao*, S. Chen*, S. Chen*. "Simultaneous Photodynamic Eradication of Tooth Biofilm and Tooth Whitening with An Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen" Adv. Sci. 9, 2106071 (2022).
  4. M. Wu, A. Y. H. Wong, J. K. Leung, C. Kam, K. L. K. Wu, Y. S. Chan, K. Liu, N. Y. Ip and S. Chen* “A Near-Infrared AIE Fluorescent Probe for Myelin Imaging: from Sciatic Nerve to Optically Cleared Brain Tissue in 3D” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 118 (45) e2106143118 (2021).
  5. P. Y. Ho, S.Y. Lee, C. Kam, J. Zhu, G. Shan, Y. Hong, W. Y Wong*, S. Chen* “Fluorescence Imaging and Photodynamic Inactivation of Bacteria Based on Cationic Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes with Aggregation-Induced Emission Properties” Adv. Healthc. Mater. 10, 2100706 (2021). (Highlighted as the front cover)
  6. M. Wu, M. Gu, J. K. Leung, X. Li, Y. Yuan, C. Shen, L. Wang*, E. Zhao* and S. Chen* “A Membrane-Targeting Photosensitizer with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Highly Efficient Photodynamic Combat of Human Coronaviruses” Small, 17, 2170158 (2021) (Highlighted as the back cover)
  7. M. Wu, J. K. Leung, C. Kam, T. Y. Chou, D. Wang, S. Feng and S. Chen* “A Near-Infrared AIE Probe for Super-Resolution Imaging and Nuclear Lipid Droplets Dynamic Study” Mater. Chem. Front., 5, 3043 (2021) (2021 Materials Chemistry Frontiers HOT articles) (Highlighted as back cover)
  8. M. Wu, J. Leung, L. Liu, C. Kam, K. Y. K. Chan, R. A. Li, S. Feng, S. Chen* “A Small Molecule AIE Chromosome Periphery Probe for Cytogenetic Studies.” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 59,10327 (2020).
  9. H. Gao, C. Kam, T. Y. Chou, M. Wu, X. Zhao, S. Chen*. “A simple yet effective AIE-based fluorescent nano-thermometer for temperature mapping in living cells using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy” Nanoscale Horiz., 5, 488 (2020). (Highlighted as back outside cover)
  10. S. Xie, A. Y. H. Wong, R. T. K Kwok, Y. Li, H. Su, J. W. Y. Lam, S. Chen*, B. Z. Tang*. “Fluorogenic Ag+-Tetrazolate Aggregation Enables Novel and Efficient Fluorescent Biological Silver Staining.” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed, 57,5750, (2018).

 

Research Grants

  • 2023-2024, Research project grant within natural and engineering sciences, The Swedish Research Council, “Construction of novel 3D luminogens and exploration of their applications in bioimaging”, SEK 1,379,000. (PI)
  • 2022-2026, InnoHK, ITC, “Sensing Platforms for Noninvasive Mapping of the Oxygen Dynamics in Tissue Engineering and Reparative Medicine” (PI)
  • 2022-2024, CRF, UGC, “New Aggregation-Induced Emission Systems: Solving the Existing Problems in Bioimaging and Developing New Biological Applications” (Co-I)
  • 2021-2023, ITC, “A Smart Theranostic System Based on Biomimetic Nanoaggregates”(Co-I)
  • 2019-2020, Innovation and Technology Support Programme Tier 3, The Innovation and Technology Fund, ITC, ITS/022/18, “Development of Aggregation Induced Emission-Boosted Adaptive Optical (AIE-AO) Microscopy for Enhanced Molecular Imaging”(Co-I)
  • 2017-2023 Lau grant, Karolinska Institutet (PI)

 

Selected Patents

  1. Tang, Y. Hong, S. Chen, R. T. K. Kwok. “Water-soluble AIE luminogen for monitoring and retardation of amyloid fibrillation of insulin” US8679738B2 (Granted)
  2. Tang, Y. Hong, S. Chen. “A Water-Soluble AIE Luminogen and its Use in Detecting and Retardation of Amyloid Fibrillation of Amyloid Protein” Hong Kong 13101582.7 (Granted)
  3. Tang, N. Zhao, S. Chen, T. K. Kwok, Z. Song, H. P. Sung, Y. Y. Yu, W. A. Nicol, J. Roose. ““AIE Bioprobes Emitting Red or Yellow Fluorescence” International Publication Number: WO 2017/008743 A1, International Publication Date: 2017-01-19. (application)
  4. Tang, Y. Hong, S. Chen. W. T. Leung, E. Zhao, H. Deng. “Photosable AIE Luminogens for Specific Mitochondrial Imaging and its Method of Manufacturing Thereof” US9315465B2 (granted)
  5. Tang, K. M. Ng, K. Q. Luo, Y. Yu, Y. Hong, J. Liu, S. Chen, W. Y. LAM, Z. Wang, W. Qin, T. K. Kwok. “Aggregation Induced Emission of Fluorescent Bioprobes and Methods of Using the Same” US9618453B2 (granted)>
  6. Tang, K. M. Ng, K. Q. Luo, Y. Yu, Y. Hong, J. Liu, S. Chen, W. Y. LAM. “Aggregation Induced Emission Active Cytophilic Fluorescent Bioprobes for Long-Term Cell Tracking” US9409928B2 (granted)
  7. Tang, W. Qin, J. Liu, S. Chen, B. Liu, K. Li, D. Ding, J. Sun, A. Qin, Q. Zhao, T. K. Kwok, H. Shi, J. Geng. “Biocompatible Nanoparticles with Aggregation Induced Emission Characteristics as Fluorescent Bioprobes and Methods of Using the Same for in Vitro and in Vivo Imaging” WO/2013/029340 Patent application number: 20140328764 Publication date: 2014-11-06 (application)
  8. Tang, S. Xie, W. Wang, N. Yan, S. Chen, A. Y. H. Wong, Method for Silver ion detection by tetrazole-tagged luminogens with aggregation-induced emission properties, and application thereof including biological fluorescent silver staining. US 62/707,532 (application)
  9. 陈斯杰，吴明雨，梁容恺。小分子荧光探针及其在染色体分析和细胞遗传学中的应用China Patent number: ZL 2020 1 0116006.0
  10. Sijie CHEN, Po Yu HO, UK patent application, Patent application number: 2203502.6

 

Awards

  • Endeavour Research Fellowship, Australian Government (2015)
  • Graduate Student Research Award, the Hong Kong Medical and Healthcare Device Industries Association (HKMHDIA) (2013)

 

Professional Activities

Professional societies

  • 2021 -     Associated editor, Engineered Regeneration
  • 2019 -     Community Board, Materials Chemistry Frontiers
  • 2018 -     Member, Chinese Chemical Society

Community services

  • Co-organizer of the Symposium SF05 Building Advanced Materials via Aggregation and Self-assembly at MRS 2023 Spring meeting in San Francisco, USA.
  • Reviewer for Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Science Advances, PNAS, Advanced Science, National Science Review, Biomaterials, Materials Horizons, Chemical Engineering Journal, Chemical Science, Analytical Chemistry, Aggregates, SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry, Chemical Communications, Scientific Report, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, Biotechnology Journal, Australian Journal of Chemistry, Dyes and Pigments et. al.

Address

(Office): Rm 107A, Marine Science Lab

(Lab): Rm 107, Marine Science Lab

 People SEM

Phone

(Office): (852) 3943 7254
(Lab): (852) 3943 6770
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Education

B.S. University of Florida
M.S . Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (CSUMB)
Ph.D. University at Buffalo

 

Position

  • 2023 -              Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences (CUHK)
  • 2020 - 2023     Research Assistant Professor, School of Biolgical Sciences (HKU)
  • 2016 - 2018     Post Doctoral Fellow School of Biolgical Sciences (HKU)

 

Research Interests

Ecology and Evolution of Coral Symbioses; The Impact of Anthropogenic Change on Marine Biodiversity.

 

Representative Publications

  1. Landry-Yuan F, T Yamakita, TC Bonebrake, SE McIlroy (2023) Beyond the tropics: The future of coral reefs at poleward range edges is also limited by constraints on coral thermal physiology. Diversity & Distributions
  2. Davies SW, …SE McIlroy…AMS Correa, JE Parkinson (2023) Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity. PeerJ 11:e15023
  3. Tong H, F Zhang, J Sun, SE McIlroy, W Zhang, Y Wang, H Huang, G Zhou, PY Qian (2023) Meta-organism gene expression reveals that the impact of nitrate enrichment on coral larvae is mediated by their associated Symbiodiniaceae and prokaryotic assemblages. Microbiome 11:89
  4. McIlroy SE, CP terHorst, M Teece, MA Coffroth (2022) Nutrient dynamics in coral symbiosis depend on both the relative and absolute abundance of Symbiodiniaceae species. Microbiome 10:192
  5. G Puntin, J Craggs, R Hayden, KE Engelhardt, SE McIlroy, M Sweet, DM Baker, M Ziegler (2022) The reef-building coral Galaxea fascicularis: a new model system for coral symbiosis. Coral Reefs 1-14
  6. MA Coffroth, N Leigh, SE McIlroy, M Miller, D Sheets (2022) Symbiont genetic structure in recruits of a Symbiodiniaceae-coral mutualism differs from that of parental or local adults despite higher level specificity. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9312
  7. McIlroy SE, JCY Wong, DM Baker (2020) Competitive traits of coral symbionts may alter the structure and function of the microbiome. ISME J 14(10): 2424-2432
  8. McIlroy SE, R Cunning, AC Baker, MA Coffroth (2019) Competition and succession among coral endosymbionts. Ecology and Evolution 9:12767-12778
  9. McIlroy SE, PD Thompson, F Landry Yuan, T Bonebrake, DM Baker (2019) Subtropical thermal variation supports persistence of corals but limits productivity of coral reefs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences 286(1907):20190882
  10. Chen J** and SE Mcllroy**, A Archana, DM Baker, G Panagiotou (2019) A pollution gradient contributes to the taxonomic, functional and resistome diversity of microbial communities in marine sediments. Microbiome  7:104 **co-first authors

 

Research Grants

  • 2023-2026, General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Examining the adaptive potential of corals to eutrophication; seascape genomics of Acropora samoensis in an urbanised coastal environment. (PI - $1,566,800 HKD)
  • 2023-2025, Environment and Conservation Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Connecting the dots: a standardized and quality-assured marine biodiversity database for Hong Kong (co-I $1,021,000)
  • 2023-2024, Marine Conservation Enhancement Fund, Population genomics of coral-associated denitrifying bacteria along nitrate gradients in Hong Kong waters (co-I - $790,650 HKD)
  • 2022-2025, General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Species on the move - physiological acclimation and adaptation are the keys to predicting coral habitats of the future. (PI - $1,179,973 HKD)
  • 2021-2023, General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Who’s the boss? - Host and symbiont conflict over nutrient regulation and symbiont community structure. (PI - $316,000 HKD)
  • 2020-2022, Seed Fund for Basic Research, University Research Committee, Predicting biodiversity hotspots of the future. (PI- $150,000 HKD)
  • 2020-2022, MarineGEO 2020 Networked Research Proposal, “The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: Carbon storage, eutrophication effects, and emergent health risks in the global marine sediment microbiome” (Co-PI - $140,800 USD)

 

Professional Activities

2022-Pres, Associate Editor - Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Biological Sciences

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Education

2021      PhD in Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2017   B.Sc. in Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Position

  • Lecturer, School of Life Sciences

Research Interests

  • soil biodiversity
  • myriapod, arthropod and invertebrate biology
  • invertebrate endocrinology
  • evolutionary biology and genomics


Representative Publications 

Full publication list: https://scholar.google.no/citations?user=kJs-ObcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

  • So WL^, Nong WY^, Xie Y^, Baril T, Ma HY, Qu Z, Haimovitz J, Swale T, Gaitan-Espitia JD, Lau KF, Bendena WG, Kai ZP, Hayward A*, Hui JHL*. (2022). Myriapod genomes reveal ancestral horizontal gene transfer and hormonal gene loss in millipedes. Nature communications, 13(1), 3010.
  • So WL^*, Ting KW^, Lai SY^, Huang EYY^, Ma Y, Chong TK, Yip HY, Lee HT, Cheung BCT, Chan MK, Hong Kong Soil Biodiversity Consortium, Nong WY, Law MMS*, Lai DYF*, Hui JHL*. (2022). Revealing the soil biodiversity in Hong Kong using a citizen science approach. Biodiversity Data Journal, 10.
  • So WL^, Kai ZP^, Qu Z, Bendena WG, Hui JHL*. (2022). Rethinking Sesquiterpenoids: A Widespread Hormone in Animals. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(11), 5998.
  • So WL^, Leung TCN^, Nong WY, Bendena WG, Ngai SM*, Hui JHL*. (2021). Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of venom glands from scorpions Liocheles australasiae, Mesobuthus martensii, and Scorpio maurus palmatus. Peptides, 146, 170643.
  • Qu Z^, Nong WY^, So WL^, Barton-Owen T^, Li Y^, Leung TCN, Li C, Baril T, Wong AYP, Swale T, Chan TF, Hayward A, Ngai SM, Hui JHL*. (2020). Millipede genomes reveal unique adaptations during myriapod evolution. PLoS Biology, 18(9), e3000636
  • Lee IHT^, Nong WY^, So WL^, Cheung CKH, Xie Y, Baril T, Yip HY, Swale T, Chan S, Wei YY, Lo N, Chan TF, Hayward A, Lam HM, Hui JHL*. (2023). Sex-dependent responses to temperature in the common yellow butterfly Eurema hecabe. BMC Biology, 21(1), 200.
  • Shum CWY^, Nong WY^, So WL^, Li Y^, Qu Z, Yip HY, Swale T, Ang PO, Chan KM, Chan TF, Chu KH, Chui APY, Lau KF, Ngai SM, Xu F, Hui JHL*. (2022). Genome of the sea anemone Exaiptasia pallida and transcriptome profiles during tentacle regeneration. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 10, 1558.
  • Law STS^*, Nong WY^, So WL, Baril T, Swale T, Chan CB, Tobe SS, Kai ZP, Bendena WG, Hayward A, Hui JHL*. (2022). Chromosomal-level reference genome of the moth Heortia vitessoides (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), a major pest of agarwood-producing trees. Genomics, 114(4), 110440.
  • Nong WY^, Yu Y^, Aase-Remedios M^, Xie Y, So WL, Li Y, Wong CF, Baril T, Law STS, Lai SY, Haimovitz J, Swale T, Chen SS, Kai ZP, Xi S, Wu Z, Hayward A, Ferrier DEK*, Hui JHL*. (2022). Genome of the ramshorn snail Biomphalaria straminea - an intermediate vector of schistosomiasis. GigaScience, 11, giac012.
  • Yu Y^, Nong WY^, So WL, Xie Y, Yip HY, Haimovitz J, Swale T, Baker DM, Bendena WG, Chan TF, Chui APY, Lau KF, Qian PY, Qiu JW, Thibodeau B, Xu F, Hui JHL*. (2022). Genome of elegance coral Catalaphyllia jardinei (Euphylliidae). Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 991391.

^ = contributed equally; * = corresponding author

Awards

  • 2023, RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme 2023/24, Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee Secretariat HKSAR
  • 2022, Postgraduate Students Publication Award 2021-2022, School of Life Sciences, CUHK
  • 2022, Selected Young Scientist Participant (among a total of 200 international young scientists) of the 1st Hong Kong Laureate Forum (the HKLF), HKLF
  • 2019-2020, The Postgraduate Teaching Award 19/20, School of Life Sciences, CUHK
  • 2019-2020, Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship for Postgraduate Research Students 2019/20, Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund
  • 2019-2020, Dr. Walter Szeto Memorial Scholarship 2019/20
  • 2018-2019, Kam Ngan Stock Exchange Scholarship 2018/19, The Kam Ngan Stock Exchange Limited
  • 2016-2017, The Cheng Foundation Scholarship, The Incorporated Trustees of The Cheng Foundation
  • 2016-2017, Biology Alumni of CUHK Prize, Biology Alumni of CUHK
  • 2016-2017, CUHK1981 Biology Alumni Scholarship, 1981 Biology Alumni of CUHK
  • 2016-2017, HSBC Hong Kong Scholarship, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
  • 2016-2017, The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Scholarship, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
  • 2015-2016, New Asia 66’ Biology Alumni Scholarship, New Asia 66’ Biology Alumni (Professor Sun Sai-Ming Samuel)
  • 2013-2017, Dean’s Honours List, Faculty of Science, CUHK
  • 2013-2017, Master’s List for excellent academic performance, Wu Yee Sun College, CUHK

Professional Activities

  • 2023.3, Delivery of lecture to selected students in International Biology Olympiad 2022
    Lecture title: Molecular Techniques i.e. DNA extraction, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) & gel electrophoresis
  • 2022.8, Delivery of public talk on the Symposium on EarthBioGenome Project Hong Kong: Current Progress and Roadmap 2022
    Talk title: Understanding biological phenomena of myriapods from genomic studies
  • 2022, Organizing committee, Annual Biological Science Colloquium, co-organized by the Biodiversity Research Center of Academia Sinica (BRCAS) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Others

Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium
Hong Kong Soil Biodiversity Consortium