Contact Information

Title
Assistant Professor
Office
(Office) E12-3016
Phone
(Office) +853 8822 4986
Fax
+853 8822 2314
Email
Research Lab Website
Consultation Hours
Wed, Thu 15:00 – 16:00
Teaching
Course Outlines
GEST1002 Quantitative Reasoning for Social Sciences
Advanced Molecular Cell Biology
Research Team
Name | Position | Office | Phone | |
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Chon Kit LIO | Research Assistant | E12-3038 | thomaslio@um.edu.mo | |
Veng Ian CHEONG | Research Assistant | E12-3038 | vengian@um.edu.mo | |
Chi Wai CHIO | Research Assistant | E12-3038 | jennychio@um.edu.mo | |
Yutao LI | PhD Student | E12-3038 | ||
Mengqi CHEN | PhD Student | E12-3038 |
Education | |
PhD | Department of Cell Biology, Yale University, USA (2008) |
MPh | Department of Cell Biology, Yale University, USA (2005) |
BS | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University, China (2001) |
Positions | |
2020-present | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, |
2014-2019 | Associate Research Scientist, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, USA |
2010-2014 | Postdoctoral Scientist, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, USA |
2008-2010 | Postdoctoral Scientist, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, USA |
Research Interests | |
Cell polarity is a fundamental feature of living cells and is essential for many cellular and developmental processes. My laboratory is interested in how cells establish their polarity and how this process is affected by aging. We focus on: 1) how cell polarization is driven by the cytoskeleton; 2) elucidating the roles of nuclear envelope proteins in regulating cell polarization; 3) identifying aging-associated secretory factors that affect cell polarity; 4) deciphering the molecular mechanism of polarity-related aging factors. Our goal is to provide better understanding of aging mechanisms and identify aging markers and targets for aging treatments. |
Representative Publications | |
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Professional Activities | |
Journal Reviewer: Communication Biology. |