Eight Research Projects Receive Grants

Cantonese Opera Publication (HK$47,600)
Sponsor: Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Principal investigator: Prof. Tsai Tsan-huang, Director of Cantonese Opera Research Programme

Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook 2010 (HK$544,500)
Sponsor: Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Principal investigator: Prof. Chan Yuk-keung, Department of Fine Arts

In Silico Structure-based Screening and Characterization of Inhibitors for Influenza A Virus Nucleoprotein and RNA Polymerase (HK$996,520)
Sponsor: Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases
Principal investigator: Prof. Shaw Pang-chui, Department of Biochemistry

Evidence-based Adjustment of Topical Glaucoma Drop Use among Hong Kong Patients (HK$286,755)
Sponsor: Health and Health Services Research Fund
Principal investigator: Prof. Leung Kai-shun Christopher, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences

The Association of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection in Occurrence and Prognosis of Head and Neck Cancer—A Case Control and Cohort Study (HK$200,000)
Sponsor: Grant on Novel Research and/or Community Project on Cancer, The Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society
Principal investigator: Prof. Chor Sin-yee Josette, School of Public Health and Primary Care

Superparamagnetic Iron-oxide Nanoshell and PVA Based Chemoembolisation System: A Novel Approach for Targeted Delivery, Selective Retention, Magnetic Targeting, and MRI (HK$904,406)
Sponsor: Innovation and Technology Fund—Innovation and Technology Support Programme
Principal investigator: Prof. Wang Yi-xiang, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging

The Clinical Significance of Mononuclear and Red Cells ß3 Integrin mRNA in Colorectal Cancer Patients (HK$181,736.4)
Sponsor: The Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society—Grant on Novel Research and/or Community Project on Cancer
Principal investigator: Prof. Wong Sze-chuen Cesar, Department of Clinical Oncology

TGC-ß Signaling in End-stage Organ Diseases: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications (HK$6,900,000)
Sponsor: RGC Collaborative Research Fund 2009/10
Principal investigator: Prof. Lan Hui-yao, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics