Calendar 2005–06

120 Part 3 • Research Units and University Extensions from the Ho Sin-Hang Education Endowment Fund and the University’s One- time Support Fund. The laboratory accommodates research scientists, fellows and students from diverse disciplines engaged in research on molecular genetics of brain tumours, neurodegenerative diseases in Chinese, and animal models of diffuse and focal brain injuries. Cardiovascular Surgical Research Laboratory Tel.: 2645 0519 Fax.: 2645 1762 E-mail: gwhe@cuhk.edu.hk The Cardiovascular Surgical Research Laboratory was established at the University of Hong Kong in 1995 and transferred to the Department of Surgery of the Chinese University in 2000. It is a leading research unit in the world in two areas: • coronary/pulmonary endothelium — smooth muscle interaction (EDHF-related and NO-related) during heart surgery for myocardial protection and for preservation of the donor heart/lung for transplantation; • biological characteristics, physiology, and pharmacology of coronary artery bypass conduit grafts. The laboratory is well funded and equipped. Its main funding source is the Research Grants Council. Over the years, some 115 full papers from the laboratory have been published in renowned international journals cited by ‘Medline/SCI’. Its research findings are regularly presented at international conferences on both clinical and basic cardiovascular science. The laboratory currently has five sections: organ clambers for large vessel studies; myograph for micro vessel studies; cellular electrophysiological setting for direct measurement of membrane potential of a single cell (myocyte); a patch- clamp equipment section; and nitric oxide meter and membrane-type electrodes for direct measurement. It provides for research from organ to ion channel levels. The laboratory’s research team comprises postdoctoral fellows, research assistants, and postgraduate research students. Graduate students from this unit have been accepted as postdoctoral fellows in renowned American universities. Centre for the Advancement of E-commerce Technologies (AECT) Tel.: 2609 8470 Fax.: 2603 5505 E-mail: office@aect.cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.aect.cuhk.edu.hk The AECT is a cross-disciplinary centre established by the Faculty of Engineering in 1999, in collaboration with Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and other industrial partners. Its mission is to foster excellence in the development of knowledge and tools to facilitate commerce on the web, and more broadly, to support operational decisions and Internet business strategies in an information-intensive and