Programme(s) to which this project applies: |
☒ MPhil/PhD | ☑ MRes[Med] | ☒ URIS |
Objective and Significance:
Research Plan and Methodology:
We seek to understand the molecular payhway of integrin signaling in adhesion assembly, as well as adhesion disassembly. In particular, we will focus on the integrin-mediate signal transduction, such as FAK/Pyk2 in cancer invadosomes in matrix-force dependent manner. We will utilize high-resolution live-cell fluorescence microscopy and molecular biology approaches to investigate the spatio-temporal events associated with adhesion formation and turn over. Here are the selected research plans.
Dr CH Yu, School of Biomedical Sciences
My research team aims to decipher the molecular reorganisation and signal transduction at the cell-matrix adhesion. We provide four-year scholarship and are looking for one to two talented PhD students.
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