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Theme III
Healthy Aging
Seminar Rooms 1-3, G/F, Laboratory Block

Adjudicators:
Dr FP Huang, Department of Pathology
Dr LW Lu, Department of Pathology

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Presentations

3.01

A Comparison of Genomic Instability in Laminopathy-specific Lamin A Mutations

Chau Pui Yin Pauline, MPhil Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

3.02

Traditional Chinese Medicine 319 Recipe Attenuate Liver Fibrosis

Cheung Kwok Fan, MPhil Candidate
Department of Medicine

3.03

Energetic Metabolism of Laribacter hongkongensis Predicted by its Genome Sequence

Curreem Oi Ting Shirly, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

3.04

Characterization of SARS Coronavirus Helicase Metal Binding Domain

Jian Xiang, MPhil Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

3.05

DC-B Cell Interactions in SLE - Role of BlyS and its Receptors

Kavikondala Sushma, MPhil Candidate
Department of Medicine

3.06

Characterization of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Strains in Childhood Infectious Mononucleosis

Kwok Hin, MPhil Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

3.07

Ex Vivo Expansion of Umbilical Cord Blood Derived CD34+ Cell - an Attractive Source for Gene Therapy

Kwok Ka Yin, MPhil Candidate
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

3.08

A Novel Approach for Screening Immunogenic Protein in Penicillium Marneffei Using ΔAFMP1ΔAFMP2 Deletion Mutant of Aspergillus Fumigatus

Lau Choi Yi, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

3.09

Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Influenza A Virus by Chemical Genetics

Lau Lai Shan, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

3.10

Molecular Characterization of Ofloxacin-resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Lau Wing Tong, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

3.11

Association of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta 1 (TGF-β1) Polymorphisms with Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Related Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in the Hong Kong Chinese

Lee Wing Yan, MPhil Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

3.12

Influenza Viruses in Wild Birds: a Longitudinal Study of Influenza Viruses in Hong Kong and their Relationship to Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Viruses

Leung Yin Hung Connie, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

3.13

Immunomodulatory Effect of Rhodiola Algida on Human Lymphocytes in Vitro

Li Haixia, MPhil Candidate
School of Chinese Medicine

3.14

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-like Virus in Chinese Horseshoe Bats

Li Sze Ming Kenneth, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

3.15

Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors of Bacterial Methionine Aminopeptidase

Ng Wai Yun Louisa, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

3.16

Effect of Mycophenolic Acid on Anti-DNA Antibody Binding to Renal Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cells (PTEC)

Ng Yee Ching Claudia, MPhil Candidate
Department of Medicine

3.17

Molecular Diversity of Coronaviruses in Bats

Poon Wing Shan Rosana, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

3.18

Characterization of Pig H3N2 Influenza Virus from Southern China during 1998 to 2003

Qin Kun, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

3.19

Polymorphisms of Tumour Suppressor P53 Gene with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Hong Kong Chinese Patients

Siu Ho On, MPhil Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

3.20

Peroxiredoxin-null Yeast Cells are Hypersensitive to DNA-damaging Agents

Tang Hei Man, Vincent, MPhil Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

3.21

Fibrosis-related Growth Factors in Peritoneal Dialysate during Peritonitis

Wan Cheuk Chun, MRes[Med] Candidate
Department of Medicine

3.22

Distribution and Genetic Determinants of Tetracycline Resistance in Laribacter hongkongensis Isolates from Humans and Fish

Wong Kin Man Gilman, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

3.23

Relationship of Pre-transplantation Polyoma BK Virus Serology and BK Viral Reactivation after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Wong Seung Yee Anders, MPhil Candidate
Department of Medicine

3.24

Age-period-cohort Analysis of Tuberculosis Notifications in Hong Kong

Wu Peng, MPhil Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

3.25

A Variant in DC-SIGN (CD209) Promoter is Associated with Severity of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong

Xu Mei Shu, MPhil Candidate
Department of Pathology

3.26

Comparison of Immune Responses Triggered by Human Metapneumovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Human Respiratory Epithelial Cells

Yip Ming Shum, MPhil Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

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