Ongoing Fundings

Grant Type	Project Title	Amount	Start Date	Completion Date	Principal Investigator
General Research Fund (GRF) (17117320)	The mechano-sensitive ion channel Piezo1 balances the conversion of mesenchymal stem cells to osteoblasts and bone marrow adipocytes	$ 1,195,542 HKD	31/12/2020	30/12/2023	Prof. Aimin XU
CAS - Croucher Funding Scheme for Joint Laboratories	Discovery and Development of Innovative Antibody Drugs for Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases	$ 3,750,000 HKD	28/02/2021	28/02/2024	Prof. Aimin XU
国家自然科学基金-面上项目 (82070860)	成纤维细胞生长因子21在运动改善糖尿病心肌病过程中的作用机制研究	￥690,800 CNY	31/12/2020	30/12/2024	Prof. Aimin XU
MERCK SHARP & DOHME (ASIA) LTD	Identification of metabolic factors involved in NASH progression in morbidly obese	$482,686 USD	15/11/2020	14/11/2023	Prof. Aimin XU
Early Career Scheme (ECS) (27115220)	Low-irradiance red light-triggered drug release for the treatment of retinoblastoma	986,520.00	31/08/2020	30/08/2023	Dr. Weiping WANG
HMRF (07181936)	Development of photo-targeted nanocarriers for esophageal cancer therapy	1,405,630.00	31/08/2020	30/08/2023	Dr. Weiping WANG
GRF (17118619)	Prostaglandin E receptor subtype 4 protects against diabetic cardiomyopathy by modulating cardiac fatty acid metabolism via FOXO1/CD36 signaling	1,157,363.00	31/12/2019	30/12/2022	Dr. Zhengyuan XIA
HMRF (07182836)	Role of the mechano-sensitive ion channel Piezo1 in the regulation of obesity and adaptive thermogenesis: molecular mechanisms and clinical implications	1,482,400.00	31/03/2020	30/03/2023	Dr Baile WANG
HMRF (07182516)	ANNEXIN A8 as a novel adipokine mediating visceral obesity-associated metabolic complications	1,484,540.00	15/07/2020	14/07/2023	Dr. Xiaoyan HUI
HMRF (07182726)	Implementation of multi-biomarkers algorithm for detection in Chinese obese individuals with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease	1,497,244.00	30/06/2020	29/06/2023	Dr. Kwan Yui Cynthia CHEUNG
GHP/138/18SZ	Shenzhen-Hong Kong United Network on Cardiovascular Disease (SHUN-CVD)	4,136,901.00	29/12/2019	29/12/2021	Prof. Bernard Man Yung CHEUNG
GRF (17124718)	Endothelial SIRT1 - a key circadian regulator controlling the 24-hour rhythmicity in blood pressure and energy metabolism	1,486,164.00	31/12/2018	30/12/2021	Dr. Yu WANG