Ongoing Fundings

Grant Type	Project Title	Amount	Start Date	Completion Date	Principal Investigator
GRF (17101819)	Syndecan-4 (Sdc4) as a key regulator of white adipose tissue browning for energy expenditure	1,113,341.00	31/12/2019	30/12/2022	Dr. Ruby Lai Chong HOO
NSFC Young Excellent Scientist fund	Mechanistic study of adipose browning	1,300,00.00 (RMB)	31/12/2019	31/12/2022	Dr. Xiaoyan HUI
GRF (17123419)	Thyroid hormone induces facultative thermogenesis in white adipose tissue through UCP1-independent mechanism	957,916.00	30/09/2019	29/09/2022	Dr. Xiaoyan HUI
HMRF (06172346)	AMPK γ2 as a master regulator of adipokine transcription: biological function, molecular mechanism and clinical implications	1,449,248.00	15/09/2019	14/09/2022	Dr. Xiaoyan HUI
GRF (17124420)	Adiponectin-expressing thymic Treg for adoptive immunotherapy in obesity and metabolic diseases	996,285.00	31/07/2020	30/07/2023	Dr. Yu WANG
RGF (1233576)	Roles of FGF21 signaling pathways in conferring the beneficial effects of physical exercise on cardiac metabolism and function in diabetic hearts	445,157.67	31/12/2018	30/12/2021	Prof. Aimin XU
Platform Technology Funding (PTF)	An advanced monoclonal antibody platform for biopharmaceutical development, medical diagnosis and precision medicine	723,115.00	29/06/2019	28/06/2021	Prof. Aimin XU
HMRF (06172446)	Autotaxin as a potential mediator of obesity-related metabolic complications	1,496,996.00	14/07/2019	13/07/2022	Prof. Aimin XU