Publications
International Journals / Books (scientific abstract excluded) (till April 2024)
(^=contributed equally, underlined=lab member, *=corresponding author) (ORCID: 0000-0003-1355-8495)
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In preparation
- ^Law ST, ^Nong WY, Au MF, Cheung LH, Shum CW, Lee SY*, Cheung SG*, Hui JHL*. Scientific Data.
- ^Tsang SS, ^Nong WY, ^Law ST, Chen SS, Li S, Xie Y, Swale T, Zhao Y, Bede J, Lau DT, Kai ZP, Chan TF, Tobe SS*, Bendena WG*, Hui JHL*. Scientific Data.
- ^Li Y, ^Law ST, ^Nong WY, So WL, Xie Y, Leung TC, Li TH, Tse J, Yip HY, Chui AP, Lau KF, John Akbar, Kai ZP, Bendena WG, Hayward A, Wei YY, Chan TF, Ngai SM, Hui JHL*. Nature Communications.
- ^Li C, ^Chan KK, ^Nong WY, ^Chen SS, So WL, Chen SS, Qu Z, Wu HY, Yip HY, Chan CB, Tobe SS, Bendena WG, Kai ZP*, Hui JHL*. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Under review/revision
- ^Law ST, ^Nong WY, Tsang SK, Lau TW, Shaw PC*, Hui JHL*. (under review). Scientific Data.
- Au HM*, Nong WY, Hui JHL*. (under review). Genome Biology and Evolution.
- ^Tsang SK, ^Nong WY, Xie Y, Qu Z, Yip HY, Gaitan-Espitia JD, Tai AP, Yeung YY, Tobe SS, Bendena WG, Hui JHL*. (revision). Response of protein coding genes and microRNAs to temperature changes in four insect species. Heliyon. (bioRxiv Link)
- ^Law ST, ^Nong WY, ^Li C, ^Chong TK, Yip HY, Swale T, Chiu SW, Chung RY, Lam HM, Wong SY, Wong H, Hui JHL*. (revision). Genome of tropical bed bug Cimex hemipterus (Cimicidae, Hemiptera) reveals tetraspanin expanded in bed bug ancestor. Insect Science. (bioRxiv Link)
- Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium. Chromosomal-level genome assembly and single-nucleotide polymorphism sites of black-faced spoonbill Platalea minor. GigaByte. (bioRxiv Link)
Published/Accepted
114. Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium. (accepted). Genome assembly of the rare and endangered Grantham's camellia, Camellia granthamiana.
GigaByte.
113. Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium. (2024). Genome assembly of the milky mangrove Excoecaria agallocha.
GigaByte. (Link)
(Story also covered in: EurekAlert, GIGABlog, Mirage, Scienmag)
112. Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium. (2024). Chromosomal-level genome assembly of golden birdwing Troides aeacus (Felder & Felder, 1860).
GigaByte. (Link)
(Story also covered in: EurekAlert, GIGABlog, Mirage, Scienmag)
111. Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium (2024). Genome assembly of the edible jelly fungus Dacryopinax spathularia (Dacrymycetaceae).
GigaByte. (Link)
(Story also covered in: EurekAlert, GIGABlog, Mirage, Scienmag)
110. Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium (2024). Chromosome-level genome assembly of the common chiton, Liolophura japonica (Lischke, 1873).
GigaByte. (Link)
(Story also covered in: EurekAlert, GIGABlog, Mirage, Scienmag)
109. Hong Kong Biodiversity Genomics Consortium (2024). Chromosomal-level genome assembly of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778).
GigaByte. (Link)
(Story also covered in: EurekAlert, GIGABlog, Mirage, Scienmag)
108. ^Li C, ^Nong WY, ^Boncan D, So WL, Yip HY, Swale T, Jia Q, Vicentin IG, Chung G, Bendena WG, Ngo JC*, Chan TF*, Lam HM*, Hui JHL*. (2024). Elucidating the ecophysiology of soybean pod-sucking stinkbug Riptortus pedestris (Hemiptera: Alydidae) based on de novo genome assembly and transcriptome analysis.
BMC Genomics, 25, 327. (Link)
107. ^So WL, ^Chong TK, Ching W, So MT, Liu AM, Leung ST, Lee HT, Lau HY, Yip HY, Shaw PC, Hui JHL*. (2024). Cytochrome oxidase I DNA barcodes of crocodilians meat selling in Hong Kong.
Scientific Data, 11, 46. (Link)
106. Wu HY, Wong KL, Law ST, Nong WY, Chan KT, Hui JHL, Lin G, Chan WH, Shaw PC (2024). Determination of ITS1 haplotypes of Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus by amplicon sequencing.
BMC Chinese Medicine, 19, 33. (Link)
105. McIlroy S, Guibert I, Archana A, Chung WY, Duffy JE, Gotama R, Hui JHL, Knowlton N, Leray M, Meyer C, Panagiotou G, Paulay G, Russell B, Thompson P, Baker D. (2024). Life goes on: spatial heterogeneity promotes biodiversity in an urbanized coastal marine ecosystem.
Global Change Biology. (Link)
2023
104. ^Law ST, ^Yu Y, ^Nong WN, So WL, Li Y, Swale T, Ferrier DE*, Qiu JW*, Qian PY*, Hui JHL*. (2023). The genome of the deep-sea anemone Actinernus sp. contains a mega-array of ANTP-class homeobox genes.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290, 20231563. (Link)
103. ^Lee IH, ^Nong WY, ^So WL, Cheung CK, Xie Y, Baril T, Yip HY, Swale T, Chan SK, Wei YY, Lo N, Hayward A, Chan TF, Lam HM, Hui JHL*. (2023). The genome and sex-dependent responses to temperature in the common yellow butterfly Eurema hecabe.
BMC Biology, 21, 200. (Link)
102. Lin D, Hong J, Du S, Sanogo B, Hui JHL, Ding T*, Wu ZD*, Sun X* (2023). Core gut microbes Cloacibacterium and Aeromonas associated with different gastropod species could be persistently transmitted across multiple generations.
Microbiome, 11, 267. (Link)
101. ^Law ST, ^Nong WY, Yip HY, Liu EK, Ng TP, Tsang RH, Xia N, Shaw PC, Lam HM, Lau TW, Hui JHL*. (2023). Population genomic analyses of protected incense trees Aquilaria sinensis reveals the existence of genetically distinct subpopulations.
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 1216370. (Link)
100. Au MF, Williams GA*, Hui JHL*. (2023). Schistosomiasis in Asia: Status quo and future perspectives of molecular and genomic studies on the intermediate snail host Biomphalaria.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(5), 4895. (Link)
99. Wong KH, Sin TY, Tsang SS, Kong BL, Wu HY, But GW, Hui JHL, Shaw PC*, Lau DT*. (2023). The complete chloroplast genomes of nine Smilacaceae species from Hong Kong: inferring infra- and inter-familial phylogeny.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(8), 7460. (Link)
98. Chan KK *, Chan TF, Bendena WG, Hui JHL*. (2023). Noncoding RNA regulation of hormonal and metabolic systems in the fruit fly Drosophila.
Metabolites, 13(2), 152. (Link)
2022
97. ^So WL, ^Nong WY, ^Xie Y, ^Baril T, Ma HY, Qu Z, Haimovitz J, Swale T, Gaitan-Espitia JD, Lau KF, Tobe SS, Bendena WG, Kai ZP, Hayward A*, Hui JHL*. (2022). Myriapod genomes reveal ancestral horizontal gene transfer and hormonal gene loss in millipedes.
Nature Communications, 13, 3010. (Link)
(Story also covered in: CUHK, OAL, Croucher, ResearchNews, Times Higher Education)
96. ^Nong WY, ^Yu Y, ^Aase-Remedios M, Xie Y, So WL, Li Y, Wong CF, Baril T, Law ST, Lai SY, Haimovitz J, Swale T, Chen SS, Kai ZP, Sun X, Wu Z, Hayward A, Ferrier DE*, Hui JHL*. (2022). Genome of the ramshorn snail Biomphalaria staminea - an obligate intermediate host of schistosomiasis.
GigaScience, 11, giac012. (Link)
95. ^Shum CW, ^Nong WY, ^So WL, ^Li Y, Qu Z, Yip HY, Swale T, Ang PO, Chan KM, Chan TF, Chu KH, Chui AP, Lau KF, Ngai SM, Xu F, Hui JHL*. (2022). Genome of the sea anemone Exaiptasia pallida and transcriptome profiles during tentacle regeneration.
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 10, 900321. (Link)
94. ^Yu Y, ^Nong WY, So WL, Xie Y, Yip HY, Haimovitz J, Swale T, Baker DM, Bendena WG, Chan TF, Chui AP, Lau KF, Qian PY, Qiu JW, Thibodeau B, Fei X, Hui JHL*. (2022). Genome of elegance coral Catalaphyllia jardinei (Euphylliidae).
Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 991391. (Link)
93. ^Law ST, ^Nong WY, So WL, Baril T, Swale T, Chan CB, Tobe SS, Kai ZP. Bendena WG, Hayward A, Hui JHL*. (2022). Chromosomal-level reference genome of the moth Heortia vitessoides (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), a major pest of agarwood-producing trees.
Genomics, 114(4), 110440. (Link)
92. ^So WL*, ^Ting KW, ^Lai SY, ^Huang EY, Ma Y, Chong TK, Yip HY, Lee HT, Cheung BC, Chan MK, Hong Kong Soil Biodiversity Consortium, Nong WY, Law MM*, Lai DY*, Hui JHL*. (2022). Revealing the millipede and other soil-macrofaunal biodiversity in Hong Kong using a citizen science approach.
Biodiversity Data Journal, 10, e82518. (Link)
(Story also covered in: EurekAlert, Pensoft, AlphaGalileo)
91. Li Y*, Hui JHL*. (2022). Small RNAs in cnidarians: A review.
Evolutionary Applications, 16, 2, 354-364. (Link)
90. Huang EY, Law ST, Nong WY, HY Yip, Uea-Anuwong T, Magouras I, Hui JHL*. (2022). The screening for anticoagulant rodenticide gene VKORC1 polymorphism in the rat Rattus norvegicus, Rattus tanezumi and Rattus losea in Hong Kong .
Scientific Reports, 12, 12545. (Link)
89. ^So WL, ^Kai ZP, Qu Z, Bendena WG*, Hui JHL*. (2022). Rethinking sesquiterpenoids: A widespread hormone in animals.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(11), 5998. (Link)
88. Wang L, Xiong Q, Saelim N, Wang L, Nong WY, Wan AT, Shi M, Liu LX, Cao Q, Hui JHL, Sookrung N, Leung TF, Tungtrongchitr, Tsui SK. (2022). Genome assembly and annotation of Periplaneta americana reveal a comprehensive cockroach allergen profile.
Allergy, 78(4):1088-1103. (Link)
87. Tse J, Li TH, Zhang J, Lee A, Lee HT, Qu Z, Lin X, Hui JHL, Chan TF. (2022). Single-cell atlas of the Drosophila leg disc identifies a long non-coding RNA associated with distal leg development.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(12), 6796. (Link)
86. Wong KH, Wu HY, Kong BL, But GW, Siu TY, Hui JHL*, Shaw PC*, Lau DT*. (2022). Characterisation on the complete chloroplast genomes of seven Hyacinthus orientalis L. cultivars: Insights into cultivar phylogeny.
Horticulturae, 8(5), 453. (Link)
85. ^Kong BL, ^Nong WY, Wong KH, Law ST, So WL, Chan JJ , Zhang J, Lau DT*, Hui JHL*, Shaw PC*. (2022). Chromosomal level genome of Ilex asprella and insight into antiviral triterpenoid pathway.
Genomics, 114(3), 110336. (Link)
84. Xiong Q, Wan AT, Liu X, Fung CS, Xiao X, Malainual N, Hou J, Wang L, Wang M, Yang KY, Cui Y, Leung EL, Nong WY, Shin SK, Au SW, Jeong KY, Chew FT, Hui JHL, Leung TF, Tungtrongchitr A, Zhong N, Liu Z, Tsui SK. (2022). Comparative Genomics Reveals Insights into the Divergent Evolution of Astigmatic Mites and Household Pest Adaptations.
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39(5), msac097. (Link)
83. Fan K, Yip HY, Taddi S, Huang YY, Wong FL, Hui JHL*, Lam HM*. (2022). Pursuing greener farming by clarifying legume-insect pest interactions and developing marker-assisted molecular breeding.
Advances in Botanical Research, 102, 313. (Link)
82. ^Li C, ^Nong WY, ^Zhao S, ^Lin X, ^Xie Y, Cheung MY, Xiao Z, Wong AY, Chan TF*, Hui JHL*, Lam HM*. (2022). Differential microRNA expression, microRNA arm switching, and microRNA:long noncoding RNA interaction in response to salinity stress in soybean.
BMC Genomics, 23, 65. (Link)
81. ^Xie Y, ^Huang EY, ^Nong WY, ^Law ST, ^Yu YF, ^Cheung K, Li Y, Wong CF, Yip HY, Joyce P, Chan KM, Chu KH, Russell B*, Falkenberg L*, Hui JHL*. (2022). Population genomics, transcriptional response to heat shock, and gut microbiota of the Hong Kong oyster Magallana hongkongensis.
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(2), 237. (Link)
2021
80. ^Nong WY, ^Qu Z, ^Li YQ, ^Barton-Owen T, ^Wong AY, Yip HY, Lee HT, Narayana S, Baril T, Swale T, Cao J, Chan TF, Kwan HS, Ngai SM, Panagiotou G, Qian PY, Qiu JW, Yip KY, Ismail N, Pati S, John A, Tobe SS, Bendena WG, Cheung SG, Hayward A, Hui JHL*. (2021). Horseshoe crab genomes reveal the evolutionary fates of genes and microRNAs after three rounds (3R) of whole genome duplication .
Communications Biology, 4, 83. (Link)
79. Ozpolat BD, Randel N, Williams EA, Bezares-Calderon LA, Andreatta G, Balavoine G, Bertucci PY, Ferrier DE, Gambi MC, Gazave E, Handberg-Thorsager M, Hardege J, Hird C, Hsieh YW, Hui JHL, Mutemi KN, Schneider SQ, Simakov O, Vergara HM, Vervoort M, Jekeley G, Tessmar-Raible K, Raible F, Arendt D. (2021). The Nereid on the rise: Platynereis as a model system.
EvoDevo, 12, 10. (Link)
78. ^So WL, ^Leung TC, Nong WY, Bendena WG, Ngai SM*, Hui JHL*. (2021). Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of venom glands from scorpions Liocheles australasiae, Mesobuthus martensii, and Scorpio maurus palmatus.
Peptides, 146, 170643. (Link)
77. Lin Z, Xie Y, Nong WY, Ren X, Li R, Zhao Z, Hui JHL, Yuen KW. (2021). Formation of artificial chromosomes in Caenorhabditis elegans and analyses of their segregation in mitosis, DNA sequence composition and holocentromere organization.
Nucleic Acids Research, 49(16), 9174-9193. (Link)
76. Zhong Z, Nong WY, Xie Y, Hui JHL, Chu LM. (2021). Long-term effect of plastic feeding on growth and transcriptomic response of mealworms (Tenebrio molitor L.).
Chemosphere, 287, 132063. (Link)
75. Fung EH, Wong H, Chiu SW, Hui JHL, Lam HM, Chung RY, Wong SY, Chan SM. (2021). Risk factors associated with bedbug (Cimex spp.) infestations among Hong Kong households: A cross-sectional study.
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 37, 1411-1429. (Link)
74. Veldsman W, Ma KY, Hui JHL, Chan TF, Baeza JA, Qin J, Chu KH. (2021). Comparative genomics of the coconut crab and other decapod crustaceans: exploring the molecular basis of terrestrial adaptation.
BMC Genomics, 22, 313. (Link)
73. Bideau L, Kerner P, Hui JHL, Vervoort M, Gazave E. (2021). Animal regeneration in the era of transcriptomics.
Cell and Molecular Life Sciences, 78, 3941-3956. (Link)
72. Vong KL, Ma TC, Li B, Leung TC, Nong WY, Ngai SM, Hui JHL, Jiang L, Kwan KM. (2021). SOX9-COL9A3 dependent regulation of choroid plexus epithelial polarity governs blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier integrity.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(6), e2009568118. (Link)
2020
71. ^Qu Z, ^Nong WY, ^So WL, ^Barton-Owen T, ^Li YQ, Leung TC, Li C, Baril T, Wong AY, Swale T, Chan TF, Hayward A, Ngai SM, Hui JHL*. (2020). Millipede genomes reveal unique adaptation of genes and microRNAs during myriapod evolution.
PLOS Biology, 18(9), e3000636. (Link)
(Story also covered in: Earth.com, EurekAlert, ScienceDaily, SCINEWS)
70. ^Qu Z, ^Yiu WC, ^Yip HY, ^Nong WY, Yu CW, Lee IH, Wong AY, Wong NW, Cheung FK, Chan TF, Lau KF, Zhong S, Chu KH, Tobe SS, Ferrier DE, Bendena WG, Hui JHL*. (2020). MicroRNA clusters integrate evolutionary constraints on expression and target affinities: the miR-6/5/4/286/3/309 cluster in Drosophila.
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37(10), 2955-2965. (Link)
69. ^Nong WY, ^Cao JQ, ^Li YQ, ^Qu Z, Sun J, Swale T, Yip HY, Qian PY, Qiu JW, Kwan HS, Bendena WG, Tobe SS, Chan TF, Yip KY, Chu KH, Ngai SM, Tsim KY, Holland PW*, Hui JHL* . (2020). Jellyfish genomes reveal distinct homeobox gene clusters and conservation of small RNA processing .
Nature Communications, 11, 3051. (Link)
(Feature image selected by the journal)
(Recommended by F1000)
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68. ^Nong WY, ^Law ST, Wong AY, Baril T, Swale T, Chu LM, Hayward A, Lau DT, Hui JHL*. (2020). Chromosomal-level reference genome of the incense tree Aquilaria sinensis.
Molecular Ecology Resources, 20(4), 971-979. (Link)
67. ^Leung TC, ^Qu Z, Nong WY, Hui JHL*, Ngai SM*. (2020). Proteomic analysis of jellyfishes Rhopilema esculentum and Sanderia malayensis venoms.
Marine Drugs, 18(12), 655. (Link)
66. ^Qu Z, ^Leung TC, ^Nong WY, ^Yip HY, Lee IH, Cheung SG, Ngai SM, So WL, Bendena WG, Tobe SS, Hui JHL* . (2020). Hemolymph proteomics and gut microbiota of horseshoe crabs Tachypleus tridentatus and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda.
Frontiers in Marine Science, 7,579706. (Link)
65. ^Qu Z, ^Nong WY, ^Yu YF, ^Baril T, Hayward A*, Hui JHL*. (2020). Genome of the four-finger threadfin Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Perciforms: Polynemidae).
BMC Genomics, 21, 726. (Link)
64. ^Boncan D, ^Tsang SK, Li C, Lee IH, Lam HM*, Chan TF*, Hui JHL* . (2020). Terpenes and terpenoids in plants: Interactions with environment and insects
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(19), 7382. (Link)
(Highly cited paper of the journal published in 2020)
63. Bendena WG*, Hui JHL*, Tobe SS*. (2020). International Symposium for Comparative Endocrinology and Genomics in Arthropods,
General and Comparative Endocrinology, 299, 113622 (Link)
62. ^Li YQ, ^Nong WY, ^Baril T, Yip HY, Swale T, Hayward A*, Ferrier DE*, Hui JHL* . (2020). Reconstruction of ancient homeobox gene linkages inferred from a new high-quality assembly of the Hong Kong oyster (Magallana hongkongensis) genome.
BMC Genomics, 21, 713. (Link)
61. ^Tsang SK, ^Law ST, ^Li C, Qu Z, Bendena WG, Tobe SS, Hui JHL* . (2020). Diversity of insect sesquiterpenoid regulation.
Frontiers in Genetics, 11, 1027. (Link)
60. Lee IH, Ng SY, Yip HY, Qu Z, Nong WY, Wong CF, Cheung SG*, Hui JHL* . (2020). An integrative approach to studying horseshoe crabs in Hong Kong: Field survey, Environmental DNA (eDNA) detection, and Citizen science platform.
Book, Springer
59. Huang EY, Wong AY, Lee IH, Qu Z, Yip HY, Leung CW, Yin SM, Hui JHL*. (2020). Infection patterns of Dengue, Zika and endosymbiont Wolbachia in the mosquito Aedes albopictus in Hong Kong
Parasites & Vectors, 13, 361. (Link)
58. Bendena WG, Hui JHL, Ian CS, Tobe SS. (2020). Neuropeptide and microRNA regulators of juvenile hormone production.
General and Comparative Endocrinology, 295, 113507. (Link)
57. Lin D, Zeng X, Sanogo B, He P, Xiang S, Du S, Zhang YH, Wang F, Wan S, Zeng XD, Yang Y, Lv ZY, Liang YS, Deng ZH, Hui JHL, Yuan DJ, Ding T, Wu Z, Sun X. (2020). The potential risk of Schistosoma mansoni transmission by the invasive freshwater snail Biomphalaria straminea in South China.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(6): e0008310. (Link)
56. Ng AH, Ho JC, Nong WY, Hui JHL, Lai KP, Wong CK. (2020). Genome-wide analysis of microRNA-messenger RNA interactome in ex-vivo gill filaments, Anguilla japonica .
BMC Genomics, 21, 208. (Link)
55. Nong WY, Chai ZY, Jiang X, Qin J, Ma KY, Chan KM, Chan TF, Chow BK, Kwan HS, Wong CK, Qiu JW, Hui JHL*, Chu KH. (2020). A crustacean annotated transcriptome (CAT) database.
BMC Genomics, 21, 32. (Link)
2019
54. Yang X, Brobst D, Chan WS, Tse MC, Herlea-Pana O, Ahuja P, Bi X, Zaw AM, Kwong ZS, Jia WH, Zhang Z, Chow SK, Cheung WH, Louie JC, Griffin TM, Nong WY, Hui JHL, Du G, Noh HL, Saengnipanthkul S, Chow BK, Kim JK, Lee CW, Chan CB. (2019). Muscle-generated BDNF is a sexually dimorphic myokine that controls metabolic flexibility.
Science Signalling, 12, eaau1468. (Link)
2018
53. Hui JHL* . (2018). Copepod incompatibilities.
Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(8), 1203-1204. (Link)
52. Li C, Wong AY, Wang S, Jia Q, Chuang WP, Bendena WG, Tobe SS, Yang SH, Chung G, Chan TF, Lam HM, Bede JC, Hui JHL*. (2018). MiRNA-mediated interactions in and between plants and insects.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19(10), 3239. (Link)
51. Qu Z, Bendena WG*, Tobe SS*, Hui JHL*. (2018). Juvenile hormone and sesquiterpenoids in arthropods: Biosynthesis, Signaling, and role of MicroRNA.
Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, S0960-0760(18)30026-8. (Link)
50. Lau AY, Cheng X, Cheng CK, Nong WY, Cheung MK, Chan RH, Hui JHL, Kwan HS. (2018). Discovery of microRNA-like RNAs during early fruiting body development in the model mushroom Coprinopsis cinerea.
PLoS One, 13(9), e0198234. (Link)
(Evaluated by Faculty of 1000, Link)
49. Schumann I, Kenny N, Hui JHL, Hering L, Mayer G. (2018). Halloween genes in panarthropods and the evolution of the early moulting pathway in Ecdysozoa.
Royal Society Open Science, 5(9), 180888. (Link)
48. Ma KY, Chow LH, Hui JHL, Chu KH (2018). Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci for Caridina cantonensis, and transferability across eight confamilial species (Atyidae, Decapoda).
Zoological Studies, 57, 19. (Link)
2017
47. Qu Z, Bendena WG, Nong WY, Siggins KW, Noriega F, Kai ZP, Zang YY, Koon AC, Chan HY, Chan TF, Chu KH, Lam HM, Akam M, Tobe SS, Hui JHL*. (2017). MicroRNAs regulate the sesquiterpenoid hormonal pathway in Drosophila and other arthropods.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 284, 1869. (Link)
(Story also covered in: CUHK)
46. Zeng X, Yiu WC, Cheung KH, Yip HY, Nong WY, He P, Yuan D, Rollinson D, Qiu JW, Fung MC, Wu Z*, Hui JHL*. (2017). Distribution and current infection status of Biomphalaria straminea in Hong Kong.
Parasites and Vectors, 10, 351. (Link)
45. Sun J, Zhang Y, Xu T, Zhang Y, Mu H, Zhang Y, Lan Y, Fields CJ, Hui JHL, Zhang W, Li R, Nong WY, Cheung FK, Qiu JW, Qian PY. (2017). Adaptation to deep-sea chemosynthetic environments as revealed by mussel genomes.
Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1, 0121. (Link)
(Story also covered in: NEE)
44. ^Cao JQ, ^Tong WS, ^Yu HY, Tobe SS, Bendena WG*, Hui JHL*. (2017). The role of microRNAs in Drosophila regulation of insulin-like peptides and ecdysteroid signaling: where are we now?
Advances in Insect Physiology, 53, 55-85. (Link)
2016
43. Leung KM, Hui JHL, Chan KY, Kwok KW. (2016). The First International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems (BECoME 2015).
Regional Studies in Marine Science, 8(3), 371-372.(Link)
42. Wang W, Hui JHL, Williams GA, Cartwright SR, Tsang LM, Chu KH. (2016). Comparative transcriptomics across populations offers new insights into the evolution of thermal resistance in marine snails.
Marine Biology, 163, 92. (Link)
41. ^Kenny NJ, ^Chan KW, Nong WY, Qu Z, Maeso I, Yip HY, Chan TF, Kwan HS, Holland PWH, Chu KH, Hui JHL*. (2016). Ancestral whole genome duplication in the marine chelicerate horseshoe crabs.
Heredity (Edinb), 116, 190-199. (Link)
(One of the most cited papers of the journal from 2016)(Readers' Choice: The best of Heredity 2016-17)
(Story also covered in: CUHK, Sing Tao, Sina, Wen Wei Po, Yahoo)
2015
40. Kenny NJ, Sin YW, Hayward A, Paps J, Chu KH, Hui JHL* (2015). The phylogenetic utility and functional constraint of microRNA flanking sequences.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 282(1803), 2014983. (Link)
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39. Qu Z, Kenny NJ, Lam HM, Chan TF, Chu KH, Bendena WG, Tobe SS, Hui JHL*. (2015). How did arthropod sesquiterpenoids and ecdysteroids arise? Comparison of hormonal pathway genes in non-insect arthropod genomes.
Genome Biology and Evolution, 7(7), pp. 1951-1959. (Link)
(Story mentioned in journal Science)
38. Kenny NJ, Shen X, Chan TT, Wong NW, Chan TF, Chu KH, Lam HM, Hui JHL* (2015). Genome of the rusty millipede, Trigoniulus corallinus, illuminates diplopod, myriapod and arthropod evolution.
Genome Biology and Evolution, 7(5), pp. 1280-1295. (Link)
(Cover story of the journal)
37. Cheng X, Hui JHL, Lee YY, Law PT, Kwan HS (2015). A "developmental hourglass" in fungi.
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32(6), pp. 1556-1566. (Link)
36. Quah S, Hui JHL, Holland PWH (2015). A burst of miRNA innovation in the early evolution of butterflies and moths.
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32(5), pp. 1161-1174. (Link)
35. Cheung MK, Yip HY, Nong WY, Law PT, Chu KH, Kwan HS, Hui JHL*. (2015). Rapid changes of microbiota diversity in the gut but not the hepatopancreas during gonadal development of the new shrimp model Neocaridina denticulata.
Marine Biotechnology, 17(6), pp. 811-819. (Link)
34. Ku YS, Wong JW, Mui Z, Liu X, Hui JHL, Chan TF, Lam HM. (2015). Small RNAs in plant responses to abiotic stress: regulatory roles and study methods.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 16(10), pp. 24532-24554. (Link)
33. Kwan MY, Hui JHL, Chu KH (2015). Tertiary education of evolutionary biology in Asia. Springer.
In Biology Education and Research, pp.81-86. (Link)
32. ^Kenny NJ, ^Namigai EKO, Marletaz F, Hui JHL*, Shimeld SM*. (2015). Draft genome assemblies and predicted microRNA complements of the intertidal lophotrochozoans Patella vulgata (Mollusca, Patellogastropoda) and Spirobranchus (Pomatoceros) lamarcki (Annelida, Serpulida).
Marine Genomics, 24(2), pp. 139-146. (Link)
31. Mykles DL, Hui JHL. (2015). Neocaridina denticulata: a decapod crustacean model for functional genomics.
Integrative and Comparative Biology, 55(5), pp. 891-897. (Link)
30. ^Sin YW, ^Kenny NJ, ^Qu Z, Chan KW, Chan WS, Cheong SP, Leung RW, Chan TF, Bendena WG, Chu KH, Tobe SS, Hui JHL* (2015). Identification of ecdysteroids and juvenile hormone pathway genes in the shrimp Neocaridina denticulata.
General and Comparative Endocrinology, 214, pp. 167-176. (Link)
29. Cheong S, Huang J, Bendena WG, Tobe SS*, Hui JHL*. (2015). Evolution of ecdysis and metamorphosis in arthropod - the rise of regulation of juvenile hormone.
Integrative and Comparative Biology, 55(5), pp. 878-890. (Link)
2014
28. Centipede Genome Consortium (Chipman AD, Ferrier DEK ... Hui JHL (43rd author) ... Kenny NJ ... Gibbs RA, Akam M, Richards S)(2014). The first myriapod genome sequence reveals conservative arthropod gene content and genome organisation in the centipede Strigamia maritima.
PLoS Biology, 12(11), e1002005. (Link)
(Cover story of the journal)
(Story also covered in: PLoS Biology, NBC News, Tech Times, International Business Times, Astrobiology Magazine, Sci-News, Genome Web, UK Daily Mail, Nature World News, Reuters)
27. Kenny NJ, Namigai EKO, Dearden PK, Hui JHL, Grande C, Shimeld SM (2014). The lophotrochozoan TGF signalling cassette: Diversification and conservation in a key signalling pathway.
The International Journal of Developmental Biology, 58, pp. 533-549. (Link)
26. ^Kenny NJ, ^Sin YW, Shen X, Qu Z, Wang W, Chan TF, Tobe SS, Shimeld SM, Chu KH, Hui JHL* (2014). Genomic sequencing and experimental tractability of a new decapod shrimp model Neocaridina denticulata.
Marine Drugs, 12(3), pp. 1419-1437. (Link)
25. Wang W, Hui JHL, Chan TF, Chu KH. (2014). De novo transcriptome sequencing of the snail Echinolittorina malaccana: Identification of genes responsive to thermal stress and development of genetic markers for population studies.
Marine Biotechnology, 16(5), pp. 547-559. (Link)
24. Fan L, Hui JHL, Yu ZG, Chu KH (2014). VIP Barcoding: composition vector-based software for rapid species identification based on DNA barcoding.
Molecular Ecology Resources, 4(4), pp. 871-888. (Link)
23. Deane E, van de Merwe JP, Hui JHL, Wu RSS, Woo NYS (2014). PBDE-47 exposure causes gender specific effects on apoptosis and heat shock protein expression in marine medaka, Oryzias melastigma.
Aquatic Toxicology, 147, pp. 57-67. (Link)
2013
22. Marco A, Kozomara A, Hui JHL, Emery AM, Rollinson D, Griffiths-Jones S, Ronshaugen M (2013). Sex-biased expression of microRNAs in Schistosoma mansoni.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7(9), e2402. (Link)
21. ^Kenny NJ, ^Quah S, Holland PWH*, Tobe SS*, Hui JHL* (2013). How are comparative genomics and the study of microRNAs changing our views on arthropod endocrinology and adaptations to the environment?
General and Comparative Endocrinology, 188, pp. 16-22. (Link)
20. ^Wu L, ^Hui JHL, Chu KH (2013). Origin and evolution of yolk proteins: Expansion and functional diversification of large lipid transfer protein superfamily.
Biology of Reproduction, 88(4):102, pp. 1-10. (Link)
19. Hui JHL, Bendena WG, Tobe SS (2013). Future perspectives on the research of juvenile hormones and sesquiterpenoids in arthropod endocrinology and ecotoxicology. CRC Press.
In Juvenile hormones and juvenoids: Modelling Biological Effects and Environmental Fate, pp. 15-30. (Link)
18. Hui JHL, Marco A, Hunt S, Melling J, Griffiths-Jones S, Ronshaugen M (2013). Structure, evolution and function of the bi-directionally transcribed iab-4 microRNA locus in insects.
Nucleic Acids Research, 41(5), pp. 3352-3361. (Link)
Before joining CUHK as PI
17. Hui JHL, McDougall C, Monteiro AS, Holland PWH, Arendt D, Balavoine G, Ferrier DEK (2012). Extensive chordate and annelid macrosynteny reveals ancestral homeobox gene organisation.
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 29(1), pp. 157-165. (Link)
16. ^Griffiths-Jones S, ^Hui JHL, Marco A, Ronshaugen M (2011). MicroRNA evolution by arm switching. (^ = Contributed equally)
EMBO Reports, 12, pp. 172–177. (Link)
(Evaluated by Faculty of 1000, Link)
15. Marco A, Hui JHL, Ronshaugen M, Griffiths-Jones S (2010). Functional shifts in insect microRNAs.
Genome Biology and Evolution, 2, pp. 282–296. (Link)
(Top 3 most cited research paper of the journal, Link)
14. Hayward A, Takahashi T*, Bendena WG*, Tobe SS*, Hui JHL* (2010). Comparative genomic and phylogenetic analysis of vitellogenin and other large lipid transfer proteins in metazoans.
FEBS Letters, 584(6), pp. 1273–1278. (Link)
13. Hui JHL, Hayward A, Bendena WG, Takahashi T, Tobe SS (2010). Evolution and functional divergence of enzymes involved in sesquiterpenoid hormone biosynthesis in crustaceans and insects.
Peptides, 31, pp. 451–455. (Link)
12. Hui JHL, Raible F, Kortchagina N, Dray N, Samain S, Magdelenat G, Jubin C, Segurens B, Balavoine G., Arendt D, Ferrier DEK (2009). Features of the ancestral bilaterian inferred from Platynereis dumerilii ParaHox genes.
BMC Biology,7(1),e.43. (Link)
(Featured article selected by BMC Biology, Highly accessed article)
11. Hui JHL* (2009). Evolution and intelligent design in Hong Kong.
Nature, 7238, pp. 571. (Link)
10. Tiu SH, Hui JHL, Tsukimura B, Tobe SS, He JG, Chan SM (2009). Cloning and expression study of the lobster (Homarus americanus) vitellogenin: conservation in gene structure among decapods.
General and Comparative Endocrinology, 160(1), pp. 36–46. (Link)
9. Hui JHL, Holland PWH, Ferrier DEK (2008). Do cnidarians have a ParaHox cluster? Analysis of synteny around a Nematostella homeobox gene cluster.
Evol Dev, 16, pp. 725–730. (Link)
(recommended by Current Opinion in Genetics & Development)
8. McDougall C, Hui JHL, Monterio A, Takahashi T, Ferrier DEK (2008). Annelids in evolutionary developmental biology and comparative genomics.
Parasite, 15, pp. 321–328. (Link)
7. Hui JHL, Tobe SS, Chan SM (2008). Characterization of the putative farnesoic acid O-methyltransferase (LvFAMeT) cDNA from white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei: Evidence for its role in molting.
Peptides, 29, pp. 252–260. (Link)
6. Hui JHL, Kortchagina N, Arendt D, Balavoine G, Ferrier DEK (2007). Duplication of the ribosomal gene cluster in the marine polychaete Platynereis dumerilii correlates with ITS polymorphism.
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 87(2), pp. 443–449. (Link)
5. Tiu SH, Hui JHL, He JG, Tobe SS, Chan SM (2006). Characterization of vitellogenin in the shrimp Metapenaeus ensis: Expression studies and hormonal regulation of MeVg1 transcription in vitro.
Molecular Reproduction and Development, 73(4), pp. 424–436. (Link)
4. Tiu SH, Hui JHL, Mak AS, He JG, Chan SM (2006). Equal contribution of hepatopancreas and ovary to the production of vitellogenin (PmVg1) transcripts in the tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon.
Aquaculture, 254(1-4), pp. 666–674. (Link)
3. Chan SM, Mak AS, Choi CL, Ma TH, Hui JHL, Tiu SH (2005). Vitellogenesis in the red crab, Charybdis feriatus: contributions from small vitellogenin transcripts (CfVg) and farnesoic acid stimulation of CfVg expression.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1040, pp. 74–79. (Link)
2. Mak AS, Choi CL, Tiu SH, Hui JHL, He JG, Tobe SS, Chan SM (2005). Vitellogenesis in the red crab Charybdis feriatus: Hepatopancreas-specific expression and farnesoic acid stimulation of vitellogenin gene expression.
Molecular Reproduction and Development, 70, pp. 288–300. (Link)
(Top 5 most cited research paper of the journal)
1. Kung SY, Chan SM, Hui JHL, Tsang WS, Mak A, He JG (2004). Vitellogenesis in the sand shrimp, Metapenaeus ensis: the contribution from the hepatopancreas-specific vitellogenin gene (MeVg2).
Biology of Reproduction, 71, pp. 863–870. (Link)