Research
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Transcriptional regulation of energy metabolism
Transcriptional regulation of brown fat (BAT) development
Epigenetics
Biology on energy metabolism and brown fat development traditional Chinese medicine derived natural products
Phosphoproteomic analysis of traditional Chinese medicine derived natural products
Molecular endocrinology
Molecular basis of metabolic diseases: metabolic syndromes, obesity, diabetes and NAFLD
Biological applications of novel peptidomimetic for biomarker and antigen discovery
Cancer immunology
ROS signaling and inflammatory response
RESEARCH GRANTS
As a PI:
Differential functional phosphoproteomic analysis of cancer cells with triptolide or celastrol treatment. Seed funding for basic research project, HKU, 2014
Global phosphoproteomic examination of immunomodulatory effect of analogues of anti-cancer compound Fumagillin analogues. Seed funding for basic research project, HKU, 2015
Role of USF methylation and epigenetic modifications in lipogenic gene repression during starvation. GRF, RGC, 2016, HKD $1,259,110
As a Co-I:
Functional and comparative phosphoproteomic analysis of cancer cells treated with anticancer natural products triptolide and celastrol. GRF, RGC, 2015, HKD $1,007,74
EDITORIAL BOARD
Member of the Editorial Board, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)
Editor, Journal of Metabolism (Insight Medical Publishing)