5.01

Identification and Evaluation of Protective T Cell Epitopes Targeting Nucleoprotein of H5N1 Influenza Virus

CAO Tingting, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.02

An Approach to Generate a High-fidelity Influenza A Virus

CHEUNG Pak Hang Peter, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.03

Polymerase PA Subunit of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus Plays a Crucial Role in Raising the Polymerase Activity

CHIN Wing Hong, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.04

Genome Sequencing Project of the Dimorphic Pathogenic Fungus Penicillium marneffei

CHOW Wang Ngai, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.05

Continuing Evolution of H9N2 Influenza Viruses Endemic in Poultry in Southern China

CHU Ying Cheung, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.06

Antibody-dependent Enhancement (ADE) of Infection and its Possible Role in the Pathogenesis of Influenza

DUTRY Isabelle Cecile Angele, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.07

Is Our Hospital Environment Clean Enough for Containment of MRSA?

GAN Yuk Ting, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.08

The Protective Role of Influenza Virus-specific T Cell Responses

GUAN Jing, MPhil Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

5.09

Neutrophil Elastase Binds Serglycin During Storage in Granules and Changes its Binding Partner to Shed Syndecan-1 after Degranulation

IP Chun Him, MPhil Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

5.10

Blocking Co-receptor CCR5 as a Strategy to Prevent HIV Sexual Transmission

KANG Yuanxi, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.11

Comparison of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Latent and microRNA Gene Sequences of Akata EBV Genome to Those of Prototype EBV Genomes

KWOK Hin, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

5.12

Truncated Rv2820c Enhances Mycobacterial Virulence Ex Vivo and In Vivo

LAM Tsz Hin, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.13

Identification of Molecular Determinants for Efficient H5pp Production

LAM Yuen Man, MPhil Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

5.14

Characterization of Receptor Binding Properties of Antigenic Variants of Avian H5N1 and 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Viruses

LAU Siu Ying, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.15

Mechanism of Antibody-dependent Enhancement Infection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

LEUNG Hiu Lan, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.16

A Recombinant Vaccine Consisting of H5N1 HA1 Fused with a Trimerization Motif and a Human IgG Fc Fragment Induces Complete Cross Clade Protection against Divergent H5N1 Viruses

LEUNG Ho Chuen, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.17

Lichtheimia hongkongensis sp. nov., a Novel Lichtheimia spp. Associated with Rhinocerebral, Gastrointestinal, and Cutaneous Mucormycosis

LEUNG Shui Yee, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.18

Fibronectin: Roles in Viral-cell Association of Influenza A Virus

LEUNG Sze Yui Horasis, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.19

The Dynamics and Magnitude of Pandemic Influenza H1N1 Virus-specific Human B Cell Responses after Vaccination

LIANG Huyi, MPhil Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

5.20

Characterization of a Novel Anti-HIV Natural Product Analogue

LU Xiaofan, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.21

Characterization of CD4+ and CD8+ Polyfunctional T Cell Responses to Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Latent and Lytic Proteins in Chinese Long Term Carriers

NING Jia, MPhil Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

5.22

Depletion of CD4⁺CD25⁺regulatory T Cells from Donors Triggered More Severe Acute Graft-versus-host Disease in the Recipient in an MHC-mismatched Bone Marrow Transplantation Murine Model

SHAO Liang, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

5.23

High Diversity of Polyketide Synthase Genes and the Melanin Biosynthesis Gene Cluster in Penicillium marneffei

TAM Wan Ting, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.24

Heterologous Immunization Induces Potent Anti-SIV Immunity with Qualitative and Quantitative Improvements

TANG Xian, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.25

Complete Genome Sequencing and Genetic Manipulation of Staphylococcus lugdunensis

TSOI Hoi Wah, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.26

Genetic Characterization of H3 Type Influenza A Viruses from Domestic Waterfowl in Southern China

WANG Xuan, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.27

Expression, Purification and Preliminary Crystallization of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus Nucleocapsid Protein

WANG Yi, MPhil Candidate
Department of Physiology

5.28

Exploring the Functions of the Nucleoprotein of Influenza A Virus in Host Adaptation

WEN Xi, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.29

1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Suppresses Differentiation, Maturation and Activation of Dendritic Cells from Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

WU Haijing, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

5.30

Streptococcus Pneumoniae Carriage in Hong Kong Children Aged Two to Five Shortly after the Universal Use of the 7-valent Conjugate Pneumocccal Vaccine (PCV7)

YEUNG Man Kiu, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.31

Identification of Shared Haplotypes Allows Detection of Rare Variants in Both Population and Family Based Disease Studies

YING Dingge, MPhil Candidate
Department of Psychiatry

5.32

Differential Onset of Apoptosis in Avian Influenza H5N1 and Seasonal H1N1 Virus Infected Human Bronchial and Alveolar Epithelial Cells: An in vitro and ex vivo Study

YUEN Kit Man, MPhil Candidate
Department of Pathology

5.33

Lack of Association of CD68 Gene Polymorphism in Asian patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

ZHANG Jing, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

5.34

Development of Oral Vaccine Using asdA Mutant Salmonella as a Novel Heterologous Antigen Delivery System

ZHANG Ke, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.35

Swine-origin Influenza Virus-like Particle Vaccine Conferred Complete Protection against Lethal Viral Challenge in BALB/c Mice

ZHANG Naru, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.36

Two Missense Variants in UHRF1BP1 are Independently Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Hong Kong Chinese

ZHANG Yan, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

5.37

Identification of a Novel Interaction between the M2 Proton Channel of Influenza A Virus and Cyclin D3: Consequences for Cell Cycle Progression

ZHANG Yang, MPhil Candidate
Department of Anatomy

5.38

Development of Live Recombinant Salmonella Oral Vaccine against Avian Influenza Viruses

ZHENG Songyue, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

5.39

Enhanced HIV-1 Gag-specific Immunity Induced by a sPD-1-based Vaccine Directed to Dendritic Cells

ZHOU Jingying, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

5.40

Imaging in Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus

ZHU Jingyun, MPhil Candidate
Department of Diagnostic Radiology