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TSUI Kwok-Wing Stephen Professor

Affiliation and address :

  1. Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences
  2. Head, Division of Genomics and Bioinformatics
  3. Associate Director, CUHK-BGI Innovation Institute of Trans-omics
  4. Director, Centre for Microbial Genomics and Proteomics
  5. Director, Hong Kong Bioinformatics Centre

Room 524A, 5/F, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, N.T., Hong Kong

Email contact: kwtsui@cuhk.edu.hk
Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-4385-2015

Research areas :

  • Multi-omic analysis in diabetes
  • The functional roles of FHL2 family proteins in liver cancer
  • The roles of dust mites in allergic diseases
  • Changes in microbiota in human diseases

Keywords :

Genomics, bioinformatics, human genetics, molecular biology

Description of ongoing research projects:

Refer to my personal homepage: http://ihome.sbs.cuhk.edu.hk/StephenTsui/

  1. Whole exome sequencing to dissect the genetic factors behind developmental delay and learning difficulties
  2. Elucidation of drug resistance mechanism by whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis spontaneous mutants
  3. An integrated trans-omics approach to diabetic cardio-renal complications: From novel discoveries to personalized medicine
    (Co-Principal Investigator)
  4. Mechanism of potentiating HIV antigen-specific CD8+ T cells
    (Co-Principal Investigator)
  5. Identification of alterations in host genome methylation driven by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1
  6. The anti-apoptotic and anti-proliferative role of FHL2 mediated by p53, IL6 and STAT3
  7. Molecular Basis for Interspecies Transmission and Pathogenesis of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
    (Co-Principal Investigator)

PhD or post-doctoral projects opportunities :

http://ihome.sbs.cuhk.edu.hk/StephenTsui/profile_v2.html

Link to personal webpages :

http://ihome.sbs.cuhk.edu.hk/StephenTsui/profile_v2.html