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NS Seminar on Disrupting Healthcare Using Deep Data and Remote Monitoring
1 April 2025
On April 1, 2025, Prof. Michael Snyder, the W. Ascherman Professor at Stanford University, delivered a compelling seminar titled “Disrupting Healthcare Using Deep Data and Remote Monitoring” at the Department of Neuroscience, City University of Hong Kong.
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NS faculty members contributed to CityUHK’s highest funding record of over HK$60 million for interdisciplinary research
1 April 2025
CityUHK has achieved new milestones in research, with 10 outstanding scholars receiving funding from the RGC’s CRF, totaling over HK$60 million—marking a record high for the University. These 10 interdisciplinary and inter-institutional research initiatives cover various cutting-edge academic fields, including biomedical sciences and neuroscience, robotics and automation, environmental science and resource recovery, artificial intelligence and big data, and materials science and energy, fully demonstrating CityUHK’s strengths in research and innovation.
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NS Workshop on Treating Central Nervous System Diseases by Targeting Plasticity and Specific Circuits
22 January 2025
CityUHK hosted a workshop on Treating CNS Diseases by Targeting Plasticity and Specific Circuits, featuring Prof. ZHUO Min on synaptic plasticity in chronic pain and anxiety, and Prof. CHEN Xi on cortical circuits in defensive behavior modulation.
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Prof. Eddie Ma awarded Research Impact Fund 2024/25
9 January 2025
Congratulations to Prof. Eddie Ma on receiving the Research Grants Council (RGC) Research Impact Fund (RIF) for 2024/25. His project, titled “Development and Validation of Novel Therapeutic Agents for Glaucoma Treatment through Integrated Preclinical and Clinical Studies with a Drug Repurposing Approach” has secured funding of HK$8.71 million.
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Two NS faculty members awarded RGC Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) 2024/25
9 January 2025
Congratulations to Prof. Jufang He and Prof. Jessica Liu on being awarded the 2024/25 Research Grants Council (RGC) Collaborative Research Fund (CRF). Their success showcases our faculty members’ exceptional research expertise and commitment to advancing the frontiers of knowledge.
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Dr Ming-Fai Fong presented a seminar entitled “Leveraging Transient Vision Loss as Tool for Driving Therapeutic Plasticity”
3 December 2024
On 3 December 2024, Professor Ming-Fai FONG from the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech and Emory University delivered a lecture about her discoveries of new treatments for amblyopia (“lazy eye”) through modulating homeostatic plasticity in the mature, mammalian nervous system.
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Neurodiagnostic and neurotherapeutic potential of graphene nanomaterials
Yang, S., Baeg, E., Kim, K., Kim, D., Ahn, J.-H. & Yang, S.* (2024). Neurodiagnostic and neurotherapeutic potential of graphene nanomaterials. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 247:115906.
Entorhinohippocampal cholecystokinin modulates spatial learning by facilitating neuroplasticity of hippocampal CA3-CA1 synapses
Su, J., Huang, F.*., Tian, Y., Tian, R., Qianqian, G., Bello, S. T., Zeng, D., Jendrichovsky, P., Lau, C. G., Xiong, W., Yu, D., Tortorella, M., Chen, X.* & He, J.* (2023). Entorhinohippocampal cholecystokinin modulates spatial learning by facilitating neuroplasticity of hippocampal CA3-CA1 synapses. Cell Reports, 42:113467.
Astrocyte and L-lactate in the anterior cingulate cortex modulate schema memory and neuronal mitochondrial biogenesis
Akter, M., Hasan, M., Ramkrishnan, A. S., Iqbal, Z., Zheng, X., Fu, Z., Lei, Z., Karim, A. & Li, Y.* (2023). Astrocyte and L-lactate in the anterior cingulate cortex modulate schema memory and neuronal mitochondrial biogenesis. eLife, 12, e85751.
Low-dose ionizing radiation promotes motor recovery and brain rewiring by resolving inflammatory response after brain injury and stroke
Au, N. P. B., Wu, T., Kumar, G., Jin, Y., Li, Y. Y. T., Chan, S. L., Lai, J. H. C., Chan, K. W. Y., Yu, K. N., Wang, X., Ma, C. H. E.* (2024). Low-dose ionizing radiation promotes motor recovery and brain rewiring by resolving inflammatory response after brain injury and stroke. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 115, 43-63.
Does astrocytic L-lactate enhance cognition through myelination?
Akter, M. & Li, Y.* (2024). Does astrocytic L-lactate enhance cognition through myelination? Neural Regeneration Research 19(6), 1167-1168.
Cross-modal implicit learning of random time patterns
Kang, H., Auksztulewicz, R., Chan, C. H., Cappotto, D., Rajendran, V. G., & Schnupp, J. W. H. (2023). Cross-modal implicit learning of random time patterns. Hearing Research, 438, 108857.
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