In addition to the faculty members of the university, external experts, who are practitioner in the field of biotechnology, serve as course instructors of the program. With the participation of different professionals, the program can effectively deliver quality teaching on both theoretical and practical aspects of biotechnology.
Participating HKUST faculty include:
Prof. Tom Hiu Tung CHEUNG
PhD University of Colorado at Boulder
Molecular mechanisms of stem cell quiescence and activation.
Prof. Kenny K CHUNG
PhD Cambridge
Molecular mechanisms of Neurodegeneration. Functional studies of genes that are linked to familiar Parkinson’s diseases.
Prof. Robert KM KO
PhD British Columbia
Antioxidant mechanism(s) of Chinese tonic herbs with focus on the regulation of cellular glutathione redox status; Pharmacological basis of Yang/Qi-invigoration in Chinese medicine.
Prof. Ho-Yi MAK
PhD University College London
Regulation of fat storage and mobilization in C. elegans and mammalian cells.
Prof. Randy YC POON
MA, PhD Cambridge
Molecular basis of cell cycle control in normal cancer cells
Prof. Robert QI
PhD Calgary
Understanding cytoskeletal organization and regulation during cell proliferation, migration, and differentiation with a range of tools from biochemistry, mass spectrometry, molecular and cell biology.
Prof. Reinhard RENNEBERG
PhD Berlin
Research interests include nanobiotechnology, biosensors and bioelectronics, immobilizations of biomolecules and living cells, and biomodification of sensor surface.
Prof. Karl Wah Keung TSIM
PhD Cambridge
Molecular genetic methods are used to investigate the cellular and molecular events that lead to the formation of synapses during development and regeneration.
Prof. Wan Keung-R WONG
PhD British Columbia
Cloning and expression of genes in Escherichia coli, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Bacillus subtills; development of these host systems for extracellular production of valuable proteins; production and reconstitution of recombinant cellulases for use in cellulosic waste treatment
Prof. Yung Hou WONG (Program Director)
PhD Cambridge
Major research interests are in the delineation of the mechanisms of cell signaling. The roles of G proteins in the regulation of cell proliferation, differentiation and the development of drug tolerance are studied using cellular models.
Prof. Zhenguo WU
PhD Western Ontario
Elucidation of the roles of intracellular signal transduction pathways in skeletal muscle differentiation and EBV-mediated cellular transformation
Note: additional faculty members who serve as project supervisors are not listed.