Undergraduate Program
Nature of Subjects Taught
Principal/Co- course coordinator for the Major and Minor of the Food and Nutritional Science Bsc. Program. Design new laboratory courses, direct students with presentation skills and new food products development. Courses include:
Introductory courses:
BIOL 1123 Food Chemistry
BIOL 0002 Introduction to Food and Nutritional Science
Advanced courses:
BIOL 3526 Advanced Laboratory in Nutritional Science
BIOL 2520 Food Toxicology
BIOL 3524 Diet and Disease
BIOL 3523 Principles of Chinese Medicated Diet
Second and Third Year Research projects (average 3
students per year)
Year 3 Projects Students (Grade)
| Or Cho Tsun (A) | Proteome investigation of COriolus Versicolor (Yun Zhi) | 06-07 |
| Au Leung Kuen (A) | Effect of docoshexaenoic acid on human hepatocellular carcinoma-inhibition of cyclooxygenase 2 and preoxisome proliferators-activated receptor gamma | 06-07 |
| Yun Tse Wang (A) | The role of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in spleen cell survival: An evaluation with Passive Heymann Nephritis (PHN) | 06-07 |
| Leung Chim Yan (B+) | Effect of dietary omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids on liver Bax and Bcl2 expression of a kidney disease rat model | 06-07 |
| Pak Yiu Ng (A) | The effect of fatty acids on the pro-inflammatory proteins inducible nitric oxide synthase and Cyclooxygenase-2 in marine raw 264.7 macrophage cells | 04-05 |
| Tsang TSz Tsun (A-) | Effects of Chinese Medicinal extract polysaccharide pretreatment on the anticancer effect of etoposide against sarcoma 180 | 04-05 |
| Hui Cheuk Yin (A) | The anticancer mechanism (s) of Chinese medicine danshen in the cell populations of HL-60 and K-562 | 04-05 |
| Leung Wing Yee (B+) | To compare the dietary and exercise patterns amongst primary school students in New Territories, Kowloon and Hong Kong island. | 03-04 |
| Chow Wing Yuen (B+) | Assessment of Nutrition
and Exercise Education needs in Primary Schools in Hong Kong |
03-04 |
| Kwok Nagi Ping (A) | A New Model of Chemotherapeutic Treatment:Study of the Anticancer effect of polysaccharide peptides (PSP) alone and with adjuvant to chemotherapeutic agents on cell cycle regulation and cell death of the human breast cancer cell line (ZR-70-30) | 03-04 |
| Louie Chun Yu (A+) | The effect of polysaccharopeptide pretreatment on the sensitivity of ZR-75-30 cells to conventional chemotherapy | 03-04 |
| So Wing Yan (A) | Immuno-modulatory Effect of Chinese Herbal Cordyceps Sinesis, Rhizoma Fagopyri Cymosi and Luncare | 03-04 |
| Lee Cheuk Lun (A) | The effect of Culture condition on the yield of bioactive compounds from medicinal fungi -yunzhi | 02-03 |
| Leung Sze Ki (A+) | Effect of Chinese Herbal Medicine -WH30+ on Lithium-induced renal failure rat model | 02-03 |
| Li Tiu Ting (A) | Effect of Chinese Herbal Medicine - Lunfit on hepatic glutathione, glutathione related enzymes and plasma cytokines in an endotoxin treated mice model | 01-02 |
| Yung Yu Fung (A) | Investigation of chronic effect of PSP and Danshen on Glutathione-related enzyme and Immunity with use of an endotoxin model | 00-01 |
| Venes Chu (A) | Dietary Fiber Content of Chinese Food | 98-99 |
| Joyce Wan (A) | Calcium Content of Chinese Functional Food | 98-99 |
| Cheung Ho Tak (A) | Oncogens detection in leukemias | 97-98 |
| Wong Mei Sze (A) | Antioxidants and free radicals levels in Hong Kong Asthmatic Patients | 97-98 |
| Wong Suk Fong (A) | Expression of the cell-cycle regulatory proteins, cyclins and apopotic gene P53 in Hong Kong Breast Cancer Patients | 97-98 |
Few of my M.Phil students who have graduated
in the recent years are pursuing Ph.D studies at HKU, CUHK. Other graduates:
Chiu Chi Ming is an instructor of the department of Biology, The Chinese
University, Chu Chu Sing is the Marketing and Clinical Service Manager
at the International Pharmaceutical company Ferrings, HK, Ng Yuk-Fun as
an Excutive Officer in HK, Ho Tsz Nag is a Director of Critical Trails
at Merck and Pui Yan Hui as a Research Assistant in the Department of
Microbiology, HKU.
Present postgraduates
| Ph.D | Field of Study | Years |
| Ping Ping Jiang | Anti-inflammatory effects of photochemicals | 04-08 |
| M.Phil | ||
| Jor Wing Yan | Proteomics, lipids and liver cancer | 06-08 |
| Lee Yee Ki | Nutrigenomics and liver cancer | 06-08 |
| Ye Yi Sha | Protoemics, lipids and Kidneys disease | 06-08 |
| Wong Lap Yan | Protoemics, lipids and liver cancer | 06-08 |
| Jin Jin | Proteomics and Chinese medicine mushroom | 07-09 |
Students Graduated
| Ph.D. | Thesis Title | Year |
| Chiu Chi Ming | Cis-polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Leukemia | 94-98 |
| Chu Chun Sing | Detection of Tumor Marker Expression and apoptosis by Flow Cytometry | 94-99 |
| Lee Chung Yung | Dietary Antioxidant Vitamin E and Immunocompetence Screening in Hong Kong Population | 95-99 |
| Xiotong Yang | The Anticancer Mechanisms of Polysaccharide Peptide PSP derived from the Chinese Medicinal fungus coriolus versicolor | 99-02 |
| Nagai Hoi Yee | Proteomic Approach in Biomarkers Discovery in Kidneys inflammatory diseases | 03-07 |
| M.Phil | Thesis Title | Year |
| Ng Yuk Fun | Dietary fats and breast cancer Interrelationships | 95-97 |
| Ho Tsz Nga | Dietary antioxidants, free radicals in Motor Neurons Degeneration | 95-98 |
| Alice Chow | Anticancer Mechanism of Denshen | 01-03 |
| Kelvin Chan | Chinese Medicine and Immunity | 01-03 |
| Pui Yan Hui | Chinese Medicine and Cancer | 01-03 |
| Ka Wai Wong | Immunomodulatory properties of The Chinese Medicinal extracts Polysaccharide Peptide | 01-03 |
| Karen Liu | The effect of dietary fatty acids on LPS-challenged Human macrophages: Proteomics approach | 04-06 |
| Lee Cheuk Lun | The immunomodulatory pathways of Chinese Medicinal mushroom PSP on Human T-cells | 04-06 |
| So Wing Yan | Obesity and Immunity | 05-07 |
External Examiner for M.Phil and Doctoral Thesis
| Name | Thesis Title | Year |
| Wong Kwan Yeung, M.Phil. | Roles of manganese superoxide dismutase in ovarian cancer | 2007 |
| Li Ying, Ph.D. | "Assessment of a calcium-specific food frequency questionnaire and its use in telephone interviews among Chinese population". In department of Biochemistry, The Chinese University, Hong Kong. | 2005 |
| Wang Yun Ph.D. | "Effect of Phytoestrogen
on Estrogen Biosynthesis and Hydroxylation in Vitro" In Department of Biochemistry The Chinese University, Hong Kong. |
2005 |
| Lai Kin Ming, M.Phil. | "Antitumor effects of Mushroom Sclerotial Polysaccharide. In Department of Biology. The Chinese University, HK. | 2005 |
| Lam Kin Bong, Ph.D. | "The effect of Arsenic Trioxide on Acute Megakaryocytic Leukemia, Signaling, Cell cycle Arrest and Apoptosis. In Medical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong. | 2004 |
| Chan LL., Ph.D. | "Proteomic approach to characterize differential protein expression in toxic and harmful algal bloom species (HABs)". In the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. | 2004 |
| Mubiru JN, Ph.D. | "Growth and development of the pancreas and stomach in neonatal pigs". In Department of Zoology, The University of Hong Kong. | 1997 |