School of Biomedical Sciences
生物醫學學院
The Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大學

Prof. Jiang Xiaohua, Dr. Kong Yonglun and Dr. Yang Weiqin receiving NSFC funding

Prof. Jiang Xiaohua, Associate Professor, has been awarded the National Natural Science Foundation of China’s (NSFC) General Program 2024. She will receive funding of RMB 500,000 to support her scientific research project. Meanwhile, Dr. Kong Yonglun, Post-doctoral Fellow and Dr. Yang Weiqin, Research Associate have been awarded the NSFC Young Scientists Fund 2024. Each of them will receive funding of RMB 300,000 to support their research projects.

The titles of their scientific research projects are as follows:

Awardee

Project Title

Prof. Jiang Xiaohua

KDM3A and Its Role in Stem Cell Aging and Fracture Repair through Mitochondrial-Nuclear Communication: Mechanisms and Applications

Dr. Kong Yonglun

Myeloid RGMb Promotes Macrophage Infiltration in Cisplatin-induced Nephropathy

Dr. Yang Weiqin

Delineating the Role and Mechanism of T cell-intrinsic HDAC8 Signaling in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease-related Liver Cancer

We warmly congratulate Prof. Jiang, Dr. Kong and Dr. Yang on their remarkable achievements and wish them ongoing success in their research efforts.


(From left) Prof. Jiang Xiaohua, Dr. Kong Yonglun, Dr. Yang Weiqin