Category: Publications
An HKU biologist-led team of international plant scientists reveals how guard cell chloroplasts obtain energy
Feb 11th 2022
Whether Guard Cells (GCs) carry out photosynthesis has been debated for decades. Earlier studies ...
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Leaf internal properties mediate large part of leaf thermoregulation variation
Jan 24th 2022
Leaf thermoregulation and consequent leaf-to-air temperature difference (ΔT) are tightly linked to plant ...
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HKU scientists discover activation mechanisms in soybean for adaptation to saline soil in hope of improving agriculture productivity
Jan 13th 2022
Professor Mee-Len CHYE, Wilson and Amelia Wong Professor in Plant Biotechnology, and Dr Terry Shiu-Cheung ...
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HKU biologists reveal how obesity damages the skeletal muscle metabolism A naturally occurring flavone is identified as a potential drug for obesity treatment
Nov 24th 2021
A decline in metabolism and endurance of skeletal muscle is commonly observed in obese patients, but the ...
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Natural Life Lessons
Nov 23rd 2021
The Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum (HKBM) houses a vast collection of specimens of our hugely varied natural ...
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HKU Paleontologists discovered shallow-marine ecosystem collapse and recovery during a historical hyperthermal event
Oct 29th 2021
Around 56 million years ago, Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), one of the most famous historical ...
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HKU Biologists build a megabase-sized chromosome from scratch Further exploring the potential of worm artificial chromosomes to improve gene therapy
Oct 26th 2021
A research team led by Dr Karen Wing Yee YUEN, Associate Professor from the School of Biological Sciences at ...
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