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Novel Photodynamic Therapy in Cancer Treatment
Have you ever thought that our gut microbes can help us with heart diseases? The collaboration among Dr. Lau, Dr. Ban, Dr. Park, and our lab discovered a method to deliver short-chain fatty acids, which have cardioprotective effects, by engineering the gut microbial ecosystem to contain an E. coli that continuously secrete these molecules. The news article about such discoveries was posted in the CityU Biomedical Science Department. Click here for the article!
Novel Photodynamic Therapy in Cancer Treatment
The collaboration of Dr. Kwan Chow and Dr. Gigi Lo discovered a novel method to cure cancer. The publication revealed an alternative approach that creates light-activated anti-cancer agents! The news article on this incredible story was posted in the CityU Biomedical Science Department. Click here for more reads!
Artificial Intelligence Action Research Project
Dr. Chow received the Teaching Development Grant 2023 - 24 for integrating AI into the classroom. The project has integrated generative AI in the BMS2803 Biology of Cells Course!
CityU Research Gala 2023
Chow lab participated in the CityU BMS Research Gala 2023.
King Hoo (Kenny) won Best Oral Presenter Award!
Meijun and Chun Yan (Tommy) won Best Poster Awards in Cancer and Biology Therapy category!
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Innovation Award Presented to Dr Kwan Ting Chow at Croucher Awards Presentation Ceremony 2021
Presenter and Recipients of Croucher Innovation Awards 2019 (left to right): Dr Renjie Zhou (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Dr Yufeng Wang (The University of Hong Kong), Prof. Rosie Young Tse Tse (Presenter), Dr Kwan Chow (CityU) and Dr Chun Kit Kwok (CityU).
(Photo source: Croucher Foundation)
Dr Kwan Chow received the Croucher Innovation Award from Professor Rosie Young Tse Tse.
(Photo source: Croucher Foundation)
The Croucher Foundation granted the Croucher Innovation Award 2019 to Dr Kwan Ting Chow for her excellent scientific research achievement. Due to COVID-19, the Croucher Awards Presentation Ceremony was postponed until this year and was held at The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong on 8 December 2021 to present awards to the recipients of the Croucher Innovation Awards 2019–2021 and Croucher Senior Fellowships 2020–2021.
Dr Chow’s research focuses on understanding how the immune system fights cancer, with the goal of designing new generations of cancer immunotherapy. Many cancer types are currently incurable, and existing therapies often have toxic side effects. Immunotherapy is a new strategy that stimulates the body’s own defense mechanisms to eliminate cancer, thus reducing toxicity with the potential of targeting a wide variety of cancer types, including those for which no treatment is currently available. Focusing on innate immune cells that initiate and shape an immune response, Dr Chow maps and dissects the molecular pathways, gene regulatory networks, and cell-cell interactions that modulate anti-cancer immunity. The ultimate goal of the lab is to develop vaccines and targeted therapies that harness the natural ability of our immune system to fight cancer.
The Croucher Innovation Awards aim to identify a small number of exceptionally talented scientists working at an internationally competitive level and to offer substantial support to these “rising stars” at a formative stage in their careers. Each award carries a value of up to HK$5,000,000 over 5 years for research expenses of the award winner. The Awards are designed to enable recipients to pursue their own scientific, intellectual and professional inclinations, to advance their expertise, to engage in bold new work, and to contribute to the development of education and research in Hong Kong.
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(Source: CityU BMS)