Projects Funded by RCSV

Date	Funding Scheme	Title	PC	Co-PIs
June 2023	Smaller-scale Project (2nd Round)	Study of target cell types and single-cell gene expression in the retina of mice with myopia induced by negative lens	Prof. YIP Shea-ping (HTI)	Dr Thomas LAM (SO) Dr HUANG Chien-ling (HTI) Dr LUO Shumeng (HTI) Dr Jennifer BIAN (SO)
Apr 2023	Smaller-scale Project (2nd Round)	Implementing novel brillouin optical scanner system to investigate spatiotemporal corneal mechanobiology in myopic-astigmatic chicks	Dr Jeffrey LEUNG (SO)	Dr Byung Soo KANG (Centre for Eye and Vision Research)
Apr 2023	Smaller-scale Project (2nd Round)	Reversing mitochondrial dysfunction in oxidative stress-induced retinal degeneration via SIRT3 expression in retinal pigment epithelium	Dr Samuel ABOKYI (SO)	Dr Dennis TSE (SO)
Apr 2023	Smaller-scale Project (2nd Round)	Exploring the role and mechanism of a dynamic lighting system in myopic chicks	Dr Jennifer BIAN (SO)	Dr Thomas LAM (SO) Prof. ZHOU Lei (SO) Dr Tommy WEI (BEEE)
Apr 2023	Smaller-scale Project (2nd Round)	Development of a novel myopia research simulator: Assessing the potential of narrowband long wavelength stimulation in myopia control	Dr Elie de LESTRANGE ANGINIEUR (SO)	Dr Alexander V. GONCHAROV (National University of Ireland) Prof. Michael COLLINS (Queensland University of Technology) Prof. Henry CHAN (SO) Dr Dennis TSE (SO) Dr Jeffrey LEUNG (SO)
Feb 2023	International Collaborative Research Fund	Identifying baicalein-initiated influence on retinal microglia heterogeneity in post-retinal ischemic/reperfusion injury	Dr DO Chi-wai (SO)	Dr CHEN Dongfeng (Harvard Medical School) Dr CHO Kin-sang (Harvard Medical School) Prof. TO Chi-ho (SO) Dr PAI Li (SO)
Oct 2022	International Collaborative Research Fund	Mechanistic Insight into Colour Vision Gene-Environment Interactions	Dr Thomas LAM (SO)	Dr Patricia JUSUF (The University of Melbourne) Dr Jessica MOUNTFORD (University of Western Australia) Dr Livia CARVALHO (University of Western Australia) Dr BUI Bang (The University of Melbourne) Prof. TO Chi-ho (SO) Prof. Jeremy GUGGENHEIM (Cardiff University) Prof. YIP Shea-ping (HTI) Dr Samantha SHAN (SO) Dr Rachel CHUN (SO) Dr Dennis TSE (SO)
Apr 2022	Smaller-scale Project	Research on smart wavefront sensing technology for full-aperture diopter measurement of defocus incorporated spectacle lens for human myopia control (SHARP Theme: Augmentation Therapy)	Prof. Benny Cheung (ISE)	Prof. TO Chi-Ho (SO) Dr Dennis TSE (SO) Mr Jackson LEUNG (Vision Science and Technology Company Limited Company)
Apr 2022	Smaller-scale Project	The pattern and time course of high fat diet induced retinal and cortical neuronal dysfunction and degenerations in an obesity mouse model (SHARP Theme: Regeneration Neurovision)	Dr Dennis TSE (SO)	Dr Sonata YAU (RS)
Apr 2022	Smaller-scale Project	Drug repurposing against MRSA in ocular bacterial infection (SHARP Theme: Health Process)	Dr ZHAO Qian (ABCT)	Dr Thomas LAM (SO) Dr WONG Man-kin (ABCT)