Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme - 2006/2007 Supported Applications

New Grants

Project No.	Project Title	Hong Kong Partner / Institution	German Parnter / Institution	Funding Period (year)
G_HK002/06	Theoretical Study on the Excited State Properties of Complex Nano/biosystems	Dr Rui-qin Zhang / CityU	Prof Thomas Frauenheim / University of Bremen	2
G_HK004/06	Self-Assembled Monolayer-Based Phosphorescent Sensors (SAMPS)	Dr Michael Chi-wang Chan / CityU	Prof Ulrich Siemeling / University of Kassel	2
G_HK007/06	Structural Characterization and Proteomics of Plant Prevacuolar Compartments	Prof Liwen Jiang / CUHK	Prof David G Robinson / University of Heidelberg	2
G_HK008/06	A Cross-Cultural Study of the Concepts of Subject and Person	Prof Tze-wan Kwan / CUHK	Prof Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann / Freie Universitat Berlin	2
G_HK010/06	Recurrent Neural Network Approaches to Real-time Motion Control and Obstacle Avoidance for Kinematically Redundant Manipulators	Prof Jun Wang / CUHK	Prof Jianwei Zhang / University of Hamburg	2
G_HK012/06	Role of Eicosanoid-related Enzymes in Murine Embryogenesis	Prof Chi-chiu Wang / CUHK	Prof Hartmut Kuhn / University Medicine Berlin - Charite	2
G_HK013/06	Efficient Protocols for Quality-Aware Querying of Sensor Data in Pervasive Environments	Dr Reynold Chun-kong Cheng / PolyU	Prof Kurt Rothermel / University of Stuttgart	2
G_HK015/06	Phase field simulations of ferroelectric materials	Prof Tongyi Zhang / HKUST	Dr Dietmar Gross / Technical University of Darmstadt	2
G_HK018/06	Experimental studies of the Rashba effect and its potential applications in spintronics devices	Prof Weikun Ge / HKUST	Prof Sergey Ganichev / Univeristy of Regensburg	1
G_HK021/06	Synthesis, spectroscopy and OLED application of triplet emitters containing charge transport moieties	Dr Wai Kin Chan / HKU	Prof Hartmut Yersin / University of Regenshburg	2
G_HK023/06	Effect of Imbalance of Kinases and Protein Phosphatases on Deposit of β Amyloid and Tau Pathology in Double Transgenic APP/PS1 Mice	Dr Geng Li / HKU	Prof Konrad Beyreuther /University of Zentrum	2
G_HK027/06	Role of MT1-MMP in wound healing and tumorigenesis	Dr Zhongjun Zhou / HKU	Prof Cornelia Mauch / University of Cologne	2
G_HK028/06	Expression and celluar localization studies of TCF12, a new leukaemia fusion partner gene, in normal and malignant haemopoiesis and the generation of mouse embryonic stem cells bearing MLL-TCF12 through homologous recombination	Prof Li Chong Chan / HKU	Prof Rolf Marschalek / University of Frankfurt/Main	2
G_HK032/06	Functional and genetic analyses of integrin signaling in the early development of the axial skeleton	Prof Kathryn Song Eng Cheah / HKU	Prof Reinhard Faessler / Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry	2

Release of 2nd Year Funds

Project No.	Project Title	Hong Kong Partner / Institution	German Partner / Institution
G_HK003/05	Active Visual Observation of 3D Objects for Automatic Acquisition of Manipulation Skills	Dr You-fu Li / CityU	Prof Dr Jianwei Zhang / University of Hamburg
G_HK004/05	Integrated Communication and Knowledge Management Based on Wikis and XML Technology	Dr Jorgen C Wagner / CityU	Prof Dr Stefan Bottcher / University of Paderborn
G_HK005/05	Ion Beam Nanostructuring of Carbon-based Materials	Dr Wenjun Zhang / CityU	Prof Hans C Hofsas / University of Gottingen
G_HK007/05	Effect of Residual Antibiotics on Soil Microbial Activity and Plant Growth	Prof. Ming Hung Wong / HKBU	Dr. Ayfer Yediler /GSF-Forschungszentrum f. Umwelt und Gesundheit
G_HK011/05	Role of Adipose-Derived Vasoactive Products in Vascular Dysfunction	Prof Yu Huang / CUHK	Prof Maik Gollasch / Charite University Medicine Berlin
G_HK013/05	Doping of One Dimensional Nanostructures and Their Luminescence Property Study	Prof Quan Li / CUHK	Dr Carsten Ronning / University of Gottingen
G_HK018/05	Kinetic Modeling of Duct Aeroacoustics for Flow System Design	Dr Randolph Chi-kin Leung / PolyU	Dr Kamen Beronov / University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
G_HK019/05	Low-power and high-throughput reconfigurable arithmetic operations for field programmable gate array (FPGA)	Prof Amine Bermak / HKUST	Prof Hans-Joerg Pfleiderer / University of Ulm
G_HK020/05	Process design for selective polymorph production	Prof Ka Ming Ng / HKUST	Prof Wolfgang Marquardt / RWTH Aachen University
G_HK021/05	Subjective and objective evaluation of video quality for developing video compression and transcoding techniques	Prof Oscar C L Au / HKUST	Prof Klaus Diepold / Munich University of Technology
G_HK022/05	First principles studies of the lattice dynamics and electron-phonon interaction of ultra-small radius nanotubes and their derivates	Prof Che Ting Chan / HKUST	Dr Klaus-Peter Bohnen / Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
G_HK023/05	Role of the transmembrane form of the heparansulfate proteoglycan agrin in axonal growth and regeneration	Prof Karl W K Tsim / HKUST	Dr Stephan Kroger / University of Mainz