Germany/Hong
Kong Joint Research Scheme - List of Funded
Projects for 2009/2010
| Project No. | Project Title | Hong Kong Partner/Institution | German Parnter/Institution | Funding Period (year) | 1st
Year Amount Awarded by RGC (HK$) |
2nd
Year Amount Awarded by RGC (HK$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G_HK004/09 | Interaction between red blood cell-derived fatty acid monoepoxides and nitric oxide in the control of arterial tone in mice | Prof Yu Huang/CUHK | Prof
Maik Gollasch/Charite University Medicine |
2 | 17,100 | 17,100 |
| G_HK006/09 |
To
study the relationship between ischaemic
preconditioning and adenosine triphosphate-sensitive
potassium (KATP) channels on cultured
cardiac myocytes using the microelectrode
array (MEA) |
Prof John Anthony Rudd/CUHK | Prof Sven Ingebrandt/University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern | 2 | 28,700 | 28,700 |
| G_HK014/09 | Robust
face detection using multiple cues |
Prof
Bertram E Shi/HKUST |
Prof
Rainer Stiefelhagen/University of
Karlsruhe |
2 | 29,600 | 29,600 |
| G_HK015/09 | Molecular
analysis of PRiMA-linked G4AChE in lipid
rafts: participation in the formation
of filopodia-like processes induced
by the transmembrane form of agrin |
Dr Chi Yan Choi/HKUST | Prof Stephan Kroger/University of Munich | 2 | 29,988 | 29,988 |
| G_HK019/09 | Highly-strained
Thin Solid Films for Rolled-up Nanotechnology |
Prof Paul Kim-ho Chu/CityU | Dr
Yongfeng Mei/Leibniz Institute for
Solid State and Materials Research Dresden |
1 | 30,000 | 0 |
| G_HK023/09 | Analysis of the Characteristics Blocking Events over Siberia for Present and Future Climate Conditions and Its Implications for the Regional Climate over Southeast Asia | Dr Wen Zhou/CityU | Prof
Yaping Shao/University of Cologne |
2 | 29,600 | 29,600 |
| G_HK024/09 | The
Genome Wide Epigenetic study of Early-onset
Colorectal Cancer Patients with CpG
Island Methylator Phenotype (CIMP) |
Dr Tsun Leung Chan/HKU | Dr
Odilia Popanda/Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum |
2 | 29,600 | 29,600 |
| G_HK027/09 | An
international study of psychosocial
needs and psychological distress among
women with breast cancer - cross-cultural
comparison |
Dr Wendy Wing Tak Lam/HKU | Dr Anja Mehnert/University of Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf | 1 | 28,600 | 0 |
| G_HK029/09 | Oxidative
stress, neuronal dysfunction and neovascularization
in retinopathy of prematurity |
Dr Amy Cheuk Yin Lo/HKU | Prof
Antonia M. Joussen/Heinrich Heine
University Dusseldorf |
2 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| G_HK030/09 | Advanced
Similarity Search in Uncertain Databases |
Dr Nikolaos Mamoulis/HKU | Dr Matthias Renz/Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich | 2 | 29,600 | 29,600 |
| G_HK031/09 | Zircon
age and Hf isotopic characteristics
for the Palaeozoic granitoids in the
Chinese and Mongolian Altai: addition
of juvenile materials into the lithosphere
and tectonic significance |
Prof Min Sun/HKU | Prof Alfred Kroner/University of Mainz | 2 | 29,800 | 29,800 |
| G_HK035/09 | Core-shell
Particles Containing Hairy Polyelectrolyte
Shells Immobilized with Metallic Nanoparticles
as Nanoreactor for Catalysis |
Dr Pei Li/PolyU | Prof Matthias Ballauff/University of Bayreuth | 2 | 29,600 | 29,600 |
| G_HK036/09 | Stochastic
Differential Games and Partial Differential
Systems in Financial Markets |
Prof A Bensoussan/PolyU | Prof J Frehse/University of Bonn | 2 | 28,700 | 28,700 |