Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme - List of Funded Projects for 2013/14
Project No. Project Title Hong Kong Partner/Institution German Partner/Institution Funding Period (year) 1st Year Amount
Awarded
by RGC (HK$)		 2nd Year Amount
Awarded
by RGC (HK$)
G-CityU101/13 Probe cell locomotion mechanism and control cell migration using robot-aided optical manipulation tools Prof Dong Sun/CityU Prof Sergej Fatikow/University of Oldenburg 2 44,800 44,800
G-CUHK404/13 Functional Characterization of Protein Sorting Machinery in the Golgi and the Trans-Golgi Network Prof Liwen Jiang/CUHK Dr Peter Pimpl/Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen 2 44,800 44,800
G-CUHK405/13 A Comparison of Carbon Storage in Coastal Wetland Soils between Hong Kong and Germany
 Prof Derrick Yuk-fo Lai/CUHK Prof Glatzel Stephan/University of Rostock 2 44,800 44,800
G-CUHK406/13 Concepts of Rationality: Challenges of Reason in Cross-Cultural Perspective Prof Chong-fuk Lau/CUHK Prof Michael N Forster/University of Bonn 2 24,200 24,200
G-CUHK409/13 Role of Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Channels in Mediating Cardiotrophin-1-induced Cardiac Differentiation in Embryonic Stem Cells Prof Faye Suk-ying Tsang/CUHK Prof Heinrich Sauer/University of Giessen 2 14,300 14,300
G-PolyU503/13 Effectiveness of International Treaties and Domestic Laws in Regulating Vessel Emissions and Discharges Dr Ling Zhu/PolyU Dr Henning Jessen/University of Hamburg 2 27,800 27,800
G-PolyU504/13 Genetic Modified Syngas-fermenting Bacteria for Butanol Production in an Innovative Engineering System for Recovery and Yield Enhancement Dr Po-heng Lee/PolyU Prof Peter Durre/University of Ulm 2 44,800 44,800
G-PolyU505/13 Light-Absorption Enhanced Poly(Ionic Liquid) Membrane for Conversion of Solar Energy into Chemical Energy
Dr A-ping Zhang/PolyU Dr Jiayin Yuan/Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces 2 45,000 45,000
G-PolyU508/13 Distributed Proactive Adaptation for Ubiquitous Interactive Objects
 Prof Jiannong Cao/PolyU Prof Christian Becker/University of Mannheim 2 45,000 45,000
G-HKU701/13 Development of an accurate and efficient numerical method for quantum transport in time-domain Prof Guanhua Chen/HKU Prof Dr Thomas Frauenheim/University of Bremen 2 44,800 44,800
G-HKU706/13 Enriched Geo-Spatial Data Analysis
 Prof Nikos Mamoulis/HKU Dr Matthias Renz/Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich 2 44,800 44,800
G-HKU708/13 Adipocyte fatty acid binding protein as a mediator of obesity-related medical complications Prof Aimin Xu/HKU Prof Stefan R Bornstein/University of Dresden 2 42,900 42,900