Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards (Hong Kong) 2022 - List of Funded Proposals
| Ref. No. | Project Title | Principal Investigator / University# |
Project Duration (Month) |
Amount Awarded by RGC (HK$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology and Medicine | ||||
| HLCA/M-402/22 | Deciphering Disease Pathogenesis and Druggable Targets for Degenerative Tendinopathy using an Unbiased, Genome-wide, Single-Cell, Spatial Transcriptomic Approach |
Prof Patrick Shu-hang YUNG /
CUHK |
12
|
389,000
|
| HLCA/M-507/22 | Senolytic uPAR-CAR-T Therapy for Osteoarthritis |
Dr Chunyi WEN /
PolyU |
12
|
389,000
|
| HLCA/M-701/22 | Engineered osteochondral tissue (eOCT) as advanced therapeutic treatment for osteoarthritis (OA) |
Prof Barbara CHAN /
HKU |
12
|
389,000
|
| HLCA/M-703/22 | Development of Small-Molecule Modulators of the Secretin Receptor as Novel Anti-Hypertensive Agents |
Prof Billy Kwok Chong CHOW /
HKU |
12
|
389,000
|
| HLCA/M-706/22 | Intelligent ultrasonic assessment of muscle quality for a functionally healthy elderly life |
Dr Wei-Ning LEE /
HKU |
12
|
389,000
|
| HLCA/M-708/22 | A novel human cellular system for studying normal ageing and for anti-ageing drug screen |
Prof Pengtao LIU /
HKU |
12
|
389,000
|
| Engineering | ||||
| HLCA/E-403/22 | Swallowable Encapsuled Multi-Stable Intragastric Balloons for Obesity Treatment |
Prof Hongliang REN /
CUHK |
12
|
389,000
|
| HLCA/E-707/22 | AI-driven causal model to determine upstream definitive genetic biomarkers for early detection of Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease |
Prof On Kwok Victor LI /
HKU |
12
|
389,000
|
| HLCA/E-712/22 | Empowering Acoustic Sensing and Learning on Accessible Speakers to Monitor and Detect Older Adult Falls |
Dr Chenshu WU /
HKU |
12
|
389,000
|
| Physical Sciences | ||||
| HLCA/P-407/22 | Bilobalide Derivatives as Therapeutics Against Ageing-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases |
Prof Wai-lung NG /
CUHK |
12
|
389,000
|
# CUHK: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
HKU: The University of Hong Kong
PolyU: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University