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Emeritus Professor Cheah, Kathryn Song Eng 謝賞恩
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Emeritus Professor Cheah, Kathryn Song Eng 謝賞恩
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Honorary Professor
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Research Interests:(click to check for cognate researchers)
- Genotype – phenotype relationships
- The genetic and molecular basis of inherited and degenerative skeletal disorders
- Bioinformatic approaches for the identification of regulatory sequences in the genome
- Understanding genes, their regulation and function with emphasis on development
- The identification of genetic modifiers of congenital heart malformations
Also Cited As:
Cheah, K
Honours, Awards & Prizes
| Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-12-01 | Nominated Paper of Best Presentation
"Regulation of gene expression in hypertrophic chondrocytes”: 5th Research Postgraduate Symposium, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement | |
| 2007-06-01 | Linkage analysis on familial early-onset degenerative disc disease.: Best Poster Award. 34th Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Hong Kong. | Research Achievement | |
ZHANG, Mei CHU, Kit Hang Szeto, YY | 2010-05-15 | Best Poster Award: ~/Sox10~~ mutation affects gliogenesis of the cochleo-vestibular ganglion: 2010 Hong Kong Inter-University Biochemistry Postgraduate Symposium, 15 May 2010 | Research Achievement |
ZHANG, Mei CHU, Kit Hang Szeto, YY | 2010-06-20 | Best Poster Award: Sox10 mutation affects cochleo-vestibular ganglion gliogenesis: 43rd Annual Meeting for the Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists, Kyoto, Japan, 20-23 June, 2010. | Research Achievement |
ZHANG, Mei CHU, Kit Hang Szeto, YY | 2011-06-11 | Best Poster Award: Sox10 is essential for inner ear gangliogenesis.: 2011 Hong Kong Inter-University Biochemistry Postgraduate Symposium, June 11, 2011 | Research Achievement |
Szeto, YY Zhang, M Chu, KH | 2012-06-09 | Best Poster Award: Sox10 is essential for neural crest invasion in cochleo-vastibular ganglion.: 2012 Inter-University Postgraduate Symposium on Life Science, HKUST, Hong Kong, 9 June 2012. | Research Achievement |
Kao, PYP | 2013-11-01 | AR Hodgson Award - Prediction of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Chinese: Findings from a Genome-wide Association Study: 33rd Annual Congress of The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association | Research Achievement |
LI, Yan | 2014-05-15 | Best Short Talk Award: World Forum for Spine Research - Intervertebral Disc - from Degeneration to Therapeutic Motion Preservation, Xian, PR China, May 15-17, 2014 | Research Achievement |
| 2014-12-01 | 2014 Prize for Best Original Research by Trainees (Gold Medal): Genetic Predisposition of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Chinese: ?A Genome-wide Association Study: Hong Kong Academy of Medicine | Research Achievement | |
Leong, JCY Jim, JJT | 2003-05-13 | Association of lumbar disc degeneration with type IX collagen polymorphisms in Chinese: Best Paper Award: 30th Annual Meeting of ISSLS, Vancouver, Canada, May 13-17, 2003 | Research Achievement |
Lovell-Badge, RH Tang, ASP Pelling, AL | 2005-04-01 | Sox2 is required for sensory organ development in the inner ear. Won by postdoc A. Pelling (supervised by KC): Immunogenetics ISSN: 0093-7711 ; eISSN: 1432-1211 | Research Achievement |
Tang, ASP Pelling, AL | 2006-12-01 | Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award: Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement |
TANG, Ling Fung Tang, AYB | 2006-10-01 | Identification of a genetic modifier of CHD in Type IIA procollagen deficient mutant mice: Travel Award. The 7th International Conferernce on Systems Biology. Japan | Research Achievement |
Ng, VCW Chan, WCW | 2007-10-28 | Molecular Basis For Growth Plate Abnormalities In A Mouse Model With Schmid Metaphyseal Chondrodyplasia: Best Poster Award, 7th Pan Pacific Connective Tissue Societies Symposium 2007 - Shangri-La Resort, Cairns, Australia | Research Achievement |
Leong, JCY | 2007-06-10 | Linkage analysis on familial early-onset degenerative disc disease: Best Poster Award, 34th Annual Meeting of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, June 10-14, 2007 | Research Achievement |
Lau, CP Dung, WF Chan, WCW Zhang, JCL | 2008-06-08 | Functional analysis of SM22β by targeted gene deletion in mice.: ACGA-HKSMG International Conference on Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Hong Kong. June 8-11, 2008. | Research Achievement |
Tsang, KY Wang, C | 2009-06-01 | Best Poster:
the Roles Of Chop And Gadd34 In The Adaptation Of Hypertrophic Chondrocytes To Er Stress: Gordon Conference (cartilage Biology & Pathology) | Research Achievement |
Hu, J | 2010-10-01 | A mutation in Ihh that causes digit abnormalities alters its signalling capacity and range: Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement |
TAN, Zhijia Melhado, IG Tsang, KY Niu, B | 2011-03-06 | Best Poster Prize: Integration of Factors and Pathways facilitating Chondrocyte Adaptation to ER Stress.: Gordon Conference: Cartilage Biology and Pathology, Ventura, U.S. March 6-11, 2011. | Research Achievement |
Tang, HC YANG, Liu Tsang, KY | 2011-03-01 | Best Poster Prize: Lineage reprogramming of hypertrophic chondrocytes in vivo: Gordon Research Conference on Cartilage Biology & Pathology 2011 | Research Achievement |
Tsang, KY Wang, C Tan, Z | 2012-06-11 | (The Best Poster Award) The role of PERK pathway in adaptation of hypertrophic condrocytes to ER stress: Cold Spring Harbor Asia Meeting on " Bone and Cartilage: from Development to Human Diseases, Suzhou, China, 11-15 June, 2012. | Research Achievement |
CHAN, Cheuk Wing Wilson FENG, Chen | 2013-04-01 | Best Poster Award (poster entitled "Descendents of Lgr5-expressing interzone cells are localized to the superficial layer of the articular cartilage"): Gordon Research Conference 2013: Cartilage Biology & Pathology - Formation, Structure, Function, and Regeneration | Research Achievement |
Li, YY Yeung, CW Diao, H Yuan, M | 2013-10-01 | SYIS-AP Best Oral Presentation Merit: TERMIS-AP Shanghai & Wuzhen, China. October 23-26, 2013 | Research Achievement |
Chan, WCW | 2013-11-01 | Best Oral Presentation (Differentiation and Migration of Endplate Chondrocytes Contribute to the Inner Annulus Fibrosus in
Normal and Degenerative Intervertebral Discs): 9th Pan Pacific Connective Tissue societies Symposium 2014 | Research Achievement |
Hui, CC WEN, Songjia Tan, Z | 2014-12-01 | Poster Presentation Award "Functional Roles for Irx3 and Irx5 in Skeletal Development": 19th Research Postgraduate Symposium, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, December 10 & 11, 2014. | Research Achievement |
Tsang, KY | 2016-04-01 | Wiley Blackwell Prize 2016: Development, Growth & Differentiation, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | Research Achievement |
Cheung, MPL Wu, MH Niu, B Hui, MN | 2017-10-01 | Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award: Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement |
Tan, Z | 2017-04-01 | Best Poster Presentation Award "Synergistic co-regulation and competition underlies a SOX9-GLI- FOXA phasic transcriptional network that coordinates growth plate chondrocyte differentiation ": Gordon Research Seminar (Cartilage Biology and Pathology) Comprehending Cartilage Formation, Function and Failure for Improving Joint Health, April 1 - 2, 2017 Lucca (Barga), Italy. | Research Achievement |
GUO, Shuang | 2018-12-01 | Poster Presentation Prize “Single cell analyses of human intervertebral discs implicate HOPX as a regulator of homeostasis”: Research Day, School of Biomedical Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, December 14, 2018. | Research Achievement |
CHU, Tsz Long | 2016-12-01 | Best Oral Presentation Award “MMP14 Regulates Lineage Progression of Hypertrophic Chondrocyte”: 21st Research Postgraduate Symposium, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, December 10 & 11, 2016. | Research Achievement |
LEUNG, Yu Leong | 2000-12-01 | Nominated Paper of Best Presentation: 5th Research Postgraduate Symposium | Research Achievement |
| 2006-09-01 | Sox2 is required for sensory organ development in the mammalian inner ear: 2006 Research Output Prize, LSF Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement | |
TANG, Ling Fung | 2008-09-01 | Mapping a genetic modifier for heart defects in Type IIA procollagen deficient mutant mice: Best Poster,New Developments in Quantitative Molecular Bioscience,Greece, 10-17 September, 2008 | Research Achievement |
Professional Societies
| Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
|---|---|---|
| 2012- 2018 | Elected Board of Directors | International Society of Differentiation |
| 2012- | Member | Gordon Research Conferences – Hong Kong Advisory Board |
| 2019-2025 | Member | Gordon Research Conferences Board of Trustees Conference Evaluation Committee |
| 1998- | Member | Human Genome Organization |
| 1998- and *2004-2006 and #2006-2008 | Member, *Council Member, #Elected President | International Society for Matrix Biology |
| 2006-2008 | President | International Society of Molecular Biology |
| 2005- | HK representative and member | Asia Pacific Developmental Biology Network |
| 1997- | Founding Member | Asia Pacific International Molecular Biology network |
| 2005- | Member, HK representative | ISDB (International Society of Developmental Biology |
| 1998- | Member | Americal Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| 1980 | Member | British Society for matrix Biology |
| 1998- | Member | The Genetical Society |
| 2004-2013 | Founding President | Hong Kong Society for Developmental Biology |
| 1976-2006 | member | Biochemical Society |
| 1997- | Member | British Society for Developmental Biology |
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Area of Expertise:
| Area of Expertise (EN) | Area of Expertise (ZH) |
|---|---|
| Molecular biology | |
| Functional genomics | |
| Skeletal biology | |
| Developmental genetics |
Spoken Languages:
| Spoken Language(s) (EN) | Spoken Language(s) (ZH) |
|---|---|
| English | 英語 |
| Hokkien | 閩南語 |
| Malay | 馬來語 |
| Cantonese | 粵語 |
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