Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1995

R E S E A R C H CUHK to Collaborate with UK Universities on Six Research Projects The UK/HK Joint Research Scheme was established in 1991 by the British Council and the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong to promote cooperation in research between institutions of higher education in the UK and Hong Kong. This year, six research projects proposed by teaching members of the University have been selected for funding under the scheme. They are: • The Transition to Uncertainty.... The Effects of the Return to the PRC on Personal Relationships in Hong Kong' • Researcher: Dr. Catherine S. K. Tang, Department of Psychology • Partner Institution: University of Bristol • Grant: £6,320 • 'Cloning and Analysis of the Promoters of Human Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 α and 3β (GSK-3 α and 3β) Encoding Genes' • Researcher: Dr. P. C. Shaw, Department of Biochemistry • Partner Institution: University of London • Grant: £6,355.93 • 'Evaluation and Characterization of the Antioxidant Potential of Edible Mushrooms and Mushroom Products for Use in Dietary Repression of Cellular Sensitivity to Ionizing Radiation and to Oxidative DNA Damage' • Researcher: Dr. J. A. Buswell, Department of Biology • Partner Institution: University of Ulster • Grant: £5,54237 • 'Interactions between Autonomic Signal Transduction Pathways in Epithelial Cells' • Researcher: Dr. Ko Wing Hung, Department of Physiology • Partner Institution: University of Glasgow • Grant: £6,291.53 • 'Embryonic Development of the Birth Defect Sacral Agenesis' • Researcher: Dr. Alisa S. W. Shum, Department of Anatomy • Partner Institution: University of London • Grant: £5,706.10 • 'Physics of Quantum Dots' • Researcher: Dr. Hui Pak Ming, Department of Physics • Partner Institution: University of Oxford • Grant: £4,808.98 RGC Conference Grants f or Three Projects The University was recently awarded HK$100,000 by the Research Grants Council (RGC) to organize three conferences/ seminars for postgraduate students. They are: • 'Geoinformatics '95, Hong Kong: RS, GIS and GPS in Sustainable Development and Environmental Monitoring' • Grant: $32,800 • 'Winter School on Iterative Methods in Scientific Computing and Their Applications' • Grant: $34,600 • 'Application of Novel Polymerase Chain Reaction DNA/RNA Finger-printing Technology in Biological and Medical Research' • Grant: $32,600 The grants are intended to cover the actual costs of inviting eminent scholars from overseas to attend and speak at the three conferences/seminars. Research 14