BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY COMING OF AGE

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY COMING OF AGE

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CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IN HONG KONG: PAST AND FUTURE

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RESEARCH ARTICLES

Chapter 1: CALPAINS-MEDIATED PTEN CLEAVAGE IN EXCITOTOXIC NEURONAL DEATH

ABSTRACT

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHOD

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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Chapter 2: NUDCD2 IS OVEREXPRESSED IN HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA AND IS INVOLVED IN NUCLEAR DIVISION

ABSTRACT

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS

CONCLUSION

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Chapter 3: GENOTYPE ANALYSES USING SNP (USING MALDI-TOF MASS SPECTROMETRY) AND STR (MICROSATELLITE) MARKERS IN THE DETERMINATION OF ZYGOSITY STATUS OF CHINESE TWINS

ABSTRACT

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

ACKOWLEDGMENT

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Chapter 4: THE DYSLEXIA CANDIDATE GENE KIAA0319L ENCODES N-GLYCOSYLATED ISOFORMS THAT FORM HOMO-DIMERS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

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Chapter 5: IDENTIFICATION OF FEED FORWARD LOOPS COMPOSED OF MICRORNAS AND TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS IN ARABIDOPSIS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

EXPERIMENTAL SECTION

RESULT AND DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

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Chapter 6: PROTEOMIC PROFILING OF 6-HYDROXYDOPAMINE TREATED ZEBRAFISH USING ITRAQ-2D LC-MS/MS ANALYSIS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Chapter 7: USING SYNTHETIC LETHALITY IN THE TARGETED TREATMENT OF HUMAN CANCERS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

SYNTHETIC LETHALITY IN HUMAN CANCER - A SIMPLE EXAMPLE

MOVING BEYOND INDIVIDUAL INTERACTIONS - LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS FOR SYNTHETIC LETHALITY

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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BRIEF REPORT

Chapter 8: SANFILIPPO SYNDROME: IDENTIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF A CRYPTIC SPLICE SITE IN ΑLPHA-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE CDNA FOR POTENTIAL IMPROVED EXPRESSION AND ENZYMERE PLACEMENT THERAPY

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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REVIEW

Chapter 9: COMPARISONS OF EEG/QEEG NORMATIVE DATABASES AND REVIEW OF STUDIES OF NEUROFEEDBACK FOR DYSLEXIA

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF DYSLEXIA

BRAIN ABNORMALITIES

THEORIES OF DYSLEXIA

DYSLEXIA IN CHINESE

NEUROFEEDBACK

CONSIDERATIONS IN SELECTING A NORMATIVE EEG/QEEG DATABASE

TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS

ANALYSIS TOOLS AVAILABILITY

STATISTIC INFORMATION

COMPARISONS OF NORMATIVE EEG/QEEG DATABASES

SUMMARY

REVIEW OF STUDIES OF NEUROFEEDBACK FOR DYSLEXIA

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

APPENDIX

APPENDIX 1 – STERMAN-KAISER IMAGING LABORATORY

APPENDIX 2 – HBIMED AG

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NEWS

Chapter 10: CONFERENCE REPORT OF 2010 INTER-UNIVERSITY POST-GRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Chapter 11: LAUNCHING THEME-BASED RESEARCH IN HONG KONG

Chapter 12: CONFERENCE REPORT OF 2011 HONG KONG INTER-UNIVERSITY BIOCHEMISTRY POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

PERSPECTIVES

Chapter 13: CHAOS THEORY IN ASTROPHYSICS, NATURE, GENETICS, AND HUMAN CANCER

ABSTRACT

I. INTRODUCTION

II. BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER

CONCLUSION

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PATHS TO SUCCESS

Chapter 14: FORGET ABOUT COMPETITION AND STRIKE FOR THE BEST

Chapter 15: THE PRICELESS GIFT FROM RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTS

Chapter 16: CRAVE FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND STEP FORWARD

Chapter 17: TRY HARD, AND CURIOSITY WILL LEAD TO SUCCESS

Chapter 18: BACK TO THE ROAD TO RESEARCH

APPENDIX: SELECTED ABSTRACTS FROM THE 2010 INTER-UNIVERSITY POST-GRADUATE SYMPOSIUM HELD IN HONG KONG

GLOBAL GENE EXPRESSION CHANGES DURING CHONDROCYTE ADAPTATION TO ER STRESS

GENETIC ANALYSIS OF ZEBRAFISH HEMATOPOIESIS-DEFECTIVE MUTANT THY-193

STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF INFLUENZA H5N1 NUCLEOPROTEIN REVEALS AMINO ACIDS THAT ARE CRUCIAL FOR OLIGOMERIZATION, RNA BINDING AND RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ACTIVITIES

STRUCTURAL BASIS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE USH1 INTERACTOME

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