FUNG Ming Chiu Education 1985 PhD (Molecular Biology), The Australian National University, Australia 1980 MPhil (Biology), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 1978 BSc (Biology), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Position 2002 Professor (Dept of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) 1992-2002 Associate Professor (Dept of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) 1988-1992 Research Fellow (Molecular Haematology Group and Medical Molecular Biology Group, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University) 1986-1988 Research Associate (Department of Virology and Epidemidology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA)

Discovery of a new drug for treating beta-haemoglobinopathies such as beta-thalassemia and sickle cell anemia (Patent pending, USA) Development of a multi-epitopic DNA vaccine against Toxoplasma gondii (Patent pending, China) Host-parasite immunology of Schistosoma japonicum Cercariae stage specific antigens Molecular analysis of the acetylcholinesterase and phophatidylinositol glycan-class N, potential drug targets Immunological studies of the anti-inflammatory protein – Sj16