In Oct., 2014, Hong Kong Baptist University established a research centre for Parkinsons disease. It is located in 807 Room in the Jockey Club School of Chinese
Medicine Building and was named as the "Mr. and Mrs. Ko Chi Ming Centre for Parkinsons Disease Research (CPDR) ". the aim of the research centre is to integrate clinical, basic and translational research, to advance the
investigation and analysis on pathogenic factors of
neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinsons Diseases (PD) and to discover the novel agents from Chinese
medicine for the prevention and treatment of
neurodegenerative diseases. There are 3 membersadministration committee; Prof. Min Li who is the director of the research institute, Prof. Zhaoxiang Bian- chair professor of Chinese meicine and Dr. Juxian Song- research assistant professor. The advisory committee consists of 7 members and the academic committe is presided by 8 members. Mr. and Mrs. Ko Chi Ming Centre for Parkinsons Disease Research (CPDR) has collaborated with a number of professor and their lab to bring on table some of the significant researches. Some of the collaborations are: Prof. Andrea BALLABIO: Telethon Institute of
Genetics and
Medicine (TIGEM), Prof. Zong-Wei CAI: Department of Chemistry, Science Faculty, Hong Kong Baptist University, Prof. Sookja K. CHUNG: Department of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Prof. Omar M. A. El-AGNAF: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of
Medicine and
Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Prof. Shinya GOTO: Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan etc. Mr. and Mrs. Ko Chi Ming Centre for Parkinsons Disease Research (CPDR) has published a number of
articles in some of the prestigious
journals in the field like: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Chinese
Medicine (Di-Tan Decoction) in Alzheimer’s disease”. J.
Alzheimer Dis. & Parkins., “An novel TFEB activator promotes autophagy and lysosomal
biogenesis in rat
brain independent of mTOR inhibition”. Autophagy 2016, “Urinary Metabolomics Reveals Alterations of Aromatic Amino Acid Metabolism of
Alzheimers Disease in the Transgenic CRND8 Mice”. Curr.
Alzheimer Res. 2016, “A study in general education: How a field trip for Chinese tea tasting motivates students’ learning”, Inter.J.Hum. Soc. Sci. & Edu. 2016, “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy(3rd edition)”. Autophagy 2016
Last Updated on: Sep 24, 2024