生物醫藥技術全國重點實驗室
（香港大學）
State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
（The University of Hong Kong)
Students
Ms. Piaopiao HUANG
黃飄飄
PhD Student
Email: hpphkumed@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Mechanistic and therapeutic studies of metabolic and fibrotic diseases, with a specialized interests in MAFLD, diabetes and diabetic complications, and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF).
Biography:
Miss HUANG Piaopiao is currently a PhD student in the Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. She obtained her Master’s degree in Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) from Central South University in 2023, and her Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Medicine from Chongqing Medical University in 2020.
Ms. Qiuping WU
吳秋平
PhD Student
Email: qpwu@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Explore the influence of small molecule hormones on metabolic diseases
Biography:
Qiuping Wu is a PhD student at the University of Hong Kong. Her current research focuses on investigating the roles of novel small-molecule hormones in metabolic diseases. She obtained her Master’s degree from Shenzhen University between 2017 and 2020, where her research centered on exploring the potential effects of bioactive components derived from traditional Chinese medicine in Alzheimer’s disease.
Ms. Chenxin XU
徐晨鑫
PhD Student
Email: xuchenx@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Diabetes kidney disease
Biography:
Ms. Chenxin Xu is currently a PhD student at the Department of Medicine, the University of HongKong. Her work integrates cohort-driven omics analyses with wet-lab investigations using animal and cellular models to elucidate the mechanisms of diabetic kidney disease.
Mr. Xinyao YI
易鑫堯
PhD Student
Email: u3010095@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Cancer cachexia and discovery of novel anti-tumor targets
Biography:
Mr. YI Xinyao is currently a PhD student at the Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. He obtained his BEng from Hubei University of Technology and his MSc from Xi’an Jiaotong University. His research focuses on metabolic and immunological regulations in cancer and cancer-associated cachexia.
Ms. Yi Kai CHAN
陳怡佳
PhD Student
Email: dejachan@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Brown adipose tissue and mitochondria
Biography:
Deja received her Bachelor degree of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (major), and Chemistry (minor) from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Her current research focus centers on unveiling key players in shaping the specialty of brown adipose tissue and its residing mitochondria.
Mr. Jiaming WU
吳佳銘
PhD Student
Email: gamin@hku.hk
Field of Research:
Novel target discovery and drug development for clinical translational medicine in endocrinology and metabolism
Biography:
Mr. Wu Jiaming is currently a PhD student in the Department of Medicine at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. He obtained his MPhil degree in Medicine from Guangdong Pharmaceutical University and completed his MBBS degree in Chinese Medicine at Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine.
Ms. Yinghui CHEN
陳穎慧
PhD Student
Email: u3010556@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
The molecular mechanisms underlying pathological cardiac hypertrophy and diabetes-related metabolic cardiovascular diseases.
Biography:
Ms. Chen Yinghui is currently a PhD student in the Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. She received Master’s degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and was awarded the Shanghai Outstanding Graduate title. Her research focuses on cardiac developmental biology and cardiovascular diseases, particularly the molecular mechanisms underlying pathological cardiac hypertrophy and diabetes-related metabolic cardiovascular diseases. She has led the University Student Innovation Training Program (Project No. 2017A70319) and participated in multiple National Natural Science Foundation of China General Programs (Project Nos. 82170304, 82170232).
Mr. Qianxing HU
胡千行
PhD Student
Email: hqx44@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Amino Acid Metabolites and Metabolic Syndrome
Biography:
Mr. Qianxing Hu is currently a PhD student at the Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. He obtained his Master's degree from the State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Life Sciences, China Pharmaceutical University, under the supervision of Prof. Liang Jin. He received his Bachelor's degree from Jiangnan University. His research interests focus on metabolic diseases, with particular emphasis on amino acid metabolites, metabolic syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and pancreatic-related metabolic regulation.
Ms. Xin LI
李欣
PhD Student
Email: li1285@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
β-Klotho, hypercholesterolemia, cholesterol and bile acid metabolism.
Biography:
Ms. LI Xin is a PhD student in the Department of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong. Trained at Huazhong University of Science & Technology (M.S.) and Chongqing Medical University (B.S.), she now researches metabolic diseases, focusing on the critical link between cholesterol and bile acid metabolism. Her project centers on the hepatic β‑Klotho signaling pathway and its function in maintaining cholesterol homeostasis. By employing genetic and cellular models, she seeks to reveal new mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities for cardiometabolic diseases.
Ms. Jie LIU
劉潔
PhD Student
Email: liujie23@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
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Adipokines in glucose metabolism and insulin resistance.
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Mesenchymal stem cell fate determination in bone metabolism.
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Stem cell-derived functional cells for disease modeling and regenerative therapy, including hepatocytes, cardiomyocytes, pancreatic islets, osteoblasts, and adipocytes.
Biography:
Ms. Liu Jie is currently a PhD student at the University of Hong Kong, focusing on adipokine biology and metabolic diseases. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering from Changsha University in China (2017) and her Master of Medicine in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine from Central South University in China (2020).
Mr. Peng LIAO
廖鵬
PhD Student
Email: liao.peng@outlook.com
Field of Research:
Bone homeostasis, muscle metabolism
Biography:
Mr. LIAO Peng obtained his master’s degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2022. He joined SKLPB in 2024. Now, his studies focus on FGF23-regulated bone homeostasis and muscle metabolism.
Ms. Siu Wa CHUI
徐韶華
PhD Student
Email: zarachui@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Bioinformatics, MASLD, metabolic diseases, multi-omics, antibodies
Biography:
Zara Chui is currently a PhD student at the State Key Lab of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, The University of Hong Kong under the full support of the HKU-Presidential Scholarship (HKU-PS), Butterfield Croucher Studentship and the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences at the University of Hong Kong in 2024, and was awarded with Innovation and Technology Scholarship and Undergraduate Research Fellowship. She has secured multiple research grants and played a substantive role in patent filings related to her translational work.
Ms. Xiaobing LU
盧曉冰
Email: luxb1670@connect.hku.hk
PhD Student
Field of Research:
The crosstalk between metabolism and inflammation
Biography:
Ms. Xiaobing Lu earned her Bachelor of Medicine in Clinical Medicine from Shenzhen University and her Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. She is currently a Ph.D. student at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. Her doctoral research focuses on the crosstalk between metabolism and inflammation, with a particular interest in deciphering the immune-signaling pathways that drive metaflammation in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)
Ms. Siu Wa CHUI
刘泽润
PhD Student
Email: zarachui@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
MASLD, MASH
Biography:
Liu Zerun received her Bachelor of Clinical Pharmacy degree at Jilin University in 2022. Then, she obtained her Master of Clinical Pharmacy degree at Central South University in 2025. In the same year, she joined Department of Medicine. University of Hong Kong (HKU) as a PhD student.
Mr. Junlin LENG
冷俊霖
Mphil Student
Email: lengjunlin@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
1. Role of Arginine in hepatic metabolic activities.
2. Utilizing public database to construct models for disease prediction, biomarker identification, and pathway analysis.
Biography:
From 2020-2024, Leng Junlin received BSc in Bioinformatics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen .During undergraduate study in CUHKSZ, served as a Research Assistant in the Nobel Lab - Warshell institute of Computational Biology, specialized in developing computational models for drug repurposing to address oncology drug resistance.Starting from 2024, works as Mphil student in Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (Affiliated with the State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology).
Ms. Yanxian ZHU
朱燕嫻
MPhil Student
Email: zhuyanxian@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Metabolic diseases
Biography:
Ms. ZHU’s research interests focus on metabolic diseases, with particular emphasis on proteomics and translational clinical research. She aim to integrate clinical research methodologies with proteomics to better understand metabolic disease mechanisms and improve risk prediction and prevention strategies.
Mr. Zhongheng SUI
眭鐘恒
Mphil Student
Email: suizhongheng@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Cardiology, Endocrinology
Biography:
Mr. Sui obtained his Master’s degree in Anesthesiology from Xuzhou Medical University, China and has four years of experience as a research assistant. In 2023, he joined the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong and now is an MPhil student. His research focuses on the pathological mechanisms of cardiovascular and endocrine diseases.
Ms. CHEN Bingbing, Elise
陳冰冰
MPhil Student
Email: elise.chen@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease
Biography:
Elise is currently a MPhil student with over three years of experience in the fields of prebiotics and veterinary medicine. She specializes in wet-lab bio experiments and maintains a strong research interest in carbohydrate-lipid metabolism. In her free time, she enjoys swimming and other outdoor activities.
Ms. YAO Yuxuan
姚雨萱
Mphil Student
Email: yuxuanyao@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Metabolic regulation of energy balance and obesity
Biography:
Yao Yuxuan received her Bachelor’s degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, where she conducted undergraduate research on B cell antibody class switching in immunology. Her current research focuses on how dietary patterns and dynamic changes in nutrient availability regulate metabolic flexibility, energy balance, and obesity beyond caloric intake alone.
Ms. ZHANG Jianan
张嘉楠
MPhil Student
Field of Research:
Metabolic disease
Biography:
ZHANG Jianan is a Mphil student at The University of Hong Kong. She received her Bachelor’s degree of Clinical Medicine from Xi’an Jiaotong University. Working in State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology led by Prof. Amin XU, she is currently investigating novel mechanism of bone related metabolic diseases and their drug development using multiple models, including cell and mice.
Ms. ZHENG Yixuan
郑懿烜
Mphil Student
Email: zhengyxxx@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Obesity and metabolic diseases
Biography:
Zheng Yixuan is an MPhil student in the Department of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong. She is jointly supervised by Prof. Xu Aimin and Dr. Jin Leigang at the SKLPB. She holds a Master of Medicine from Xi’an Jiaotong University. Her research investigates the cardiometabolic benefits of lifestyle interventions.
Mr. ZHU Junyuan
朱骏原
MPhil Student
Email: zhujunyuan@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Obesity
Biography:
Mr. Zhu Junyuan Ian graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and received his Bachelor of Science degree in 2025. In the same year, he joined Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong (HKU) as a research student for his Master of Philosophy.
Ms. LI Qiqi
李绮琦
Mphil Student
Email: u3605761@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Development of recombinant protein expression systems and high-sensitivity assays for neurodegenerative disease research, with an emphasis on producing high-quality protein reagents for downstream applications. Advancing proximity extension technologies to enable sensitive and specific detection of Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers, aiming to enhance biomarker quantification and improve clinical diagnostics.
Biography:
Li Qiqi received her undergraduate degree from Queen Mary University of London and completed a Master’s degree at The University of Hong Kong. She is a researcher with expertise in recombinant protein expression and assay development for neurodegenerative disease research. She works with the Expicho expression system to express and optimize recombinant proteins for various experimental and analytical applications. In addition, Li Qiqi develops proximity extension technologies dedicated to the sensitive detection and characterization of Alzheimer’s disease related targets.
Ms. HUANG Xiaowen
黄晓雯
PhD Student
Email: u3009117@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Vascular and Metabolic Disease
Biography:
Ms. Huang Xiaowen obtained her Bachelor’s degree from Jinan University and Master’s degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. She is now a PhD student at Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, the University of Hong Kong.
Ms. XIANG Minqi
香敏琪
PhD Student
Email: u3012045@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Liver lipid metabolism and liver injury
Biography:
Ms. Minqi Xiang is a PhD student in the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong. With a background in clinical research (M.S. in Internal Medicine, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University), she now investigates the molecular and pharmacological mechanisms of metabolic diseases, such as obesity, dysregulated hepatic lipid metabolism.
Ms. JIANG Yaorun, Violet
蒋瑶润
Mphil Student
Email: violetjiang@connect.hku.hk
Field of Research:
Metabolic related conditions (Type 2 disease)
Biography:
Violet obtained her Bachelor of Biomedicine from the University of Melbourne and completed her Bachelor of Science (Honours) at the University of Sydney. She conducted her honours research in the laboratory of Professor David E James, focusing on insulin-mediated suppression of lipolysis. She is currently an MPhil student in the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy at The University of Hong Kong, supervised by Dr. Amber Wu, Professor Ruby Hoo, and Professor Aimin Xu.
Ms. ZHANG Yuting
张雨婷
Mphil Student
Field of Research:
Iron metabolism
Biography:
Yuting Zhang Obtained Master of Science degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her research mainly focusing on Antibody prodution and anti-tumor studies. She is currently an MPhil student in the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy at The University of Hong Kong, supervised by Dr. Amber Wu and Professor Aimin Xu.
