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| Prof
Ka Hou CHU
Address: |
Rm 201A, Simon FS Li Marine Science Laboratory (MSL), CUHK (Off); |
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Rm 201,
Simon FS Li Marine Science Laboratory (MSL), CUHK (Lab) |
| Phone: |
(852)
2609-6772 (Off); |
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(852)
2609-6775 (Lab) |
| Fax: |
(852)
2603-5391 |
| E-mail: |
kahouchu@cuhk.edu.hk |
| Education |
| 1984 |
PhD
(Biological Oceanography), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
/ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography,
USA |
| 1976 |
AB
(Biological Sciences, with specialisation in Marine Biology),
University of California at Berkeley, USA
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| Employment |
1998-present |
Professor
(Dept of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong) |
| 1995-1998 |
Associate
Professor (Dept of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong
Kong, Hong Kong) |
| 1984-1995 |
Lecturer
(Dept of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong) |
| 1984 |
Postdoctoral
Fellow (Dept of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, USA) |
| 1979-1980 |
Research
Assistant (Dept of Physiology, Harvard Medical School, USA) |
| 1979 |
Teaching
Fellow (Dept of Biology, Harvard University, USA) |
| Concurrent
Position |
| Director of Studies, Molecular Biotechnology Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Head,
Graduate Division of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong
Kong |
| Director,
Simon FS Li Marine Science Laboratory, The Chinese University
of Hong Kong |
| Member,
University Council, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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Member of Biology Panel,
Research Assessment Exercise 2006, University Grants Committee, HKSAR |
|
Honorary
Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University
of Hong Kong |
Honorary
Professor, Shanghai Fisheries University, China |
Adjunct
Professor, Xiamen University, China |
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Adjunct
Professor, Jimei University, Xiamen, China |
| Visiting
Scientist, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese
Academy of Sciences |
| Scientific Advisor,
International Foundation for Science, Sweden |
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Member,
Editorial Board of the Journal Marine Biotechnology |
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Council
Member, The Chinese Crustacean Society |
| Awards |
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Research Excellence Award (2007-2008), The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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Exemplary Teaching Award (2004-2005), Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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| Professional
Activities |
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Institutions with Research Collaboration: |
| CSIRO
Division of Livestock Industries, Australia |
| Institute
of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Jimei
University, China |
| National
Taiwan University |
| National
Taiwan Ocean University |
| National University of Singapore |
| Queensland
University of Technology |
| Pennsylvania State University |
| Biodiversity Research
Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan |
| South China Sea Institute of Fisheries Science, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science |
| University
of California at Davis, USA |
| University
of Hong Kong |
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Membership in the following Professional
Organizations: |
| Asian
Fisheries Society |
| Asia-Pacific
Society of Marine Biotechnology |
| The
Chinese Crustacean Society (Council member, 2004 - present) |
| The Crustacean Society |
| Marine
Biological Association of Hong Kong (Council member, 1993-1995) |
| Phi
Beta Kappa, Honorary Society for Arts and Sciences, USA |
| Sigma
Xi (MIT Chapter), The Scientific Research Society, USA |
| Society
for Integrative and Comparative Biology |
| World
Aquaculture Society (Charter member of the Southeast Asia Chapter) |
| Organization
of a series of symposia on marine biology and biotechnology,
including |
| 2004 |
Symposium
on Marine Biology and Biotechnology
Keynote speakers: Dr John Benzie, University of New South
Wales and Dr Bruria Funkenstein, Israel Oceanographic &
Limnological Research
(Sponsored by the Croucher Foundation, Hong Kong and New Asia
College)
|
| 2001 |
Postgraduate
Conference on Marine Biology and Biotechnology
Keynote speaker: Prof Thomas Chen, University of Connecticut
(Sponsored by the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund, Hong Kong
and New Asia College) |
| 1999 |
Mini-Symposium
on Aquacultural Biotechnology
Keynote speaker: Prof Stephen Moore, University of Alberta
(Sponsored by New Asia College, CUHK, in cerebration of the
50th Anniversary of the College) |
| 1997 |
Mini-Symposium
on the Applications of Biotechnology in Mariculture
Keynote speaker: Prof Daniel Morse, University of California
at Santa Barbara
(Sponsored by New Asia College, CUHK) |
| Research
Interests |
| 1. |
Molecular
marine biology and biotechnology |
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a) Molecular
systematics and ecology |
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b) Molecular
and immunological studies on seafood allergy |
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c) Shrimp
genomics |
| 2. |
Biology
of crustaceans |
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a) Larval
development, growth and reproduction |
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b) Fisheries,
aquaculture and pollution biology |
| Representative
Publications |
| 1. |
Tsang, L.M., Chan, B.K.K., Ma, K.Y and Chu, K.H. (2008) Genetic differentiation, hybridization and adaptive significance in two subspecies of the acorn barnacle, Tetraclita japonica, in NW Pacific. Molecular Ecology 17: 4136-4148. |
| 2. |
Cheang, C.C., Chu, K.H. and Ang, P. (2008) Morphological and genetic variations in the populations of Sargassum hemiphyllum (Phaeophyceae) in the northwestern Pacific. Journal of Phycology 44: 855-865. |
| 3. |
Tsang, L.M., Chan, B.K.K., Wu, T.H., Ng, W.C., Chatterjee, T., Williams, G.A., and Chu, K.H. (2008) Population differentiation of the barnacle Chthamalus malayensis: postglacial colonization and recent connectivity across Pacific and Indian Oceans. Marine Ecology Progress Series 364: 107-118. |
| 4. |
Leung, P.S.C., Lee, Y.S., Tang, C.Y., Kung, W.Y., Chuang, Y.H., Chiang, B.-L., Fung, M.C. and Chu, K.H. (2008) Induction of shrimp tropomyosin specific hypersensitivity in mice. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology 147: 305-314. |
| 5. |
Tsang, L.M., Ma, K.Y., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.Y. and Chu, K.H. (2008) Phylogeny of Decapoda using two nuclear protein-coding genes: Origin and evolution of the Reptantia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 359-368. |
| 6. |
Wu, L.T. and Chu, K.H. (2008) Characterization of heat shock protein 90 in the shrimp Metapenaeus ensis: evidence for its role in the
regulation of vitellogenesis. Molecular Reproduction and Development 75: 752-759 . |
| 7. |
Lo, T.S., Cui, Z.X., Mong, L.Y., Wong, W.L., Chan, S.M., Kwan, H.S. and Chu, K.H. (2007) Molecular coordinated regulation of gene expression during ovarian development in the penaeid shrimp. Marine Biotechnology 9: 459-468. |
| 8. |
Chan, B.K.K., Tsang, L.M. and Chu, K.H. (2007) Morphological and genetic differentiation of the acorn barnacle Tetraclita squamosa (Crustacea: Cirripedia) in East Asia and description of a new species of Tetraclita. Zoologica Scripta 36: 79-91.
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| 9. |
Tsoi, K.H., Chan, T.Y. and Chu, K.H. (2007) Molecular population structure of the kuruma shrimp Penaeus japonicus species complex in western Pacific. Marine Biology 150: 1345-1364.
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| 10. |
Chu, K.H., Li, C.P. and Qi, J. (2006) Ribosomal RNA as molecular barcodes: A simple correlation analysis without sequence alignment. Bioinformatics 22: 1690-1701. |
| 11. |
Chu,
K. H.,
Qi, J., Yu, Z.G. and Anh, V. (2004) Origin and phylogeny of
chloroplasts revealed by a simple correlation analysis of complete genomes.
Molecular Biology and Evolution 21: 70-76. |
| 12. |
Lavery,
S., Chan, T.Y., Tam, Y.K. and Chu, K.H.
(2004) Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history
of the shrimp genus Penaeus s.l. derived from mitochondrial
DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 39-49. |
Recent
Review Papers |
| 1. |
Chu, K.H., Tang, C.Y., Wu, A. and Leung P.S.C. (2005) Seafood allergy: lessons from clinical symptoms, immunological mechanisms and molecular biology. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology 97: 205-235. |
2. |
Chan,
S.M., Gu, P.L., Chu, K.H. and
Tobe, S.S. (2003) Crustacean neuropeptide genes of the CHH/MIH/GIH family:
implcations from molecular studies. General and Comparative
Endocrinology 134:214-219. |
3. |
Tong,
J. and Chu, K.H. (2002) Genome
mapping in aquatic animals: Progress and future perspectives.
Russian Journal of Genetics 38: 612-621. |
| Major
Research Grants |
| Research
Grants Council (RGC) Earmarked Grants |
| 2009-2010 |
Molecular Population Structure of Two Commercially Important Groupers in the Indo-Pacific (Co-investigator) |
| 2005-2008 |
Tropical Intertidal Community Structure: The Role of Supply-side Ecology along the South China Coast (Co-investigator) |
| 2005-2007 |
Phylogeography and Population Structure of the Loliginid Squids Uroteuthis (Photololigo) edulis and U. (P.) chinensis in the South China Sea (Co-investigator) |
| 2004-2008 |
Molecular Barcodes of Decapod Crustaceans: The Development of a DNA-based Taxonomic Identification System |
| 2003-2007 |
Gene
Expression in Ovarian Maturation of Penaeid Shrimp |
| 2002-2005 |
Development
of an Animal Model of Shrimp Allergy |
| 2001-2005 |
Molecular
Population Structure of Penaeid Shrimp in the Indo-West Pacific |
| 2000-2003 |
Isolation,
Characterization, and Molecular Cloning of the Androgenic
Hormone of the Mud Crab Scylla spp: Development of
Monosex Crab Aquaculture |
| 1999-2002 |
Evolutionary
and Population Genetics of the Mitten Crabs, Eriocheir
spp. |
| 1998-2001 |
Development
of Molecular Markers for Genome Mapping in Penaeid Shrimp |
| 1997-2000 |
Molecular
Studies on Shellfish Allergens: Cloning, Expression and Immunological
Responses |
| 1996-1999 |
Evolutionary
and Population Genetics of Penaeid Shrimp in the Indo-West
Pacific: Allozyme and Mitochondrial DNA Analyses |
| 1994-1997 |
Fisheries
Biology and Population Genetics of Brachyuran Crabs in the
Zhujiang Estuary |
Croucher
Foundation Research Funds |
| 1994-1996 |
Molecular
Cloning and Expression of Crustacean Allergens |
| 1991-1994 |
Diversity,
Distribution and Production of Penaeid Shrimp in the Zhujiang
River Estuary |
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