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Hong-Yi Gong Lab
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Statement of Research Interest
Current research activities in my laboratory focus on the following areas:
(1) Functional genomics approach to study regulatory mechanism of growth factors and transcription factors involved in the growth of teleosts; (2) Establishment of functional genes as molecular markers of breeding to improve broodstock of the grouper and tilapia for growth promotion and disease-resistance; (3) Development of muscle-specific promoter/enhancer applied in transgenic fish to study functional genes in fish muscle growth and regeneration and to use fish muscle as bioreactor to produce interested proteins; (4) Zebrafish as an animal model to investigate molecular mechanisms of liver development and human liver diseases from steatosis to liver cancers.
(1) Functional genomics approach to study regulatory mechanism of growth factors and transcription factors involved in the growth of teleosts; (2) Establishment of functional genes as molecular markers of breeding to improve broodstock of the grouper and tilapia for growth promotion and disease-resistance; (3) Development of muscle-specific promoter/enhancer applied in transgenic fish to study functional genes in fish muscle growth and regeneration and to use fish muscle as bioreactor to produce interested proteins; (4) Zebrafish as an animal model to investigate molecular mechanisms of liver development and human liver diseases from steatosis to liver cancers.
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