Research Publications - 2021 Quarter 2

 

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From April to June 2021, Hong Kong Branch funded projects have published 27 SCI research articles.

  1. Suspended solids-associated toxicity of Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback and Produced Water on early life stages of zebrafish (Danio rerio)
    Author(s): Yichun Lu, Yifeng Zhang, Cheng Zhong, Jonathan W. Martin, Daniel S. Alessi, Greg G. Goss, Yuan Ren, Yuhe He*
    Source: Environmental Pollution, v. 287, October 2021, 117614
     
  2. Integrated transcriptomics and proteomics revealed the distinct toxicological effects of multi-metal contamination on oysters
    Author(s): Yunlong Li, Wen-Xiong Wang*
    Source: Environmental Pollution, v. 284, September 2021, 117533
     
  3. Copper promoting oyster larval growth and settlement: Molecular insights from RNA-seq
    Author(s): Yunlong Li, Karl Wah-Keung Tsim, Wen-XiongWang*
    Source: Science of The Total Environment, v. 784, August 2021, 147159
     
  4. First-Principles Mechanistic Study on Nitrate Reduction Reactions on Copper Surfaces: Effects of Crystal Facets and pH
    Author(s): YianWang, Xueping Qina, Minhua Shao*
    Source:Journal of Catalysis, v. 400, August 2021, p. 62-70
     
  5. Rapid external erosion of coral substrate in subtropical Hong Kong waters
    Author(s): Yip Hung Yeung1, James Y. Xie1, Yu Zhao, Hiu Yan Yu, Chong Chen, William Weijia Lu, Jian-WenQiu*
    Source: Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 169, August 2021, 112495
     
  6. Analyzing protein-protein interactions in rare cells using microbead-based single-molecule pulldown assay
    Author(s): Qirui Zhao, Yusheng Shen, Xiaofen Li, Fang Tian, Xiaojie Yu, Levent Yobas, Hyokeun Park, Yuanyuan Duan, Pingbo Huang*
    Source: Lab on a Chip, June 2021
     
  7. Maximizing the Catalytic Performance of Pd@ AuxPd1‐x Nanocubes in H2O2 Production by Reducing Shell Thickness to Increase Compositional Stability
    Author(s): Younan Xia*, Yu Zhang, Zhiheng Lyu, Zitao Chen, Shangqian Zhu, Yifeng Shi, Ruhui Chen, Minghao Xie, Yao Yao, Miaofang Chi, Minhua Shao
    Source: Angewandte Chemie, June 2021
  8. Unique interplay between Zn2+ and nZnO determined the dynamic cellular stress in zebrafish cells
    Author(s): Anqi Sun, Ben Zhong Tang, Karl Wah-Keung Tsim, Wen-Xiong Wang*
    Source: Environmental Science: Nano, June 2021
     
  9. Experimental techniques to assess coral physiology in situ under global and local stressors: current approaches and novel insights
    Author(s): Walter Dellisanti1, Jeffery T. H. Chung, Cher F. Y. Chow, Jiajun Wu, Mark L. Wells, Leo L. Chan*
    Source: Frontiers in Physiology, v. 12, June 2021, 656562
     
  10. Crystal structure of parallel G-quadruplex formed by the two-repeat ALS- and FTD-related GGGGCC sequence
    Author(s): Yanyan Geng, Changdong Liu, Qixu Cai, Zhipu Luo, Haitao Miao, Xiao Shi, Naining Xu, Chun Po Fung, To To Choy, Bing Yan, Ning Li, Peiyuan Qian*, Bo Zhou*, Guang Zhu*
    Source: FNucleic Acids Research, v. 49, (10), June 2021, p. 5881–5890
     
  11. Dating Alphaproteobacteria evolution with eukaryotic fossils
    Author(s): Sishuo Wang, Haiwei Luo*
    Source: Nature Communications, v. 12, June 2021, 3324
     
  12. Hong Kong's subtropical scleractinian coral communities: Baseline, environmental drivers and management implications
    Author(s): Yip Hung Yeung, James Y. Xie, Chun Kit Kwok, Keith Kei, Put Ang Jr, Leo Lai Chan, Walter Dellisanti, Chi Chiu Cheang, Wing Kuen Chow, Jian-Wen Qiu*
    Source: Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 167, June 2021, 112289
     
  13. Gamma4: a genetically versatile Gammaproteobacterial nifH phylotype that is widely distributed in the North Pacific Ocean
    Author(s): Shunyan Cheung, Jonathan P. Zehr, Xiaomin Xia, Chihiro Tsurumoto, Hisashi Endo, Shin-ichiro Nakaoka, Wingkwan Mak, Koji Suzuki*, Hongbin Liu*
    Source: Environmental Microbiology, May 2021
  14. Full‐depth scalings for isopycnal eddy mixing across continental slopes under upwelling‐favorable winds
    Author(s): Huaiyu Wei, Yan Wang*
    Source: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, v. 13, (6), May 2021, e2021MS002498
     
  15. NanoSIMS imaging of bioaccumulation and subcellular distribution of manganese during oyster gametogenesis
    Author(s): Nanyan Weng, Paul Guagliardo, Haibo Jiang*, and Wen-Xiong Wang*
    Source: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 55, (12), May 2021, p. 8223-8235
     
  16. Highly Dispersive Cerium Atoms on Carbon Nanowires as Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalysts for Zn–Air Batteries
    Author(s): Jin-Cheng Li, Xueping Qin, Fei Xiao, Caihong Liang, Mingjie Xu, Yu Meng, Erik Sarnello, Lingzhe Fang, Tao Li, Shichao Ding, Zhaoyuan Lyu, Shangqian Zhu, Xiaoqing Pan, Peng-Xiang Hou, Chang Liu*, Yuehe Lin*, and Minhua Shao*
    Source: Nano Letters, v. 21, (10), May 2021, p. 4508–4515
     
  17. Niche differences in co-occurring cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.)
    Author(s): Erika C. Johnston*, Alex S. J. Wyatt, James J. Leichter & Scott C. Burgess
    Source: Coral Reefs, May 2021
     
  18. In Situ DGT Sensing of Bioavailable Metal Fluxes to Improve Toxicity Predictions for Sediments
    Author(s): Minwei Xie*, Stuart L. Simpson*, Jianyin Huang, Peter R. Teasdale, Wen-Xiong Wang
    Source: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 55, (11), May 2021, p. 7355–7364
     
  19. Benzo[a]pyrene osteotoxicity and the regulatory roles of genetic and epigenetic factors: A review
    Author(s): Jiezhang Mo, Doris Wai-Ting Au, Jiahua Guo, Christoph Winkler, Richard Yuen-Chong Kong*, Frauke Seemann*
    Source: Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, May 2021, p. 1-39
     
  20. Distinct interaction effects of warming and anthropogenic input on diatoms and dinoflagellates in an urbanized estuarine ecosystem
    Author(s): Yan Yin Cheung, Shunyan Cheung*, Julian Mak, Kailin Liu, Xiaomin Xia, Xiaodong Zhang, Yingkit Yung, Hongbin Liu*
    Source: Global Change Biology, v. 27, (15), May 2021, p. 3463-3473
     
  21. From Reactive Oxygen Species to Reactive Brominating Species: Fenton Chemistry for Oxidative Bromination
    Author(s): Guodong Zhao, Eryu Wang, Rongbiao Tong*
    Source: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, v. 9, (17), April 2021, p. 6118-6125
     
  22. Recent Advances in Catalyst Structure and Composition Engineering Strategies for Regulating CO2 Electrochemical Reduction
    Author(s): Shangqian Zhu, Ernest Pahuyo Delmo, Tiehuai Li, Xueping Qin, Jian Tian, Lili Zhang, Minhua Shao*
    Source: Advanced Materials, April 2021, 2005484
     
  23. Molluscan phylogenomics requires strategically selected genomes
    Author(s): Julia D. Sigwart*, David R. Lindberg, Chong Chen, Jin Sun
    Source: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, v. 376, (1825), April 2021, 20200161
     
  24. Global Genome Mining Reveals a Cytochrome P450-Catalyzed Cyclization of Crownlike Cyclodipeptides with Neuroprotective Activity
    Author(s): Jessie James Limlingan Malit, Wenchao Liu, Aifang Cheng, Subhasish Saha, Ling-Li Liu*, Pei-Yuan Qian*
    Source: Organic Letters, April 2021
     
  25. Response diversity in corals: hidden differences in bleaching mortality among cryptic Pocillopora species
    Author(s): Scott C. Burgess*, Erika C. Johnston, Alex S. J. Wyatt, James J. Leichter, Peter J. Edmunds
    Source: Ecology, v. 102, (6), March 2021, e03324
     
  26. Target, nontarget, and suspect screening and temporal trends of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in marine mammals from the South China Sea
    Author(s): Qi Wang, Yuefei Ruan*, Linjie Jin, Xiaohua Zhang, Jing Li, Yuhe He, Si Wei, James C.W. Lam, Paul K.S. Lam*
    Source: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 55, (2), January 2021, p. 1045-1056
     
  27. Opposing roles of E3 ligases TRIM23 and TRIM21 in regulation of ion channel ANO1 protein levels
    Author(s): Xu Cao ‡, Zijing Zhou ‡, Ye Tian, Zhengzhao Liu, Kar On Cheng, Xibing Chen, Wenbao Hu, Yuk Ming Wong, Xiaofen Li, Hailin Zhang, Ronggui Hu, Pingbo Huang*
    Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry, v. 296, January 2021, 100738