Recent Grants

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (1/2024-12/2027): Studies of horizontal plasmid transfer and controls of spread in bullfrog farms. PI: Ka Yin Leung; Collaborator: Liang Chen.
  2. “创新种子”公益项目, a grant supported by a private company for Yuping Cao (my PhD student) and UGs (2023). 以无菌模型探究微生物群体组装以及耐药组学的发生, Studies of resistome development using a germfree model. PI: Ka Yin Leung.
  3. Foreign Talent Program (1/2022-12/2023): Horizontal plasmid transfer studies in frog farms and resistome studies. PI: Ka Yin Leung.
  4. Seed Grant between GTIIT and Technion: Evolution of soil resistomes and its impact on the emergence of antibiotic resistant human pathogens in fresh produce. PI: Ka Yin Leung (GTIIT); Co-PI: Sima Yaron (Technion).
  5. 2020LKSFG07A, 2020 Li Ka Shing Foundation Cross-Disciplinary Research Grant (6/2020-5/2023): Transfer of antibiotic resistant and virulent genes among water-borne bacteria and the potential risk to One Health. Primary PI: Ka Yin Leung; Collaboraotrs: Yigal Achmon (GTIIT), Hui Wang (STU), and Liang Chen (STU).
  6. Top-up from the City of Shantou to supplement a 2019 National Natural Science Foundation of China grant (2019). PI: Ka Yin Leung.
  7. 31873048, National Natural Science Foundation of China (1/2019-12/2020): Identification and characterization of novel type III secretion system (T3SS) effectors implicated in the intracellular lifestyle of Edwardsiella anguillarum ET080813. PI: Ka Yin Leung.