Lui Oi Lan, Kathy
Assistant Professor
Chemical Pathology
Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences
Hong Kong
Biography
Dr. Kathy Lui received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Biochemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. With support from the full scholarship, Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award, Dr. Lui completed her Ph.D in the field of Stem Cell Immunology at Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, U.K. Dr. Lui was also the recipient of Senior Scholarship at Lincoln College, Oxford, U.K. and Peter Beaconsfield Prize in Physiological Sciences, Oxford, U.K. which is awarded specifically to young researchers who are ‘capable of escaping from the stereotype of narrow specialization, and who display a wider grasp of the significance and potential applicability of their research’. Thereafter, Dr. Lui received the Croucher Foundation Fellowship and continued her postdoctoral training in the field of Stem Cells and Vascular Regeneration at Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, U.S. Dr. Lui has granted two patents during her postdoctoral training in the U.S. Dr. Kathy Lui received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Philosophy degrees from the Department of Biochemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. With support from the full scholarship, Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award, Dr. Lui completed her Ph.D in the field of Stem Cell Immunology at Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, U.K. Dr. Lui was also the recipient of Senior Scholarship at Lincoln College, Oxford, U.K. and Peter Beaconsfield Prize in Physiological Sciences, Oxford, U.K. which is awarded specifically to young researchers who are ‘capable of escaping from the stereotype of narrow specialization, and who display a wider grasp of the significance and potential applicability of their research’. Thereafter, Dr. Lui received the Croucher Foundation Fellowship and continued her postdoctoral training in the field of Stem Cells and Vascular Regeneration at Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, U.S. Dr. Lui has granted two patents during her postdoctoral training in the U.S.
Research Interest
• Vascular regeneration • Identification of novel angiocrine factors involved in regeneration • Immunogenecity of human pluripotent stem cell-derived vascularized tissues • Transplantation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived vascularized tissues
Publications
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Hui Z, Pu W, Liu Q, He L, Huang X, Tian X, Zhang L, Nie Y, Hu S, Zeng H, Lui K, Zhou B. Cardiac fat derived from the endocardium. Circulation Research 2016; 118 (2): 254-265.
