Dr. Gabriel Wong

Biography

Gabriel Wong obtained both his B.A. and Ph.D degrees at the University of Cambridge, U.K., the latter under the supervision of Dr. Michael Hastings at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, studying mammalian cellular circadian rhythms. He underwent his first postdoctoral training at the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, followed by joining the laboratory of Prof. Ronald Li and Dr. Camie Chan at the University of Hong Kong in 2013, where his primary research interest was the role of autophagy as a stress coping mechanism in the human heart, using human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes as an in vitro model. He acquired during this experience the training and expertise in the field of cardiac tissue engineering. He joined Novoheart in 2015, where he serves as V.P. Scientific Development managing the research team in the application of the MyHeartTM platform of cardiac tissue constructs in drug screening projects.

Research Interest

mocelular biology