Professor LUNG Terry S. C.

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(Office): Room G05, Science Centre East Block
(Lab): RRSSB G02 and G04

 People Terry Lung 

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(Office): (852) 3943 6286
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Education

Ph.D. University of Waterloo
M.Phil. The University of Hong Kong
B.Sc. The University of Hong Kong


Positions

  • 2024 – present    Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, CUHK
  • 2022 – 2024    Research Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, HKU
  • 2013 – 2021    Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, HKU


Research Interests

  • Plant lipid biochemistry
  • Lipid signaling mechanisms in plants
  • Phytosterol biosynthesis
  • Plant stress tolerance


Representative Publications

  1. Lung SC*, Lai SH, Wang H, Zhang X, Liu A, Guo ZH, Lam HM, Chye ML* (2022) Oxylipin signaling in salt-stressed soybean is modulated by ligand-dependent interaction of Class II acyl-CoA-binding proteins with lipoxygenase. Plant Cell 34: 1117–1143
  2. Azlan NS, Guo ZH, Yung WS, Wang Z, Lam HM, Lung SC*, Chye ML* (2021) In silico analysis of acyl-CoA-binding protein expression in soybean. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 646938
  3. Liao P#, Lung SC#, Chan WL, Bach TJ, Lo C, Chye ML (2020) Overexpression of HMG-CoA synthase promotes Arabidopsis root growth and adversely affects glucosinolate biosynthesis. Journal of Experimental Botany 71: 272–289
  4. Lung SC, Chye ML (2019) Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding proteins regulate the synthesis of lipid signals. New Phytologist 223: 113–117
  5. Lung SC*, Liao P, Yeung EC, Hsiao AS, Xue Y, Chye ML* (2018) Arabidopsis ACYL-COA-BINDING PROTEIN1 interacts with STEROL C4-METHYL OXIDASE1-2 to modulate gene expression of homeodomain-leucine zipper IV transcription factors. New Phytologist 218: 183–200
  6. Lung SC, Liao P, Yeung EC, Hsiao AS, Xue Y, Chye ML (2017) Acyl-CoA-binding protein ACBP1 modulates sterol synthesis during embryogenesis. Plant Physiology 174: 1420–1435
  7. Lung SC, Chye ML (2016) The binding versatility of plant acyl-CoA-binding proteins and their significance in lipid metabolism. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids 1861: 1409–1421
  8. Lung SC, Smith MD, Weston JK, Gwynne W, Secord N, Chuong SDX (2014) The C-terminus of Bienertia sinuspersici Toc159 contains essential elements for its targeting and anchorage to the chloroplast outer membrane. Frontiers in Plant Science 5: 722
  9. Lung SC, Chuong SDX (2012) A transit peptide-like sorting signal at the C terminus directs the Bienertia sinuspersici preprotein receptor Toc159 to the chloroplast outer membrane. Plant Cell 24: 1560–1578
  10. Lung SC, Yanagisawa M, Chuong SDX (2012) Isolation of dimorphic chloroplasts from the single-cell C4 species Bienertia sinuspersici. Plant Methods 8: 8

* co-corresponding / # co-first authors


Research Grants

  • 2022-2023, Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff, University Research Committee, HKU, Mechanistic studies on lipid-mediated signaling in salt-stressed soybean, HKD$150,000, PI
  • 2022-2023, Seed Fund for Basic Research, University Research Committee, HKU, Investigations on the regulatory mechanisms of stress-responsive acyl-CoA-binding proteins in soybean, HKD$143,500, Co-I (PI: Prof. Mee-Len Chye)
  • 2020-2023, General Research Fund, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong SAR, Elucidating the roles of Arabidopsis STEROL C4-METHYL OXIDASE1-3 in plant development, HKD$1,175,616, Co-I (PI: Prof. Mee-Len Chye)
  • 2018-2019, Seed Fund for Basic Research, University Research Committee, HKU, Functional characterization of STEROL C4-METHYL OXIDASE1-3 in Arabidopsis, HKD$96,190, Co-I (PI: Prof. Mee-Len Chye)
  • 2014-2015, Small Project Funding, University Research Committee, HKU, The role of Arabidopsis acyl-CoA-binding protein 2 in sterol biosynthesis during embryogenesis, HKD$57,600, (PI: Prof. Mee-Len Chye)


Awards

  • 2013, W.B. Pearson Medal, University of Waterloo
  • 2013, Ragai Ibrahim Prize Honorable Mention, Canadian Society of Plant Biologists
  • 2012, Graduate Student Research Prize, Canadian Council of University Biology Chairs
  • 2010, Best Oral Presentation, Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists Eastern Regional Meeting
  • 2006, Award for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student, HKU


Professional Activities

  • Review Editor, Frontiers in Plant Science