DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION 149 Email hang-kin.kong@polyu.edu.hk Qualification BSc (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) PhD (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) ORCID ID 0000-0002-1047-7051 Representative Publications • Kong, H. K. et al. Revealing the species-specific genotype of the edible bird's nest-producing swiftlet, Aerodramus fuciphagus and the proteome of edible bird's nest. Food Res Int 160, 111670, doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111670 (2022) • Chan, K. K. et al. Finding species-specific extracellular surface-facing proteomes in toxic dinoflagellates. Toxins (Basel) 13, 624, doi:10.3390/toxins13090624 (2021) • Kong, H. K. et al. Chronic methylmercury exposure induces production of prostaglandins: evidence from a populapion study and a rat dosing experiment. Environ Sci Technol 53, 7782-7791, doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b00660 (2019) Dr KONG Hang-kin Research Assistant Professor Research Overview Dr Kong is interested in studying food toxicology, identifying bioactive ingredients in Chinese tonic food and other food-related research using multi-omics approach. During his PhD study, he revealed the changes in brain proteomes and serum metabolomes upon chronic exposure to methylmercury (a common seafood pollutant) using proteomics and metabolomics approaches. Recently, he constructed the first genome of an edible bird’s nest-producing swiftlet and revealed a more complete proteome of edible bird’s nest for future studies on the efficacies of edible bird’s nests. In addition, he is interested in studying the biosynthesis of marine toxins by microalgae that cause harmful algal blooms, as well as investigating symbiosis between marine bacteria and microalgae to improve the yield of biomass for biofuel and food production. • Kong, H. K., Wong, K. H. & Lo, S. C. Identification of peptides released from hot water insoluble fraction of edible bird's nest under simulated gastro-intestinal conditions. Food Res Int 85, 19-25, doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2016.04.002 (2016) • Kong, H. K., Wong, M. H., Chan, H. M. & Lo, S. C. Chronic exposure of adult rats to low doses of methylmercury induced a state of metabolic deficit in the somatosensory cortex. J Proteome Res 12, 5233-5245, doi:10.1021/pr400356v (2013)
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