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jmluk@nus.edu.sg
Tel: (65) 6516 4516

 
 
   

Assoc Professor John M. Luk

Academic Qualifications
B.Sc. (Hons) in
Biological Science
1982 - 1985 University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
M.Phil. in
Medical Microbiology
1986 - 1988 University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dr. Med.Sc. in
Clinical Microbiology
1988 - 1992 Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Fellow of Immunology/Pathology 1992 - 1994 Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
       
Appointments to Date
Associate Professor 2009 - date Department of Pharmacology & Department of Surgery,
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Associate Professor
1998 - 2009
Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Assistant Professor
1994 - 1997
Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, USA
 
Honorary Professorships
Honorary Professor 2009 - date Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Honorary Professor
2009 - date
First affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Med University, Nanjing, China
Honorary Professor
2006 - date
Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Honorary Professor 2006 - date
Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Honorary Advisor 2005 - 2006
People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China
Visiting Associate Professorship
2000 - 2001
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
 
Professional Memberships
Executive Council Member 2007 - date China Human Proteome Organization, Beijing, China
Council Member
2007 - date
Chinese Biochemistry Society, Shanghai, China
Founding and Council Member
2006 - 2009
Hong Kong Proteomics Society
Team leader (HCC) HK 2005 - date
International Cancer Biomarkers Consortium, Seattle, WA, USA
 
Awards
1998Overseas Research Scheme Award, Imperial College, London, UK
1989 - 1992
Doktorand Scholarship, Swedish Medical Research Council, Sweden
1990
NATO Advanced Research Institute Traveling Grant
1990 - 1991 EMBO Youth Traveling Fellowship
1992 - 1994 Academic Development Program Research Fellowship, Merck & Co., USA
2005 Distinguished Scientific Award, Japan Society of Hepatology, Hyogo, Japan
     
Journal Editorship
2009 - date Journal of Clinical Bioinformatics Science
2009 - date Journal of Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy (Associate Editor-in-Chief)
2009 - 2008 Protein & Peptide Letters (Guest editor)
2006 - date World Journal of Gastroenterology
2009 - date World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
2009 - date World Journal of Hepatology
     
Research Interests & Expertise
Cancer Pharmacology - Drug Target Discovery and Validation
Cancer Biotherapy - Monoclonal Antibody and RNAi
Surgical Oncology - Cancer Signaling Pathways, HCC and GI Biomarkers
Tissue Biobanking - Molecular Profiling of HCC
Animal Model - In Vivo Live Imaging of Target Delivery
     
Research Supervision Experience
Research Assistant Professor Dr. Nikki Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Tony Wong (2007)
Dr. Nikki Lee (2007)
Dr. Chen Lei (2006)
Dr. QS Zhang (2006)
Dr. XQ Wang (2006)
Dr. Isabella Hwang (2005)
Dr. YQ Wang (2005)
PhD Graduates Michelle Xu (2009)
Stella Sun (2009)
Laurence Zhu (2009)
Jessica Yu (2008)
LX Liu (2008)
Tony Wong (2008)
Liu LX (2008)
Yi Xin (2007)
Wang Ping (2006)
M. Phil. Graduates
Wang Yudong (2009)
Calvin Lau (2008)
Felice Tsang (2008)
Vivian Chan (2006)
Ma Jin (2004)
Cathy Shum (2004)
Bonnie Wong (2003)
Bobo Mok (2000)
Heidi Chong (1999)
Current PhD Students
Diao Junchen (Tsinghua, 2009)
Angela Liu (Columbia, 2008)
Sarwat Fatima (HKPU, 2008)
Amy Lu (Peking Union, 2008)
     
Research Collaborations (Overseas & Active)
AIST (Tokyo), Amgen, Baylor College of Medicine, Beijing Medical University, Cold Spring Harbor Lab., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Fudan University, Hannover Med Univ., Hong Kong Universities (HKU, CUHK, HKUST, HKBU), Karolinska Institute, MD Anderson, Merck & Co., Nanjing Medical University, Pfizer Oncology, SAGE, UC Davis, UCSD and University of Manchester.
     
Patents
     
Publication List

 

 

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