Dr. Tony Sheng Hui​
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Princeton University, New Jersey, USA

Date: Friday, 09-February-2018
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Venue: Rm. A2-08, 2/F, Mrs. Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre
William MW Mong Block, Faculty of Medicine Building
21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Summary:
The primary biochemical activity of an organism is energy metabolism, the constant burning of dietary carbon into CO₂. To understand it, Dr. Hui integrates experiments and modeling to quantify fluxes through the energy pathways. In bacteria, Dr. Hui established that E. coli’s choice of energy production pathway is determined by the tradeoff between efficient carbon usage and efficient proteome usage. In mammals, Dr. Hui discovered that the path from glucose to CO₂ in mice is through circulating lactate. In future, Dr. Hui will focus on systematic quantification of energy metabolism in mammals, aiming for a holistic understanding of what happens to the food we eat.

ALL ARE WELCOME