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Research interests
Biological Sciences - Cancer genomics
Biological Sciences - Epigenomics
Biological Sciences - Epigenetics
Biological Sciences - Genome biology
Biological Sciences - Chromatin structure
Biological Sciences - Epigenomics
Biological Sciences - Epigenetics
Biological Sciences - Genome biology
Biological Sciences - Chromatin structure
Position Held
Director of Center for Epigenomics Research
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Medical Genetics, PhD, University of British Columbia
2012
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Elucidating how retrotransposons impact immune modulation in autoimmune diseases
LEUNG, D. C. Y. (PI) & YAP, Y. H. D. (CoI)
1/10/24 → 30/09/27
Project: Research
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Elucidating the impact of Setdb1 on genome architecture in cellular differentiation and disease
LEUNG, D. C. Y. (PI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Characterizing cytoplasmic DNA in neurodegenerative disease mouse models
LEUNG, D. C. Y. (PI) & HERRUP, K. (CoI)
1/11/22 → 30/04/26
Project: Research
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Stem cell-niche interactions in tissue maintenance and engineering
WU, A. R. (CoPI), WU, Z. (CoPI), WANG, C. C. (CoPI), ZHOU, Z. (CoPI), LEUNG, D. C. Y. (CoPI), FOK, E. K. L. (CoPI), GUO, Y. (CoPI), WANG, H. (CoPI), MAK, H. Y. (CoPI), LIU, K. (CoPI), SUN, F. (CoPI), YUNG, P.S.-H. (CoPI), CHEUNG, T. (CoPI), XIE, T. (PI), YAN, Y. (CoPI) & WEN, Z. (CoPI)
RGC - Theme-based Research Scheme
1/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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The Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (HKCeND)
STEVENS, B. (PI), CHEN, Y. (PI), WU, Z. (PI), FU, K. Y. (PI), IP, F. C. F. (PI), IP, N.Y.-Y. (PI), FU, W. Y. (PI), WONG, Y. H. (PI), LEUNG, D. C. Y. (CoI), HARDY, J. (PI), WANG, J. (CoI), LIU, K. (CoI), CHAN, Y. C. P. (CoI), RANDO, T. A. (PI), YE, T. (PI), CHEUNG, T. (CoI) & HUANG, X. (CoI)
1/07/20 → 30/06/30
Project: Research
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ENGINEERED TN5 TRANSPOSASE COMPLEXES, METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROFILING CO-OCCURRING CHROMATIN FEATURE IN A CELL
LEUNG, C. Y. (Key Inventor) & CHEUNG, M. F. (Inventor), 27 Nov 2025, IPC No. C12N 9/12, C07K 16/18, C12N 9/50, C12Q 1/6874, 2 May 2025, Priority date 22 May 2024, Priority No. US63/650,418Research output: Patent
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Engineering TN5 transposase complex, preparation method thereof, system and method for analyzing cell co-existing chromatin characteristics
LEUNG, C. Y. (Key Inventor) & CHEUNG, M. F. (Inventor), 25 Nov 2025, IPC No. C12N 9/12, C07K 16/18, C12N 15/10, 21 May 2025, Priority date 22 May 2024, Priority No. US63/650,418Research output: Patent
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Epigenetic Dysregulation of Retrotransposons in Cancer
Liu, K. Y. & Leung, D., 1 May 2025, In: Molecular Cancer Research. 23, 1, p. 369-378 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Multi-omic analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma reveals aberrant cis-regulatory changes and dysregulated retrotransposons with prognostic potential
Cheng, C. C. Y., Cheung, M. F., Lee, A. Y., Wu, Q., Chow, S. H. C., Ang, J. Y. J., Riquelme Medina, I., Lo, G., Wu, H., Yang, W., Lai, P. B. S., Yip, K. Y., Cheng, A. S. & Leung, D., 19 Dec 2025, In: Communications Biology. 8, 1, 1792.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Regulatory roles of three-dimensional structures of chromatin domains
Li, K. Y., Cao, Q., Chow, S. H. C., Nicoletti, C., Puri, P. L., Wang, H., Leung, D. & Yip, K. Y., Dec 2025, In: Genome Biology. 26, 1, 184.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
- 2 Editorial work
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FASEB BioAdvances (Journal)
LEUNG, C. Y. (Guest Editor)
1 Jun 2023 → 1 Jul 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Frontiers in Genetics (Journal)
LEUNG, C. Y. (Associate Editor)
1 Aug 2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Awards
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Associate membership of the Karolinska Institute Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine
LEUNG, C. Y. (Recipient), Sept 2019
Prize: Others
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Associate membership of the Karolinska Institute Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine
LEUNG, C. Y. (Recipient), Sept 2019
Prize: Others
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