Founded in 2014, this young and vibrant, ambitious and passionate laboratory, have been devoting to the great journey toward the secret hidden in the eye. With the aspiration to restore a pair of limpid eyes to all those who lost them, our research target encompasses all sorts of ophthalmic pathologies, such as glaucoma, uveitis, retinitis pigmentosa, to name but just a few. At the same time, by looking into the window of the soul, we get a glimpse of the mystery in the brain. Having the same embryonic origin, the eye and the brain intertwine with each other inextricably. And finding that bridge in between is another goal we’ve been craving for. This is a long journey. But we are ready! Because we are well-equipped with a wealth of state-of-the-art machines and apparatus, from the cutting-edge laser machine to the modern surgical microscope. And we are well-equipped with numerous advanced techniques and skillsets we acquired here. For instance, the dedicated design and construction of the animal model for various pathologies. The challenging, yet promising stem cell therapy. The innovated version of the classical Electrical Stimulation. But of course, what matters most is our whole crew of professional and enthusiastic experts. With all the aforementioned assets, they pursue the truth from different approaches in different directions. Freedom and respect is the central spirits here As long as we are all heading toward the same direction, you can brainstorm, innovate, revolute to come up with your own unique and characteristic way to contribute. Whether you are mesmerized by the nascent superstar in bio-informatics, the pan omics analysis, or you want to unveil the ancient wisdom behind the Traditional Chinese Medicine. Just unleash your imagination and passion as a scientist should. That’s why, here, we all dedicate our day and night. Looking forward, to a better tomorrow. Welcome to Chiu Kin Research Group.
Attribution: retinitis pigmentosa image adapted from Retinitis pigmentosa by Christian Hamel. © 2006 Hamel; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A fundus photo showing intermediate age-related macular degeneration adapted from Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health Ref#: EDA2 National Eye Institute of the NIH, http://www.nei.nih.gov/photo/eyedis/images/EDA22_72.jpg. image of eye brain connection adapted from Robert H. Wurtz Using perturbations to identify the brain circuits underlying active vision Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 2015 370 20140205; DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0205. Published 3 August 2015 http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/370/1677/20140205 This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. image of pan omics adapted from https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004918 Daniel Melamed, David L. Young, Christina R. Miller, Stanley Fields This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. image of retinopathy adapted from Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health Ref#: EDA03 http://www.nei.nih.gov/photo/eyedis/index.asp Music: www.bensound.com
