EDUCATION

B.S. in Biology, Xiamen University, P. R. China, 2000.

MPhil. in Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2003.

RESEARCH FOCUS

1. Using mass spectrometry (MS) to identify and quantify oxidative DNA damages induced by reactive oxygen species.
2. To study the in vivo mutagenic properties of these oxidative DNA damages

PUBLICATIONS

1. Hong, H ., Cao. H., Wang, Y. and Wang, Y. Identification and quantification of a guanine-thymine intrastrand cross-link lesion induced by Cu(II)/H 2 O 2 /ascrobate. Chem. Res. Toxicol. , 2006, 19, 614-621.
2. Hong, H . and Wang, Y. Formation of intrastrand crosslink products between cytosine and adenine from UV irradiation of d( Br CA) and duplex DNA containing a 5-bromocytosine. J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2005 , 127 , 13969-13977.
3. Hong, H ., Lam, P. K. and Hsieh, D. P. Interactions of paralytic shellfish toxins with xenobiotic-metabolizing and antioxidant enzymes in rodents . Toxicon , 2003 , 42, 425-431.