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Mr. Fung Loi Mo Simon 馮來武先生
BASc CSU, MSc CUHK, Dip CUHK
MAACB, FIBMS (UK), MB (ASCPi), Reg. MLT Part I (HK)
Senior Medical Laboratory Technologist
School of Science and Technology

Biography

Mr. Fung is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of Science and Technology at the Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU).  He completed his foundation in Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) from Hong Kong Polytechnic and received his BASc (MLS) from Charles Sturt University, Australia. He also obtained his Master of Science in Clinical Biochemistry and Diploma in Epidemiology and Applied Statistics from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

  • Medical Laboratory Science
  • Chemical Pathology/Clinical Chemistry
  • Clinical Immunology
  • Molecular Genetics/Diagnostics
  • Newborn Metabolic Screening
  • Tissue Culture

Academic & Professional Experience

Mr. Fung is currently registered as a Medical Laboratory Technologist in Part I of the register under the Hong Kong Medical Laboratory Technologists Board. He is a fellowship member of the Institute of Biomedical Science (UK) and a member of the Hong Kong Society of Clinical Chemistry. He also passionately pursued the qualification from The Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists by completing the written and viva-voce examination and was finally admitted as a member, MAACB (With Commendation) in 2010.

He has decades of working experience in research and routine clinical laboratory experience in the Department of Chemical Pathology (CUHK) at the Prince of Wales Hospital. He has also actively participated in research activities including Hypertension, Hyperemesis gravidarum, Inborn Error of Metabolism, etc. His other role is working as a tutor and giving teaching assistance in the set-up of student practical classes for medical students in the department. Before joining HKMU, he worked as an honorary Medical Technologist in the Clinical Immunology Laboratory at Prince of Wales Hospital, appointed by the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong during 2020-2023.

Moreover, he has various dedications in relation to Molecular Diagnostics, Newborn Screening, Tissue Culture, etc.

  • Patient-based molecular diagnostics for Inherited Metabolic Diseases (IMD)
  • As co-author in publication: “A founder mutation (R254X) of carnitine transporter (OCTN2) in Chinese primary carnitine deficiency patients”
  • Service provision in Newborn Metabolic Screening Program under Joshua Hellmann Foundation co-organized by the Department of Chemical Pathology and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, CUHK during 2015-2020
  • Primary fibroblast culture for genetic testing and functional activities of IMD patient

 

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

  • Tang NL, Fung SL et al, New Insights into Old Diseases: Carnitine-Acylcarnitine Translocase Defect and Wilson Disease. APFCB 2016 symposium 16.
  • Simon L.M. Fung , Joannie Hui, Lap-Kay Law , Ka-Fai To, Nelson L.S. Tang. Novel mutations in Carnitine-Acylcarnitine Translocase gene identified with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Chinese patients. Abstract for the 39th HGSA Annual Scientific Meeting ,Perth, Western Australia, 8-11 Aug 2015. Twin Research and Human Genetics 18(4):453-477.
  • Hui J, Tang NL, Li CK, Law LK, To KF, Yau P, Fung SL, Chong JS, Tsung L, Chiang G, Fung E, Cheung KL, Yeung WL, Fok TF. Inherited metabolic diseases in the Southern Chinese population: spectrum of diseases and estimated incidence from recurrent mutations. Pathology. 2014 Aug;46(5):375-82.
  • Chen HY, Huang W, Leung VH, Fung SL, Ma SL, Jiang H, Tang NL. Functional Interaction Between SNPs and Microsatellite in the Transcriptional Regulation of Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1. Hum Mutat. 2013 Sep;34(9):1289-97. doi: 10.1002/humu.22363. Epub 2013 Jul 8
  • Hui J, Law E, Chung C, Fung S, Yuen P, Tang N. The first reported HLCS gene mutation causing holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency in a Vietnamese patient. World J Pediatr. 2012 Aug;8(3):278-80. Epub 2011 Aug 27.
  • Kwok JS, Fung SL, Lui GC, Law El, Chan MH, Leung CB, Tang NL. CBS gene mutations found in a Chinese pyridoxine-responsive homocystinuria patient. Pathology (January 2011) 43(1), pp. 81-83.
  • Law LK, Tang NL, Hui J, Fung SL, Ruiter J, Wanders RJ, Fok TF, Lam CW. Novel mutations in ETFDH gene in Chinese patients with riboflavin-responsive multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency. Clin Chim Acta. 2009 Jun 27;404(2):95-9. Epub 2009 Mar 3.
  • Law LK, Tang NL, Hui, Ho CS, Ruiter J, Fok TF, Wanders RJ, Lam CW. A novel functional assay for simultaneous determination of total fatty acid beta-oxidation flux and acylcarnitine profiling in human skin fibroblasts using (2)H(31)-palmitate by isotope ratio mass spectrometry and electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Clin Chim Acta. 2007 Jul;382(1-2):25-30. Epub 2007 Mar 21. (Acknowledgement for technical assistance).
  • Leung TF, Tang NL, Lam CW, Li AM, Fung SL, Chan IH, Wong GW. RANTES G-401A polymorphism is associated with allergen sensitization and FEV1 in Chinese children. Respir Med. 2005 Feb;99(2):216-9.
  • Tang NL, Hui J, Yong CK, Wong LT, Applegarth DA, Vallance HD, Law LK, Fung SL, Mak TW, Sung YM, Cheung KL, Fok TF. A genomic approach to mutation analysis of holocarboxylase synthetase gene in three Chinese patients with late-onset holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency. Clin Biochem. 2003 Mar;36(2):145-9.
  • Tang NLS, Hwu WL, Chan RT, Law LK, Fung LM, Zhang WM. A founder mutation (R254X) of SLC22A5 (OCTN2) in Chinese primary carnitine deficiency patients. Hum Mutat 2002;20:232.
  • Ho CS, Fung SL, Swaminathan R. The effect of salt loading on the urinary excretion of dopamine and sodium transport inhibitor in the rat. Clin Exp Hypertens. 1994 Mar;16(2):135-46.
  • Chan AY, Poon P, Chan EL, Fung SL, Swaminathan R. The effect of high sodium intake on bone mineral content in rats fed a normal calcium or a low calcium diet. Osteoporos Int. 1993 Dec;3(6):341-4.
  • Li Wai Ching Paul, Fung Loi Mo Simon and Ho Chung Shun. Evaluation of the CEDIA Digoxin Immunossay. JHKMTA 5:5-10, 1992.
  • Ho CS, Fung SL, Chan AY. Interference of D-mannose in glucose measurements by glucose oxidase and hexokinase methods. Clin Chem. 1991 Mar;37(3):477. No abstract available.

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  COMP S351F Software Project Management 5
  COMP S362F Concurrent and Network Programming 5
  COMP S363F Distributed Systems and Parallel Computing 5
  COMP S382F Data Mining and Analytics 5
  COMP S390F Creative Programming for Games 5
  COMP S492F Machine Learning 5
  ELEC S305F Computer Networking 5
  ELEC S348F IOT Security 5
  ELEC S371F Digital Forensics 5
  ELEC S431F Blockchain Technologies 5
  ELEC S425F Computer and Network Security 5
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 ELEC S201FBasic Electronics5
 IT S290FHuman Computer Interaction & User Experience Design5
 STAT S251FStatistical Data Analysis5
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 COMPS333FAdvanced Programming and AI Algorithms5
 COMPS362FConcurrent and Network Programming5
 COMPS363FDistributed Systems and Parallel Computing5
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