Ah-Kau Ng,
Ph.D.
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Ah-Kau Ng, Ph.D.
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Grants Support (2000-present)

"An N-Terminal Osteopontin Fragment As A Novel Cancer Biomarker"
Maine Cancer Foundation. 2007-2008 (P.I.)

"The role of osteopontin in cancers"
University of Southern Maine. 2006-2007 (P.I.)

"Acquisition of Integrated Electron Microscopy, Tomography, and Computational Resources Supporting Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Research and Education at USM".
National Science Foundation. 2005-2008 (Co-P.I.)

"Track 2, GK-12: Sustaining the Maine ScienceCorps: Collaborative Integration of Research Experiences and Active Learning into Biosciences Education."
National Science Foundation. 2005-2010 (Co-P.I.)

"Micro- and Nano-space Explorations of Health and Disease"
The major goal of this project is to incorporate health science-related studies of microbiology, nanotechnology and electron microscopy into bioscience education. National Institute of Health. Pending . (Co-P.I)

"Effect of Gold Nanoparticles on Immune Cells and Lung Cells"
National Institute of Health. Pending (P.I.)

"Development and evaluation of the tumor antigen osteopontin as a diagnostic/prognostic cancer plasma biomarker"
National Institute of Health. Pending (Co-P.I.)

"A Maine ScienceCorps Promoting Excellence and Equity in High School Biological Science Education."
National Science Foundation. 2001-2004. (Co-P.I.)

"Effect of Cytokines on the Survival and HBV Expression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells (HCC)"
National Health Research Institute, Taiwan, ROC. 2000-2001 (P.I.)

"Immunomagnetic Separation Technology in Cancer and Other Diseases"
Bioscience Research Institute of Southern Maine/USM. 1999-2000. (P.I.) "Working with Biotechnology"
National Science Foundation. 1996-2000. (Co-PI/Scientific Director)
Department of Applied Medial Sciences

Ah-Kau Ng, Ph.D.
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