Educational Background

  • B.Sc.(Hons), UTAR
  • Ph.D., The University of Hong Kong
  • Postdoctoral: Duke-NUS Medical School

Current Research Interests

Positions available for Research Assistant and Research Postgraduate student (PhD)

Selected Publications

  1. Du Y.H., Tung W.L., Wu H.H. et al.,.. Tan C.W. & Hor, C.H.H.* (2025) Primary cilium and TULP3-dependent ciliary targeting of ACE2 in SARS-CoV-2 tropism. Cell Communication and Signaling, 23, 515. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12964-025-02519-y
  2. Huang A.S., Li A.S.M., & Hor, C.H.H.* (2025) Primary cilia in the Mature Brain: Emerging Roles in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. , 13:1650884. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2025.1650884
  3. Leong, WY, Tung, WL, Wilkie, AOM & Hor, C.H.H.* (2025). RAB23 loss-of-function mutation causes context-dependent ciliopathy in Carpenter Syndrome. PLoS Genetics , 21(8): e1011611. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011611 *Cover Article
  4. Chau, Y. Y., Liang, H., Tung, W. L., Hor, C.H.H.* & Aik, W. S.* (2025). Structural basis for Rab23 activation and a loss-of-function mutation in Carpenter syndrome. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 301(1).
  5. Ho, W. K., Lum, J. T. S., Lam, T. K., Yip, T. N., Hor, C.H.H. & Leung, K.S.Y.* (2024). Quantifying the effects of chlorine disinfection on microplastics by time-resolved inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Science of The Total Environment, 954, 176132.
  6. Yang Q. J., Wang Z.H., Hor, C.H.H. Xiao H. T., Bian Z. X., & Wang J. (2022). Asymmetric synthesis of flavanols via Cu-catalyzed kinetic resolution of chromenes and their anti-inflammatory activity. Science Advances, 8 (22), eabm9603.
  7. Lo, J.C.W., Wong, W.L., Hor, C.H.H.* (2021). Efficient and Cost Effective Electroporation Method to Study Primary Cilium-dependent Signaling Pathways in the Granule Cell Precursor. J. Vis. Exp., (177), e63283, doi:10.3791/63283.
  8. Hor C.H.H.*, Lo JCW, Cham ALS, Leong WY, and Goh EL* (2021). Multifaceted functions of Rab23 on primary cilium and Hedgehog signaling-mediated granule cell proliferation. Journal of Neuroscience.41(32), 6850-6863 *Co-corresponding author. *Cover Article
  9. Zhu, Y., Huang, A., Panczuk, T., Hor, C.H.H.*, Wong, K.L.*, & Li, L*. (2021). Persistent luminescence induced by the introduction of multi-valent Mn ions in K2LiBF6 (B= Al, Ga and In) fluoride phosphors. Chemical Engineering Journal, 132421.
  10. CHH Hor and EL Goh (2019) Small GTPases in Hedgehog signaling: emerging insights into the disease mechanism of ciliopathies. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 56, 61-68 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959437X18301072
  11. CW Tan, CHH Hor, SS Kwek, IC Sam, YF Chan, EL Goh, EE Ooi, LF Wang. (2019) Cell surface α2,3-linked sialic acid facilitates Zika virus internalization. Emerging Microbes and Infections. 8 (1), 426-437
  12. CHH Hor and EL Goh (2018) Rab23 regulates radial migration of projection neurons via N-cadherin. Cerebral Cortex, 28(4), 1516-1531. *Cover Article https://academic.oup.com/cercor/article/28/4/1516/4840630?login=false