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. Leong, W.Y., Tung, W. L., Wilkie, A.O.M. & Hor, C.H.H.* (2025). RAB23 loss-of-function mutation causes context-dependent ciliopathy in Carpenter Syndrome. PLOS Genetic (under revision).
  2. 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).
  3. 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.
  4. Ho, W., Law, J.C., Lo, J.C., Chng, I.K., Hor, C.H.H. Leung, K.S. (2022). Sorption Behavior, Speciation, and Toxicity of Microplastic-Bound Chromium in Multisolute Systems. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00689.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. CHH Hor*, JCW Lo, ALS Cham, WY Leong, and ELK. Goh* (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 page article.
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. CHH Hor and EL Goh (2018) Rab23 regulates radial migration of projection neurons via N-cadherin. Cerebral Cortex, 28(4), 1516-1531. Cover page article.
  12. CHH Hor*, BL Tang and EL Goh* (2018) Rab23 and developmental disorders. Reviews in the neurosciences. 29 (8) 849-860 *Co-corresponding author