Dr. H. L. X. WONG graduated with B.Sc. in 2009 and then received his PhD degree from Department of Biochemistry at the University of Hong Kong in 2013. After receiving postdoctoral trainings in both HKU and CUHK, he joined School of Chinese Medicine at Hong Kong Baptist University as a Research Assistant Professor in late 2016 and became a tenure-track Assistant Professor in 2020. Dr. Wong is particularly interested in understanding how pericellular proteolysis is linked to intracellular signaling in a timely and spatially controlled manner to coordinate the key cellular functions. Besides, we are also focusing on delineating cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate the transfer of stem cells from the quiescent niche to the proliferative niche in both physiological and pathological processes, such as functional gastrointestinal diseases and colorectal cancer. His work has been published in internationally renowned journals like Nature Metabolism, Developmental Cell, Nature Communications, The EMBO Journal and Microbiome.