June 2011
2011 Croucher Senior Research Fellowships
3 June 2011
On 24th March 2011 five exceptional Hong Kong scientists were awarded Croucher Senior Research Fellowships at a ceremony in Hong Kong. The awards were presented by Mr Michael Suen Ming-yeung, Secretary for Education of the Hong Kong SAR Government.
Summer teaching laboratory at Woods Hole
3 June 2011
The Summer Teaching Laboratory at Woods Hole provides opportunities for Hong Kong postgraduate students to participate in an eight week programme at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA. Participants conduct experiments with guidance from a group of highly experienced senior scientists and through a special arrangement with the Marine Biological Laboratory participants are also...
Farewell dinner for Professor Y.W. Kan FRS
3 June 2011
On 25th March 2011 representatives of the scientific and international community gathered in Hong Kong at a dinner to mark the retirement from the Chairmanship of the Croucher Foundation of Professor Y.W. Kan FRS. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr Donald Tsang Yam-kuen officiated at the dinner.Kan was first appointed Trustees of the Board in 1992 and later...
Professor Yuk Ming Dennis Lo FRS
1 June 2011
In May 2011, Professor Dennis Lo was elected to the fellowship of the Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. Lo is the Director of the Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences and Li Ka Shing Professor of Medicine and Professor of Chemical Pathology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Lo discovered the presence of cell-free fetal DNA, RNA and miRNA in the...