(2005-2006)
Mr Yu Zhifeng, Miss Xiao Ying, Miss Geng Hua, Miss Huen Ngar Yee, Mr Lui Chun Kin Julian and Mr Ho Yiu Fung.

(2006-2007)
Miss Cheung Sao Fong Crystal (Grand Prize), Mr Tang Ming Kuen Patrick, Miss Ho Sai Man, Mr Lui Chun Kin Julian and Mr Lin Peng

(2007-2008)
Miss Ho Tsz Wan, Michelle, Miss Mak Nga Sze Amanda, Miss Ye Lan

(2008-2009)
Ms Ho Tsz Wan, Ms Ong Chik Ying

(2009-2010)
Ms Lam Wai Ling, Ms Lam Ka Yee, Ms Jiao Rui

[ 2005-2006 ]
[ 2006-2007 ]
[ 2007-2008 ]
[ 2008-2009 ]

From Left to Right : Zhu Lina and Prof. CY Lee

From Left to Right :
John Yong and Prof. KK Ho

From Left to Right :
Chan Wing Kwan (absent) and Prof. Ma Lin

From Left to Right : Prof. TT Kwok, Ho Yau Kei, Chan Wai Hon, Fung To Sing and Prof. KP Fung

Former Chairmen's Academic Award

Prof. CY Lee's Academic Award: Mr. Gan Quan, Alfred & Mr. Zhang Shaofei, Michael

Prof. Walter Ho's Academic Award: Ms. Chow Wan Ning, Vanessa

Prof. Ma Lin's Academic Award: Mr. Chan Wai Hon Biochemistry

Alumni Association Scholarship: Ms. Chow Wan Ning, Vanessa

Biochemistry Alumni (1977) Award for Distinguished Final Year Research Project

From Left to Right :
Prof KP Fung Kan Hoi Lam and Prof. KN Leung (representative of 1977 Alumni)

Kit-man Tsang (2nd from the right) and Albert Cheung (1st from the left) will join NIHs for doctoral training this autumn. Jenny Cheung (2nd from the left) is the first CUHK PhD candidate under the Graduate Partnership Program offered by NIHs and CUHK. On the right is Professor Fung Kwok-pui, CUHK.

Two brilliant MPhil graduates of the Department of Biochemistry of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) joined The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of The National Institutes of Health (NIHs), USA for their doctoral training in 2006 and be involving in frontier biomedical research.

Kit-man Tsang and Albert Cheung, both having received their Master of Philosophy degree this summer, were selected for a Graduate Partnership Program (GPP) leading to a PhD degree to be awarded by CUHK in Hong Kong. The GPP is a joint program offered by NIHs and CUHK. Students will spend roughly one year at CUHK for course work and three years at NICHD to conduct research. NICHD will sponsor their stay in the United States.

NIHs is the world’s premier biomedical research organization. Thousands of first-rate scientists, among them many Noble laureates, at the NIHs conduct research in basic and clinical biomedical sciences in more than 23 Institutes and Centers (e.g. NICHD and National Cancer Institute). At the moment, over 200 graduate students from prestigious universities worldwide such as John Hopkins University and Oxford University are now working in NIHs laboratories. In Asia, CUHK is NIHs’ first partner to provide such training. The first CUHK PhD candidate under the Program, Ms Jenny Cheung is expected to receive her PhD next year.

Since its inception in 1971, the Department of Biochemistry of CUHK has striven for excellence in teaching and research. In the past 35 years, the Biochemistry Department trained more than 400 MPhil and PhD graduates.

[ Chinese version ]

隨著生物複製技術的成熟，大眾對這門科技的關注與日俱增。所謂的「複製」，並不是單純的指生產兩個或多個一模一樣的生物體。要探討複製技術對社會所帶來的希望和潛在問題，我們要由較全面的角度來認識這門技術，包括遺傳物質的複製，動物複製，以及人類胚胎複製。

你知道染色體的由來嗎？其實人類每一對的染色體均是遺傳自父母的，而每一個人體內的染色體均由DNA組成，每人的DNA亦是獨一無二的(同卵雙生兒除外)。不過，每個人的DNA組成卻有一定的相似性，舉例來說，阿甲與阿乙之間的DNA排序有百分之九十九點五相似，而剩下的百分之零點五則有分別；這就是遺傳學上的「多態性」(Polymorphism)。DNA指模鑑定便是藉不同DNA樣本之間某些特定部位的多態性來分別不同人士。

香港是一個重要的中藥國際市場。本地約有150間生產中成藥的公司和4000間從事藥材貿易的公司，但是中毒案例時有發生，在香港建立中藥鑑定技術，避免誤用非常有必要。有鑑於此，香港中文大學發展了一套完善的DNA分子技術，用於人參、西洋參、石斛、尋骨風等名貴、瀕危或烈性藥材的鑑定。本展覽將會探討及介紹香港中文大學邵鵬柱教授和畢培曦教授，利用藥材的DNA指紋圖譜、DNA序列和DNA晶片發展而來的檢定流程。

From left to right:
Prof. PC Shaw (Left), Prof. KK Ho, Prof. KW Tsui and Prof. M Waye

In honour of the tireless commitment of Sir Edward Youde to education, the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund was established in April 1987 under the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund Ordinance to manage public donations made in memory of the late Governor. In recognition of the need to provide more opportunities for education and cultural exchanges between Hong Kong and the global academic community, the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund has since 1995/96 sponsored eminent members of the overseas academia to conduct lectures locally and to explore the possibility of undertaking research with local tertiary institutions.

The Biochemistry Department hosted a Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund Visiting Professorship Scheme in 2004 titled "Model Organism Research and Human Diseases". Dr. Cahir O'Kane, the visiting professor, is Reader in Genetics at the University of Cambridge UK.

This scheme aimed to:
1) raise the awareness of model organism research in Hong Kong and surrounding Asian regions, and
2) facilitate interactions between researchers (principal investigators and postgraduate students) who use different organisms as models for research, through which scientific ideas can be exchanged, and multi-disciplinary research collaborations can be catalyzed.

A Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund Postgraduate Conference 2004 titled "Model Organism Research and Human Diseases" was held on 14 and 15 June 2004 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Eight overseas invited speakers, and over 70 local and overseas postgraduate students presented their research work at the conference.

This conference aimed to provide a forum for local and overseas researchers (both postgraduate students and principal investigators) to discuss the applications of various animal models in life science / biomedical research, and to raise the awareness of model organism research in Hong Kong. The conference will mainly focus on two major human disease-related areas: cell cycle regulation and cancer, and neurosciences.

[ SEYMF website ]
[ Photo Gallery]

Naming ceremony of The Croucher Laboratory
for Human Genomics

The Laboratory was founded on the achievements of the Laboratory of Human Genomics, as the result of close collaborations among a number of researchers. Scientists working in the Laboratory have recently made important discoveries on the functional characteristics of human genes including those important to liver cancer development and the cardiovascular systems. In collaboration with colleagues at the Prince of Wales Hospital, the same group of scientists also sequenced the SARS virus genome during the SARS outbreak last year. More details of the Laboratory could be found in the web site: http://www.bch.cuhk.edu.hk/croucher_genomics/.

The opening ceremony for The Croucher Laboratory for Human Genomics was held on 19 November, preceded by a poster session and followed by a workshop on the theme "Genomics: Past & Future". The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Croucher Foundation, Professor Y.W. Kan, FRS, as well as other members of the Board will also be present. Officiating at the ceremony were Professor Lawrence J. Lau, Vice-Chancellor of the University and Professor Fok Tai-fai, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University.

Prof. M Waye

The Department of Biochemistry of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of The National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA, jointly offer a Graduate Partnership Program (GPP) leading to a PhD degree awarded by CUHK in Hong Kong. Students enrolled in GPP will spend one year at CUHK for work and three years at NICHD, participating in research work in the center. CUHK is NIH's first partner in Asia of the program. 　

NIH is a world's premier biomedical research organization. Thousands of investigators at the NIH conduct research in basic and clinical biomedical sciences in more than 20 NIH Institutes and Centers such as NICHD and National Cancer Institute. These investigators including many Nobel laureates work in unparalleled research facilities on cutting edge projects. NIH has partnered with many notable institutes such as Boston University, John Hopkins University and Oxford University and been training over 200 graduates in NIH laboratories. In Asia, CUHK is the only partner to provide such training to our graduate students, which is a recognition of the excellence in research and teaching of the Department of the Biochemistry, CUHK.

Since its inception in 1971, the Department of Biochemistry of CUHK has striven for excellence in teaching and research. In the past 32 years, the Department trained more than 300 MPhil and PhD graduates. In recent years, the number of postgraduate students has increased over two-folds. There were about 10 MPhil students each year before 1997. Now the number has doubled. The spectrum of careers is also very wide. Some will join prestigious institutes as teachers or post-doctorals. Some will join the industry or government, continuing their biomedical research. Last year, our research on 'Traditional Chinese Medicine' was chosen by the University Grant Council, HKSAR, as an area of excellence in research. In addition, 'Genomics' and 'Fish Molecular Biology' are also recognized as strategic research areas in the Department. [ Chinese Version ]

From left to right: Prof. Walter Ho (Biochemistry, CUHK), Prof. Kenneth Young (CUHK), Ms. Ida Cheung (GPP candidate), Ms. Jenny Cheung (GPP candidate), Prof. Owen Rennert, and Prof. W.Y. Chan (principal investigator, NICHD) at the signing ceremony

From right: Our current PhD student Michello Ho enrolled in the
Graduate Partnerships Program at NIH (US)

Mr Denis Ip (Left) and Prof. CC Wan (Right)

Professor David Wan of the Department of Biochemistry and his post-graduate student Denis Ip discovered the novel orange fluorescent protein in tube anemone. It is the first native orange fluorescent protein ever cloned, and has an emission maximum lined at the orange color region of the visible light spectrum. The protein addresses the research need for a red-shifted fluorescent protein and will be an extremely useful tool for tracking and quantifying biological entities in the fields of biochemistry, biotechnology, molecular biology, cell biology and medical diagnosis complementing fluorescent proteins from other sources currently employed. 　

Professor Wan said "It is gratifying to know that our discovery will be made widely available through Stratagene's range of fluorescent protein products. I look forward to working with the company on the further development of this technology." With this license, Stratagene is extending its line of fluorescent proteins, which currently features VitalityR hrGFP Mammalian Expression Vectors. [29 July 2003]

香港中文大學生物化學系邀請了在「徐步高案件」當化驗師的張錦賢博士（現任中大生物化學系兼任助理教授）於八月舉行一鑑證科學工作坊。工作坊以「鑑證科學」為主題，介紹一些鑑證科學的原理與法證程序，讓學員能夠以輕鬆的方式，通過實習過程，學習鑑証科學的知識。本課程理論與實習並重，學員將透過模擬實驗學習如何提取DNA，並利用聚合鏈反應（PCR）複製疑犯DNA，再用DNA指紋鑑證技術核實疑犯身份。學員修畢兩天工作坊將獲頒發聽講証書。是次活動所籌得款項扣除支出後，將撥作生物化學系教學及研究之用。