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Lap-Chee Tsui

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Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, GBM, OC, O.Ont, JP (born 21 December 1950) is a Chinese-born Canadian geneticist and served as the 14th Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong. [1]

61 relations: Academia Sinica, Bachelor of Science, Biology, Canada Council, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, Centre for Applied Genomics, Chancellor (education), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chromosome 7, Cystic fibrosis, Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, Doctor of Philosophy, Elliott Cresson Medal, Etobicoke Hall of Fame, France, Franklin Institute, Freedom of speech, Geneticist, Government of Hong Kong, Grand Bauhinia Medal, Hong Kong, Human Genome Organisation, Human Genome Project, Ian Rees Davies, Izaak-Walton-Killam Award, Justice of the peace, Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon, Legion of Honour, Li Keqiang, Master of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences, New Asia College, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Order of Canada, Order of Ontario, Peter Mathieson (nephrologist), President, Royal College of Physicians, Royal Society, Royal Society of Canada, Shanghai, St. Francis Xavier University, State Council of the People's Republic of China, Stephen W. Scherer, Tel Aviv University, Tennessee, The Honourable, The Hospital for Sick Children, ..., Toronto, United States, University of Hong Kong, University of King's College, University of New Brunswick, University of Pittsburgh, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China, Xu (surname), York University. Expand index (11 more) »

Academia Sinica

Academia Sinica (Han characters: 中央研究院, literally "central research academy"; abbreviated AS), headquartered in Nangang District, Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan.

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Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science (Latin Baccalaureus Scientiae, B.S., BS, B.Sc., BSc, or B.Sc; or, less commonly, S.B., SB, or Sc.B., from the equivalent Latin Scientiae Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years, or a person holding such a degree.

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Biology

Biology is the natural science that studies life and living organisms, including their physical structure, chemical composition, function, development and evolution.

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Canada Council

The Canada Council for the Arts (Conseil des Arts du Canada), commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown Corporation established in 1957 to act as an arts council of the government of Canada, created to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts.

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Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada) is the major federal agency responsible for funding health and medical research in Canada.

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Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame is a Canadian charitable organization, founded in 1994, that honours Canadians who have contributed to the understanding of disease and improving the health of people.

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Centre for Applied Genomics

The Centre for Applied Genomics is a genome centre in the Research Institute of The Hospital for Sick Children, and is affiliated with the University of Toronto.

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Chancellor (education)

A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system.

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Chinese University of Hong Kong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Shatin, Hong Kong formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

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Chromosome 7

Chromosome 7 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans.

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Cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder that affects mostly the lungs, but also the pancreas, liver, kidneys, and intestine.

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Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator

Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a membrane protein and chloride channel in vertebrates that is encoded by the CFTR gene.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or Ph.D.; Latin Philosophiae doctor) is the highest academic degree awarded by universities in most countries.

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Elliott Cresson Medal

The Elliott Cresson Medal, also known as the Elliott Cresson Gold Medal, was the highest award given by the Franklin Institute.

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Etobicoke Hall of Fame

Etobicoke Hall of Fame was a civic hall of fame project run in Etobicoke, a borough of Metropolitan Toronto, now part of the larger City of Toronto.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute is a science museum and the center of science education and research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or sanction.

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Geneticist

A geneticist is a biologist who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms.

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Government of Hong Kong

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, commonly the Hong Kong Government or simplified as GovHK, refers to the executive authorities of the Hong Kong SAR.

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Grand Bauhinia Medal

The Grand Bauhinia Medal is the highest award under the Hong Kong honours and awards system; it is to recognise the selected person's lifelong and highly significant contribution to the well-being of Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Human Genome Organisation

The Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) is an organization involved in the Human Genome Project, a project about mapping the human genome.

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Human Genome Project

The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international scientific research project with the goal of determining the sequence of nucleotide base pairs that make up human DNA, and of identifying and mapping all of the genes of the human genome from both a physical and a functional standpoint.

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Ian Rees Davies

William Ian Rees Davies (24 May 1942 – 24 July 2014) was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong in 2000-2002.

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Izaak-Walton-Killam Award

The Izaak-Walton-Killam Award was established according to the will of Dorothy J. Killam to honour the memory of her husband Izaak Walton Killam.

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Justice of the peace

A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer, of a lower or puisne court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.

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Kai Tak Airport

Kai Tak International Airport was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998.

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Kowloon

Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon.

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Legion of Honour

The Legion of Honour, with its full name National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte and retained by all the divergent governments and regimes later holding power in France, up to the present.

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Li Keqiang

Li Keqiang (Mandarin:; born 1 July 1955) is the current Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

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Master of Philosophy

The Master of Philosophy (abbr. M.Phil. or MPhil, sometimes Ph.M.; Latin Magister Philosophiae or Philosophiae Magister) is a postgraduate degree.

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National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization.

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New Asia College

New Asia College is a constituent college of the Chinese University of Hong Kong located in Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is an American multiprogram science and technology national laboratory sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and administered, managed, and operated by UT-Battelle as a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) under a contract with the DOE.

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Order of Canada

The Order of Canada (Ordre du Canada) is a Canadian national order and the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.

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Order of Ontario

The Order of Ontario is the most prestigious official honour in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Peter Mathieson (nephrologist)

Peter William Mathieson (born 18 April 1959) is an English nephrologist and current vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Edinburgh.

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President

The president is a common title for the head of state in most republics.

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Royal College of Physicians

The Royal College of Physicians is a British professional body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination.

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Royal Society

The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society.

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Royal Society of Canada

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; Société royale du Canada), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada), is the senior national, bilingual council of distinguished Canadian scholars, humanists, scientists and artists.

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Shanghai

Shanghai (Wu Chinese) is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China and the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million.

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St. Francis Xavier University

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State Council of the People's Republic of China

The State Council, constitutionally synonymous with the Central People's Government since 1954 (particularly in relation to local governments), is the chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China.

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Stephen W. Scherer

Stephen Wayne "Steve" Scherer (born January 5, 1964) is a Canadian scientist who studies genetic variation in human disease.

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Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University (TAU) (אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל-אָבִיב Universitat Tel Aviv) is a public research university in the neighborhood of Ramat Aviv in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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The Honourable

The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable (abbreviated to The Hon., Hon. or formerly The Hon'ble—the latter term is still used in South Asia) is a style that is used before the names of certain classes of people.

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The Hospital for Sick Children

The Hospital for Sick Children, corporately branded as SickKids, is a children's hospital and teaching hospital located on University Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Hong Kong

The University of Hong Kong (often abbreviated as HKU) is a public research university located in Pokfulam, Hong Kong.

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University of King's College

The University of King's College, established in 1789, is in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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University of New Brunswick

The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses, located in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick.

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University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh (commonly referred to as Pitt) is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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University of Toronto

The University of Toronto (U of T, UToronto, or Toronto) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.

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University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario (UWO), corporately branded as Western University as of 2012 and commonly shortened to Western, is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada.

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Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China

The Vice-Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China is a high-ranking executive assistant to the Premier.

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Xu (surname)

Xu are two surnames of Chinese origin.

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York University

York University (Université York) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lap-Chee_Tsui

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