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University of Pittsburgh ( PhD) Lap-Chee Tsui GBM OC OOnt JP FRS FRSC ( Chinese: 徐立之; pinyin: Xú Lìzhī; Jyutping: ceoi4 laap6 zi1; 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 .
- Hong Kong, Canada
- Hong Kong
(Shanghai, China) Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh (1979) Awards & Honours: 2018: Warren Alpert Foundation Prize. 2016: Grand Bauhinia Medal. See All Awards. Identified the gene that causes cystic fibrosis. A pioneering leader in the field of genomics.
10 de nov. de 2011 · Lap-Chee Tsui is a geneticist who discovered the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene, and his research team sequenced human chromosome 7. As the location of the cystic fibrosis gene is now known, it is possible for doctors and specialists to identify in human fetuses the mutation that causes the fatal disease.
Dr the Honourable Tsui Lap-Chee, world-renowned molecular biologist, President of the Victor and William Fung Foundation and Master of the Residential College of International Campus of Zhejiang University. He is also the Emeritus University Professor of University of Toronto.
Lap-Chee TSUI. Professor Lap-Chee Tsui was the 14th Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong, and is currently President of the Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong, President of the Victor and William Fung Foundation, Director of the Qiushi Academy for Advanced Studies in Zhejiang University, and Emeritus University Professor ...
Lap-Chee Tsui is a Hong Kong–Canadian geneticist who discovered the gene responsible for the heritable disorder, cystic fibrosis (CF). CF affects one in every 2,500 babies born in the United Kingdom. This life-threatening disease causes mucus produced by the body to be excessively thick, and particularly affects the lungs and digestive system.
Tsui directs the Genome Research Centre at the University of Hong Kong, and his current research continues to focus on cystic fibrosis and other genetic and disease gene analysis. Prior to his current appointment at the University of Hong Kong, Dr. Tsui was Geneticist-in-Chief and Head of the Genetics and Genomic Biology Program of the Research ...
