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Professor Lap-Chee Tsui
OC, PhD, FRS, FRSCPhoto of the Vice-Chancellor

Vice Chancellor's Office
The University of Hong Kong
10/F Knowles Building
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong SAR
China

Telephone number: +852 2859 2100
Facsimile number:  +852 2858 9435
E-mail: tsuilc@hku.hk
Website Address: http://www.hku.hk

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EDUCATION

  • B.Sc. (Biology, 1972) The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • M.Phil. (Biology, 1974) The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Ph.D. (Biological Sciences, 1979) University of Pittsburgh

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • 1972-1974 Graduate Student, Department of Biology, New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Supervisor: Dr. K.K. Mark)
  • 1974-1979 Graduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh (Supervisor: Dr. Roger W. Hendrix)
  • 1979-1980 Postdoctoral Investigator, Biology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (Supervisor: Dr. Wen K. Yang)
  • 1981-1983 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario (Supervisor: Dr. Manuel Buchwald)

CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Sept 2002 - Vice Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong
  • 2006 - Emeritus University Professor, University of Toronto
  • 2006 - Adjunct Scientist, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

  • 1983 - 1988    Scientist, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
  • 1983 - 1988    Assistant Professor, Departments of Medical Genetics and Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
  • 1988 - 2002    Senior Scientist, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
  • 1988 - 1990    Associate Professor, Departments of Medical Genetics and Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
  • 1989 - 1998    Sellers Chair in Cystic Fibrosis Research, The Hospital for Sick Children
  • 1990 - 2006    Professor (status only since Sept 2002), Department of Molecular & Medical Genetics, University of Toronto
  • 1991 - 2001    Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Scholar
  • 1994 - 2002    Professor, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto
  • 1994 - 2006    University Professor, University of Toronto
  • 1996 - 2002    Geneticist-in-Chief, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
  • 1998 - 2002    Head, Genetics and Genomic Biology Program, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children
  • 1998 - 2002    The H.E. Sellers Chair in Cystic Fibrosis, University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children
  • 2000 - 2002    President, Human Genome Organisation
  • 2000 - 2002    Adjunct Professor, University of New Brunswick

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GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISED
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VISITING SCIENTISTS
PUBLICATIONS: PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS (updated Nov 2012)
MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED
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INVITED PAPERS, BOOK CHAPTERS AND REVIEWS
BOOKS EDITED
INVITED PRESENTATION, SEMINARS AND LECTURES
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Links

Additional information on Tsui:  http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=19

CF gene cloning story written by Maya Pines for HHMI:  http://www.hhmi.org/genetictrail/a110.html

The Centre for Applied Genomics Home Page

CF Mutation Database Home Page

Chromosome 7 Home Page

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