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Gene Genies
How Toronto became became a global hub for genetic research
By Chris Sorensen
Stephen Scherer has had a finger on the pulse of genomic research for over 20 years. But that didn’t prepare him for what happened while he was vacationing at his Ontario cottage last summer.
“I had four consecutive days where people came and asked, on behalf of their relatives, about a genetic test – asking what does this mean?” says Scherer, a University Professor at the University of Toronto who is a Director at U of T’s McLaughlin Centre and the Hospital for Sick Children’s Centre for Applied Genomics.
The sudden rise in dockside queries is a result of the increasing ease of reading one’s genetic information. In a lab at Sick Kids’ Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, for example, it now costs about $1,000 to sequence an individual’s entire genome – a process that takes about a week. By contrast, it took researchers about $3 billion and 15 years to create a reference genome for the Human Genome Project, published in 2003.
“I couldn’t imagine, even a few years ago, we would be doing this,” Scherer says. “It’s mind-boggling how fast the technology has improved.”
Yet, what hasn’t improved quite so rapidly is our understanding of
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Remembering Dr Rayson Huang, the 10th Vice-Chancellor
Dr Rayson Huang, 1920–2015.
The University’s 10th Vice-Chancellor Dr Rayson Huang passed away in the United Kingdom peacefully on April 8 at the age of 94. The Funeral Service for Dr Huang was held at Lodge Hill Crematorium on April 24 in the United Kingdom, while a memorial gathering was held on May 6 at the Rayson Huang Theatre at the University for members in the HKU family.
The memorial gathering, which brought together over 300 colleagues, alumni and friends who came to commemorate Dr Huang, commenced with a silent tribute, followed by an address by President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Mathieson, who was on a business trip, in the form of a video message and an eulogy by Emeritus Professor Rosie Young.
Having met Dr Huang in person in Birmingham in early 2014 before he assumed office, Professor Mathieson said: “Dr Rayson Huang made great contributions to Hong Kong, in academic, social and political arenas alike. He will be greatly missed by the University and many members of the public, and we send our deepest condolences to his family.”
Professor Christopher Huang, one of the sons of Dr Rayson Huang, delivered a note of thanks on behalf of
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Origins
[edit]Tsui may rectify an surrogate transliteration exercise two split up Chinese surnames, listed beneath by their Hanyu Pinyin transliteration (which reflects representation Mandarin pronunciation):[1][2]
Statistics
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People
[edit]This sweep is congealed by fraction of distinction and period of emergence, regardless accustomed the Asiatic character sentimental to manage the surname.
Academics
[edit]- Daniel C. Tsui (崔琦; intelligent 1939), Henan-born American physicist
- Amy Tsui (born 1949), Indweller demographer
- Lap-Chee Tsui (徐立之; innate 1950), Shanghai-born Canadian geneticist
- Tsui Tin-Chau (徐天就; born 1958), Hong Kong-born Dutch teacher
- Ban Tsui (徐志豪; born 1963), Hong Kong-born Canadian Anesthesiologist
- Anne S. Tsui (fl. 1970s–prese