Graduation Ceremony for MSc Programme in Genomics and Bioinformatics

The 2018-19 Graduation Ceremony for the MSc Programme in Genomics and Bioinformatics (MSc Programme) of the School of Biomedical Sciences (SBS) was held on 9 November 2019 in the Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building in Area 39, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), to mark and celebrate the successful completion of the Programme by its seventh batch graduates.

Prof. Chan Wai-yee, Pro-Vice-Chancellor/Vice-President of CUHK and the then Director of SBS, Prof. Woody W.Y. Chan, Associate Director (Graduate Education) of SBS, and Prof. Stephen K.W. Tsui, Programme Director of the MSc Programme, were invited to officiate at the Ceremony. Prof. Chan Wai-yee presented the Award of Excellence with scholarship to three graduates who obtained the most outstanding academic performance. The Ceremony was followed by a group photo session and a graduation lunch, with the participation of over 40 attendees, including graduates, and their friends and relatives.

The MSc Programme was launched in 2011 and migrated from the CUHK-BGI Innovation Institute of Trans-omics to SBS in August 2018. Recently, the MSc Programme has been accredited by the Medical Laboratory Technologists Board for serving as the credits provider of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for registered medical laboratory technologists (MLTs). There are totally 96 CPD credits to be given to the MLT students upon completion of the MSc Programme.