EY1920 Year Book

91 90 Lam Ching Ching Course I studied: - Understanding Japan 1 - Introducing Criminology Health Inequalities - Housing, Home and Neighbourhood - Information Skills for Human Communication Sciences What I did: - Meeting new friends - Playing lacrosse - Trying and cooking local food - Travelling What I did: - Conducting a research related to dog bites and rabies - Assisting work at hospital - Joining community-based healthcare services - Experiencing local culture - J having the doctors and my supervisors as my friends MBBS Enrichment Year 2019/20 Lam Ching Ching Sem 1 < IC - HKUWW Exchange Programme at University of Sheffield, UK >; Sem 2 < SH - Internshi p at Yangon General & North Okkala p a Hos p itals, M yanmar > Semester 1 Research attachment at HKU Department of Microbiology (virus team) Skills acquired: - Gel electrophoresis - PCR - Gene sequencing - RNA & DNA extraction - Gene analysis - Construction of phylogenetic trees Research Topic: Complete genome sequencing of a specific strain of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) to contrast with the first strain ever discovered (EMC/2012) Semester 2 Exchange at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada Cultural experiences: - Local Asian and Canadian culture - UBC study environment - Indigenous Canadian culture - Cultural exchanges with different UBC students Courses studied in the fields of: Earth and Ocean studies and atmospheric science Semester 2 Semester break Travelled to Yellowknife for aurora chasing Most memorable experiences: - Strong Aurora on both nights of our trip - Extreme cold weather (<-20 o C) - Numerous stars - Ice skating It has been an extremely fruitful and rewarding enrichment year. Thank you! MBBS Enrichment Year 2019/20 Lam Chun Yin Sem 1 < R A - Com p lete genome se q uencing of a s p ecific strain of the M iddle East R es p iratory Syndrome Coronavirus (M E R S - CoV ) to contrast with the first strain ever discovered ( E M C/2 0 12 ) at D e p artment of M icrobiology, HKU, Hong Kong >; Sem 2 < IC - HKUWW Exchange Programme at T he University of B ritish Columbia, Canada > Lam Chun Yin