Calendar 2002–03

Faculty andDepartmentalResearch/ConsultancyUnits 117 drug industry in providing BA/BE assessment of oral generic drugs. The laboratory is composed of two un its, the Clinical Study Unit and the Bioan aly tical Unit. The labor ato ry is well equipped with state-of -th e-art instruments for physical and chemical d rug testing, in cluding the dissolution tester, disintegration tester, GC, GC-MS, HPLC with auto-sampler, LC-MS,FTIR spectrometer, UV, IR, and fluorescence spectrometers. Backed by highly skilled and experienced prof essional staff, and by excellent facilities and equipment, this unit is fully committed to provid ing dru g evalu ation services that meet internationally recognized standards of quality. Electronics Consultancy Unit Tel.:2609 8274 Fax.:2603 5558 E-mail: dept@ee.cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.ee.cuhk.edu.hk Established in 19 85, the Electro nics Co nsultancy Unit is managed by the Dep artment of Electron ic En gineering. Its main function is to pro vide the community and theindustrialsector with consulting services such as expertadvice, system d esig n and analysis, feasibility studies, technical and qu ality aud it, laboratory tests, customized seminars and courses, manpower training, and the provision of expert testimony. The unit is fully supported by the academic staff of thedepartment, whose areas of specialization and industrial experience cover the main electronic disciplines such as ASIC/VLSI, analogue and high frequency circuits, biomedical engineering and telemedicine, computer/microp rocessor applications,digital signal processing for communication,speech and image signal processing, microwav e commun ication systems, optoelectronics and optical communication, solid state electronics, and materials science. Gynaecologic Cancer Research Laboratory Tel.:2632 2804 Fax.:2636 0008 E-mail: yickfuwong@cuhk.edu.hk The Gyn aeco logic Cancer Research Laboratory was set up in 1 988 in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Current studies are focused on the role of oncogenes and antioncogenes in the tumourigenesis,genetics, diagnosis, and prognosis of gynaecologic malignancies. The laboratory also providestraining for MPhil and PhD students. Located on the first floor of Special Block E at the Prince of Wales Hospital, thelaboratory’s main facilities include thermal cycler,automatic DNAsequencer, real-time quantitative PCR system, laminar flow hood, carbon dioxide incubator, and a variety of freezers and centrifuging machines.