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6 Feature DNA Research at Yale Cyrus Yeung Chun-wing set his sights high for his Enrichment Year: to do research at a world-renowned university. He initiated contact with Yale University and secured a position as a Visiting Undergraduate in the Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Immunobiology, where he will be establishing a high-fidelity sequencing technique to investigate the mutation patterns of multiple myeloma and the role of the enzyme APOBEC in driving the progression of this disease. “I am very interested in doing research in both immunology and DNA repair and I will be able to focus The Enrichment Year can propel me into becoming a clinical scientist and enable me to interact with students and scientists from around the world. ─ Cyrus Yeung Chun-wing on both these aspects,” he said, adding it was a “once-in-a- lifetime opportunity” to do research at a university like Yale. His journey there has involved some feeling for the stones – early in the year, he was not sure how to prepare for his Enrichment Year and, like other students, had to balance his investigations with his studies. “The first two years of study were definitely demanding, but the workload was still largely reasonable and do-able. I also learned a lot through planning for the Enrichment Year, including sorting out the visa, housing and scholarship, approaching the professor, etc. The Faculty office helped me with my enquiries,” he added.