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48 Next Generation Applause Mr Dong Chao （董超） , PhD candidate, School of Biomedical Sciences, was awarded the Poster Award by the 9th International Symposium on DNA Damage Response & Human Disease on November 4, 2018. Miss Wallis Lau Cheuk-yin （劉卓賢） , former PhD candidate, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, was awarded 2017 Young Scientist Awards (the prize of honourable mention) by Hong Kong Institution of Science. Miss Janice Law Hiu-ching （羅曉清） (MBBS, Year 3) and Mr Ng Tsz-chun （吳子峻） (BSc (Molecular Biology and Biotechnology), Year 3) were awarded the iGEM Gold Medal by The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Foundation on October 28, 2018. Ms Jasmeen Kaur Sethi , PhD candidate (supervisor: Professor Annie Cheung Nga-yin （張雅賢） , Laurence L T Hou Professor in Anatomical Molecular Pathology), Department of Pathology, represented HKU and won the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Judges’ and People’s Choice Awards on the topic of Public Health and Aging in the 7th International Symposium held by the McDonnell International Scholars Academy on October 13, 2018 in Beijing, China. Miss Angel Wong Yun-sum （黃潤森） , former PhD candidate, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, was awarded 2018 Young Scientist Awards by Hong Kong Institution of Science. Pharmacy Society Annual Dinner Pharmacy Society organised the Pharmacy Society Annual Dinner on November 9, 2018. The Annual Dinner aims to gather all the society’s members together to celebrate the graduation of the year’s graduands. During the dinner professors and graduates reunited, catching up, and reminisced about times passed. A polaroid photo booth was provided for guests to capture memorable moments. Additionally, two singers were invited to perform and entertain the guests. Professors and students from different cohorts had a very enjoyable evening. Mr Bernard Lee Chi-hang （李子衡） , PhD student of the Department of Pathology, was awarded the Croucher Research Studentship (HK$80,000 per year) from September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2020. He was also awarded the Butterfield-Croucher Studentship for doctoral study at The University of Hong Kong on delineation of colorectal tumorigenesis in Lynch syndrome patients from September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019. The Butterfield-Croucher Studentship is awarded to the best candidate in the medical and biological sciences category, selected from all applicants for the Croucher Foundation's Research Studentship. It carries an additional HK$20,000 annually on top of the regular award for the Research Studentship. Medical Faculty Student was awarded Butterfield-Croucher Studentship