Yao Zhen
Yao Zhen (
Life
Yao was born in
Yao jointed the former Shanghai Institute of Experimental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in August 1950. He was the Vice-Director of the former CAS Shanghai Institute of Cell Biology.
Yao was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980. In August 1988, Yao was elected the 1st president of Asian-Pacific Organization for Cell Biology.[2]
Yao was the main founder and the first editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Cell Research.[4]
Yao also served as the chief director of Chinese Society for Cell Biology. Yao was a senior research professor at
When Yao was in Britain, his research mainly focused on the developmental embryology of drosophila. Yao made significant contributions to the researches of cell differentiation and development, and experimental cancer biology in China, thus is regarded as a pioneer in these domains in China.
Yao died in Shanghai on 4 November 2005.
Names
Yao Zhen's name is often incorrectly written as Yao Xin, because the Chinese character Zhen (錱) is often mistaken as the more common character Xin (鑫). His name is also romanized as T. Yao.