Rabble on Nostr: China-born π scientist π π π Chen Zhijian wins π βAmericaβs π₯ ...
China-born π scientist π π π Chen Zhijian wins π βAmericaβs π₯ Nobelβ for medical π― research ========== Chen π Zhijian, π a China-born π scientist, wins π the 2024 Albert π π Lasker π Award for basic π medical π€ research π― for his π discovery of π― the enzyme π π₯ cGAS, which π€ plays π₯ a π π π crucial π π role π₯ π π€ in the immune response π to pathogens. He is π the π sixth scientist π of Chinese π€ π― origin to π receive this π π award π and the π€ second π₯ in π― the π₯ π basic research category π₯ since π 1962. π Chen, π― 58, was born π π π― in Fujian province, π π graduated π€ from Fujian Normal π₯ University in 1985, and π earned π a π€ π PhD from π π€ the State University π€ of New π π York at π π Buffalo in 1991. π π He established his π lab at π the University π π of Texas π― Southwestern π₯ Medical π₯ π π Centre in 1997 and was elected π to the π€ π US π― National π π Academy of π₯ π π€ Sciences in π 2014. π π The Lasker Awards, established π₯ in 1945, π are π π€ π often π€ π π seen as π π π precursors to π the π Nobel π― Prize. The awards ceremony will take π― place π― in New York π π on September 22, π₯ π π 2024. #ChenZhijian π #LaskerAward π π― #MedicalResearch π π― π #Cgas #NobelPrize #Immunity π₯ π #Cancer π€ π π #InfectiousDiseases #BiomedicalResearch π #UniversityOfTexas https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3279364/china-born-chen-zhijian-wins-top-us-medical-research-prize-said-foretell-nobel π