Yizhi Jane Tao

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Yizhi Jane Tao is a Chinese biochemist and cell biologist who lives and works in the United States . She led the research team that first identified the structure of the nucleoprotein of influenza virus A at the atomic level, an achievement that received widespread press attention. In 2006, a consortium of leading Chinese media organizations ranked her among the ten most influential Chinese.

education

Yizhi Jane Tao joined in 1988 the "First Middle High School" ( Chinese  湖南省長沙市第一中學  /  湖南省长沙市第一中学 ) in Changsha , Hunan in China from. Since 1988 she has been studying at the University of Beijing , where she obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in biology in 1992 . In 1994 she went to Purdue University in West Lafayette , USA and worked in the group of the German-American biophysicist Michael Rossmann. There she obtained her doctorate in life sciences in 1999 with a thesis on structural virology . She completed her postdoctoral training in 2002 with Stephen C. Harrison at Harvard University in Cambridge (Massachusetts) .

In 2009 she went to Rice University in Houston , USA, where she made important contributions to research on influenza , hepatitis and Birnaviridae . She is a professor of biochemistry and cell biology.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Researchers find flu 'weak spot' . In: BBC News , December 7, 2006. Retrieved December 31, 2009. 
  2. ↑ Scientists Find Potential 'Achilles' Heel' in Bird-Flu Virus . In: The Washington Post , December 6, 2006. 
  3. ↑ Jade Boyd: Biochemist among most influential Chinese. In: Rice University News & Media. March 29, 2007, accessed August 2, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Zhang Ziyi Brings Charm to the World. In: crienglish.com. April 1, 2007, accessed August 2, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Yizhi Tao. In: LinkedIn. Retrieved August 2, 2017 .
  6. ^ History of the Rossmann Group: Former Members. In: Rossmann's Lab - Purdue University. January 23, 2014, accessed August 2, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Our Laboratory: Roots of our PHDs. In: Laboratory of Structural Cell Biology Stephen C. Harrison. Archived from the original ; Retrieved June 20, 2004 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Tao, Yizhi Jane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese biochemist and cell biologist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century