“药明康德生命化学研究奖”设立于2007年,旨在奖励从事生命化学及相关领域研究,并在科研创新、成果推广及高新技术产业化等方面取得突出成就的中青年科技人才。截至目前,共有225位优秀科学家获奖,其中有19位获奖者先后入选中国科学院和中国工程院院士。“药明康德生命化学研究奖”注重激励中青年科学家投身科学研究,在其原创性研究成果发布初期给予关注和支持,助力他们进一步取得成果突破。获奖者们的科研成果,对生命化学领域的技术创新和大健康产业的变革发展,起到了积极的推动作用。本届颁奖典礼于12月19日在“线上”举行,这也是该奖项十四年历程中,最特殊的一次颁奖典礼。
Jun Yao, PI of Tsinghua University School of Life Sciences was awarded the 14th WuXi AppTec Life Science and Chemistry Awards
On December 19th, 2020, Dr. Jun Yao, a PI of Center for Life Sciences and Tsinghua University School of Life Sciences, was awarded the 14th WuXi AppTec Life Science and Chemistry Awards. Dr. Jun Yao’s group has been investigating the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disorder. Dr. Yao has described a new strategy for investigating the origins of bipolar disorder (BD) as the result of deficits in multiple genes, and elucidated that the Syt7 molecular pathway is key for the pathogenesis and inheritability of BD. Recently, Dr. Yao’s group has discovered one important mechanism underlying the Syt7 deficit-induced manic mood. In 2019, Dr. Yao was shortlisted for the Nature Research Awards for Driving Global Impact, which was held by Nature.