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Shi Yigong

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Shi Yigong
施一公
Shi in 2023
Born (1967-05-05) May 5, 1967 (age 57)
Zhengzhou, Henan, China
NationalityChinese
Alma mater
RelativesShi Ping (grandfather)
Scientific career
FieldsProgrammed cell death (apoptosis)
Membrane protein
Institutions
ThesisMolecular mechanisms of zinc finger protein-nucleic acid interactions (1995)
Doctoral advisorJeremy Berg
Doctoral studentsYan Ning
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese施一公
Traditional Chinese施一公
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShī Yī Gōng
In this Chinese name, the family name is Shi.

Shi Yigong (Chinese: 施一公; born 5 May 1967) is a Chinese biophysicist who serves as founding and the current president of Westlake University since April 2018.[1] He previously served as vice president of Tsinghua University from 2015 to 2018 and dean of Tsinghua University School of Life Sciences from 2009 to 2016.[2]

Education

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Shi Yigong received a Bachelor of Science with majors in biology and mathematics from Tsinghua University in 1989 and a Doctor of Philosophy in molecular biophysics from Johns Hopkins University in 1995.[2][3][4] He studied at Iowa State University for three months in 1990, before transferring to Johns Hopkins University.[5]

During his graduate studies, he determined the crystal structure of several critical apoptotic proteins, including apaf-1, DIAP1, and the BIR3 domain of XIAP.

Career

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Shi Yigong was the Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor in the department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. In June 2008, he was selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.[6] However, he rejected the award upon resigning his position at Princeton University in order to pursue his career at Tsinghua University, becoming the dean of the School of Life Sciences there.[7] In 2003, he was appointed a Chair Professor of Tsinghua's Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology. In late 2007, He was appointed Vice Director of Tsinghua's Institute of Biomedicine and Vice Dean of Tsinghua's Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology before returning to China. He was appointed Dean of Tsinghua's School of Life Sciences (replacing the Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology) in 2009. In 2018, he became the founding and the first president of Westlake University, a newly established private university in Hangzhou.[1]

Shi renounced his U.S. citizenship in 2011 in order to reclaim his Chinese citizenship.[8][9]

Personal life

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Shi's grandfather was academic and politician Shi Ping.[10] According to Shi, his father, Shi Huailin (施怀琳), was named after his mother Yang Lin (杨琳), who died 18 days after his birth, with 怀琳 literally meaning "remembering Lin."[11][12] As a result of his grandfather's work commitments, his father was estranged from his grandfather as a child, and friends and family raised his father.[11][12] Shi's father and grandfather eventually reunited later in life.[11][12]

His father died on 21 September 1987, at the age of 52.

His grandfather died on 29 June 2024, at the age of 112 years, 241 days.[11][12]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Major posts set by Westlake University's board of trustees". chinaplus.cri.cn. Archived from the original on 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
  2. ^ a b "Curriculum Vitae – Yigong Shi" (PDF). The SHI Lab. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  3. ^ "施一公博士". Westlake University. Archived from the original on 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  4. ^ "Yigong Shi". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  5. ^ "科学网—[转载]施一公：我是这样读英文科研论文的 - 理文编辑的博文". blog.sciencenet.cn. Archived from the original on 2023-09-11. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  6. ^ Four faculty selected as Howard Hughes investigators. Archived 2012-10-11 at the Wayback Machine News at Princeton, June 9, 2008. Accessed November 2, 2008
  7. ^ Fighting Trend, China Is Luring Scientists Home Archived 2018-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, New York Times, January 7, 2010.
  8. ^ "中科院院士：施一公落选院士是因国籍问题". Caijing. 2011-12-14. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
  9. ^ Internal Revenue Service (26 October 2011). "Quarterly Publication of Individuals, Who Have Chosen To Expatriate, as Required by Section 6039G". Federal Register. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  10. ^ "施一公百岁爷爷专访：从成功学运到受困的教育改革". 搜狐教育 (in Chinese). Learning.sohu.com. 2015-12-05. Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  11. ^ a b c d sina_mobile (2024-06-29). "113岁新四军老战士施平逝世，系施一公院士祖父". news.sina.cn. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  12. ^ a b c d "113岁新四军老战士施平逝世，系施一公院士祖父_中国政库_澎湃新闻-The Paper". www.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  13. ^ "Tan Kah Kee Science Award---Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences". Archived from the original on 2021-05-15. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g https://ygshi.org/static/CV_YigongShi.pdf Archived 2021-10-26 at the Wayback Machine[bare URL PDF]
  15. ^ "Awards". CHINESE BIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATORS SOCIETY. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  16. ^ "THE RAYMOND & BEVERLY SACKLER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE IN BIOPHYSICS". Tel Aviv University. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
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