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Li Jin
Biomedical Sciences
Fudan University
Shanghai
Language: English, Chinese, German
Medical Genetics
Genetic Epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases
Rheumatic Diseases
Tumors
Computational Biology
Human Population Genetics
Genomics
Research
Biology
Areas of Focus
- Medical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology (Cardiovascular Diseases, Rheumatic Diseases, Tumors)
- Computational Biology
- Human Population Genetics and Genomics
Work Experience
- 1985 - Graduated from Fudan University with a Bachelor's in Genetics
- 1987 - Graduated from Fudan University with a Master's in Genetics
- 1994 - Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences/Genetics from University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center
- 1994-1996 - Postdoctoral Research in Medical Genetics at Stanford University School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Associate Professor (Tenured) at University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center
- Professor (Tenured) at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- President of the Chinese American Society of Human Genetics (2005-2006)
- Special Professor at Fudan University
- Vice Director of the Morgan-Tan Jiazheng International Life Sciences Research Center
- Vice Director of the National Genome Research South Center
- Vice Dean of the Biomedical Research Institute at Fudan University
- Dean of the School of Life Sciences at Fudan University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1985 - Bachelor's in Genetics: Fudan University
- 1987 - Master's in Genetics: Fudan University
- 1994 - Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences/Genetics: University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center
- Postdoctoral Research in Medical Genetics: Stanford University School of Medicine
- Member of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee
- Member of the Ministry of Education Science and Technology Committee
- Foreign Member of the Max Planck Society
- Board Member of the International Human Genome Organization (HUGO)
Publications
- Genetic evidence supports demic diffusion of Han culture, Wen B, Li H, Lu D, Song X, Zhang F, He Y, Li F, Gao Y, Mao X, Zhang L, Qian J, Tan J, Jin J, Huang W, Deka R, Su B, Chakraborty R, Jin L, 2004
- Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDHs) Glu487Lys polymorphism contributes to the variation in efficacy of sublingual nitroglycerin, Li Y, Li Q, Zhang D, Jin W, Xu C, Sheng H, Liu Y, Yu J, Yan P, Xie Y, Zhao Y, Lu D, Nebert DW, Harrison DC, Huang W, Jin L, 2006
- Linkage disequilibrium sharing and tagSNPs portability between populations, Huang W, He Y, Wang H, Wang Y, Liu Y, Wang Y, Chu X, Wang Y, Xu L, Shen Y, Xiong X, Li H, Wen B, Qian J, Yuan W, Zhang C, Wang Y, Jiang H, Zhao G, Chen Z, Jin L, 2006
- Analysis of genomic admixture in Uyghur and its implication in mapping strategy, Xu S, Huang W, Qian J, Jin L, 2008
- A genome-wide analysis of admixture in Uyghurs and a high-density admixture map for disease-gene discovery, Xu S, Jin L, 2008
Awards
- National Natural Science Foundation Outstanding Youth Fund
- Second Prize of National Natural Science Award
- First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award from the Ministry of Education and Shanghai
- Fudan University President's Award
- China Publishing Government Award Book Award Nomination
- Twice awarded National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor
