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Boqin Qiang
Basic Medical Sciences
Peking Union Medical College
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Nucleic Acids
Restriction Enzymes
Human Genome
Gene Function
Regulation
Neural Cells
Development
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Genetic Engineering
Areas of Focus
- Nucleic acids and restriction enzymes
- Human genome research
- Gene function and regulation in neural cell development
Work Experience
- 1991 - Elected as Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Former Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
- Former Vice President of Peking Union Medical College
- Former Director of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences
- Former Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology
- Former Member and Chief Scientist of the National 863 Program Biotechnology Expert Committee
- Former Director of the Life Sciences Department of the National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Former Director of the National Human Genome Northern Research Center
- Current Consultant Expert of the National 973 Program
- Current Chairman of the Medical Branch of the Chinese Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Current Editorial Board Member of the International JMM Journal
- Current Director of the International Human Genome Organization (HUGO)
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1962 - Graduated from Shanghai Second Medical University, Medical Department
- 1982-1984, 1988-1989 - Visiting Scholar at New England Biolabs and University of Chicago
- Discovered five new restriction endonucleases including SfiI and NotI
- Published over 50 SCI papers
