Five prominent Chinese scientists received the 2015 Nature Award for Mentoring in Science at the 2015 International Forum: From Research to Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Nature hosts these annual awards to champion the importance of mentoring and inspiring a generation of young scientists.
Xuetao Cao, President of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Xing-Wang Deng, Dean of the School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences at Peking University, were jointly presented with the lifetime achievement award in Northern China and 25,000 RMB each. Hong-Yuan Chen, Director of the Institute of Analytical Science and the Institute of Chemical Biology at Nanjing University were presented with the lifetime achievement award in Southern China and 50,00RMB. Yigong Shi, Dean of the School of Life Sciences at Tsinghua University received the mid-career award in Northern China and 50,000RMB prize. Hong-Bing Shu, Dean of Life Sciences and Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies at Wuhan University received the mid-career award in Southern China and 50,000RMB prize.
Lifetime achievement award recipient professor Cao is a leading immunologist in the area of innate signalling in infection and inflammation, immune regulation and tumour immunotherapy.
Lifetime achievement award recipient professor Deng’s achievements have been in molecular and biochemical mechanism responsible for light control of plant development and the genome wide DNA element and chromatin organization in rice.
Lifetime achievement award recipient professor Chen’s research interests include electrochemical biosensing, bioelectrochemistry, ultramicroelectrodes, biomolecular-electronic devices and the micro-total analysis system. His research group was one of the earliest groups of nanoanalytical science in China.
Mid-career award recipient professor Shi’s achievements have been in structure and mechanism of disease related membrane proteins and large protein machinery. His group uses structural biological tools to elucidate the functional mechanisms of several key classes of proteins that control apoptosis, a form of cell death that plays essential roles in the development of multi-cellular organisms and in preventing diseases such as cancer and autoimmune disorders.
Mid-career award recipient professor Shu made major contributions to elucidation of the molecular mechanisms of inflammation and innate antiviral immune responses. His group focus on the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin 1 (IL-1)-triggered signaling, apoptosis and inflammatory responses and pattern-recognition and innate antiviral immune responses.
Launched in 2005, the annual Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science recognise outstanding scientific mentorship and focus on a specific country or countries each year. Nature is the leading weekly, international scientific journal.
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