Dong Chen
Dong Chen | |
|---|---|
董晨 | |
| Born | July 1967 (age 56) |
| Alma mater | Wuhan University University of Alabama at Birmingham Yale University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Immunology |
| Institutions | School of Medicine, Tsinghua University |
Dong Chen (Chinese: 董晨; pinyin: Dǒng Chén; born July 1967) is a Chinese immunologist and the current dean of School of Medicine, Tsinghua University.[1][2]
He is a member of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party.[3]
Education[edit]
Dong was born in Wuhan, Hubei province in 1967. He studied at Wuhan No. 12 High School. In 1985, he entered Wuhan University, where he graduated in 1989. In 1990, he pursued advanced studies in the United States, first earning his doctor's degree in cell and molecular biology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1996 and then did post-doctoral research at Yale School of Medicine from 1997 to 2000.
Career in the United States[edit]
In 2000, he became an assistant professor at the University of Washington, serving until 2004. He joined the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2004, becoming tenured professor and dean and director of Inflammation and Tumor Center in 2008.[4]
Career in China[edit]
He returned to China in 2013 and that same year became professor at Tsinghua University.[4] In 2013, he became the vice-dean of its School of Medicine, rising to dean three years later. He is also director of the Institute of Immunology, Tsinghua University.
Honours and awards[edit]
- November 22, 2019 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
References[edit]
- ^ Liu, Xindong; Wang, Yun; Lu, Huiping; Li, Jing; Yan, Xiaowei; Xiao, Minglu; Hao, Jing; Alekseev, Andrei; Khong, Hiep; Chen, Tenghui; Huang, Rui; Wu, Jin; Zhao, Qiwen; Wu, Qi; Xu, Senlin; Wang, Xiaohu; Jin, Wei; Yu, Shicang; Wang, Yan; Wei, Lai; Wang, Aibo; Zhong, Bo; Ni, Ling; Liu, Xiaolong; Nurieva, Roza; Ye, Lilin; Tian, Qiang; Bian, Xiu-Wu; Dong, Chen (March 2019). "Genome-wide analysis identifies NR4A1 as a key mediator of T cell dysfunction". Nature. 567 (7749): 525–529. Bibcode:2019Natur.567..525L. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-0979-8. PMC 6507425. PMID 30814730.
- ^ Lee, Young-hee; Martin-Orozco, Natalia; Zheng, Peilin; Li, Jing; Zhang, Peng; Tan, Haidong; Park, Hyun Jung; Jeong, Mira; Chang, Seon Hee; Kim, Byung-Seok; Xiong, Wei; Zang, Wenjuan; Guo, Li; Liu, Yang; Dong, Zhong-jun; Overwijk, Willem W.; Hwu, Patrick; Yi, Qing; Kwak, Larry; Yang, Zhiying; Mak, Tak W.; Li, Wei; Radvanyi, Laszlo G.; Ni, Ling; Liu, Dongfang; Dong, Chen (August 2017). "Inhibition of the B7-H3 immune checkpoint limits tumor growth by enhancing cytotoxic lymphocyte function". Cell Research. 27 (8): 1034–1045. doi:10.1038/cr.2017.90. PMC 5539354. PMID 28685773.
- ^ Zhong Yuhao (钟煜豪) (22 November 2019). 5位农工党党员新当选为两院院士. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ a b 专访清华大学董晨教授：坚守免疫学27年，我依然热情澎湃. biodiscover.com (in Chinese). 7 August 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.