Xiaodong Wang (biochemist)
Xiaodong Wang | |||||||||||||||||
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| 王晓东 | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1963 (age 61–62) | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||
| Education | Beijing Normal University (BSc) University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (PhD) | ||||||||||||||||
| Awards | Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry NAS Award in Molecular Biology Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine Richard Lounsbery Award King Faisal International Prize in Medicine | ||||||||||||||||
| Known for | Research of programmed cell death by apoptosis and necroptosis | ||||||||||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||||||||||
| Fields | Biochemistry | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions | Emory University University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing BeiGene | ||||||||||||||||
| Thesis | Studies on the process of mammalian precursor messenger RNA splice site selection (1991) | ||||||||||||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Richard A. Padgett | ||||||||||||||||
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Xiaodong Wang (born 1963) is a Chinese-American biochemist best known for his work with apoptosis, which is the normal physiologic process of programmed cell death.