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Yizhi Jane Tao



Yizhi Jane Tao
OccupationAssistant Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Rice University, mapped atomic structure of the influenza A virus nucleoprotein trimer, named among the top ten most influential Chinese of 2006 by a consortium of China’s leading media outlets


Yizhi Jane Tao, Ph.D., is a Chinese biochemist, structural biologist, and Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Professor Tao led a team of researchers to be the first to map the structure of the influenza A virus nucleoprotein to an atomic level, a feat which circulated widely in the popular press.[1][2] She was named among the top ten most influential Chinese of 2006 by a consortium of China's leading media outlets including Phoenix Satellite Television, China News Service, Asia Newsweek, and World Journal.[3][4]

Education

Born in China, Yizhi Jane Tao received a B.Sc. degree in biology from Peking University in Beijing, China, in 1992. She later moved to West Lafayette, Indiana, where she received her Ph.D. in biological science while studying under the German-American biophysicist Michael Rossmann.[5] She completed a postdoctoral fellowship under Stephen C. Harrison at Harvard University in 2002.[6] Upon completing her postdoctoral studies, Tao joined the faculty of Rice University, where she has made important contributions to the study of influenza and birnaviruses.


References

  1. ^ Researchers find flu 'weak spot'.
  2. ^ Scientists Find Potential 'Achilles' Heel' in Bird-Flu Virus.
  3. ^ Biochemist among most influential Chinese.
  4. ^ Full list of "You Bring Charm to the World" winners.
  5. ^ The Rossmann Laboratory - Alumni.
  6. ^ The Stephen C. Harrison Laboratory of Structural Cell Biology - Alumni.
  • The mechanism by which influenza A virus nucleoprotein forms oligomers and binds RNA in Nature magazine.
  • The structure of a birnavirus polymerase reveals a distinct active site topology in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America magazine.
 
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