Cell & Bioscience

Dr Yun-Fai Chris Lau, Editor-in-Chief

Dr Lau is a Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, and a Research Career Scientist of the San Francisco VA Health Care System. After serving as a founding Associate Editor of the Editorial Board, he has been appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of Cell & Bioscience, effective January 1, 2020. Dr Lau received his B.A. in Chemistry from the Harpur College at the Binghamton University in 1973, and his M.Sc. in 1976 and Ph.D. in 1979 in Cell Biology from the M.D. Anderson-UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Science at Houston, Texas.  Dr Lau is interested in understanding the functions of genes on the male-specific Y chromosome and their X-homologues in sex determination and sex differences in human diseases and cancers, using molecular genetics, genomics and transgenic strategies. Read more about Dr Lau here.

Introducing our Associate Editors-in-Chief

Prof Dong-Yan Jin: Prof Jin did his PhD study with Prof. Yun-De Hou at the State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology in Beijing in 1986-1991. He received postdoctoral training with Dr. Kuan-Teh Jeang at the NIAID, NIH in 1994-1999. He joined the University of Hong Kong in 1999 and is now Clare and Lawrence Fok Professor in Precision Medicine. He is molecular virologist with an interest on viral oncogenesis and innate antiviral response. Read more about Prof Jin here.

Dr. Lin Mei: Dr.  Mei is Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosciences; Allen C. Holmes Professor; and Director, Cleveland Brain Health Initiative, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Mei graduated from Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University. After earning PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology at University of Arizona, he went to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for postdoctoral training. Dr. Mei is interested in synapse formation and plasticity. Read more about Dr. Mei here.

Dr Ying E Zhang: Dr. Zhang is a Senior Investigator of the Center for Cancer Research at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. Dr. Zhang received her B.A. in Chemistry and M.Sc. in Biochemistry from Peking University, Beijing, China, and her Ph.D. in Biomolecular Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2000, she joined the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health to continue her research in TGF-beta signaling using a combination of biochemical, genomic and and mouse genetic approaches. Read more about Dr Zhang here.