Two distinguished scientists from the Biophysical Society of China (BSC) were recently recognized with the Tan Kah-kee Young Scientist Award in life sciences during the 2024 Tan Kah-kee Science Award Ceremony, held in Beijing as part of the 21st General Assembly of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Gao Pu, a researcher at the Institute of Biophysics of CAS, and secretary-general of the Molecular Biophysics Academic Subgroup of the Biophysical Society of China (BSC), and Ge Liang, an associate professor at Tsinghua University and a council member of the BSC Membrane Biology Academic Subgroup, were honored with the Young Scientist Award in life sciences.

The presentation ceremony for the 2024 Tan Kah-kee Science Award and the Tan Kah-kee Young Scientist Award is held in Beijing. [Photo/WeChat account: BSC]

Gao has made innovative achievements in the fundamental principles of immune responses to aberrant nucleic acids, as well as the development of novel nucleic acid modification and cleavage tools. Ge has elucidated the non-classical targeting pathways of important proteins and the novel degradation pathway of protein aggregate autophagy.

The Tan Kah-kee Science Award, initially established in 1988 as the Tan Kah-kee Award and renamed in 2003, honors significant and original scientific and technological achievements in China. With the approval of the State Council, the CAS and the Bank of China inaugurated the Tan Kah-kee Science Award Foundation.

The Tan Kah-kee Young Scientist Award, established in 2010, aims to honor talented young scientists who have independently made major, original sci-tech contributions to science and technology in China.

Source: Official website of the BSC