Alina Chan

Alina Chan
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
Scientific career
FieldsMolecular biology, cell engineering, gene therapy
Institutions
ThesisDNA:RNA hybrid genome-wide profiling and links to genomic instability (2014)

Yujia Alina Chan is a Canadian molecular biologist specializing in gene therapy and cell engineering at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she is a postdoctoral fellow. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she became known for supporting the hypothesis that the SARS-CoV-2 virus escaped from a lab, contrary to the prevailing consensus regarding the origins of the virus.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Rabin, Roni Caryn (24 August 2021). "Caught in the Crossfire over Covid's Origins". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Regalado, Antonio (25 June 2021). "They called it a conspiracy theory. But Alina Chan tweeted life into the idea that the virus came from a lab". MIT Technology Review.
  3. ^ Jacobsen, Rowan (9 September 2020). "Could COVID-19 Have Escaped from a Lab?". Boston Magazine.
  4. ^ Harris, Mary (13 April 2021). "A Different Theory of COVID-19's Origin". Slate Magazine.