Wei Yan (biologist)

Wei Yan
Born
Wei Yan

Liaoning, China
NationalityAmerican
EducationChina Medical University (MD)
University of Turku (PhD)
Baylor College of Medicine (Post-doc)
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsBiologist
Reproduction
RNA biology
Gene editing
InstitutionsBaylor College of Medicine
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Doctoral advisorJorma Toppari
Websiteweiyanlab.com

Wei Yan is a Chinese-American reproductive biologist, currently Professor of Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Senior Investigator at The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.[1] He is also University Foundation Professor[2] at University of Nevada, Reno, United States[3] and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[4] He is Director of National Center for Male Reproductive Epigenomics[5] and served as the editor-in-chief of the journal Biology of Reproduction.[6]

  1. ^ "The Lundquist Institute Adds Six Exceptional Researchers to its Investigator Ranks | The Lundquist Institute". lundquist.org. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  2. ^ "2016 Foundation Professors announced". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  3. ^ "Wei Yan". unr.edu. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "Two faculty members named AAAS Fellows". unr.edu. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  5. ^ "National Center for Male Reproductive Epigenomics". National Center for Reproductive Epigenomics. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  6. ^ Yan, Wei; Clarke, Hugh (2017-07-01). "A New Chapter for Biology of Reproduction". Biology of Reproduction. 97 (1): 1. doi:10.1093/biolre/iox091. ISSN 0006-3363. PMID 28859289.