ZENG Yixin

ZENG Yixin, Professor and Director, Cancer Center and the State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. He obtained the Bachelor Degree of Medicine from Hengyang Medical College, Hunan Province in 1985 and obtained the doctoral degree of Medical Science in 1990 from the Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences where he is now working. He was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005. Besides, Professor Zeng also has many other academic positions including the Vice President of the China Anti-Cancer Association, President of the Board of the International Society on Epstein-Barr Virus & Related Diseases (2006-2008), a member of the Third World Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Europe-Asian Academy of Sciences. He works in many journal editorial boards including several internal journals like the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cell Cycle, Cancer Biology and Therapy and the Journal of Translational Medicine. He has been Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Cancer for many years, which has been indexed by Medline and Index Medics. He also served as Adjunct Professor in Karolinska Institute, Chinese University of Hongkong, Xiamen University.

His research has been focusing on nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), a major malignancy in Southern China and Southeast Asia and his interest includes identification of genetic susceptibility genes, the mechanisms for Epstein-Barr (EB) virus-mediated NPC pathogenesis and gene-targeted therapy for NPC. He has published more than 200 scientific papers in domestic and international journals, including Nature. He is also the Editor of the textbook Oncology for Chinese graduate students. He has received many grants from different sources, including the China National Outstanding Youth Grant (1998-2003), the China Medical Board (New York) Grant (1998-2003), the China National Natural Science Foundation, the 863 and 973 grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Guangdong Provincial Scientific Committee Grant. He has also received numerous awards including the followings: Award for Excellent Young Teachers in Chinese Universities, Ministry of Education, 2000; Award for Top Ten Scientific Achievements in Chinese Universities, 2002; First Class Prize for Scientific Advancement, China Medical Association, 2003; First Class Prize for Scientific Advancement in Guangdong Province, 2004; and Second Class Prize for Natural Science Achievements, Ministry of Science and Technology, 2005; National Young Scientist Award, 2006; He-Liang-He-Li Scientific Award, 2008; Outstanding Scientific Contribution Award of Guangdong Province, 2011.