The Asian Scientist 100
Shi Yigong
Institution
Tsinghua University
Country
China
Field
Life Sciences
A structural biologist, Shi received the 2017 Future Science Prize for his studies that produced high-resolution structures of the spliceosome, a protein complex essential for mRNA processing. Using cryo-electron microscopy, Shi was able to observe the active site of the spliceosome and thereby determine how mRNA matures in the spliceosome.
(Photo: Rita Allen Foundation)
AWARDS
- 2017 Future Science Prize
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