Xie Daoxin (Chinese: 谢道昕; born January 1963) is a Chinese plant physiologist and the current director of MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Tsinghua University.[1]

Xie Daoxin
谢道昕
BornJanuary 1963 (age 61)
Alma materHunan Agricultural University
Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences
Scientific career
FieldsPlant physiology
InstitutionsTsinghua University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiè Dàoxīn

Early life and education

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Xie was born in Xinshao County, Hunan in January 1963.[2] After the resumption of college entrance examination, he entered the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, where he graduated in 1983. He was a research assistant at Hunan Cotton Research Institute for a year. In 1984 he was accepted to the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1990.

Career in the United Kingdom

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From 1990 to 1994 he was a research associate at the John Innes Centre & Leicester University. He was a senior research associate at the University of East Anglia from 1994 to 1999.

Career in Singapore

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From 1999 to 2002 he was an adjunct assistant professor at the National University of Singapore and senior scientist, principal investigator and head of Plant Signal Transduction Laboratory. From 2002 to 2005 he was a senior scientist, principal investigator and head of Ubiquitin Signal Transduction Laboratory.

Career in China

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Xie returned to China in 2006 and that same year became professor at the School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University.

Honours and awards

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References

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  1. ^ Wu Jun (吴珺); Wang Xiang (王翔) (27 November 2019). 邵阳籍两院院士增至19名 总数居全省第三. Shaoyang News (in Chinese). Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  2. ^ 祝贺清华大学生命科学学院谢道昕教授当选中国科学院院士. Tsinghua University (in Chinese). 25 November 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
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