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Budding Women Scientists Selected for China’s Academic High-fliers Scheme

Two young female scholars have been shortlisted for China's ambitious scheme to sponsor its most promising scientists, the Thousand Talents Plan, according to a recent announcement by organizers. Liu Mingzhen and Yang Shu, both born in 1990, will each be granted their own scientific research facilities, a living allowance of 500,000 yuan (U.S. $77,000), and a scientific research fund of 1-3 million yuan (U.S. $150,000-300,000) over the next three years.

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Chinese Woman Scientist Appointed ABA President

Source: WomenofChina

The Asian Biophysics Association (ABA), a scientific organization that promotes biophysics research and education in the region, has appointed its first ever female president, it was announced on May 10. The new president, Yan Xiyun, is professor of the Institute of Biophysics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The announcement came whilst she was presiding over the 9th ABA Symposium, the largest-scale biophysics conference in Asia-Pacific region. The post will last for three years. Yan is a specialist in nanobiology, and has counted many achievements and fruits in scientific discove