Updated
Updated · South China Morning Post · Jul 5
Neurobiologist Chih-Ying Su Moves Lab to Shenzhen's SMART After Leaving San Diego
Updated
Updated · South China Morning Post · Jul 5

Neurobiologist Chih-Ying Su Moves Lab to Shenzhen's SMART After Leaving San Diego

2 articles · Updated · South China Morning Post · Jul 5

Summary

  • Chih-Ying Su has relocated her lab from San Diego to Shenzhen, joining China's SMART after deciding late last year to make the move.
  • Su said SMART's advanced hardware, strong academic atmosphere and the leadership of president Yan Ning drove her decision to leave the US for China.
  • Her lab studies how olfactory receptor neurons process odour information, work that has appeared in Nature, Neuron, Nature Communications and PNAS.
  • The relocated lab is offering jobs and training to researchers interested in sensory signalling, expanding SMART's neuroscience talent base in Shenzhen.

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