Name:
Junying Yuan
Address:
Department of Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School
240 Longwood Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Phone:
617 432-4170
Fax:
617 432-4177
Email:
jyuan@hms.harvard.edu
Education:
1982. BS in Biochemistry. Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
1989. Ph.D. in Neuroscience. Harvard University (Neuroscience).
Advisor: H. Robert Horvitz.
Professional Positions:
1990-1993
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1990-1996
Assistant Geneticist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cardiovascular Research
Center.
1993-1996
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1996-1997
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
1997-2000
Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
2000-Present Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
Honors and Awards:
1985-1989
Ryan Fellowship, Harvard Medical School.
1994
Wilson S. Stone Memorial Award, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas.
1999
SCBA Outstanding Young Investigator Award.
1996-2000
American Heart Established Investigator.
2002
Innovator Award for Breast Cancer Research.
2003
Mentoring Award, BBS Graduate Program, Harvard Medical School.
2005
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award.
2006
International Cell Death Society Award.
2007
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
School.
Professional Societies:
1990-present Member of the American Association for Advancement of Science.
1997-present Member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
1998-present Member of the Society for Neuroscience.
1999-present Member of the American Society for Cell Biology.
1999-present Member of the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America.
Other Professional Activities:
2000-2005
Member of the Steering Committee on Cancer Cell Biology in the DanaFaber/Harvard Cancer Center Program.
2001-2004
Trustee of the Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration and Repair.
2002-2005
Member of the HMS Committee on Promotions, Reappointments and Appointments
2004-2005
Treasurer of the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America.
2004-2006
Member of the Advisory Board for the Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration and
Repair.
2005Advisor of the Paul Glenn Advisory Committee on Aging.
2007
2007
Founding Board member. The Rosalind Franklin Society.
Member of the Women in Cell Biology Committee. The American Society for Cell
Biology.
Editorial Boards:
1996-1998
Editorial Board, Current Biology
1999-2004
Associate Editor, Genes to Cells
1999-2002
Editorial Board, Journal of Cell Biology
2000-2004
Reviewing Editor, Journal of Neuroscience
2002-2004
Receiving Editor, Cell Death and Differentiation
2003Senior Editor, Journal of Cell Biology
Chairperson/Organizers:
2000 The AACR Special Conference on Programmed Cell Death Regulation: Basic Mechanisms and
Therapeutic Opportunities. Lake Tahoe, CA
2003 Joint Retreat for the Programs of Cell Biology, Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer in the
Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. Harvard Medical School.
2003 Cold Spring Harbor Annual Meeting on Programmed Cell death.
2003 An Open Debate on the Open Access Publication. Harvard Medical School.
2005 Cold Spring Harbor Annual Meeting on Programmed Cell death.
2007 Keystone Symposium on Apoptotic and Non-apoptotic cell death pathways.
2007 Cold Spring Harbor Annual meeting on Cell Death.
Honorary Lectureships:
2004 Distinguished Lecture Series. Harvard School of Public Health.
2005 William Bier Endowed Lecture at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.
2005 Presidential Seminar. Sloan-Ketter Cancer Institute. New York.
Publications:
http://yuan.med.harvard.edu/sel_pub_v2.php
http://yuan.med.harvard.edu/reviews_v2.php