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Former Johns Hopkins eye expert Qian Jiang joins Chinese hospital for research

Professor Qian Jiang, a former eye expert from Johns Hopkins University, has returned to China to lead research in eye transplants and virtual cell technology. He will be based at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, affiliated with Zhejiang University, where he aims to advance drug testing and patient diagnosis through computational biology. AI

IMPACT This move may foster advancements in computational biology and drug testing through virtual cell models.

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Former Johns Hopkins eye expert Qian Jiang joins Chinese hospital for research

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Ling Xin ·

    Qian Jiang, former Johns Hopkins’ eye institute expert, joins hospital in China

    Professor Qian Jiang, a senior eye expert at Johns Hopkins University in the United States, has moved back to China full time to pursue research on eye transplants. For more than two decades, Qian built and ran the genetic data hub at Johns Hopkins’ renowned Wilmer Eye Institute.…