Junying Yuan
Junying Yuan | |
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| Born | October 3, 1958 Shanghai, China |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Fudan University Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Apoptosis research Necroptosis |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology Cell death |
| Institutions | Harvard Medical School |
| Doctoral advisor | H. Robert Horvitz |
Junying Yuan (Chinese: 袁钧瑛; pinyin: Yuán Jūnyīng, born October 3, 1958) is the Elizabeth D. Hay Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School, best known for her work in cell death. Early in her career, she contributed significant findings to the discovery and characterization of apoptosis. More recently, she was responsible for the discovery of the programmed form of necrotic cell death known as necroptosis.