On March 3, a three-people delegation from DuPont Company came to the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IB-CAS), to award Prof. Feng Qin the award of DuPon Young Professor Grant. Prof. Lixin Zhang, the Deputy Director of IB-CAS, hosted the delegation: Tom Greene, the Senior Research Director, Bo Shen, the Senior Research Manager and Guihua Lu, the Deputy General Manager of SINOBIOWAY-PGR）.
Prof. Feng Qin is dedicated in the research of gene cloning of plant drought response and tolerance, especially in maize. She has published many research papers in peer-reviewed journals such as The Plant Cell, PLoS Genetics, Nucleic Acids Research, etc. To recognize her innovative scientific work, she was awarded by DuPont Young Professor Grant in May 2014.
DuPont Young Professor Grant program began in 1918. It is a global program designed to help promising young and untenured research faculty who work in areas of interest to DuPont begin their research careers.
On March 3, a three-people delegation from DuPont Company came to the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IB-CAS), to award Prof. Feng Qin the award of DuPon Young Professor Grant. Prof. Lixin Zhang, the Deputy Director of IB-CAS, hosted the delegation: Tom Greene, the Senior Research Director, Bo Shen, the Senior Research Manager and Guihua Lu, the Deputy General Manager of SINOBIOWAY-PGR）.
Prof. Feng Qin is dedicated in the research of gene cloning of plant drought response and tolerance, especially in maize. She has published many research papers in peer-reviewed journals such as The Plant Cell, PLoS Genetics, Nucleic Acids Research, etc. To recognize her innovative scientific work, she was awarded by DuPont Young Professor Grant in May 2014.
DuPont Young Professor Grant program began in 1918. It is a global program designed to help promising young and untenured research faculty who work in areas of interest to DuPont begin their research careers.