CAS Vice-President meets laureate of women scientist awards
Prof. Chen Zhu, CAS Vice-President, met with Prof. Nancy IP, winner of L'OREAL-UNESCO Award for Women in Science in 2004 in the occasion of press conference for the award held recently at the CAS headquarters in Beijing.
Prof. IP, a CAS Member at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, is a world-renowned neuroscientist in the areas of neurotrophic factors and neuronal signal transduction. She has identified a number of novel neurotrophic factors and demonstrated how they activate specific receptor molecules on nerve cells. Her pioneering research has provided important insights into how these proteins affect the differentiation and maintenance of neurons during brain development. These studies have led to the identification of neurotrophic factors as potential pharmaceutical agents in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
