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Yuchen Xia, PhD

Yuchen Xia, PhD

Professor, Director, Institute of Medical Virology, TaiKang Medical School, Wuhan University

Dr. Yuchen Xia is professor at Wuhan University and principle investigator of State Key Laboratory of Virology, China. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biology Technology from Wuhan University in 2005. He then received a Master’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Science in 2008. After winning a Helmholtz scholarship, he spent six years in Munich, Germany. In 2013, with highest honor (summa cum laude), he earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the Technische Universität München. He then moved to the National Institutes of Health as a visiting research fellow. In 2018, he returned to Wuhan University as a professor.

Dr. Xia’s work focuses on establishing hepatitis B virus experimental models, understanding cccDNA minichromosome and developing novel therapies.

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