The Chinese Biological Investigators Society (Chinese: 华人生物学家协会), the former Ray Wu Society (Chinese: 吴瑞协会), is a non-profit professional organization of life sciences and education, established in 1987. CBIS is an international platform for professional interactions, scientific collaborations, public communication, scocial environment, and biology education for global Chinese biologists. CBIS holds conference biennially and emphasizes on biological discoveries of foundamental importance. The current president is Yingzi Yang.
History
Ray Wu's contribution CBI Society began in January 1998, formerly known as the Ray Wu Society, which was established to honor Ray Wu's contributions in biochemistry and molecular biology and efforts in establishing the Sino-America science and education programs. Ray Wu created the first DNA sequencing method which is still used. His foundation of Sino-America science and education program helped more 400 students in biology. Many of these students become young scientists.
Awards
Ray Wu Award (also the "RW Society Award" before 2003): The highest honor for CBIS members who have made fundamental discoveries in life sciences and/or significant contributions in promoting life sciences. The Young Investigator Award: for CBIS members who have made important contributions in their professional fields in early years of career.
Historical conferences and presidents
1987, 1st conference, New York City 1989, 2nd conference, Boston 1991, 3rd conference, New York 1998, 4th conference, Los Angeles, US The formation of Ray Wu Society (Junlin Guan, president) 2000, 5th conference, Cape Cod, US (Yang Shi, president) 2002, 6th conference, San Diego, US (Yang Shi, president) 2005, 7th conference, Boulder, US (Tian Xu, president. Ray Wu Society name changed to CBIS ) 2007, 8th conference, Beijing, China (Yigong Shi, president) 2009, 9th conference, San Diego, US, (Min Li, president) 2011, 10th conference, Zhang Jia Jie, China (Yang Liu, president) 2013, 11th conference, Cancun, Mexico (Linheng Li, president) 2016, 12th conference, Chengdu, China (Weimin Zhong, president) 2018, 13th conference, Shenzhen, China (Hao Wu, president) 2022, 14th conference, Las Vegas, US (Yibin Kang, president) 2024, 14th conference, Guiyang, GuiZhou, China (Lee Zou, president)
Lists of Awarded Fellows +YearAwardsNameUniversity2024Ray Wu AwardBing RenUniversity of California, San DiegoJunyin YuanChinese Academy of SciencesYoung Investigator AwardQing ZhangUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Wei XieTsinghua University Teaching AwardXin-Hua FengZhejiang University2022Ray Wu AwardManyuan LongThe University of ChicagoChuan HeThe University of ChicagoYoung Investigator AwardChenqi XuChinese Academy of SciencesNan HaoUniversity of California San DiegoTeaching AwardGuo-Min LiUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center2018Ray Wu AwardZhijian James ChenUT Southwestern Medical CenterXinnian DongDuke UniversityYoung Investigator AwardKun ZhangUniversity of California San DiegoZhihua LiuChinese Academy of SciencesTeaching AwardLiqun LuoStanford University 2016Ray Wu AwardXiaoliang Sunney XieHarvard University and BIOPIC at Peking UniversityXiang-Dong FuUniversity of California, San DiegoYoung Investigator AwardLing-ling ChenChinese Academy of SciencesHai QiSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua UniversityTeaching AwardChenjian LiSchool of Life Sciences, Peking University2013Ray Wu AwardXiao-Fan WangDuke UniversityHaifan LinYale UniversityYoung Investigator AwardYibin KangPrinceton UniversityFeng ShaoNational Institute of Biological Sciences2011Ray Wu AwardKun-Liang GuanUniversity of California, San DiegoYigong ShiTsinghua UniversityYoung Investigator AwardXinzhong DongJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineTeaching AwardWeimin ZhongYale University2009Ray Wu AwardYi ZhangHarvard Medical SchoolYang ShiHarvard UniversityYoung Investigator AwardX.Z. Shawn XuUniversity of Michigan2007Lifetime Achievement AwardRay WuCornell UniversityRay Wu AwardBai LuNational Institutes of Health2005RW Society AwardYi RaoWashington University2002RW Society Award Mu-ming PooUniversity of California at Berkeley2000RW Society Award Zuo-yan ZhuNational Natural Science Foundation of China
The voice on "Racial Profiling" In 2019, CBIS, united other science societies, including the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) and the Chinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network (CAHON), jointly voiced the pressing concerns on racial profiling in a letter titled Racial Profiling Harms Science in Science (journal), which later attracted a widespread formal discussions among media and journals, including Los Angeles Times, Nature, University World News, inside higher ed, axios, wbur, the guardian, Higher Education, Science news, etc.
References
External links
https://www.cbisociety.org