Jessie Qiaoyi Liang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Biography
Jessie Qiaoyi Liang has been involved in the identification and characterization of cancer-related genes since 2004. Whilst completing her PhD in Oncology at the Cancer Institute of Zhejiang University, she identifi ed and designated three novel cancer-related genes, including HERV-HX, HERV-H4p15 and psiTPTE22-HERV. He is currently a Research Assistant Professor in State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her work has resulted in publication of 30 peer-reviewed research articles, of which 14 are as fi rst/co-first or corresponding author, 3 patents, 19 conference abstracts and 13 research
awards (AACR travel award, UEGW Oral Free Paper Prize, ICG Women Scientists Award, CUHK Research Excellence Award, etc.). She has delivered speeches at 8 international and 5 national conferences in recent 3 years.