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Tras 30 años en Estados Unidos, el biólogo computacional líder mundial Bao Zhirong ha asumido un puesto a tiempo completo en la Universidad de Ciencia y Tecnología del Sur en Shenzhen. Renombrado por su investigación en genómica del cáncer, estudiará circuitos cerebrales en su nuevo laboratorio para obtener conocimientos sobre el autismo. El movimiento resalta el atractivo del entorno de investigación de China.

Bao Zhirong, figura líder mundial en biología computacional, ha regresado a China tras 30 años en Estados Unidos. Ha asumido un puesto a tiempo completo como profesor titular en la escuela de ciencias de la vida y la salud de la Universidad de Ciencia y Tecnología del Sur (SUSTech) en Shenzhen desde enero.

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