Biography
Dr. Xiang-Dong Fu received his B.S. in Virology (1982) from Wuhan University,
mainland china. He was selected to enter a graduate school in the US through the
CUSBEA (China-United States Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Examination and
Administration) program.
After receiving his Ph.D. from Case Western University (1983-1988), and completing
his postdoctoral training at Harvard (1988-1992), he joined the faculty of UCSD
and is currently a Professor of Cellular and molecular Medicine.
Dr. Fu has been selected as prestigious Searle Scholar (1994-1997) and Leukemia
Scholar (1997-2002) for his accomplishments and proposed research in RNA splicing.
He is currently a member of the RNA Society and American Association for the
Advancement of Science. His research is supported by grants from the NIH.
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