Nancy Ip

Nancy Ip (simplified Chinese: 叶玉如; traditional Chinese: 葉玉如; pinyin: Yè Yùrú) is a Hong Kong neuroscientist. She is currently the Vice-President of Research and Development, the Morningside Professor of Life Science, and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).[1][2]

Nancy Ip
葉玉如
Born
Hong Kong
Other namesYe Yuru
EducationSimmons College
Harvard University
AwardsL'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
InstitutionsHong Kong University of Science and Technology
In this Chinese name, the family name is Ip (Ye).

Biography

Nancy Ip was born in Hong Kong, with her ancestral home in Taishan, Guangdong. She is the youngest of six children. [2]

She received her bachelor degree in Chemistry and Biology from Simmons College in 1977,[2] and she earned a doctorate in pharmacology from Harvard University Medical School in 1983.[2] After graduation, she spent the early part of her scientific career in the USA, and was Senior Staff Scientist at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, New York.[1][3]

Since joining The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1993, Ip served as Dean of Science, the Director of the Biotechnology Research Institute, and the Head of the Department of Biochemistry. She is currently the Vice-President for Research and Development, the Morningside Professor of Life Science, and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience at the University[4]

She has been elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2001), the World Academy of Sciences (2004), the US National Academy of Sciences (2015), the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences (2015), the American of Arts and Sciences (2016), and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2019).[5]

In 2004, she received the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science Award at the 6th Annual L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards [2][6] for her discoveries on the molecular control of growth, differentiation and synapse formation in the nervous system.

Research

Ip has made seminal discoveries in the biology of neurotrophic factors, specifically proteins that support the growth, survival, and differentiation of both developing and mature neurons. Her recent research to understand the deregulation of signaling pathways mediated by different classes of cell surface receptors has led to critical insights on the mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, and unveiled new molecular targets and potential therapeutic strategies for the disease.

Award

Further reading
  • Viegas, Jennifer (20 February 2018). "Profile of Nancy Ip". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115 (8): 1675–1677. doi:10.1073/pnas.1800193115. PMC 5828644. PMID 29432189.

References
  1. "HKUST Appoints Prof Nancy Ip as Dean of Science". HKUST. 2010-11-16.
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  3. "Ip Lab - Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory". iplab.ust.hk.
  4. "携带时尚元素的女科学家叶玉如(组图)". Sina (in Chinese). 2004-03-07.
  5. "中国两院院士资料库：叶玉如". People.com (in Chinese). 2003-09-22.
  6. "中国女性梅开二度获"世界杰出女科学家成就奖"". 163.COM (in Chinese). 2004-03-09.
  7. "Nancy Ip Yuk Yu 葉玉如教授 | The Croucher Foundation". scholars.croucher.org.hk.
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  13. "何梁何利基金". www.hlhl.org.cn.
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  16. "Civil And Miscellaneous Lists : Justices of the Peace". web.archive.org. August 21, 2019.
  17. "Nancy Y IP - Our Members - The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences 香港科學院". www.ashk.org.hk.
  18. "2015 New Members and Foreign Assoicates Elected". www.nasonline.org.
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  20. "Member Directory | American Academy of Arts and Sciences". www.amacad.org.
  21. "Science stars of China". Nature News. 534 (7608): 456. June 23, 2016. doi:10.1038/534456a – via www.nature.com.
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