Cao Xuetao (Chinese: 曹雪涛; born July 19, 1964) is a Chinese immunologist who formerly served as president of Nankai University from 2018 to 2022.[1]
Cao Xuetao | |||||||
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曹雪涛 | |||||||
| President of Nankai University | |||||||
| In office January 2018 – August 2022 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Gong Ke | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Chen Yulu | ||||||
| President of Peking Union Medical College | |||||||
| In office 2015–2017 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Zeng Yixin | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Wang Chen | ||||||
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| Born | July 19, 1964 Jinan, Shandong, China | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Second Military Medical University | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Immunology | ||||||
| Institutions | Nankai University | ||||||
| Academic advisors | Ye Tianxing | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 曹雪濤 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 曹雪涛 | ||||||
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Biography
editCao was born in Jinan, Shandong, China on July 19, 1964. In September 1981 he was accepted to the Second Military Medical University in Shanghai, where he received his doctorate in medicine in 1986 and completed his post-graduate studies in immunology in 1990. After graduation, he was a lecturer and then professor (1993) at the Second Military Medical University, as one of the youngest medical professors at that time. He also served as chairman of the Department (1995-2011), Director of the Institute of Immunology (2000-2011) and Vice President of the University (2004-2011). In July 2005 he was awarded the military rank of major general (shao jiang).[citation needed]
He was president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences between August 2011 and November 2015. In August 2010 he became vice president of Peking Union Medical College, rising to president in November 2015. In January 2018 he was appointed president of Nankai University, a vice-ministerial level position.[2] He also served as president of the Chinese Society of Immunology (2006-2014), the Federation of Immunological Societies of Asia-Oceania (2012-2015) and the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (2014-2015).[citation needed]
In January 2018 he became a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[citation needed]
Honors and awards
edit- State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class)
- 2005 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
- 2013 Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2014 Foreign Associate Member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine of France
- 2014 Associate Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
- 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring in Science by Nature[3]
- 2016 Member of the British Academy of Medical Sciences
- October 16, 2017 International Member of the US National Academy of Medicine[4]
- April 18, 2018 Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS)
Investigation
editOn November 13, 2019, American biologist Elisabeth Bik wrote on PubPeer that about 40 papers co-authored by Cao used unexpectedly similar images, a sign of possible manipulation, although Bik said many of these could be honest errors. So far, no results have been announced, and netizens noticed a public smear campaign on American scientists from Harvard.[5] On November 18, the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) announced that it is investigating the claim.[5][6][7] The June 26, 2020 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry announced "expressions of concern" on 12 articles on which Cao was corresponding author.[8]
Personal life
editCao is married and has a son, who received his doctoral degree at Harvard and is now in Xie Xiaoliang laboratory at Peking University.[9]
Selected papers
edit- Zhang, Minghui; Tang, Hua; Guo, Zhenhong; An, Huazhang; Zhu, Xuejun; Song, Wengang; Guo, Jun; Huang, Xin; Chen, Taoyong; Wang, Jianli; Cao, Xuetao (2004). "Splenic stroma drives mature dendritic cells to differentiate into regulatory dendritic cells". Nature Immunology. 5 (11): 1124–1133. doi:10.1038/ni1130. PMID 15475957. S2CID 11900161.
- Wang, P.; Xue, Y.; Han, Y.; Lin, L.; Wu, C.; Xu, S.; Jiang, Z.; Xu, J.; Liu, Q.; Cao, X. (2014). "The STAT3-Binding Long Noncoding RNA lnc-DC Controls Human Dendritic Cell Differentiation". Science. 344 (6181): 310–313. Bibcode:2014Sci...344..310W. doi:10.1126/science.1251456. PMID 24744378. S2CID 206555531.
- Hou, Jin; Wang, Pin; Lin, Li; Liu, Xingguang; Ma, Feng; An, Huazhang; Wang, Zhugang; Cao, Xuetao (2009). "MicroRNA-146a Feedback Inhibits RIG-I-Dependent Type I IFN Production in Macrophages by Targeting TRAF6, IRAK1, and IRAK2". Journal of Immunology. 183 (3): 2150–2158. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.0900707. PMID 19596990.
- Hou, Jin; Lin, Li; Zhou, Weiping; Wang, Zhengxin; Ding, Guoshan; Dong, Qiongzhu; Qin, Lunxiu; Wu, Xiaobing; Zheng, Yuanyuan; Yang, Yun; Tian, Wei; Zhang, Qian; Wang, Chunmei; Zhang, Qinghua; Zhuang, Shi-Mei; Zheng, Limin; Liang, Anmin; Tao, Wenzhao; Cao, Xuetao (2011). "Identification of miRNomes in Human Liver and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Reveals miR-199a/b-3p as Therapeutic Target for Hepatocellular Carcinoma". Cancer Cell. 19 (2): 232–243. doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2011.01.001. PMID 21316602.
References
edit- ^ Cao Xuetao (2019). "Entering a new century of scientific excellence". nature.com. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ 曹雪涛任南开大学校长 [Cao Xuetao is appointed president of Nankai University]. sina (in Chinese). 3 January 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Gerstner, Ed (2015-12-16). "MentorshipStewards of China's future". Nature. 528 (7582): 427–428. doi:10.1038/nj7582-427a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 26682340.
- ^ 曹雪涛当选美国国家医学科学院外籍院士，长期从事免疫学研究. thepaper (in Chinese). 17 October 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ a b Wu Yi 吴怡 (18 November 2019). 中国工程院：会针对网络反映曹雪涛院士的有关问题展开调查. The Paper (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Dennis Normile (22 November 2019). "Top Chinese researcher faces questions about image manipulation". sciencemag.org. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Zhuang Pinghui (19 November 2019). "Chinese university chief under investigation after research called into question". MSN. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "12 Expressions of Concern Chinese Ministry of Education announced the results of investigation and found large amount of "image problems due to mistake", he is unable to apply for grants for a year, which is a light punishment compared to Hongliang Li, who got two years ban to apply for funding for much less misuse of images compared to Cao. It is speculated that position and power play a major role in the results". Journal of Biological Chemistry. ASBMB. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Bi Guihai (毕桂海); He Xiaolin (贺晓琳) (28 March 2001). 曹雪涛：解读“生命天书”的军人学者. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 November 2019.