Dr. Yun-Bo Shi is a senior investigator and the head of Section on Molecular Morphogenesis, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH, Bethesda, MD. Dr. Shi received his B. S. degree from the Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, China, in 1982 and his Ph. D. degree from the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, in 1988. After postdoctoral training at the Carnegie Institution, Baltimore, MD, Dr. Shi established his own research group within the intramural research program of NICHD, NIH, in 1992.
Dr. Shi’s laboratory has been studying the molecular basis of thyroid hormone regulation of vertebrate development by using Xenopus metamorphosis as a model system. Dr. Shi has published over 140 research papers and 60 reviews/book chapters, edited three books and written a monograph on amphibian metamorphosis. For his accomplishments, Dr. Shi has received many awards and recognitions, including the 2009 NIH APAO (Asian & Pacific Islander American Organization) Award for outstanding accomplishments in biomedical research and the 2008 Van Meter Award by the American Thyroid Association, which honors an investigator who has made outstanding contributions to research on the thyroid gland. In 2012, Dr. Shi was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Shi has served on many domestic and international grant review panels, including NIH study sections, and organized many international symposia. Dr. Shi was an editor of Cell Research, published by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, from 1997 to 2010. Dr. Shi is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Cell and Bioscience, the official journal of the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America, and has served as a board member of several journals including Thyroid and Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Dr. Shi’s laboratory has been studying the molecular basis of thyroid hormone regulation of vertebrate development by using Xenopus metamorphosis as a model system. Dr. Shi has published over 140 research papers and 60 reviews/book chapters, edited three books and written a monograph on amphibian metamorphosis. For his accomplishments, Dr. Shi has received many awards and recognitions, including the 2009 NIH APAO (Asian & Pacific Islander American Organization) Award for outstanding accomplishments in biomedical research and the 2008 Van Meter Award by the American Thyroid Association, which honors an investigator who has made outstanding contributions to research on the thyroid gland. In 2012, Dr. Shi was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Shi has served on many domestic and international grant review panels, including NIH study sections, and organized many international symposia. Dr. Shi was an editor of Cell Research, published by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, from 1997 to 2010. Dr. Shi is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Cell and Bioscience, the official journal of the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America, and has served as a board member of several journals including Thyroid and Journal of Biological Chemistry.