Four members of the Biophysical Society of China (BSC) are among the winners of the innovation award of the 15th C. C. Tan Life Science Award, as announced on Dec 10, in East China's Shanghai.

They are: Sun Jinpeng, professor, doctoral supervisor and executive vice-president of the Advanced Medical Research Institute at Shandong University; Xiao Bailong, research fellow, vice-dean of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Tsinghua University and a senior researcher at the Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences; Zhang Yan, professor, vice-dean of the School of Basic Medical Sciences and deputy director of the Innovative Drug Research Center at Zhejiang University; and Zhou Dawang, professor, vice-president of Xiamen University and a council member of the BSC.

Rao Zihe, honorary president of the BSC, presides over the award ceremony of the 15th C. C. Tan Life Science Award. [Photo/bsc.org.cn]

The award was granted to 17 scientists, including two achievement award winners, three clinical medicine award winners, two industrialization award winners and 10 innovation award winners.