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SIAT professor elected as EMBO associate member

Writer: Han Ximin  |  Editor: Cao Zhen  |  From: Original  |  Updated: 2026-07-02

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Chenli Liu

Chenli Liu, professor at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and founding director of the State Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, has been elected an association member, according to an announcement of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) on June 30.

Professor Liu has conducted systematic research on the rational design principles of synthetic biological systems. Building on a series of achievements, he proposed the research paradigm of quantitative synthetic biology, promoting the transition of synthetic biology from empirical trial-and-error toward rational design.

Liu has also led the development of one of the world’s largest fully automated, high-throughput Shenzhen Synthetic Biology Infrastructures, substantially strengthening the capacity to build, test, and optimize synthetic biological systems. He is also leading the establishment of the National Industrial Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing, the only national-level innovation center of its kind in China’s biomanufacturing sector. The center focuses on bridging fundamental research and industrial application, connecting key stages from laboratory discovery to large-scale production.

Liu has received numerous honors, including the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress, the Tan Jiazhen Life Science Innovation Award, the CAS Young Scientist Award, the First Prize of the Guangdong Natural Science Award, and the Agilent Thought Leader Award. In 2025, he was listed as a candidate for election as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

This year, EMBO’s newly elected members come from 23 countries. A total of 60 new members were elected from EMBO’s 32 member states, while 11 scientists from non-member states were elected as associate members.

Before Liu, 14 scientists from Chinese mainland had been elected as EMBO Associate Members since EMBO’s founding.


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The new EMBO Members and Associate Members.

Chenli Liu, professor at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and founding director of the State Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, has been elected an association member, according to an announcement of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) on June 30.