UN Honorary Academician Committee

Recognizing global talents, building platforms for exchange and cooperation, promoting world peace and development, and facilitating mutual learning among human civilizations

Liu Yajuan

 

Birth: 1978, Shandong, China

Nationality: China

Education Background

  • • 2008-2010 Postdoctoral Research at Harvard Medical School (Research on Molecular Mechanisms of Aging)

Professional Experience

  • • 2010-2015 Distinguished Researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
  • • 2015-2023 Director of Biomedical Research Center, Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated with Fudan University

Main Academic Achievements

  • • First discovery of the regulatory role of the SIRT3 gene in human cell aging (published in Nature Cell Biology, 2014)
  • • Development of anti-aging intervention programs based on NAD+ precursors (awarded 3 international patents)
  • • Led the formulation of China's first Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Anti-Aging Technology (2022)

Social Positions:

  • • Member of the WHO Expert Group on Aging Research
  • • Executive Director of the Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering

Motto: "Aging is not a disease, but we can make it more graceful."