# The Wingmen

[![image-1645781815673.png](https://dulandrift.formosahut.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-02/scaled-1680-/image-1645781815673.png)](https://dulandrift.formosahut.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-02/image-1645781815673.png)<span style="font-weight: 400;">[Wu-xiang Guan](https://osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Yuan.pdf), **Deputy Director General:** *MD and PhD (Chinese CDC), PI, Viral Replication and Posttranscriptional Regulation Group. BSc in Clinical Medicine (2000), MSc in Virology (2003),Tongji Medical University.* </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">PhD awarded by Institute of Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese CDC (2006). </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">*Research in University of Kansas Medical Center (2007-2009), in Stowers Institute of Medical Research (2010-2012) before joining WIV in **2012** - same year as his boss.* </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">*Research: **mechanisms of DNA replication** of viruses, alternative polyadenylation regulation of **viral mRNA** and 3’ end biogenesis of noncoding RNA.*   
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**Key points:** Rocks the gangster haircut. I don't think he is though. Researching **mechanisms** of **DNA replication**, **mRNA tech**.<span style="font-weight: 400;"> Note: It's curious China didn't go the mRNA route with their own vaccines. Surely they could have if they wanted to. Did they know something?</span>

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[He Chang-cai](https://osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Yuan.pdf)**, Deputy Secretary** of the **Party Committee,** since 2013

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Ichthyology (fish zoology), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) from Jul. </span>**1985** <span style="font-weight: 400;">to Jun. 1996. </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">2000-2007: *deputy head **General Office of Education Center**, then head 2001-2003, deputy head **Office of Organization and Human Resources**.* </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">2008 to Aug. 2013: ***head of General Office**, Office of Infrastructure, and assistant of the President of Wuhan Branch, CAS. since 2013,* </span>*Corporate Secretary of **the Party** at Wuhan Branch<span style="font-weight: 400;"> from Oct. 2005 to Jul. 2013.</span>*

<span style="font-weight: 400;">**Key points:** The CCP's man in WIV - same 80's graduate vintage as Linfa Wang. Head of the Office of   
  
Organization. Good at his job - even if it was a lab-event - the cover-up was very well organized.  
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**Gong Peng, Deputy Director General:**

<span style="font-weight: 400;"> BSc (1998) and MSc (2001) in Chemistry from **Tsinghua University,** PhD</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (2002-2007) </span>**University of Massachusetts,**<span style="font-weight: 400;"> Amherst, with Dr. Craig T Martin &amp; Dr. Karsten. 2007-11, research with Dr. Olve B Peersen at </span>**Colorado State University.** Joined WIV 2011.<span style="font-weight: 400;">  
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**Key Points:** Interfacer -10 years at US universities,