The Wingmen

 

 

Wu-xiang Guan, 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. 

PhD awarded by Institute of Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese CDC (2006).

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. 

Research: mechanisms of DNA replication of viruses, alternative polyadenylation regulation of viral mRNA and 3’ end biogenesis of noncoding RNA. 

Key points: Rocks the gangster haircut. I don't think he is though.  Researching mechanisms of DNA replication, mRNA tech.  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?

 

He Chang-cai, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, since 2013

Ichthyology (fish zoology), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) from Jul. 1985 to Jun. 1996. 

2000-2007, deputy head General Office of Education Center, then head 2001-2003,  deputy head Office of Organization and Human Resources. 2008 to Aug. 2013, head of General Office, Office of Infrastructure, and assistant of the President of Wuhan Branch, CAS. since 2013,  Corporate Secretary of the Party at Wuhan Branch from Oct. 2005 to Jul. 2013.

Key points: The CCP's man in WIV - same 80's graduate vintage as Linfa Wang

 

 

 

Gong Peng,  Deputy Director General: 

 BSc (1998) and MSc (2001) in Chemistry from Tsinghua University, PhD (2002-2007) University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with Dr. Craig T Martin & Dr. Karsten.  2007-11, research with Dr. Olve B Peersen at Colorado State University.  Joined WIV 2011.

Key Points: Interfacer -10 years at US universities,