Bio-X Awards Program

The Bio-X awards were originally funded and further developed by Professor Lin He with an initial fund of USD33,000 in 2003. Since 2004, one Bio-X award was given with one year's bank interest of the fund, which is intended to encourage the innovation and fruitful hard work for those young scientists who are passionate in working in Life Science or the relevant fields.

Award Requirements:
        Candidates: Postgraduates and undergraduates in Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
        Qualifications: The original research paper in the field of Life Science or the relevant interdisciplinary study affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which has been published between 1st March and the last day of the following February.
        Criteria: The publication in the peer-reviewed journal with highest Impact Factor.
        Number of Winners: One.
        Amount: One year's bank interest of the fund.
        Distribution of the money: 70% of the money will be awarded to the first author and the 30% will be awarded to the other co-authors.
        Deadline for application: The last day of each February
        Award date: March 15th each year
        Contact person & address: Dongmei CAO (Tel: 62933338-8106), Bio-X Institutes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Hua Shan Road, Shanghai 200030

Bio-X Awards Winners

2016: Zhijian SONG(Ph.D. student)

The genome-wide mutational landscape of pituitary adenomas. Cell Res. 2016 Nov;26(11):1255-1259.(IF:14.812)[Abstract] 

2015: Qian CONG (Ph.D. student)

p38α MAPK Regulates Lineage Commitment and OPG Synthesis of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells to Prevent Bone Loss under Physiological and Pathological Conditions. Stem Cell Reports. 2016 Apr 12;6(4):566-78.(IF:5.365)[Abstract]

2014: Hao JIA (Ph.D. student)

p57Kip2 is an unrecognized DNA damage response effector molecule that functions in tumor suppression and chemoresistance.(IF:8.559) [Abstract]

2013: Qian ZHAO (Ph.D. student)

Rare CNVs and Tag SNPs at 15q11.2 Are Associated With Schizophrenia in the Han Chinese Population. 2013 Jan;18(1):67-78.(IF:8.273) [Abstract]

2012: Jinglei YANG (Ph.D. student)

Potential metabolite markers of schizophrenia.Mol Psychiatry. 2013 Jan;18(1):67-78.(IF:15.470) [Abstract]

2011: Zhen ZENG (MC student)

Common SNPs and haplotypes in DGKH are associated with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in the Chinese Han population. Molecular Psychiatry. 2011 May;16(5):473-5. (IF:15.470) [Abstract]

2010: Jing YE (Ph.D. student)

TRF2 and apollo cooperate with topoisomerase 2alpha to protect human telomeres from replicative damage. Cell. 2010 Jul 23;142(2):230-42. (IF:31.152) [Abstract]

2009: Kang ZHOU (Ph.D. student)
Production of offspring from a germline stem cell line derived from neonatal ovaries. Nature cell biology.2009 May;11(5):631-636 . (IF:17.774) [Abstract]

2008: Bo GU (Ph.D. student)
Association between a polymorphism of the HTR3A gene and therapeutic response to risperidone treatment in drug-naive Chinese schizophrenia patients. Pharmacogenet Genomics.2008 Aug;18(8):721-7 . (IF:5.775) [Abstract]

2007: Mingqing XU (Ph.D. student)
Quantitative Assessment of the Effect of Angiotensinogen Gene Polymorphisms on the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease. Circulation. 2007 Sep 18;116(12):1356-66. (IF: 12.563) [Abstract]

2006: Xinzhi ZHAO (Ph.D. student)
Functional Variants in the Promoter Region of Chitinase 3-Like 1 (CHI3L1) and Susceptibility to Schizophrenia. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 2007 Jan;80(1):12-8. (IF: 12.649) [Abstract]

2005: Mingqing XU (Ph.D. student)
Rates of adult schizophrenia following prenatal exposure to the Chinese famine of 1959-1961. JAMA. 2005;294:557-562. (IF: 24.831) [Abstract]

2004: Qi CHEN (Ph.D. student)
Family-based association study of synapsin II and schizophrenia. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 2004 November; 75(5): 873-877. (IF: 12.34) [Abstract]

2003: Xinzhi ZHAO (Ph.D. student)
A case control family based association study of the egulin 1 gene and schizophrenia. J Med Genet. 2004;41:31-34. (IF: 7.774) [Abstract]