Wenying Shou PhD

Prof Wenying Shou graduated from Pomona College (Claremont, USA) in 1993, double majoring in mathematics and biology. Wenying Shou went to the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, USA) for my MS and PhD. For my MS degree, Wenying Shou identified a cell cycle inhibitor in Xenopus egg extracts and studied its biochemical activities. For my PhD, Wenying Shou examined the mitotic exit network in the budding yeast S. cerevisiae using molecular genetics and biochemistry.

In 2001, Wenying Shou started my postdoctoral research, initially at the Rockefeller University and then the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Research Centre (New York City, USA). Wenying Shou engineered a synthetic yeast cooperative community to track its evolution and attempted mathematical modelling of community properties.

In 2007, Wenying Shou started my lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre (Seattle, USA). With the help of talented lab members, my research style underwent a metamorphosis where mathematical modelling transitioned to become a powerful tool in my biological research.

In 2021, Wenying Shou moved to University College London, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment (GEE), Centre for Life’s Origins and Evolution (CLOE). Wenying Shou looks forward to learning from and contributing to the rich intellectual environment at UCL.