Shi Zhengli

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shi Zhengli
Occupation	Researcher
Date Of Birth	May 26, 1964(1964-05-26)
Age	60
Birthplace	Xixia
Country	China
Birth City	Henan
Horoscope	Gemini

Shi Zhengli Biography

Shi Zhengli is one of the most popular and richest Researcher who was born on May 26, 1964 in Xixia, Henan, China.

Shi Zhengli (simplified Chinese: 石正丽 ; traditional Chinese: 石正麗 ; born 26 May 1964) is a Chinese virologist who researches SARS-like coronaviruses of bat origin. Shi directs the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), a biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory located in Jiangxia District, Wuhan. In 2017, Shi and her colleague Cui Jie discovered that the SARS coronavirus likely originated in a population of bats in a remote region of the Yunnan, from which she took samples and brought them to Wuhan. Shi came to prominence in the popular press as “bat woman” during the COVID-19 pandemic for her work with bat coronaviruses. Shi is a member of the Virology Committee of the Chinese Society for Microbiology. She is an editor of the Board of Virologica Sinica, the Chinese Journal of Virology, and the Journal of Fishery Sciences of China.

In 2005, Shi Zhengli and colleagues found that bats are the natural reservoir of SARS-like coronaviruses. To determine the mechanism by which SARS may have spilled over into humans, Shi led a research team that studied binding of spike proteins of both natural and chimaeric SARS-like coronaviruses to ACE2 receptors in human, civet and horseshoe bat cells. In 2014, Shi Zhengli collaborated on additional gain-of-function experiments led by Ralph S. Baric of the University of North Carolina, which showed that two critical mutations that the MERS coronavirus possesses allow it to bind to the human ACE2 receptor, and that SARS had the potential to re-emerge from coronaviruses circulating in bat populations in the wild. In 2014, the US National Institutes of Health placed a moratorium on SARS, MERS, and influenza gain-of- function studies, due to concerns about the risks vs. benefits of such research, lifting this moratorium in 2017 after the creation of a new regulatory framework. Shi Zhengli and her colleague Cui Jie led a team that sampled thousands of horseshoe bats throughout China. In 2017, they published their findings, indicating that all the genetic components of the SARS coronavirus existed in a bat population in a cave in Yunnan province. According to their study, while no single bat harbored the exact strain of virus that caused the 2002-2004 SARS outbreak, genetic analysis showed that different strains often mix, suggesting that the human version likely emerged from a combination of the strains present in the bat population.

Shi Zhengli Net Worth

Shi Zhengli is one of the richest Researcher from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shi Zhengli 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Shi was born in May 1964 in Xixia County, Henan. She graduated from Wuhan University in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in hereditary biology. She received her master’s degree from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1990 and her PhD from Montpellier 2 University in France in 2000.

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Shunta Ranked on the list of most popular Researcher. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Shi Zhengli celebrates birthday on May 26 of every year.