2026 Chi-Bin Chien Award Winner: Yinan Wan, PhD

Yinan Wan, PhD
University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland

Award Lecture - Whole-embryo spatial transcriptomics: from fate to form

Dr. Yinan Wan is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Alexander Schier at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, where she develops spatial transcriptomics approaches to study vertebrate embryogenesis. She received her PhD in Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience from the University of Cambridge as part of a joint graduate program with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus, and holds a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Peking University. Dr. Wan has a broad interest in the intersection of molecular and biophysical aspects of embryonic and tissue development, and aims to understand how developmental systems balance variability and robustness. She is a recipient of EMBO and Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships.

 

 

Whole-embryo spatial transcriptomics: from fate to form

Awarded at the European Zebrafish Meeting - July, 2026

 

The Chi-Bin Chien Award was established by the zebrafish research community and the International Zebrafish Society (IZFS) in memory of Dr. Chi-Bin Chien. The award recognizes outstanding graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, or recently appointed faculty members from any country who have made significant contributions to the field of zebrafish research and have exhibited the generosity and openness that characterized and motivated Chi-Bin Chien. Read more about the CBC Award and its past recipients here.