After doctoral studies at Johns Hopkins and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, he rose to full professor at Princeton in just four years, based on his research into the mechanism of cell death.

• “海龟”可以转换药学研究的本质，当印度在与多国发展影响深远的合作伙伴时已经遥遥领先的时候，中国也已在基础生物学初露锋芒并且在研发方面崭露头角。