Life on earth began as a single-celled microbe and the human body has evolved to trillions of cells. With the increasing complexity of development of species, scientists are faced with a myriad of questions about the origin of life. Dr. Wen-Hsiung Li from the Biodiversity Research Center in Academia Sinica  talks about how comparing the genetic codes of different species helps us understand their evolutionary origins and how this fundamental knowledge can be translated into producing important enzymes and hormones. 

 If you are interested to know more about his work in Evolutionary Genomics,  visit the following website  http://www.biodiv.tw/index.php/en/people/faculty/dr-wen-hsiung-li#lab-pi 

Academician Wen-Hsiung Li received the 2019 SMBE’s Lifetime Contribution Award http://bit.ly/2IoIi6H

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