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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).
Feb 9, 2022 · One of its labs, led by virologist Shi Zhengli, focuses on coronaviruses that live in bats, and has spent years sequencing viral genomes, isolating live viruses, and—through genetic mixing and...
- Jane Qiu
Jun 14, 2021 · A Top Virologist in China, at Center of a Pandemic Storm, Speaks Out. The virologist, Shi Zhengli, said in a rare interview that speculation about her lab in Wuhan was baseless. But China’s ...
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Jun 1, 2020 · June 1, 2020. 14 min read. How China’s ‘Bat Woman’ Hunted Down Viruses from SARS to the New Coronavirus. Wuhan-based virologist Shi Zhengli has identified dozens of deadly SARS-like viruses in...
- Jane Qiu
Jul 31, 2020 · Shi, nicknamed “Bat Woman,” heads a group that studies bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), in the Chinese city where the pandemic began. Many have speculated that SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen that causes COVID-19, accidentally escaped from her lab—a theory promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump.
- Jon Cohen
- 2020
Mar 1, 2023 · 1 March 2023. Getty Images. The lab-leak theory has been strongly rejected by China. More than three years after Covid-19 was detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the question of how the virus...
Jul 31, 2020 · The coronavirus pandemic has thrust virologist Shi Zhengli into a fierce spotlight. Shi, nicknamed "Bat Woman," heads a group that studies bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), in the Chinese city where the pandemic began.
