The China Association of Inventions announced winners of the 14th Invention and Entrepreneurship Awards, covering categories for Individuals, Achievements, and Innovations. Among the winners, Yang Shihui, a professor at the School of Life Sciences of Hubei University and the founder of Wuhan Ruijiakang Biotechnology Co., Ltd., has won the National Invention and Entrepreneurship Award for Individuals.
Professor Yang Shihui from the School of Life Sciences holds multiple prestigious titles. He is a recipient of the National High-level Overseas Talent Program, a Distinguished Professor under Hubei Province’s Key Talents Program, a Key Liaison Expert for Hubei Province, andDeputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering. His research endeavors are centered around microbial metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, bioenergy, and the green biomanufacturing of essential platform compounds. He has spearheaded numerous national and provincial-level projects, notably the National Key Research and Development Program on Synthetic Biology funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, as well as General and Joint Projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. His academic prowess is showcased through over 120 publications in top-tier journals such as Nature Biotechnology, PNAS, and Nucleic Acids Research, which have garnered over 5,300 citations, reflecting an H-index of 40. In addition, he boasts an impressive patent portfolio, including 9 US patents and 27 Chinese patents, with 17 of them having been successfully transferred.
Having founded Wuhan Ruijiakang Biotechnology Co., Ltd. in 2021, Professor Yang Shihui has been actively engaged in industry-academia-research collaboration and the commercialization of scientific research outcomes. His team has dedicated itself to synthetic bio-manufacturing, tackling significant challenges caused by the lack of essential understanding of industrial strains technology, the scarcity of tools, difficulties in strain modification, and the limited diversity of products in the industrial sector. They have set globally pioneering examples in the rational design, efficient modification, and application of industrial strains, achieving a remarkable pilot-scale production of thousands of tons of cellulosic ethanol. With a focus on synthetic bio-manufacturing of non-food-based biofuels and biomaterials, Professor Yang and his team help addressing national energy security concerns and fostering high-quality development of the bioeconomy, contributing to environmental protection, rural economic revitalization, the pursuit of carbon neutrality, and becoming an important engine for the development of new quality productive forces.
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