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Zhang Kai Leaves Yale to Build Cellular Data Bank in China

4/2/2026

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Zhang Kai resigned from Yale University on January 12 and returned to China to help establish a large-scale cellular structure data bank.
He joined the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei.
He stated that Chinese scholars face difficulties leading such projects in the United States.
In March, his high-resolution electron microscopy paper was published in Nature, advancing understanding of mitochondria and developing diagnostic technologies.

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Zhang Kai resigned from Yale University on January 12 and returned to China to help establish a large-scale cellular structure data bank.
He joined the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei.
He stated that Chinese scholars face difficulties leading such projects in the United States.
In March, his high-resolution electron microscopy paper was published in Nature, advancing understanding of mitochondria and developing diagnostic technologies.