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Virginia Man-Yee Lee
Professor Virginia Man-Yee Lee is a neuropathologist specializing in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and ALS. She was awarded the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for her work, a prize given to researchers whose discoveries could help extend human life.
Born in 1945 in Chongqing, China, Professor Lee moved to London in 1962 to study piano. She went on to graduate from the University of London with an MS in Biochemistry, and obtained her PhD from the University of California at San Francisco.
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