Why pioneering biologist Zhang Kai leaves Yale for China’s university at the height of career
Zhang, one of the world’s most influential scientists in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), resigned from his tenure-track position at Yale on Jan. 12 and joined the School of Life Sciences and Medicine at USTC in Hefei, Anhui province. The move surprised many in the academic community, as Zhang chose to leave in the middle of a…