‘10,000-tonne level talent’ biologist Zhao Yingming leaves Chicago for Hangzhou

In early November, a low-resolution photo of an internal meeting circulated on China’s social networks, accompanied by a caption with only one sentence: “It is said that he is a top-tier introduced talent at the 10,000-tonne level.” The main person in the photo is leading biologist Zhao Yingming, who was the Louis Block Professor in the Ben May Department for…