"In my childhood, my father always asked me that where I would see myself in the future, but I could
hardly find the answer until a pancreatic cancer deprived my uncle¡¯s life. I can still remember the
worn out body laying there and he could hardly say a word when I visited him in his final days. His
face in pain and despair made me so grieved that I became a doctor and cured him in my dream at
that night. It was somewhat despairing, when I woke up next morning. However, what personal
career I wanted to pursue came down on me. From then on, I tried to acquaint myself with basic
medical and physiological knowledge by self-study. This habit turned out to be very helpful in my
later academic studies.¡± ... [more]Functional Genomics & Bioinformatics Program
NC State University
