In 2014, Prof. Yanyi WANG from WIV was awarded as Distinguished Young Scholars, which was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China.

By identifing critical signaling components and regulatory molecules in the virus-triggered signaling pathways leading to induction of type I IFNs and proinflammatory cytokines, including VISA, WDR5, WWP2 and A20, and revealing roles of the E3 ubiquitin ligases TRIM8 and MIB1 in signaling mediated by the proinflammatory cytokines TNF and IL-1, she makes great contributions to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of antiviral innate immunity and inflammation, and exerts profound impact in this field internationally.

Prof. Yanyi WANG has published 17 papers in international journals, including 1 in Mol. Cell, Cell Host Microbe and 3 in PNAS as a first/corresponding author. These publications have been cited for more than 1170 times by others. She received the Young Scholar Award from the Chinese Society for Immunology, and was an awardee of the 10000 Talent Plan--Outstanding Young Talents.