Chinese scientist contributes to key vaccine technology By MAY ZHOU in Houston | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-21 09:45 Wang Nianshuang (right), at the time a research associate working with Dr Jason McLellan (left), associate professor of molecular biosciences; and Daniel Wrapp, a graduate student, pose for a photo in the McLellan Lab at the University of Texas at Austin on Feb 17. COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
When he first found a way to stabilize the shape-shifting spike protein of a coronavirus in 2016, Wang Nianshuang, then a postdoctoral researcher, and his collaborators had a hard time finding a journal willing to publish the results.