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Dr. Yangyang DUAN is a Research Assistant Professor at the Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Her research focuses on pioneering genome-editing strategies to combat neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. She has developed the first non-invasive brain-wide genome-editing system and demonstrated its therapeutic potential for treating familial Alzheimer’s disease. This groundbreaking technology was recognized by the Chinese Neuroscience Society as one of the Major Neuroscience Breakthroughs of 2021. Dr. DUAN has published her research in high-impact journals such as Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Neuroscience, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.