Why did Xia Kun go to South China University?
Professor Xia Kun, Ph.D., doctoral supervisor. Member of the Party Committee and Vice President of Nanhua University. Distinguished professor, a Changjiang Scholar, winner of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, young and middle-aged scientific and technological innovation leader of the "Ten Thousand Talents Program" of the Central Organization Department, chief scientist of the 973 Project, winner of the special government allowance of the State Council, leader of the innovation team of the Ministry of Education, outstanding talent of the Ministry of Education in the new world, national candidate of the 100 million talents project in the new century, leading scientific and technological talent in Hunan Province, and outstanding professor of China Medical Foundation. More than 20 new genetic disease sites were located, and more than 10 pathogenic genes were cloned. The first genome-wide study of childhood autism was carried out in China, and the first autism GWAS study, genome-wide CNVs study and large sample targeted sequencing were completed in China. He presided over more than 20 national, ministerial and provincial projects such as the first phase of the 973 Plan, the 863 major special projects and the key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation. Published more than 300 academic papers. Undertake four undergraduate and postgraduate teaching courses.