Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yao Zhen 18 October 1915 - 4 November 2005, was a notable Chinese biologist and oncologist. He served the First President of Asian-Pacific Organization for Cell Biology. Yao was born in Changshu, Jiangsu Province on 18 October 1915. Yao graduated from the Department of Biology of Zhejiang University in 1937. After graduation, he became a teaching assistant at the department. Yao received a scholarship from British Council and went to study in UK in 1946. Yao obtained Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1949. Yao jointed the former Shanghai Institute of Experimental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in August 1950. He was the Vice-Director of the former CAS Shanghai Institute of Cell Biology. Yao was a senior academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (1980 election). August 1988, Yao was elected as the 1st President of Asian-Pacific Organization for Cell Biology.