THE HEPATITIS B FOUNDATION AND THE BARUCH S. BLUMBERG INSTITUTE
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​​​​​​​2021 BLUMBERG PRIZE LECTURE
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​​​​​​​NTCP for HBV/HDV entry:  the knowns and unknowns

Named after the Nobel Prize winner, Baruch S. Blumberg, MD, the Blumberg Prize is awarded annually for outstanding contributions to advance science and medicine of hepatitis B.  

After earning a Ph.D. in 2001 from the Peking Union Medical College and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Dr. Li worked as a postdoctoral fellow and then as an instructor at Harvard Medical School, Boston. In 2007, he joined NIBS Beijing, where he has focused on viral infection of hepatitis B and hepatitis D. Dr. Li’s research led to the discovery that a multiple transmembrane bile acids transporter (NTCP, sodium taurocholate co-transporting polypeptide), predominantly expressed in liver, is a functional receptor for HBV and HDV. Dr. Li is now an investigator at NIBS and a professor at the Tsinghua Institute of Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research.
Read our news release about Dr. Li's selection for the Blumberg Prize here.
Learn more about Prof. Li:   About Wenhui Li, Ph.D.

  • Wenhui Li, Ph.D.

    2021 Blumberg Prize Lecturer

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