Dr. Yuan joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2018. She specializes in patent application prosecution, reexamination and infringement analysis, focused on the fields of gene editing, immunotherapy, and cancer treatment.

Dr. Yuan studied in Northeast Agricultural University in 2008-2012 and received her Ph.D. degree from Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2018, majoring in Development Biology. 

Representative prosecutions that Dr. Yuan has participated in:

-     President and fellows of Harvard College (Gene editing);

-     Gilead (CAR T cell immunotherapy);

-     Novozymes (Enzymes).

Research that Dr. Yuan has been involved in:

-     Research about gene functions in mammalian gametogenesis;

-     Establishment of conditional knockout mice using CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering technique.

Publications that Dr. Yuan has authored:

-     Geminin deletion in pre-meiotic DNA replication stage causes spermatogenesis defect and infertility[J]. Journal of Reproduction & Development, 63(5):481-488.

-     Oocyte-specific deletion of furin leads to female infertility by causing early secondary follicle arrest in mice[J]. Cell Death & Disease, 8(6):e2846.