摘要
It is with profound sadness that we mourn the loss of Dr. Biao Ding, a full-professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University （OSU）, and a world-renowned plant biologist with leading authority in viroid research. He died suddenly on June 26, 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic, while attending the international Conference on Viroids and Viroid-Like RNAs as a Keynote Speaker. Dr. Ding was born in 196., in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. He received his B.S. from Beijing Forestry University in 1982, and was then selected as one of the first group of outstanding young students to study abroad since the imolementation of China＇s Reform and Open Policy.
It is with profound sadness that we mourn the loss of Dr. Biao Ding, a full-professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University （OSU）, and a world-renowned plant biologist with leading authority in viroid research. He died suddenly on June 26, 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic, while attending the international Conference on Viroids and Viroid-Like RNAs as a Keynote Speaker. Dr. Ding was born in 196., in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. He received his B.S. from Beijing Forestry University in 1982, and was then selected as one of the first group of outstanding young students to study abroad since the imolementation of China＇s Reform and Open Policy.
