Laureate on a mission
Eminent German biophysicist and Nobel prize-winner Erwin Neher believes traditional Chinese medicine has bright prospects, particularly in the Greater Bay Area - a region that could rival Silicon Valley as a world-class tech and innovation hub. He talks to Stephy Zhang in Macao.
German Nobel laureate Erwin Neher has a close affinity with traditional Chinese medicine, saying the potential of TCM, with a history of more than 2,000 years, has drawn him to the Macao Special Administrative Region to deepen his research in the field.
The renowned biophysicist, specializing in cell physiology, holds true to his belief with a resounding vote of confidence in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area's bid to be a world-class innovation and technology hub that could take on Silicon Valley.
Neher, who was appointed by the Macau University of Science and Technology in 2016 to head a biophysics laboratory named in his honor, won the 2024 Chinese Government Friendship Award in late September, becoming the first expatriate scientist in the Hong Kong and Macao SARs to receive the nation's top friendship award. The prize was created in 1991 in recognition of foreign experts' outstanding contributions to China's development.
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