Dr. Jiarui Wu is a professor at the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science (Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology) and Director of Key Laboratory of Systems Biology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Wu’s academic leadership extends to serving as editorinchief for Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, associate editor for BMC Systems Biology, and associate editor for Medicine and Philosophy. Dr. Wu’s research uses a systemic biology approach to understand the molecular mechanisms of type 2 diabetes and tumors. So far, he has published more than 100 research papers in international scientific journals. As a Berggruen China Center Fellow, Dr. Wu will carry out the project, “Bio-Complexity Science”.