Alina Chan

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Alina Chan

Yujia Alina Chan is a Canadian molecular biologist specializing in gene therapy and cell engineering. She was affiliated with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she was a postdoctoral fellow from February 2018 to December 2021, and then a scientific advisor from January 2022 to January 2025. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she became known for supporting the hypothesis that the SARS-CoV-2 virus escaped from a lab, contrary to the prevailing consensus regarding the origins of the virus.

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• Alina Chan - Wikipedia

  Yujia Alina Chan is a Canadian molecular biologist specializing in gene therapy and cell engineering. She was affiliated with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she was a postdoctoral fellow from February 2018 to December 2021, and then a scientific advisor from January 2022 to January 2025. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she became known for supporting the hypothesis that the SARS-CoV-2 virus escaped from a lab, contrary to the prevailing consensus regarding the origins of the virus. ## Biography [edit] [...] Canadian molecular biologist | Alina Chan | | Education | University of British Columbia | | Scientific career | | Fields | Molecular biology, cell engineering, gene therapy | | Workplaces | Broad Institute Harvard Medical School | | Thesis | DNA:RNA hybrid genome-wide profiling and links to genomic instability (2014) | | | [...] Chan signed open letters together with other scientists published in the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, calling for full and unrestricted international forensic investigations into all possible origins of the virus. She detailed her views on Twitter and wrote opinion pieces on the subject with science journalist Matt Ridley in the Wall Street Journal and in The Daily Telegraph. HarperCollins published their book, Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19, in November 2021. Chan was one of 18 scientists who signed a letter in Science Magazine calling again for a credible investigation into the origins of the virus. The letter called for a "proper investigation" into "both natural and laboratory spillovers" and was widely covered in the press and brought the debate on the

• Alina Chan | Giving to Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

  Alina Chan is a molecular biologist who specializes in gene therapy and cell engineering. She formerly served as a scientific advisor for the Vector

• Alina Chan • Georgina Capel Associates LTD

  # Alina Chan ## Alina Chan Alina Chan, Ph.D., is a scientific advisor and viral vector engineer at the Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard. She is a recent Broad Ignite fellow and Human Frontier Science Program fellow with a background in medical genetics, synthetic biology, and genetic engineering. During the pandemic, Dr. Chan investigated problems relevant to finding the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and co-authored Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19 with Matt Ridley. In 2022, she joined the Pathogens Project Taskforce organized by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to generate new thinking on responsible high-risk pathogen research. Website: harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/alina-chan Twitter: @Ayjchan ## Publications [...] Twitter: @Ayjchan ## Publications Viral: The Search For The Origin of Covid-19 Viral: The Search For The Origin of Covid-19 ## Related News June 11, 2021 Alina Chan and Matt Ridley to publish book about the origins of Covid-19 ## Contact Information Georgina Capel georgina@georginacapel.com Rachel Conway rachel@georginacapel.com Irene Baldoni irene@georginacapel.com ### Authors A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R S T V W Z

• Scientist who pushed for COVID lab leak theory ...

  Alina Chan is a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. When WBZ-TV interviewed her in 2021, she said she got online

• Episode 443: Alina Chan — unSILOed Podcast with Greg LaBlanc

  Alina Chan is a scientific advisor at the Broad Institute and the co-author of the book, Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19. She and her co-author Matt Ridley follow one evidence thread to the next in order to get closer to the truth. Alina joins Greg to chat about the two dominant hypotheses on COVID-19’s source, the challenges and methodology of identifying a virus’ origin, and why it’s crucial we find out where COVID-19 came from. \unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.\ ### Episode Quotes: The debate over studying high-risk pathogens [...] Skip to Content unSILOed Podcast with Greg LaBlanc SUBSCRIBE unSILOed Podcast with Greg LaBlanc SUBSCRIBE # Episode 443: Alina Chan Biology Written By Michael LaBlanc #### Listen to Episode on: []( []( #### Watch the Unabridged Interview: #### Order Books []( ### Uncovering COVID-19’s Origin More than four years after the pandemic began, a source for COVID-19 still eludes scientists and public health officials. The mystery has given rise to a slew of hypotheses ranging from natural zoonotic transmission to lab leaks. But to get to the bottom and find the real source of the virus, you have to start with the evidence. [...] > 24:45: I think bats, aside from humans, are probably the most interesting mammalian species out there for virologists. It's because these bats have been found to carry so many different types of pathogens, many of which can jump into people. So, like Ebola, coronaviruses, both MERS and SARS were found to have come from reservoirs, for example, but they're quite similar to humans in the context that they live in large groups. So, you go into one of these caves, easily millions of bats in there, but actually, they're quite different. So, they can fly, and so their body has to adapt to handle that really high heat that happens when you're flapping your wings at such a high speed. And that is related to traits in bats that help them to coexist with so many of these viruses. So, these

• Gender

  female

• Educated At

  University of British Columbia

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  molecular biologist

• Citizenship

  Canada

• Place Of Birth

  Vancouver