Virologist who was first to share Covid genome sleeps on street after lab shuts

{
  "by": "Brajeshwar",
  "descendants": 29,
  "id": 40223769,
  "kids": [
    40224423,
    40224087,
    40224386,
    40223991,
    40224507,
    40224374,
    40224583
  ],
  "score": 58,
  "time": 1714573825,
  "title": "Virologist who was first to share Covid genome sleeps on street after lab shuts",
  "type": "story",
  "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01293-0"
}

{
  "author": "Smriti Mallapaty",
  "date": "2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "description": "Zhang Yongzhen shared the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 with the world, speeding up the development of vaccines.",
  "image": "https://media.nature.com/lw1200/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01293-0/d41586-024-01293-0_27038894.jpg",
  "logo": null,
  "publisher": "Nature",
  "title": "Chinese virologist who was first to share COVID-19 genome sleeps on street after lab shuts",
  "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01293-0"
}

{
  "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01293-0",
  "title": "Chinese virologist who was first to share COVID-19 genome sleeps on street after lab shuts",
  "description": "Zhang Yongzhen shared the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 with the world, speeding up the development of vaccines. Zhang Yongzhen shared the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 with the world, speeding up the development of vaccines.",
  "links": [
    "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01293-0"
  ],
  "image": "https://media.nature.com/lw1200/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01293-0/d41586-024-01293-0_27038894.jpg",
  "content": "<article>\n<div>\n        <div>\n            <ul>\n                <li><span>NEWS</span></li>\n                <li>01 May 2024</li>\n                        <li>Update <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01293-0#correction-0\">03 May 2024</a></li>\n                        <li>Correction <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01293-0#correction-1\">03 May 2024</a></li>\n            </ul>\n            <div>\n                <p>\n                    Zhang Yongzhen shared the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 with the world, speeding up the development of vaccines.\n                </p>\n            </div>\n        </div>\n            <div>\n                <p><span>By</span></p><ul>\n        <li>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01293-0#author-0\">\n                Smriti Mallapaty</a></li>\n</ul>\n<div>\n    <ol>\n            <li>\n                    <span>Smriti Mallapaty</span>\n                    <div>\n                            <div><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/search?author=Smriti+Mallapaty\">View author publications</a></p></div>\n                            <div>\n                                <p>\n                                    <span>Search author on:</span>\n                                    <span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=search&amp;term=Smriti+Mallapaty\">PubMed</a>\n                                    <span> </span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?as_q=&amp;btnG=Search+Scholar&amp;as_sauthors=%22Smriti%2BMallapaty%22\">Google Scholar</a>\n                                    </span></p>\n                            </div>\n                       </div>\n            </li>\n    </ol>\n</div>\n            </div>\n    <div>\n        <ul>\n    <li>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Chinese%20virologist%20who%20was%20first%20to%20share%20COVID-19%20genome%20sleeps%20on%20street%20after%20lab%20shuts&amp;body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01293-0\">\n            <span>Email</span>\n        </a>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text=Chinese+virologist+who+was+first+to+share+COVID-19+genome+sleeps+on+street+after+lab+shuts%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01293-0\">\n            <span>Bluesky</span>\n        </a>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01293-0&amp;t=Chinese+virologist+who+was+first+to+share+COVID-19+genome+sleeps+on+street+after+lab+shuts\">\n            <span>Facebook</span>\n        </a>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/feed/?shareActive=true&amp;text=Chinese+virologist+who+was+first+to+share+COVID-19+genome+sleeps+on+street+after+lab+shuts&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01293-0\">\n            <span>LinkedIn</span>\n        </a>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.reddit.com/submit?title=Chinese+virologist+who+was+first+to+share+COVID-19+genome+sleeps+on+street+after+lab+shuts&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01293-0\">\n            <span>Reddit</span>\n        </a>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://wa.me/?text=Chinese+virologist+who+was+first+to+share+COVID-19+genome+sleeps+on+street+after+lab+shuts%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01293-0\">\n            <span>Whatsapp</span>\n        </a>\n    </li>\n    <li>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Chinese+virologist+who+was+first+to+share+COVID-19+genome+sleeps+on+street+after+lab+shuts&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01293-0\">\n            <span>X</span>\n        </a>\n    </li>\n</ul>\n    </div>\n</div>\n                    <div>\n                        <figure>\n    <picture>\n            <source type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"https://media.nature.com/w1248/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01293-0/d41586-024-01293-0_27038892.jpg?as=webp 1248w, https://media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01293-0/d41586-024-01293-0_27038892.jpg?as=webp 767w, https://media.nature.com/w319/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01293-0/d41586-024-01293-0_27038892.jpg?as=webp 319w\" sizes=\"100vw, 767px\"></source>\n            <img src=\"https://media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01293-0/d41586-024-01293-0_27038892.jpg\" alt=\"Zhang Yongzhen, the first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus, looks at a presentation on his laptop in a coffeeshop in Shanghai, China on Dec. 13, 2020.\" />\n    </picture>\n    <div>\n        <figcaption>\n            <p>Zhang Yongzhen, the first person to publicly release the genome sequence of the virus that causes COVID-19, was camping outside his laboratory. Credit: Dake Kang/AP via Alamy</p>\n        </figcaption>\n    </div>\n</figure>\n                    </div>\n                    <div>\n                    <div>\n            <p>\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://wayf.springernature.com/?redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01293-0\">\n                    <span>Access through your institution</span>\n                </a>\n            </p>\n                <div>\n                    <p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01293-0#access-options\">\n                        <span>Buy or subscribe</span>\n                    </a>\n                </p></div>\n        </div>\n                    <p>The first person to publicly release the genome sequence of the virus that causes COVID-19 — virologist Zhang Yongzhen — seems to have resolved a public dispute with the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center (SPHCC), Fudan University, China, which erupted last week.</p>\n                    <div>\n                        <h2 id=\"access-options\">Access options</h2>\n        <div>\n            <p>\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://wayf.springernature.com/?redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01293-0\">\n                    <span>Access through your institution</span>\n                </a>\n            </p>\n        </div>\n    <section><div>\n      <p>\n        Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals\n      </p>\n      <p>\n        Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription\n      </p>\n      <div>\n        <p>\n          <span>$32.99<span> / 30 days</span></span>\n        </p>\n        <p>cancel any time</p>\n      </div>\n      <div>\n        <p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://shop-amers.nature.com/products/plus/?region=US\"><span>Learn more</span></a>\n      </p></div>\n    </div><div>\n      <p>Subscribe to this journal</p>\n      <p>\n        Receive 51 print issues and online access\n      </p>\n    <div>\n      <p>$199.00 per year</p>\n      <p>only $3.90 per issue</p>\n    </div>\n    <div>\n      <p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/nature/subscribe\"><span>Learn more</span></a>\n    </p></div>\n    </div><div>\n      <p>Rent or buy this article</p>\n      <p>Prices vary by article type</p>\n      <p><span>from</span>$1.95</p>\n      <p><span>to</span>$39.95</p>\n      <div>\n        <p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01293-0.epdf?no_publisher_access=1&amp;r3_referer=nature\"><span>Learn more</span></a>\n      </p></div>\n    </div><p>Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout</p></section>\n    <h3>Additional access options:</h3>\n    <ul>\n        <li>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://idp.nature.com/authorize/natureuser?client_id=grover&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-01293-0\">Log in</a>\n        </li>\n        <li>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.springernature.com/gp/librarians/licensing/license-options\">Learn about institutional subscriptions</a>\n        </li>\n        <li>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://support.nature.com/en/support/home\">Read our FAQs</a>\n        </li>\n        <li>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.springernature.com/gp/contact\">Contact customer support</a>\n        </li>\n    </ul>\n                    </div>\n                <p><em>doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01293-0</em></p>\n                <div>\n                    <h3>Updates &amp; Corrections</h3>\n                    <ul><li>\n                                <p><strong>Update 03 May 2024</strong>: The text was altered to reflect the fact that Zhang's social media posts have been removed</p>\n                            </li><li>\n                                <p><strong>Correction 03 May 2024</strong>: Zhang's social media post regarding the agreement with SPHCC was posted after midnight on Tuesday night. The text has been corrected for accuracy.</p>\n                            </li>\n                    </ul>\n                </div>\n                <div>\n                    <p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://s100.copyright.com/AppDispatchServlet?title=Chinese%20virologist%20who%20was%20first%20to%20share%20COVID-19%20genome%20sleeps%20on%20street%20after%20lab%20shuts&amp;author=Smriti%20Mallapaty&amp;contentID=10.1038%2Fd41586-024-01293-0&amp;copyright=Springer%20Nature%20Limited&amp;publication=0028-0836&amp;publicationDate=2024-05-01&amp;publisherName=SpringerNature&amp;orderBeanReset=true\">Reprints and permissions</a></p>\n                </div>\n                <h2 id=\"related-articles\">Related Articles</h2>\n    <ul>\n            <li>\n                <p>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03435-6\">\n                            <img src=\"https://media.nature.com/lw100/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01293-0/d41586-024-01293-0_18676088.jpg\" />\n                        Nature’s 10: ten people who helped shape science in 2020\n                    </a>\n                </p>\n            </li>\n            <li>\n                <p>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00827-2\">\n                            <img src=\"https://media.nature.com/lw100/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01293-0/d41586-024-01293-0_24655478.jpg\" />\n                        COVID-origins study links raccoon dogs to Wuhan market: what scientists think\n                    </a>\n                </p>\n            </li>\n            <li>\n                <p>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00732-0\">\n                            <img src=\"https://media.nature.com/lw100/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01293-0/d41586-024-01293-0_24598128.jpg\" />\n                        Scientists struggle to probe COVID’s origins amid sparse data from China\n                    </a>\n                </p>\n            </li>\n    </ul>\n                <h2 id=\"subjects\">Subjects</h2>\n    <ul>\n            <li>\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/subjects/politics\">Politics</a>\n            </li>\n            <li>\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/subjects/virology\">Virology</a>\n            </li>\n            <li>\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/subjects/sars-cov-2\">SARS-CoV-2</a>\n            </li>\n    </ul>\n            <section>\n    <h2 id=\"tablist-heading\">Latest on:</h2>\n    <ul>\n            <li>\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01293-0#latest-content-0-container\">Politics</a>\n            </li>\n            <li>\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01293-0#latest-content-1-container\">Virology</a>\n            </li>\n            <li>\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01293-0#latest-content-2-container\">SARS-CoV-2</a>\n            </li>\n    </ul>\n    <section>\n        <ul>\n                <li>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03997-3\">\n                        <p>Argentina must finish building the CART radio telescope</p>\n                        <p><span>Correspondence</span> <span>09 DEC 25</span></p>\n                    </a>\n                </li>\n                <li>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03844-5\">\n                            <img src=\"https://images.nature.com/w140h79/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03844-5/d41586-025-03844-5_51757008.jpg\" />\n                        <p>This scientist is breeding billions of mosquitoes to fight disease in Brazil</p>\n                        <p><span>News Feature</span> <span>08 DEC 25</span></p>\n                    </a>\n                </li>\n                <li>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03838-3\">\n                            <img src=\"https://images.nature.com/w140h79/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03838-3/d41586-025-03838-3_51757014.jpg\" />\n                        <p>The top US health director who stood up for science — and was fired</p>\n                        <p><span>News Feature</span> <span>08 DEC 25</span></p>\n                    </a>\n                </li>\n        </ul>\n    </section>\n    <section>\n        <ul>\n                <li>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03841-8\">\n                            <img src=\"https://images.nature.com/w140h79/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03841-8/d41586-025-03841-8_51757024.jpg\" />\n                        <p>The first global pandemic treaty — and the woman who made it happen</p>\n                        <p><span>News Feature</span> <span>08 DEC 25</span></p>\n                    </a>\n                </li>\n                <li>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03862-3\">\n                            <img src=\"https://images.nature.com/w140h79/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03862-3/d41586-025-03862-3_51720378.jpg\" />\n                        <p>David Baltimore obituary: virologist whose enzyme discovery transformed understanding of cancer and HIV/AIDS</p>\n                        <p><span>Obituary</span> <span>01 DEC 25</span></p>\n                    </a>\n                </li>\n                <li>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03805-y\">\n                            <img src=\"https://images.nature.com/w140h79/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03805-y/d41586-025-03805-y_51762792.jpg\" />\n                        <p>Antibodies and T cells join forces for sustained HIV remission</p>\n                        <p><span>News &amp; Views</span> <span>01 DEC 25</span></p>\n                    </a>\n                </li>\n        </ul>\n    </section>\n    <section>\n        <ul>\n                <li>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03841-8\">\n                            <img src=\"https://images.nature.com/w140h79/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03841-8/d41586-025-03841-8_51757024.jpg\" />\n                        <p>The first global pandemic treaty — and the woman who made it happen</p>\n                        <p><span>News Feature</span> <span>08 DEC 25</span></p>\n                    </a>\n                </li>\n                <li>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03432-7\">\n                            <img src=\"https://images.nature.com/w140h79/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03432-7/d41586-025-03432-7_51600844.jpg\" />\n                        <p>People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine</p>\n                        <p><span>News</span> <span>22 OCT 25</span></p>\n                    </a>\n                </li>\n                <li>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03151-z\">\n                            <img src=\"https://images.nature.com/w140h79/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03151-z/d41586-025-03151-z_51473926.jpg\" />\n                        <p>Public trust in science has declined since COVID — virologists need to unite around safety standards</p>\n                        <p><span>Comment</span> <span>29 SEP 25</span></p>\n                    </a>\n                </li>\n        </ul>\n    </section>\n</section>\n            <div>\n        <div>\n            <h2>\n                <img src=\"https://www.nature.com/static/images/logos/nature-careers-logo-f6ff1c1c64.svg\" alt=\"Nature Careers\" />\n            </h2>\n        </div>\n        <h3>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/\">Jobs\n            </a>\n        </h3>\n        <ul>\n                <li>\n                    <div>\n                        <h4><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12848708/high-level-talent-at-the-major-agricultural-microbiology-research-facility-of-hzau/?TrackID=62&amp;utm_source=widget&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=62\">High-Level Talent at the Major Agricultural Microbiology Research Facility of HZAU</a></h4>\n                        <div>\n                            <p>Join HZAU's global faculty team to advance research with competitive benefits.</p>\n                            <p>No.1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China</p>\n                            <p>Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU)</p>\n                        </div>\n                    </div>\n                        <p><img src=\"https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/getasset/0cbac729-18c4-4ffc-a399-1725cb26824b/\" />\n                        </p>\n                </li>\n                <li>\n                    <div>\n                        <h4><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12838734/faculty-positions-at-school-of-sciences-great-bay-university-china/?TrackID=62&amp;utm_source=widget&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=62\">Faculty Positions at School of Sciences, Great Bay University, China</a></h4>\n                        <div>\n                            <p>Chair Professors / Professors / Associate Professors / Assistant Professors</p>\n                            <p>Dongguan, China</p>\n                            <p>Great Bay University, China (GBU)</p>\n                        </div>\n                    </div>\n                        <p><img src=\"https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/getasset/de613167-89a2-4245-a8ba-b7f3e8b08682/\" />\n                        </p>\n                </li>\n                <li>\n                    <div>\n                        <h4><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12840764/faculty-and-research-positions-in-magnetic-fusion-science-and-engineering/?TrackID=62&amp;utm_source=widget&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=62\">Faculty and Research Positions in Magnetic Fusion Science and Engineering</a></h4>\n                        <div>\n                            <p>Shanghai (CN)</p>\n                            <p>Shanghai Jiao Tong University</p>\n                        </div>\n                    </div>\n                        <p><img src=\"https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/getasset/460b9376-e369-445c-a43a-082093b7808f/\" />\n                        </p>\n                </li>\n                <li>\n                    <div>\n                        <h4><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12850761/faculty-positions-at-the-institute-of-molecular-physiology-at-szbl-/?TrackID=62&amp;utm_source=widget&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=62\">Faculty Positions at The Institute of Molecular Physiology at SZBL</a></h4>\n                        <div>\n                            <p>seeking outstanding, innovative tenured/tenure-track Principal Investigators to establish independent research programs</p>\n                            <p>Shenzhen, Guangdong (CN)</p>\n                            <p>Shenzhen Bay Laboratory</p>\n                        </div>\n                    </div>\n                        <p><img src=\"https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/getasset/ee87d5b1-e5af-4bff-b3c1-c28df5842130/\" />\n                        </p>\n                </li>\n                <li>\n                    <div>\n                        <h4><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/12843442/institute-of-nanotechnology-and-intelligence-global-recruitment-for-outstanding-young-scientists/?TrackID=62&amp;utm_source=widget&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=62\">Institute of Nanotechnology And Intelligence Global Recruitment for Outstanding Young Scientists</a></h4>\n                        <div>\n                            <p>Exceptional young scholars worldwide with strong research achievements in relevant fields</p>\n                            <p>Guangzhou, Guangdong (CN)</p>\n                            <p>Institute of Nanotechnology and Intelligence (inAI), Jinan University, China.</p>\n                        </div>\n                    </div>\n                        <p><img src=\"https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/getasset/0a43a3c0-751e-4c63-b562-e4817a784363/\" />\n                        </p>\n                </li>\n        </ul>\n            </div>\n                    </div>\n                </article>",
  "author": "Mallapaty, Smriti",
  "favicon": "https://www.nature.com/static/images/favicons/nature/favicon.ico",
  "source": "nature.com",
  "published": "2024-05-01",
  "ttr": 121,
  "type": "article"
}