Dr Yi-Mo Deng heads the molecular biology group at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza. After finishing her Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Microbiology in China, Yi-Mo moved to Australia to further her studies at the University of New South Wales in Sydney and was awarded a PhD in molecular microbiology in 1999. To further develop her career in the field of molecular biology and bioinformatics, she then worked as a Research Fellow for eight years in several leading biomedical research laboratories in both Sydney and Melbourne.
