Posted on 05/04/2020 6:39:05 PM PDT by surroundedbyblue
Bing Liu "was on the verge of making very significant findings" in a SARS-CoV-2 research project at the University of Pittsburgh, his department said.
WTAE Updated: 6:25 PM EDT May 4, 2020 ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man who police said was found shot dead at his Ross Township home was a research assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was working on a coronavirus research project.
Police said they believe that Bing Liu, 37, was shot inside his Elm Court townhome by a man who then went outside to his car and shot himself. Liu's death is believed to be a homicide, police said.
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Liu was a researcher with the department of computational and systems biology in the Pitt School of Medicine, the department said Monday.
"Bing was on the verge of making very significant findings toward understanding the cellular mechanisms that underlie SARS-CoV-2 infection and the cellular basis of the following complications," the department said in a written statement. "We will make an effort to complete what he started in an effort to pay homage to his scientific excellence."
Liu was described as an outstanding researcher and mentor, with expertise in computational modeling and analysis of biological systems dynamics.
"His loss will be felt throughout the entire scientific community," the university said.
Police said Liu and the man who shot him knew each other. Authorities have not discussed a possible motive for the shooting, which remained under investigation Monday.
If it walks like a duck. If it looks like a duck. If it quacks like a duck............
Interesting. I didn’t now anything about it. But a bit of googling suggests you may be thinking of her son in law (who passed US nuclear secrets to Joseph Stalin’s spies) and daughter:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Joliot-Curie
Let’s not forget the Harvard incident with what was discovered to be two Chinese military agents undercover as ‘research students.’
or
The Canadian lab with the dismissed Chinese researcher either.
And the article from the EPOCH Times states he has/had a wife.
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