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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Yujia Alina Chan</b> ist eine kanadische <a href="Molekularbiologie" title="Molekularbiologie">Molekularbiologin</a>, spezialisiert in <a href="Gentherapie" title="Gentherapie">Gentherapie</a> und <a href="Zelltechnik" title="Zelltechnik">Zelltechnik</a>, des <a href="Broad_Institute" title="Broad Institute">Broad Institute</a>. Seit der <a href="COVID-19-Pandemie" title="COVID-19-Pandemie">COVID-19-Pandemie</a> beschäftigt sie sich damit, ob <a href="SARS-CoV-2" title="SARS-CoV-2">SARS-CoV-2</a> einen natürlichen Ursprung hat oder ob ein <a href="COVID-19-Laborunfallhypothese" title="COVID-19-Laborunfallhypothese">Labor-Szenario</a> möglich sein könnte.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes-210824_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-210824-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Werdegang">Werdegang</h2></div>
<p>Chan ist kanadische Staatsbürgerin. Sie stammt aus einem <a href="Singapur" title="Singapur">singapurischen</a> Elternhaus und wurde in <a href="Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a>, <a href="British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a> geboren. Chan wuchs in Singapur auf, kehrte aber mit 16 nach Kanada zurück<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> und besuchte dort eine <a href="Kanada" title="Kanada">kanadische</a> <a href="Highschool#Kanada" class="mw-redirect" title="Highschool">Highschool</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chan studierte <a href="Biochemie" title="Biochemie">Biochemie</a> und <a href="Molekularbiologie" title="Molekularbiologie">Molekularbiologie</a> an der <a href="University_of_British_Columbia" title="University of British Columbia">University of British Columbia</a> und schloss mit einem <a href="PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a> ab. Sie war Postdoktorin des Stanley Zentrums für Psychiatrieforschung am Broad Institute<sup id="cite_ref-slate-202104_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slate-202104-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-broadins-Alina_Ch_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-broadins-Alina_Ch-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, wo sie anschließend als wissenschaftliche Beraterin für die <i>Vector Engineering Group</i> weiterarbeitete.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Funktion_in_der_COVID-19-Pandemie">Funktion in der COVID-19-Pandemie</h2></div>
<p>Chan wurde während der COVID-19-Pandemie bekannt, da sie sich mit der Labor-These befasste und diese populär machte. Chan schrieb dazu im <i><a href="Wall_Street_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wall Street Journal">Wall Street Journal</a></i> sowie im <i><a href="Daily_Telegraph" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily Telegraph">Daily Telegraph</a></i> und später im <i><a href="Popular_Science" title="Popular Science">Popular Science</a> Magazine</i>, zusammen mit 18 Wissenschaftlern, mit denen sie den <a href="SARS-CoV-2#Herkunft_und_Wirtsspektrum" title="SARS-CoV-2">Ursprung von SARS-CoV-2</a> untersuchte. Sie hält einen Laborursprung für sehr wahrscheinlich.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes-210824_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-210824-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-deutschl-503777_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deutschl-503777-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dies führte sie auch in einem Meinungsartikel in der <i><a href="The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">New York Times</a></i> im Juni 2024 aus.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Chan leitete beim Broad Institute das Open-Source-Projekt <i>COVID-19 Coronavirus Genetics</i>, welches die genetische Entwicklung des SARS-CoV-2-Virus verfolgt. Sie verwendete dafür Preisgelder des <i>BroadIgnite Award</i>, den sie 2020 erhielt.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schriften">Schriften</h2></div>
<ul><li>Alina Chan, <a href="Matt_Ridley" title="Matt Ridley">Matt Ridley</a>: <cite class="lang" lang="en" dir="auto" style="font-style:italic">Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19</cite>. Harper, 2021, ISBN 978-0-06-313912-1, <span style="white-space:nowrap">S.<span style="display:inline-block;width:.2em"> </span>416</span> (englisch).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Alina+Chan&rft.au=Alina+Chan%2C+Matt+Ridley&rft.btitle=Viral%3A+The+Search+for+the+Origin+of+COVID-19&rft.date=2021&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=9780063139121&rft.pages=416&rft.pub=Harper" style="display:none"> </span></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=uK5VWiYAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao">Profil bei Google Scholar</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://giving.broadinstitute.org/broadignite/team/alina-chan">Profil der Research Group</a> beim Broad Institute</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-nytimes-210824-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-nytimes-210824_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-nytimes-210824_1-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Roni Caryn Rabin: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/health/coronavirus-origins-alina-chan.html"><i>Caught in the Crossfire Over Covid’s Origins.</i></a> In: <i>nytimes.com.</i> 24. August 2021,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 9. Oktober 2021</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AAlina+Chan&rft.title=Caught+in+the+Crossfire+Over+Covid%E2%80%99s+Origins&rft.description=Caught+in+the+Crossfire+Over+Covid%E2%80%99s+Origins&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F08%2F24%2Fhealth%2Fcoronavirus-origins-alina-chan.html&rft.creator=Roni+Caryn+Rabin&rft.date=2021-08-24&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Belmont Lay, Faris Alfiq: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mothership.sg/2021/07/alina-chan/"><i>S’pore-educated woman scientist now famous globally for pushing Covid-19 lab-leak theory since the start.</i></a> In: <i>Mothership.</i> 2. Juli 2021,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 5. November 2021</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AAlina+Chan&rft.title=S%E2%80%99pore-educated+woman+scientist+now+famous+globally+for+pushing+Covid-19+lab-leak+theory+since+the+start&rft.description=S%E2%80%99pore-educated+woman+scientist+now+famous+globally+for+pushing+Covid-19+lab-leak+theory+since+the+start&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fmothership.sg%2F2021%2F07%2Falina-chan%2F&rft.creator=Belmont+Lay%2C+Faris+Alfiq&rft.date=2021-07-02&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Antonio Regalado: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Corona-aus-dem-Labor-Wie-eine-junge-Postdoktorandin-eine-Theorie-am-Leben-hielt-6121680.html"><i>Corona aus dem Labor? Wie eine junge Postdoktorandin die Theorie am Leben hielt.</i></a> In: <i>Heise Online.</i> 1. Juli 2021,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 5. November 2021</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AAlina+Chan&rft.title=Corona+aus+dem+Labor%3F+Wie+eine+junge+Postdoktorandin+die+Theorie+am+Leben+hielt&rft.description=Corona+aus+dem+Labor%3F+Wie+eine+junge+Postdoktorandin+die+Theorie+am+Leben+hielt&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fhintergrund%2FCorona-aus-dem-Labor-Wie-eine-junge-Postdoktorandin-eine-Theorie-am-Leben-hielt-6121680.html&rft.creator=Antonio+Regalado&rft.date=2021-07-01"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-slate-202104-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-slate-202104_4-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Mary Harris: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://slate.com/technology/2021/04/covid-lab-leak-theory-pandemic-research.html"><i>A Different Theory of COVID-19’s Origin.</i></a> In: <i>slate.com.</i> 13. April 2021,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 9. Oktober 2021</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AAlina+Chan&rft.title=A+Different+Theory+of+COVID-19%E2%80%99s+Origin&rft.description=A+Different+Theory+of+COVID-19%E2%80%99s+Origin&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fslate.com%2Ftechnology%2F2021%2F04%2Fcovid-lab-leak-theory-pandemic-research.html&rft.creator=Mary+Harris&rft.date=2021-04-13&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-broadins-Alina_Ch-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-broadins-Alina_Ch_5-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://giving.broadinstitute.org/broadignite/team/alina-chan"><i>Alina Chan – Giving to Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.</i></a> In: <i>giving.broadinstitute.org.</i> 8. September 2019,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 9. Oktober 2021</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AAlina+Chan&rft.title=Alina+Chan+%E2%80%93+Giving+to+Broad+Institute+of+MIT+and+Harvard&rft.description=Alina+Chan+%E2%80%93+Giving+to+Broad+Institute+of+MIT+and+Harvard&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fgiving.broadinstitute.org%2Fbroadignite%2Fteam%2Falina-chan&rft.date=2019-09-08&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://giving.broadinstitute.org/broadignite/team/alina-chan"><i>Alina Chan | Giving to Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 30. Juni 2024</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AAlina+Chan&rft.title=Alina+Chan+%7C+Giving+to+Broad+Institute+of+MIT+and+Harvard&rft.description=Alina+Chan+%7C+Giving+to+Broad+Institute+of+MIT+and+Harvard&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fgiving.broadinstitute.org%2Fbroadignite%2Fteam%2Falina-chan"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-deutschl-503777-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-deutschl-503777_7-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Arndt Reuning: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/debatte-ueber-sars-cov-2-ursprung-neue-hinweise-fuer-labor.676.de.html?dram:article_id=503777"><i>Debatte über SARS-CoV-2-Ursprung – Neue Hinweise für Labor-Genese?</i></a> In: <i>deutschlandfunk.de.</i> 1. Oktober 2021,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 9. Oktober 2021</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AAlina+Chan&rft.title=Debatte+%C3%BCber+SARS-CoV-2-Ursprung+%E2%80%93+Neue+Hinweise+f%C3%BCr+Labor-Genese%3F&rft.description=Debatte+%C3%BCber+SARS-CoV-2-Ursprung+%E2%80%93+Neue+Hinweise+f%C3%BCr+Labor-Genese%3F&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deutschlandfunk.de%2Fdebatte-ueber-sars-cov-2-ursprung-neue-hinweise-fuer-labor.676.de.html%3Fdram%3Aarticle_id%3D503777&rft.creator=Arndt+Reuning&rft.date=2021-10-01"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Alina Chan: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/03/opinion/covid-lab-leak.html"><i>Why the Pandemic Probably Started in a Lab, in 5 Key Points.</i></a> In: <i><a href="The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, 3. Juni 2024.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.srf.ch/news/international/diskussion-um-virus-ursprung-was-ist-an-der-corona-laborthese-dran"><i>Was ist an der Corona-Laborthese dran?</i></a> In: SRF.ch, 7. Juni 2024 (mit Audio).</span>
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