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Hua Tang is a pioneer in the automation of biological microinjection, with a primary research focus on developing high-throughput robotic systems for genetic manipulation in model organisms. Their most notable contribution is the creation of a robotic microinjection platform that enables large-scale transgenic studies of *Caenorhabditis elegans*, a cornerstone model organism in biology. This breakthrough directly addresses the critical bottleneck of manual injection—a process that is notoriously low-throughput, labor-intensive, and error-prone. By automating the generation of transgenic worms, Tang’s work unlocks the potential for previously impractical large-scale genetic screens and functional genomics studies. The 2024 paper detailing this innovation has already garnered 20 citations, signaling its immediate impact on the field. Tang’s achievement is particularly significant for researchers seeking to accelerate the pace of discovery in developmental biology, neurobiology, and aging research, where *C. elegans* is indispensable. By transforming a tedious manual technique into a scalable, reproducible process, Hua Tang is not just improving an existing method but fundamentally expanding the scope of what is possible in genetic research.