Zhen Yan (IMAGE) Virginia Tech Caption Professor Zhen Yan, director of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute's Center for Exercise Medicine Research, is a founding member of a consortium whose recent findings, published in Nature, point to how exercise affects a wide range of tissues and organs. Credit Photo by Clayton Metz for Virginia Tech. Usage Restrictions Must credit License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.