Areas of Focus
- Stem Cell Clinical Treatment
- Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and Neural Development Differentiation
- Extracellular Matrix and 3D Scaffolds
- Tissue Engineering and 3D Printing
Work Experience
- 2012-05 to Present - Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, CAS - Director
- 2000-01 to 2012-05 - Peking University - Professor
- 1999-07 to 1999-12 - Stanford University - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 1991-09 to 1993-08 - University of Washington, Seattle - Research Assistant
- 1990-04 to 1991-08 - University of Virginia - Research Assistant
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1993-08 to 1999-07 PhD: University of Washington, Seattle
- 1986-08 to 1989-08 Master's: Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing
- 1981-08 to 1986-08 Bachelor's: Jilin University
Publications
- Lysophosphatidic acid accelerates lung fibrosis by inducing differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into myofibroblasts, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 2014
- Sox2 protects neural stem cells from apoptosis via up-regulating survivin expression, Biochem, 2013
- The Egfr-Sox2-Egfr feed-back loop positively regulates the self-renewal of neural progenitor cells., Stem Cells, 2010
- Homing of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells mediated by sphingosine 1-phosphate contributes to liver fibrosis., Journal of Hepatology, 2009
- Reconstruction of chemically burned rat corneal surface by bone marrow derived human mesenchymal stem cells, Stem Cells, 2006
- CD3- and CD28-dependent induction of PDE7 required for T cell activation., Science, 1999
