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Duan Jinzhu
Basic Medical Sciences
Guangzhou Medical University
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, English
Cardiac Repair
Regeneration
Fibroblast
Cell Interaction
Heart Disease
Mendot
Mesenchymal
Endothelial
Transition
Therapy
Areas of Focus
- Cardiac injury repair and regeneration
- Fibroblast and other cell type interactions post-cardiac injury
Work Experience
- Postdoctoral Researcher - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Assistant Researcher - University of California, Los Angeles
- 2016 - Present - Established independent laboratory at Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2005 - PhD in Microbiology and Molecular Immunology: Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Discovered and identified the mesenchymal-endothelial transition (MEndoT) phenomenon
Publications
- Mesenchymal-endothelial transition in cardiac injury repair, Duan Jinzhu
Awards
- Louis N. and Arnold M Katz Basic Science Research award (2011): American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
- Lineberger Joseph S. Pagano Outstanding Postdoctoral Award: University of North Carolina
- Jim Eason CDF Researcher Fund Award: University of California
