Areas of Focus
- Cell Biology
- Biomedical Engineering
Work Experience
- 2006-2007 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Aerospace Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University
- 2008-2009 - Lecturer, School of Life Sciences
- 2009 - Promoted to Associate Professor
- 2015 - Promoted to Professor
- 2012-2013 - Visiting Scholar, University of Texas Health Science Center
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1996 - Bachelor in Biology: Lanzhou University
- 1999 - Master in Ecology: Lanzhou University
- 2006 - PhD in Cell Biology: Fourth Military Medical University
Publications
- Impact of Flow Shear Stress on Morphology of Osteoblast-like IDG-SW3 Cells, Huiyun Xu, Jing Duan, Li Ren, Pengfei Yang, Ruixin Yang, Wenbin Li, Dongdong Zhao, Peng Shang, Jean X Jiang, 2018
- Blockage of hemichannels alters gene expression in osteocytes in a high magneto-gravitational environment, Huiyun Xu, Ning D, Zhao D, Chen Y, Zhao D, Gu S, Jiang JX, Shang P, 2017
- Biological Responses of Osteocytic Connexin 43 Hemichannels to Simulated Microgravity, Huiyun Xu, Ruofei Liu, Dandan Ning, Jian Zhang, Ruixin Yang, Manuel A Riquelme, Jingbao Li, Jean X. Jiang, Peng Shang, 2017
- Connexin 43 Channels are Essential for Normal Bone Structure and Osteocyte Viability, Huiyun Xu, Sumin Gu, Manuel A. Riquelme, Sirisha Burra, Danielle Callaway, Hongyun Cheng, Teja Guda, James Schmitz, Roberto J. Fajardo, Sherry L. Werner, Hong Zhao, Peng Shang, Mark L. Johnson, Lynda F. Bonewald, Jean X. Jiang, 2015
- Role of Wnt Signaling in Fracture Healing, Huiyun Xu, Ying Guan, Jiawei Wu, Jian Zhang, Jin Duan, Long An, Peng Shang, 2014
- Polycystin 2 is involved in the nitric oxide production in responding to oscillating fluid shear in MLO-Y4 cells, Huiyun Xu, Ying Guan, Jiawei Wu, Jian Zhang, Jin Duan, Long An, Peng Shang, 2014
- Oscillatory fluid flow elicits changes in morphology, cytoskeleton and integrin-associated molecules in MLO-Y4 cells, but not in MC3T3-E1 cells, Huiyun Xu, Jian Zhang, Jiawei Wu, Ying Guan, Yuanyuan Weng, Peng Shang, 2012
- Two-dimensional clinorotation influences cellular morphology, cytoskeleton and secretion of MLO-Y4 osteocyte-like cells, Huiyun Xu, Jiawei Wu, Yuanyuan Weng, Jian Zhang, Peng Shang, 2012
Awards
- Shaanxi Province Science and Technology First Prize
- Gansu Province Higher Education Scientific and Technological Progress Second Prize
- Gansu Province Scientific and Technological Progress Third Prize
- 2014 - Outstanding Young Teacher Title, Northwestern Polytechnical University
