Areas of Focus
- Early diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases
- Mechanistic studies and targeted drug screening for chronic diseases using microfluidic organ-on-a-chip technology
Work Experience
- 2016.06 - Present, Northwest Polytechnical University, School of Life Sciences, Associate Professor
- 2018.10 - 2019.10, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Bioengineering, Visiting Scholar in Professor Ali Khademhosseini's Lab
- 2015.07 - 2016.05, Northwest Polytechnical University, School of Life Sciences, Lecturer
- 2012.12 - 2015.07, Northwest Polytechnical University, School of Life Sciences, Postdoctoral Fellow, Supervisor: Professor Shang Peng
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2009-2012: PhD in Cell Biology, Northwest A&F University, Supervisor: Professor Wang Jinyi
- 2006-2009: Master's in Basic Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Supervisors: Professors Wang Jinyi and Tong Dewen
- 2002-2006: Bachelor in Animal Medicine, Northwest A&F University
Publications
- A silver nanowire aerogel for non-enzymatic glucose detection, Ma S, Yuan X, Yin X, Yang Y, Ren L, 2023
- Epidermal wearable biosensors for monitoring biomarkers of chronic disease in sweat, Yuan X, Li C, Yin X, Yang Y, Ji B, Niu Y, Ren L, 2023
- Construction of bone hypoxic microenvironment based on bone-on-a-chip platforms, Li C, Zhao R, Yang H, Ren L, 2023
- Bone metastasis-on-a-chip for high-throughput anti-tumor drug screening, Zhao R, Zhou CY, Ouaskioud O, Li C, Lu YH, Ma PY, Ren L, 2023
- Epidermal wearable biosensors for the continuous monitoring of biomarkers of chronic disease in interstitial fluid, Yuan X, Ouaskioud O, Yin X, Li C, Ma P, Yang Y, Yang P-F, Xie L, Ren L, 2023
- Cancer-on-a-Chip for Modeling Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor and Tumor Interactions, Jiang X, Ren L, Tebon P, Zhou X, Wang C, Qu M, Zhu J, Ashammakhi N, Ahadian S, Dokmeci MR, Gu Z, Sun W, Khademhosseini A, 2021
- The application of microfluidic techniques on bone metastasis of breast cancer, Yu T-Y, Yun X-C, Wang D-E, Xu H-Y, Yang P-F, Shang P, Ren L, 2021
- Combined effects of electric stimulation and microgrooves in cardiac tissue-on-a-chip for drug screening, Ren L, Zhou X, Nasiri R, Fang J, Jiang X, Wang C, Qu M, Ling H, Chen Y, Xue Y, Hartel M C, Tebon P, Zhang S, Kim H-J, Yuan X, Shamloo A, Dokmeci M R, Li S, Khademhosseini A, Ahadian S, Sun W, 2020
- Investigation of hypoxia-induced myocardial injury dynamics in a tissue interface mimicking microfluidic device, Ren L, Liu W, Wang Y, Wang J-C, Tu Q, Liu R, Wang X, Xu J, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Li L, Wang J, 2013
- An enzymatic immunoassay microfluidics integrated with membrane valves for microshperes retention and reagent mixing, Ren L, Wang J-C, Liu W, Tu Q, Liu R, Wang X, Xu J, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Li L, Wang J, 2012
Awards
- 2016: Second Prize, Shaanxi Province Science and Technology Award
- 2015: First Prize, Shaanxi Province Higher Education Science and Technology Award
- 2010: New Scholar Award, Ministry of Education
- 2009: First Prize, President's Special Fund, Northwest A&F University
