Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Dr. En-Qiang Chen has graduated from Sichuan University( Chengdu, China) and served as Associate professor in Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital of Sichuan University. He has published more than 50 full peer reviewed publications, 8 book chapters, 15 presentations at international meetings, 2 peer reviewed funded grants and 1 authorized patent. In recent years, he has focused on the basic and clinical research of stem cells in the treatment of liver diseases.

Isotta Chimenti is Assistant Professor at the Department of Medical Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, and Junior Fellow of the Superior School for Advanced Studies at “La Sapienza” University of Rome. She is eligible as Associate Professor, according to the Italian National Scientific Qualification program. Her education includes a Master of Science in Medical Biotechnology, and a PhD in Experimental Medicine. She has been a postdoc fellow at Johns Hopkins University, at Cedars Sinai Heart Institute, and at Pasteur Institute – Italy. Her research activity is focused on regenerative medicine, in particular on cardiac cell therapy and cardiac tissue engineering, adult stem cells, and oxidative stress in the cardiovascular system. She is funded as PI by several Italian National grants, and participant in a European Horizon 2020 project. She co-authored over 55 Scopus indexed publications.

Ying-Mei Feng is a Professor at Capital Medical University in Beijing, China. Currently, she is also the deputy director of the Science and Technology Department at Capital Medical University. She received her medical degree from Tian Jin Medical University in China. After three years of residency in Neurology, she went to Belgium to pursue research. She received her Ph.D. degree in Medical Science at Leuven University in Belgium in 2008. Her main research interest is to understand the pathogenesis of vascular complications in diabetes and cardiovascular disease. She has published more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals including Blood, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology and Stem Cells. She has been on the editorial board of Plos One and Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy and served as a guest editor for Stem Cell International and Current Gene Therapy, respectively.

Dr. Heedoo Lee is a professor at the Department of Biology and Chemistry in Changwon National University, Korea. His main research interest revolves around the biological/physiological function of extracellular vesicles (EVs) and non-coding RNAs in pulmonary diseases, including acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome and non-coding RNAs. In 2013, he got his PhD from Yonsei University, Korea with the support of BK21 PLUS (Brain Korea 21 Program for Leading Universities' Students), supported by the Korean government. During 2014 – 2019, he had postdoctoral training at Washington University in St. Louis, Brigham and Women's Hospital (affiliated with Harvard Medical School), and Boston University School of Medicine. During the past five years, his research led to publications in internationally renowned journals, including the Journal of Experimental Medicine, Journal of Immunology, American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Scientific Reports, and Journal of Controlled Release.

Yonggang Lv received the Ph.D. degree in Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering with specialty in bioengineering from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, in 2005. He served as a postdoctoral research associate/research fellow at the City College of the City University of New York and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He joined the Bioengineering College at Chongqing University as Full Professor in March 2009 and won the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University, Ministry of Education of China in 2010. He became a senior visiting scholar in Prof. Shu Chien’s laboratory at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) from July to October 2014. He has published over 100 peer referred journal papers, edited 3 books, and holds 9 China patents. His research interests include mechanobiology and regenerative medicine, stem cell biology, and cancer biology. Dr. Lv is the Vice Chairman of hemorheology committee in Chinese Society of Microcirculation. He is an associate editor of Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing and an editorial member of Biotechnology Letters.

Dr. Hanieh Nokhbatolfoghahaei obtained her D.D.S (Doctor of Dental Surgery) degree from the Islamic Azad University, Dental Branch, Tehran, Iran, with the thesis entitled: “The effect of different treatment of teeth on tensile bond strength of composite artificial to acryl”. Recently, in 2021, she received her PhD in Tissue Engineering from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Research Institute of Dental Sciences, Dental School, Tehran, Iran, with the dissertation entitled: “Fabrication of acellular functionalized scaffold for bone tissue engineering in maxillofacial region”. Her research interests mainly focus on Regeneration Medicine, Bone Tissue Engineering, Bioreactors, 3D Cell Culture, 3D printing, Bioprinting, Lasers in Dentistry, Low Level Laser Therapy, Craniofacial Regeneration, and Dental/oral tissue-derived stem cells. So far she has published 32 manuscripts, 3 book chapters, and more than 50 conference papers. Dr. Nokhbatolfoghahaei has received a research grant in 2016 from the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.

Dr. Yuping Wang did his Bachelors in Clinical Medicine from the Department of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou Medical College, in 2000. Then, in 2004, he completed his Masters in Medicine from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou Medical College. In 2011, Dr. Wang received his Ph.D. in Medical Science from Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and carried out a study on Genetics. He is currently serving as an Associate Professor, Head of the Key Laboratory for Gastrointestinal Diseases of Gansu Province, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, China. Being an author / co-author, he has published over 50 manuscripts in various reputable journals.

Prof Junjie XIAO is the Director of Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences in Shanghai University and the Vice Dean of School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University. He is the Associate Editor of Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research, Editorial Board of BMC Medicine, and Editorial Board of Cell Transplantation. His major research interest is heart failure, especially using exercise as a platform to identify novel targets for enhancing cardiac regeneration and combating heart failure.

Dr. Leisheng Zhang obtained his bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Medicine from College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary medicine, Jilin University, in 2007. Then he earned his Ph.D. degree in Cell Biology from the Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (Faculty of Medicine, Tsinghua University), Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, in 2012. He was engaged in postdoctoral research in Cell Biology at the School of Medicine, Nankai University, in 2018. His research interests mainly focus on the biological function and molecular mechanism of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs), including early development from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), cellular phenotype and genomic analysis, and applied transformation research.

Jiayuan Zhu, M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor and Chief Physician in the Department of Burn, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, China. He also serves as Deputy Chief of the General Surgery Department, Deputy Director in the Department of Surgery, Deputy Chief of the Burn Department, President of the Surgical Union in the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. In 1985, he graduated from the Xi’an Medical University and got his doctor degree in 2003 from the Sun Yat-sen University. Currently, Prof. Zhu is the Chairman of Chinese Burn Care and Rehabilitation Association, Member of International Society of Burn Injury, Member of the American Society of Diabetic Foot, Committee Member of Burn Clinical Group of Chinese Burn Association, Committee Member of Traumatic Medicine and Translational Application Group of Chinese Trauma Association.