Prof. Huanxiang Zhang
has completed his PhD.D from Beijing Normal University, China and postdoctoral
studies from Geneva University School of Medicine, Switzerland. He is now
working in the Department of Cell Biology, Medical College of Soochow
University, China. His research focuses on the control of the directed
migration and differentiation of stem cells, including neural stem cells,
mesenchymal stem cells and embryonic stem cells, and tissue engineering,
especially the interaction between stem cells and the silk fibroid scaffolds
with a variety of physical and chemical properties. Recently, his group
demonstrated the close relationship between the chemo-tactic migration of stem
cells and their differentiation states, the trans differentiation of erythrocytes
to neural stem/progenitor cells or neurons, and further systematically studied
the underlying mechanisms, thereby shedding light on optimization of the
therapeutic potential of stem cells to be employed for tissue regeneration
after injury.