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Editor-in-Chief
Hui Xie
Xiangya Hospital Movement System Research Center, Central South University, Changsha, China
Interests:

Aging and regeneration

Profile:

Professor and Senior Researcher (Second-Level Research Fellow), Xiangya Hospital Movement System Injury Repair Research Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; Deputy Director, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Hunan Province

Director, Amy Medical (Háimì) Hunan Key Laboratory; Deputy Director, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Geriatric Joint Disease Research at Xiangya Hospital

Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and National Excellent Young Scientists Fund

Recognized as a National High Level Overseas Youth Expert and National Youth Post Talent, with provincial leadership roles including Vice Chair, Hunan Youth Science and Technology Association and Central South University Young Scholars Association

Recognized in Stanford/Elsevier Global Top 2% Scientists lists in 2021, 2023 and 2024

Awarded multiple prestigious scientific honors:

    • First Prize, Chinese Medical Association Basic Orthopedic Research Award

    • Shulan Medicine Young Scientist Award

    • First Class Prize, Hunan Provincial Natural Science Award

    • Young Scientist Award, American Orthopaedic Research Society

Associate Editors
Jian Luo
Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Interests:

Stem cells and degenerative bone diseases

Profile:

Young Changjiang Scholar and Distinguished Young Scholar of the National Natural Science Foundation of China

Tenure-track Distinguished Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China; Deputy Director, Yangzhi Rehabilitation Hospital (Sunshine Rehabilitation Center, Shanghai)

Executive Deputy Director, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Assistive Technology & Devices for Rehabilitation (Smart Assistive Devices)

Founder & Director, Laboratory of Stem Cell and Degenerative Bone Disease, and Director, International Chinese Orthopaedic Translational Medicine Joint Research Center

Editorial Board Member, Bone and Bone Reports journals

Vice Chair, Shanghai Society of Cell Biology; Vice Chair, Basic Research Group, Youth Committee of the Chinese Orthopaedic Association (Bone Sub-committee); Secretary General, Geriatric & Orthopaedic Expert Committee, Chinese Society of Geriatrics and Chinese Medical Association; Vice Chair, Tumor Microenvironment Young Professionals Committee, Chinese Anti‑Cancer Association

First Prize, Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award (2023)

First Prize, Scientific and Technological Award, Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine (2023)

First Prize, Youth Basic Research Award, Chinese Orthopaedic Association (COA) (2017)

Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award (First Class, 2017)

Hosted 9 National Natural Science Foundation grants (including Youth, Excellent Youth, International Collaboration, and Major Projects) and 2 National Key R&D Program projects; served as key academic lead on multiple 973 (National Basic Research) projects

Dongquan Shi
Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing university Medical School, Nanjing, China
Interests:

Knee joint development and regeneration

Profile:

Chief Physician, Department of Neurology at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital

Doctoral Supervisor, Nanjing University Medical School

Key Investigator for several National Natural Science Foundation of China grants

Editorial Board Member for Chinese Journal of Neurology

Leader of Research Group on Neurodegeneration, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital

Active member of Chinese Neurological Association and Chinese Society of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Notable Achievements and Honors:

Awarded National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars

Chief Scientist, National Key R&D Program on stroke prevention and treatment

First-prize awardee for Research on Neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s Disease

Led multi-center studies on genetic biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases in collaboration with international research groups

Jiacan Su
Institute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
Interests:

Bone aging and organoids

Profile:

Professor, Institute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

National Distinguished Young Scholar

Chief Scientist of National Key R&D Program of China

Winner of the “Ten Thousand Talent Program” Leading Talent in Science and Technology Innovation

Shanghai Outstanding Academic Leader

Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Ren Xu
School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Interests:

Regulatory mechanisms of musculoskeletal stem/progenitor cells and their microenvironment

Profile:

Professor, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Principal Investigator, Cancer Research Institute, Xiamen University

National Distinguished Young Scholar

Selected for the “Ten Thousand Talent Program” Young Top-notch Talent

Recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scientists (优青项目获得者)

Fujian Provincial High-level Talent

Editorial Board Members
Mosaad Attia Abdel-Wahhab
Food Toxicology & Contaminants Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
Interests:

Food toxicology, mycotoxin detoxification, oxidative stress, antioxidant therapy, nanotechnology in drug delivery, natural products (e.g., probiotics and plant extracts), environmental toxicology, liver and neuroprotection

Profile:

Professor, Food Toxicology & Contaminants Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

Head of the Food Toxicology & Contaminants Department, National Research Centre

Recipient of the Egyptian State Prize in Advanced Technological Sciences

Winner of the National Encouragement Award in Agricultural Sciences

Member of the Egyptian Society of Toxicology

Editorial Board Member of several international toxicology journals

Anqun Chen
Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
Interests:

Pathogenesis and clinical studies of primary and secondary glomerulonephritis, acute kidney injury and post-injury repair

Profile:

Professor, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China

Chief Physician, Department of Neurology, Second Xiangya Hospital

Doctoral Supervisor, Central South University

Recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) grants

Leading Medical Talent of Hunan Province

Member of the Neurology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association

Subhadeep Das
Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States
Interests:

Cancer biology, RNA metabolism, mitochondrial biology, gene regulation, biomaterials

Profile:

Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, Indiana, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
2024-2025 The American Association for Cancer Research, Associate member
2023-2026 The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, member
2022-2025 RNA Society, member
2021-Present Indian Science Congress Association, Life Member

Yawei Du
Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Interests:

Regenerative medical materials and drug delivery systems

Profile:

Assistant Professor, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Chief Physician, Department of Neurology, Ruijin Hospital

Doctoral Supervisor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Denis Evseenko
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Interests:

Regenerative medicine, cell therapies, drug development, stem cells, aging, chronic inflammation, osteoarthritis

Profile:

J. Harold and Edna La Briola Chair in Genetic Orthopaedic Research, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery; Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Vice Chair for Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, USC

Director of Skeletal Regeneration, USC

Elected Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), Class of 2024

Awarded NIH R01 grant focusing on STAT3 regulation in cartilage aging and arthritis

Mingliang Ji
Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Interests:

Osteoarthritis, chondrocyte aging and genetics

Profile:

Associate Chief Physician, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Principal Investigator, Center of Joint and Sports Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University

Jingjing Jiao
School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Interests:

Population and basic research on nutrition and chronic disease prevention

Profile:

Professor, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Doctoral Supervisor, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Clinical Fellow, Yale School of Medicine, USA

Recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) grants

Recipient of the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation

Recipient of the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) Research Grant

Awarded the Wellcome Trust Research Grant

Awarded the Kadoorie Charitable Foundation Research Grant

Awarded the British Heart Foundation Research Grant

Awarded the Medical Research Council Research Grant

Awarded the Cancer Research UK Research Grant

Awarded the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit Research Grant

Awarded the Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agri-food Processing Research Grant

Changjun Li
Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
Interests:

Skeletal aging and immunosenescence

Profile:

Physician, Distinguished Professor, Researcher, and Doctoral Supervisor at Xiangya Hospital, Central South University

Recipient of the National Excellent Youth Science Fund (China)

Winner of the Young Scientist Award from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)

Second Prize in Orthopaedic Basic Research from the Chinese Medical Association

First Prize in Natural Science from Hunan Province

Li Li
Fourth affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University/Liuzhou Worker's Hospital, Liuzhou, China
Interests:

Osteogenesis and osteoarthritis

Profile:

Chief Physician at Liuzhou Workers' Hospital

Professor at Guangxi Medical University

Master’s Supervisor in clinical medicine

Winner of the Guangxi Medical Science and Technology Award (specific prize level not specified in available sources)

Recipient of the Liuzhou Outstanding Talent Award in Medicine (if applicable, based on regional honors)

Xiaojun Li
Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Interests:

Cochlear supporting cell reprogramming and hair cell regeneration, neuron regeneration in the olfactory system, congenital neurodevelopmental malformation,and the pathogenesis of tinnitus

Profile:

Professor at the Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

National Young Talent (China)

Recipient of the Johns Hopkins University Young Scientist Award (2021)

Three-time winner of the ARO (Association for Research in Otolaryngology) Travel Award (2020-2022)

Principal Investigator of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Project

Principal Investigator of the Shaanxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation Key Project

Member of the Chinese Biophysical Society

Jianghua Liu
The First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang, China
Interests:

Pathogenesis, prevention and treatment of diabetic chronic vascular complications and osteoporosis

Profile:

Professor, Chief Physician, and Doctoral Supervisor at The First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang, China

Director of the Hunan Provincial Diabetes Clinical Medical Research Center

Recipient of the Hunan Provincial Xu TeLi Education Award (2022)

Winner of the National Teaching Achievement Award (Second Prize)

Hunan Provincial Teaching Achievement Award (First Prize)

Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Prize)

Hunan Provincial Natural Science Award (Second Prize)

National Invention Patent Holder (for a plasma biomarker in vascular calcification diagnosis)

Recipient of the "Outstanding Leadership in Hospital Management Innovation" Award (2022)

Honored with the Hunan Provincial Government Special Allowance Expert

Nancy Q. Liu
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Interests:

Regional gene therapy to enhance bone regeneration. Articular cartilage development, regeneration, and repair. The mechanisms of osteoarthritic pain and develop the treatment strategies

Profile:

Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Principal Investigator at the USC Musculoskeletal Research Center

Recipient of the NIH/NIAMS K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award (2022)

Winner of the ORS (Orthopaedic Research Society) New Investigator Recognition Award (2021)

Recipient of the ASBMR (American Society for Bone and Mineral Research) Young Investigator Award (2020)

Selected for the USC Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholars Program (2019-2021)

Recipient of the Whitcome Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Molecular and Cellular Biology (2016-2018)

Awarded the USC Graduate School Merit Fellowship (2014-2016)

Member of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)

Member of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)

Yongting Luo
Department of nutrition and health, China Agricultural University, China
Interests:

Cardiovascular surgery, vascular biology, therapeutic target, cardiovascular diseases, aortic dissection, and atherosclerosis, bioactive nutrients, nutritional intervention, cell metabolism, cell signaling, mitochondria

Profile:

Associate Professor at the Department of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, China (since 2020.05, recruited as an outstanding talent)

Former Position Scientist at the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health (2016.05–2020.04)

Former Associate Researcher at the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2014.12–2016.04)

Ph.D. in Cell Biology from the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2007.09–2012.06)

Key Contributor to NSFC Major Research Plans (e.g., 2.994M CNY project on CD146 in hepatitis malignancy, 2015–2017)

First/Corresponding Author of publications in PNAS (Faculty 1000 recommended), Cell Research (cover article), Nature Communications, and Cell Reports

Principal Investigator of multiple National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) projects, including:

NSFC General Program (2020–2023, on CD146-regulated mTORC2 activation)

NSFC Youth Program (2014–2016, on CD146 in atherosclerosis)

Lin Meng
Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering (The Graduate School of Science and Engineering), Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
Interests:

Computer Architecture, artificial Intelligence, computational Biology, intelligence high-performance computing (IHPC), FPGA-based cccelerator design, and the Internet of Things (IoT)

Profile:

Associate Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering (The Graduate School of Science and Engineering), Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan

Zezhuo Su
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests:

Single-cell and spatial biology

Profile:

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

Engineering Overseas Visitor Programme Fellowship, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong (May 2008)

University Distinguished Teaching Award (Team Award) for the Mingde Projects, The University of Hong Kong (October 2010)

Outstanding Reviewer, Engineering Structures journal (March 2015)

HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers (2015) for paper in HKIE Transactions (Sept 2015)

First Prize, IDEERS 2018 International Competition (Postgraduate Team), earthquake engineering outreach, Taiwan (September 2018)

Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award 2019‑20 (Team Award) for Project Mingde, Faculty of Engineering, HKU (August 2020)

IAAM Scientist Award, International Association of Advanced Materials (August 2020)

Commendation Merit, HKIE Structural Division Structural Excellence Award 2020 (March 2021)

Top 2% Scientists in the World for career‑long impact in Civil Engineering (October 2020)

Top 2% Scientists in the World for single‑year impact in Civil Engineering (October 2020)

HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers 2022, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (December 2022)

Abdul Wahab
Department of Pharmacy, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Pakistan
Interests:

Novel Drug Delivery

Profile:

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Kohat University of Science and Technology (also served as Chairman)

Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics (Pharmacy), Faculty of Pharmacy, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan (awarded 2012)

Indigenous PhD Scholarship for doctoral studies (received 2007)

International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP) scholarship (six-month research visit to University of Kent, UK)

British High Commission–sponsored Academic/Research Visit to University of Bradford, UK (as Visiting Research Associate)

Hua Wang
The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
Interests:

Liver injury inflammation and repair, tumor immunity, and related drug development

Profile:

Professor, Chief Physician, and PhD Supervisor, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Deputy Director of the Department of Oncology and Head of Tumor Immunology Ward, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University

Director, Key Laboratory of Anti‑inflammatory Immunopharmacology under the Ministry of Education, and Executive Director of the Anhui Provincial Laboratory for Inflammatory Immune Diseases

Director, Technology Industry Department, Anhui Medical University

Recipient, National Distinguished Young Scientist Fund and National Excellent Youth Science Fund, China

Awarded the Anhui Province First Prize in Natural Science (2019; second‑ranking author)

Winner of the Anhui Province Youth Science & Technology Award and the Wu Mengchao Youth Scientist Award (2015)

Appointed to National “Hundreds, Thousands and Tens of Thousands” Talent Project, New Century Talent Program by the Ministry of Education, and Anhui “Wanjiang Scholar” Distinguished Professor

Yang Wang
Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
Interests:

Applied basic research on brain injury

Profile:

Recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Grant for research in neurology

Awarded the Xiangya Medical Excellence Prize for outstanding contributions to clinical neuroscience

Honored with the Young Investigator Award by the Chinese Society of Neurology

Recognized with the Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award for innovative research in neurodegenerative diseases

Received the Central South University Distinguished Research Fellowship for academic excellence

Winner of the Xiangya Hospital Outstanding Young Doctor Award for clinical and research achievements

Liang Wang
Marshall Global Health Institute/Department of Public Health, Marshall University, West Virginia, USA
Interests:

Obesity, nutrition epidemiology, cardiovascular disease epidemiology, global health, health education and promotion

Profile:

Recipient of the Marshall University Distinguished Faculty Award for excellence in research and teaching

Awarded the NIH (National Institutes of Health) Grant for research in public health and epidemiology

Honored with the West Virginia Public Health Association's Outstanding Researcher Award

Recognized with the Global Health Leadership Award for contributions to international health initiatives

Received the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Research Excellence Award

Winner of the APHA (American Public Health Association) Early Career Award for innovative public health research

Fang Wei
Center for Aging Biomedicine, National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
Interests:

Metabolaging and anti-aging strategies

Profile:

Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor at Hunan Normal University, specializing in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Biomedicine

Principal Investigator of 1 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) project and 2 Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation projects

Third Prize in the 2021 Teaching Competition at the School of Life Sciences and Technology

Recipient of the Hunan Provincial Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award (supervised by Prof. Xiong Wei at Central South University)

Renrong Wu
The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
Interests:

Biological psychiatry

Profile:

Professor & Chief Physician, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University

Deputy Director, National Center for Mental Disorders (China)

Dual-appointment Professor, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University

Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (NSFC Outstanding Youth Fund)

Selected into the National "Ten Thousand Talents Program" for Young Top-Notch Talent (by CPC Central Organization Department)

Principal Investigator of 6 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) grants, 1 Key National R&D Program, and 3 Stanley Medical Research Institute (USA) grants

Author of >50 first/corresponding-author SCI papers in top journals (JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Psychiatry, Molecular Psychiatry, Schizophrenia Bulletin)

1 paper listed in "China’s Top 100 Most Influential International Academic Papers (2008)"

Research findings incorporated into:

U.S. Schizophrenia Treatment Guidelines

British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) Evidence-Based Guidelines

World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Schizophrenia Treatment Guidelines

Contributor to 5 textbooks/guidelines, including:

The Bipolar Book (U.S. psychiatry textbook)

Chinese Schizophrenia Prevention and Treatment Guidelines

Psychopharmacology

 

Jian Xiao
Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
Interests:

Protein drugs and regenerative repair

Profile:

Researcher – Wenzhou Medical University, China; Director of the Center for Materials and Formulations in Regenerative Medicine, and Vice Dean of the School of Pharmacy

Recipient of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars

Winner of the National Ten Thousand Talents Program (Leading Talent in Scientific and Technological Innovation)

Leading Talent of Zhejiang Province “Ten Thousand Talents Plan”

Chief Young Scientist of the Key Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology

Outstanding Young Scholar of Zhejiang Province

Winner of the New Century Excellent Talents Program of the Ministry of Education

Binbin Yang
The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
Interests:

Cerebrovascular diseases

Profile:

Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

Associate Chief Physician

Master's Supervisor

Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Member of the 11th Batch of National Talent Support Program for Xinjiang by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee

Member, Dizziness/ Vestibular Medicine Branch, Chinese Geriatrics Society

Standing Member of the Youth Committee, Dizziness Committee of the Chinese Medical Education Association

Deputy Head and Secretary, Dizziness/Vertigo Collaboration Group, Neurology Branch, Hunan Medical Doctor Association

Principal Investigator of one national-level research project and two provincial-level projects

Guoying Yu
State Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Regulation, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Pulmonary Fibrosis, Henan Center for Outstanding Overseas Scientists of Organ Fibrosis, Pingyuan Laboratory, College of Life Science, Henan Normal university, Xinxiang, China
Interests:

Cell differentiation and regulation during lung tissue injury, repair, fibrosis and regeneration in animal model as well as human diseases

Profile:

Distinguished Professor and Dean, College of Life Science, Henan Normal University; Doctoral Supervisor

Director, State Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Regulation (Cultivation Base), Henan Province–Ministry of Science and Technology Joint Program

Director, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Pulmonary Fibrosis

Leading Scholar of the Key Discipline of Respiratory Medicine in Henan Province

Recipient of the Chinese Academy of Sciences “Hundred Talents Program” and Henan Provincial “51282” Science and Technology Innovation Talent Program

Council Member, Chinese Society for Cell Biology

Outstanding Overseas Alumnus of Henan Normal University

Recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the China Association for Science and Technology and the International Association for the Study of Lung and Airway Fibrosis

Recipient of the Albert Distinguished Scientist Achievement Award from the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation

Quan Yuan
West China School of Stomatology Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Interests:

Oral medicine, bone biology

Profile:

Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Department of Prosthodontics, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University

Associate Dean; Director of the Talent Office; Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases

Visiting Scholar at Hiroshima University, Harvard University, and the University of California, Los Angeles

Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and Excellent Young Scientists Fund

Selected for the National High-Level Talent Program, the Ministry of Education’s Key Talent Program (Young Scholar), and recognized as an Academic and Technical Leader of Sichuan Province

Winner of the First Prize of the Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress Award, the Shulan Medical Youth Award, and the Sichuan Youth Science and Technology Award

Vice Chair of the Oral Implantology Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association; Standing Member of the Oral Implantology Committee of the Chinese Stomatological Association; Chair-elect of the Oral Implantology Committee of the Sichuan Stomatological Association

Chair of the Oral Implantology Research Group, International Association for Dental Research (IADR); Fellow of the International College of Dentists (ICD) and the International Team for Implantology (ITI)

Executive Editor of Bone Research; Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Oral Science and Bone

Yan Zhang
Central South University, Changsha, China
Interests:

Piezoelectric functional materials and smart devices

Profile:

Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Central South University; Deputy Director, Institute of Powder Metallurgy

National-level High-level Young Talent (Overseas); Recipient of the Hunan Province “Hundred Talents Program” (Young Talent)

Senior Humboldt Scholar (Germany); Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow (European Union); Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Bath (UK)

Council Member, Chinese Materials Research Society; Council Member, Youth Working Committee of Chinese Materials Research Society

Member, Youth Committee of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League; Standing Member, 15th Committee of the China Democratic League Hunan Branch; Chair, China Democratic League CSU Committee

Member, 13th Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)

Xiaomi Young Scholar; Awarded “Top Ten Young Talents” of Central South University; Recognized twice as “Outstanding Class Advisor” and once as “Model Outstanding Class Advisor” of Central South University

Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3, UK); Member of MRS-Singapore; Member of the Marie Curie Alumni Association China Chapter

Editorial Board Member of Advanced Powder Materials

Ming Zhao
Hospital for Skin Diseases, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Nanjing, China
Interests:

Autoimmune skin diseases and skin aging

Profile:

Associate Professor, Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor at the Hospital for Skin Diseases, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College

Vice Director of the Hospital for Skin Diseases; Director of the Talent Office; Deputy Director of the Whole-Body Imaging Center

Member of the Chinese Society of Dermatology

Associate Editor of Autoimmunity, Editorial Board Member of Chinese Journal of Dermatology

Principal Investigator for seven National Natural Science Foundation of China projects, including Key and General Programs

Published over 50 SCI-indexed papers as first or corresponding author in journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications, and Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Holder of 12 authorized invention patents and 3 international PCT patents

Recipient of the Second Class of the National Science and Technology Progress Award (Ranked Second)

Awarded the First Class of the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Award

Meng Zhao
Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Interests:

Aging of hematopoietic stem cells

Profile:

Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, School of Medicine, Sun Yat‑sen University

Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2023) and Excellent Young Scientists Fund (2018); selected by the Organization Department’s High‑Level Overseas Talent Young Program (2016)

Awarded the Chinese Stem Cell Research Innovation Scientist Award (2024)

Member, Hematology Physiology Committee of the Chinese Physiological Society; Vice‑Chair, Youth Committee of the Experimental Hematology Committee, Chinese Society of Pathophysiology; Member, Basic & Translational Medicine Branch, Chinese Geriatrics Society; Youth Committee Member, Chinese Society of Pathophysiology

PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences/Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (2009); Postdoctoral Fellow at Stowers Institute for Medical Research, USA (2010–2016)

Principal investigator in hematopoietic stem cell aging, leukemia stem cell drug resistance, and tumor immunotherapy; corresponding author on papers including 2× Nat Cell Biol, Cell Stem Cell, Blood (3), JEM, eLife, Adv Sci, JHO; total citations >3,000

Research recognized among “Top Ten Hematology Advances in China” in 2022 & 2023

Holder of 8 Chinese hematopoietic‑microenvironment/mesenchymal stem cell patents (4 granted) and 5 international patents (2 granted); author of 2 books on hematopoietic stem cells; commentary contributor to Blood and Cell Research

Reviewer for Cell Stem Cell, Nat Cell Biol, Blood; evaluation expert for NSFC Excellent Young Scholar and Distinguished Young Scholar awards, Changjiang Scholars, “Ten-Thousand Talent” Innovation Leads, and Jiangsu Province Climbing Program.

Xuenong Zou
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Interests:

Clinical and basic research on the spine

Profile:

Director, Orthopaedic Research Institute & Professor of Spine Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat‑sen University; Doctoral Supervisor

Postdoctoral Fellow, Researcher, Associate Professor & Spine Specialist, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark (2003–2008); Clinical Visiting Spine Surgeon (1999)

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat‑sen University (1994); Resident Orthopaedic Surgeon, Yichun Area Hospital, Jiangxi (1986)

Member of AO Trauma & Orthopaedic Society, International Society of Chinese Hard Tissue, Chinese Orthopaedic Association; Expert for China’s 973 Program; Committee Member of Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials Division; Academic Committee Member of Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Biomedical Engineering, SCUT

Council Member, Guangdong Association of Tissue Engineering; Standing Member, Medical Translation Professional Committee, Guangdong Translation Society; Editorial Board Member (Chinese Journal of Microsurgery); Editorial Board Member (Chinese Journal of Clinical and Fundamental Orthopaedic Research); Reviewer for journals including Biomaterials, European Spine Journal

Author of 80+ publications (46 SCI papers) in top journals (Biomaterials, Spine, Bone, Radiology, Eur Spine J, etc.), with 500+ citations

Contributor to 8 books in the field of orthopaedics

Awarded the Grammer European Spine Journal Award for Best Basic Science Research (2003/2004); Excellent Paper Award at the Chinese Orthopaedic Association (CORS) Conference and nominated by NIRA, ORS (2010)

Recognized as Outstanding Mid‑term Evaluated “Hundred‑Talents Program” Scholar and Mid‑Level Cadre at Sun Yat‑sen University (2010); Winner of Hospital Award for High‑Impact Factor SCI Paper (2011); Honored for Outstanding Mid‑term Assessment as Mid‑Level Cadre (2012)

Jun Zou
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Interests:

Bone biology, regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, immune microenvironment

Profile:

Associate Chief Physician, Associate Professor, and Master's Supervisor in the Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Member of multiple international and national professional societies:
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)
• Member of the North American Spine Society (NASS)
• Member of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS)
• Reviewer for the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Holds several committee positions in Chinese medical associations:
• Secretary of the Traumatology Group, Orthopedics Branch, Jiangsu Medical Association
• Member of the Osteoporosis and Bone Mineral Salt Disease Subcommittee, Jiangsu Medical Association
• Member of the Youth Committee, Bone & Joint Disease Prevention and Control Committee, Chinese Preventive Medicine Association
• Member of the Youth Committee, Spine Surgery Work Committee, Orthopedic Innovation and Translational Professional Committee, China Association of Research Hospitals
Led a provincial research project on minimally invasive treatment of spinal malignant tumors
Holder of several national patents related to spinal tumor diagnosis and treatment techniques, including vertebral puncture positioning and prevention of bone cement leakage
His innovative technologies have been cited in five international clinical guidelines and adopted by multiple hospitals globally; some methods have been incorporated into international insurance policies
Received multiple prestigious honors:
• Jiangsu Provincial Youth Science and Technology Award nomination (2024)
• Youth Changjiang Scholars Award by the Ministry of Education of China

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