个人简历

Education
PhD Baylor College of Medicine
BS Sichuan University
Academic and Professional Experience
2020-present Associate Dean (Teaching), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau
2019-2020 Interim Associate Dean (Teaching), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau
2016-2020 Assistant Dean (Student Affairs), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau
2014-present Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau
2011-2014 Director, iPSC and Genome Engineering Core Facility, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA
2008-2011 Assistant Scientist, Wisconsin Genome Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Morgridge Institute of Discovery
2006-2008 Post-doctoral fellow, Wisconsin Genome Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2003-2006 Post-doctoral fellow, Baylor College of Medicine
Course Outlines
HSCI3001 Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
GEST2001 Biology in Our Daily Life

研究领域

Our group is interested in the molecular regulation of growth factors and nutritional factors that affects maintenance and differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (hESC) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). Based on our knowledge from basic research, we devote our effort to developing novel technologies that could facilitate stem cell applications in basic and translational research. Multiple of our previous inventions have been successfully launched in commercial production for stem cell research in the field. Our current research interests include:
Derivation and differentiation of human iPSC for disease models
Molecular mechanisms of lineage-specific differentiation
Nutritional regulation of human ES and iPS cells
Chemically defined differentiation conditions for clinically relevant cell types"Patents
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近期论文

Representative Publications
Zhong, H., Ren, Z. L., Wang, X. Y., Miao, K., Ni, W. J., Meng, Y., Lu, L. G., Wang, C. M., Liu, W., Deng, C. X., Xu, R. H., and Chen, G. (2020) Stagewise Keratinocyte Differentiation from Human Embryonic Stem Cells by Defined Signal Transduction Modulators. Int J Biol Sci 16, 1450-1462
Yang, Y., Ren, Z. L., Xu, F. X., Meng, Y., Zhang, Y. M., Ai, N., Long, Y., Fok, H. I., Deng, C. H., Zhao, X. Y., Huang, L. C., Zhao, Q., Wang, J. X., Liu, W., Ge, W., and Chen, G. (2019) Endogenous IGF Signaling Directs Heterogeneous Mesoderm Differentiation in Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell Rep 29, 3374-3384 e3375
Song, C. C., Xu, F. X., Ren, Z. L., Zhang, Y. M., Meng, Y., Yang, Y. Q., Lingadahalli, S., Cheung, E., Li, G., Liu, W., Wan, J. B., Zhao, Y., and Chen, G. (2019) Elevated Exogenous Pyruvate Potentiates Mesodermal Differentiation through Metabolic Modulation and Ampk/mTOR Pathway in Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cell Rep 13, 338-351
Godoy-Parejo, C., Deng, C. H., Zhang, Y. M., Liu, W., and Chen, G. (2019) Roles of Vitamins in Stem Cells. Cell Mol Life Sci
Godoy-Parejo, C., Deng, C. H., Liu, W., and Chen, G. (2019) Insulin Stimulates PI3K/AKT and Cell Adhesion to Promote the Survival of Individualized Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cells 37, 1030-1041
Meng, Y., Ren, Z. L., Xu, F. X., Zhou, X. X., Song, C. C., Wang, V. Y. F., Liu, W., Lu, L. G., Thomson, J. A., and Chen, G. (2018) Nicotinamide Promotes Cell Survival and Differentiation as Kinase Inhibitor in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cell Rep 11, 1347-1356
Liu, W., Ren, Z. L., Lu, K., Song, C. C., Cheung, E. C. W., Zhou, Z., and Chen, G. (2018) The Suppression of Medium Acidosis Improves the Maintenance and Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells at High Density in Defined Cell Culture Medium. Int J Biol Sci 14, 485-496
Lin, Y. S., Linask, K., Mallon, B., Johnson, K., Klein, M., Beers, J., Xie, W., Du, Y. B., Liu, C., Lai, Y., Zou, J. Z., Haigney, M., Yang, H. S., Rao, M., and Chen, G. (2017) Heparin Promotes Cardiac Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells in Chemically Defined Albumin-Free Medium, Enabling Consistent Manufacture of Cardiomyocytes. Stem Cell Transl Med 6, 527-538
Beers, J., Linask, K., Chen, J., Siniscalchi, L., Lin, Y. S., Zheng, W., Rao, M., and Chen, G. (2015) A Cost-Effective and Efficient Reprogramming Platform for Large-Scale Production of Integration-Free Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Chemically Defined Culture. Sci Rep-Uk 5, 11319
Lin, Y., Li, X. Y., Willis, A. L., Liu, C., Chen, G., and Weiss, S. J. (2014) Snail1-Dependent Control of Embryonic Stem Cell Pluripotency and Lineage Commitment. Nat Commun 5, 3070
Chen, G., Gulbranson, D. R., Yu, P., Hou, Z., and Thomson, J. A. (2012) Thermal Stability of Fibroblast Growth Factor Protein Is a Determinant Factor in Regulating Self-Renewal, Differentiation, and Reprogramming in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells 30, 623-630
Beers, J., Gulbranson, D. R., George, N., Siniscalchi, L. I., Jones, J., Thomson, J. A., and Chen, G. (2012) Passaging and Colony Expansion of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells by Enzyme-Free Dissociation in Chemically Defined Culture Conditions. Nat Protoc 7, 2029-2040
Chen, G., Gulbranson, D. R., Hou, Z., Bolin, J. M., Ruotti, V., Probasco, M. D., Smuga-Otto, K., Howden, S. E., Diol, N. R., Propson, N. E., Wagner, R., Lee, G. O., Antosiewicz-Bourget, J., Teng, J. M., and Thomson, J. A. (2011) Chemically Defined Conditions for Human iPSC Derivation and Culture. Nat Methods 8, 424-429
Chen, G., Hou, Z., Gulbranson, D. R., and Thomson, J. A. (2010) Actin-Myosin Contractility Is Responsible for the Reduced Viability of Dissociated Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell Stem Cell 7, 240-248
Chen, G., Zhuchenko, O., and Kuspa, A. (2007) Immune-Like Phagocyte Activity in the Social Amoeba. Science 317, 678-681
Chen, G., Shaulsky, G., and Kuspa, A. (2004) Tissue-Specific G1-Phase Cell-Cycle Arrest Prior to Terminal Differentiation in Dictyostelium. Development 131, 2619-2630
Sucgang, R., Chen, G., Liu, W., Lindsay, R., Lu, J., Muzny, D., Shaulsky, G., Loomis, W., Gibbs, R., and Kuspa, A. (2003) Sequence and Structure of the Extrachromosomal Palindrome Encoding the Ribosomal RNA Genes in Dictyostelium. Nucleic Acids Res 31, 2361-2368
President of Executive Committee, Macau Society for Stem Cell Research
Associate Member, International Society for Stem Cell Research
Member (Life), Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America
Member, Stem Cell COREdinates