| Talk title | Inflammation in the process of tissue fibrosis: role of Macrophage-to-myofibroblast transition |
| Speaker | Prof. Hui Yao LAN Choh-Ming Li Professor of Biomedical Sciences Assitant Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine Associate Director, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences Director, Laboratory of Inflammatory Diseases The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Date & Time | 21 March 2017 (Tuesday) 14:00-15:00 |
| Venue | Room G004, E12 Building (University of Macau) |
| Biosketch |
Professor Hui Yao LAN is a Choh-Ming Li Professor of Biomedical Sciences and an Assistant Dean (Research) in Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the Chairmen of Hong Kong Scientists Association, and Vice President of Chinese Society of Renal Physiology. He received his Medical Degree in 1977, Master Degree in Pathology in 1986 at Sun Yat-Sen University, China, and the PhD degree in Medicine at Monash University, Australia in 1990. He previously held an Assistant Professorship/Lectureship at Sun Yat-Sen University (1977-1987), Senior Lectureship (Hon) at Monash University (1995-1998), Associate/Full Professorship at the University of Hong Kong (1998-2001/2006-2009), and a tenured Associate/Full Professorship at the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA (2001-2006). Professor Lan’s major research interest is focusing on TGF-β/Smad signaling in chronic kidney and cardiovascular diseases and cancer microenvironments. He obtained more than 60 research grants/programs and published >300 publications with over 20,000 citations and h-index 75. Currently, he services as an Editorial Board member/Associate Editor in many biomedical journals including JASN, Mol Ther, Int J Biol Sci, Sci Rep, Front Physiol, Kid Dis, and CEPP. |
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