Yiping Hu
Center of Stem Cell and Medicine
Second Military Medical University
China
Biography
Yiping Hu, Ph.D., is currently Professor and directors of Center of Stem Cell and Medicine at Second Military Medical University in Shanghai, P. R. China. Dr. He received his PhD in Genetics in 1992 from Fudan University in China. His postdoctoral training was at Roswell Park Cancer Institute with Dr. Joseph T. Y. Lau (1994-1996). He worked as an Associate Research Scientist for Dr. Kim Bottomly at the Section of Immunology at Yale University ( 2006-2007). His current research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of differentiation regulation of liver stem cells.
Research Interest
Dr. Hu’s current research is focusing on the molecular mechanisms of differentiation regulation of liver stem cells, and also he is working on direct transdifferentiation of fibroblasts into hepatic stem cells.
