Wan Chao
Associate Professor
School of Biomedical Sciences
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Biography
Dr. WAN Chao is affiliated to School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK , where Dr. WAN Chao is currently working as Associate Professor. Dr. WAN Chao has numerous publications within the specialty and published in reputed national and international peer-reviewed journals. Dr. WAN Chao is actively associated with different national and international societies and academies. Dr. WAN Chao gain recognition among the honourable subject experts with the contributions made. Dr. WAN Chao is been appreciated by several reputed awards and funding support. Dr. WAN Chao major research interest is in studies related to Molecular and cellular mechanisms of skeletal development, metabolism and regeneration,molecular control of stem cell self-renewal and mesenchymal lineage differentiation,tissue engineering for skeletal tissue repair and efficacy and novel therapeutics of Chinese medicines for skeletal tissue repair.
Research Interest
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of skeletal development, metabolism and regeneration,molecular control of stem cell self-renewal and mesenchymal lineage differentiation,tissue engineering for skeletal tissue repair and efficacy and novel therapeutics of Chinese medicines for skeletal tissue repair.
Publications
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He, Q., Swindle, C. S., Wan, C., Flynn, R. J., Oster, R. A., Chen, D., Zhang, F., Shu, Y., Klug, C. A. (2017). Enhanced hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal-promoting ability of clonal primary MSC versus their osteogenic progeny. Stem Cells, 35(2), 473-484.
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Tsang, W. P., Zhang, F., He, Q., Cai, W., Huang, J., Chan, W. Y., Shen, Z., Wan, C. (2017). Icaritin enhances mESC self-renewal through upregulating core pluripotency transcription factors mediated by ERα. Sci Rep, 7, 40894.
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Wang, J., Zhang, F,, Tsang, W. P., Wan, C., Wu, C. (2017). Fabrication of injectable high strength hydrogel based on 4-arm star PEG for cartilage tissue engineering. Biomaterials, 120, 11-21.