2013年毕业于中国科学院上海生命科学研究院，获博士学位;

　　2013年底在美国Stowers/HHMI研究所从事博士后研究。

　　2019年10月回国就任中国科学院生物化学与细胞生物学研究所研究员，研究组长。

探索生命的再生机制：解析人类疾病与衰老

再生是大自然最为神奇的现象之一，使得生物体能够修复和替代受损的组织。这一非凡的能力在动物界不同物种和不同器官广泛存在，但支配器官再生的细胞与分子机制仍然鲜为人知。我们的研究旨在揭示这些基础机制，探索驱动组织修复与再生的动态过程。

我们团队的研究工作以创新的模型系统为核心，力图提供前所未有的视角，深入解析影响再生潜力的遗传与环境因素。通过运用最前沿的技术，如功能基因组学、空间转录组学、单细胞RNA测序和高分辨率成像，我们正在解析跨物种的再生生物学细胞及分子机制。这种跨学科的研究方法使我们能够发现不同物种中再生的核心原理。

我们特别关注具有强大再生潜力的系统（如淡水涡虫）与再生能力有限的系统（如心脏）的比较研究，从而全面理解再生过程。这些研究不仅探索了不同物种如何利用独特的再生能力，也致力于将这些发现转化为改善人类再生疗法的关键技术。

我们最终的目标是利用再生的力量，推动新的治疗方法，用于对抗退行性疾病、促进组织修复，并延长人类的寿命。通过深入理解生物体如何实现再生，我们旨在革新再生医学，并为癌症相关的组织损伤提供变革性的解决方案，同时开辟人类健康的突破性新途径。

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