Course Coordinator & Lecturer

Qihui Jiang (Vivi Kasim), PhD

Dr Kasim is an Indonesian Chinese who mastered 4 languages and can communicate

in Indonesian, English, Chinese and Japanes in native level.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS
2007 Gain PhD from University of Tokyo
2004-2007 Doctoral Course, Dept of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate
School of Engineering, University of Tokyo.
2002-2004 Master Course, Dept of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate
School of Engineering, University of Tokyo.
1998-2002 Bachelor Course, Dept of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of
Engineering, University of Tokyo.

WORKING EXPERIENCES
2012-present Associate Professor at College of Bioengineering, Chongqing
University
2009-2011 Research Associate at Research Institute, National Cancer Center Japan
2007-2009 JSPS Fellow at Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences,
University of Tokyo

RESEARCH
Dr. Kasim is now focus on tumor biology, stem cell biology and genetic engineering.
Part of her researches had been published in well-known international journals such as
Cancer Research (2013), Nature (2009), PNAS (2011) and Nucleic Acids Research
(2004), and had been cited and reported by Nature, Cell, Nature Reviews Molecular
Cell Biology, Nature Reviews Cancer, Nature Cell Biology and Asahi-Shimbun News
(Japan). She had been granted Doctoral Course Research Fellowship and

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Research Fellowfrom Japanese Society for The Promotion of Science.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member of the Standing Committee of Branch of Blood Rheology under Chinese
Society of Microcirculation
Member of Molecular Biology Society of Japan
Member of Japanese Cancer Association
Reviewer of Oncotarget (IF: 5.008)
Visiting Professor of Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (Institut Teknologi
Sepuluh Nopember), Indonesia
Guest Lecturer at Atmajaya Catholic University (Universitas Katolik Atmajaya),
Indonesia
Guest Lecturer at Bogor Institute of Agriculture (Institut Pertanian Bogor), Indonesia

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Lecturer
K-L Paul Sung, PhD

K-L Paul Sung, PhD, Fellow of AIMBE (American Institute for Medical and
Biological Engineering), Director of International Collaboration & Exchanges,
UCSD, and Professor of Orthopaedics and Bioengineering, UCSD. Distinguish
Professor, College of Bioengineering at Chongqing University, China. His Research
Interests are Soft Tissue Healing and Regeneration, Cell and Biomaterial (bio-scaffold
and metal alloy) Interactions, and Blood Cell and Cancer Cell Mechanics. He has
published more than 160 peer review papers that included Science, Nature News,
PNAS, J. Clinic Invest., J. Biophysics, Blood, J Cell Biology, J. Cell Science, and
received more than 20 international honors and awards which included Necker
Distinguished Lecture in Paris; Presidential Keynote Lecture in Korean Orthopaedic
Convention; Best paper Award (AMES), Lamport Award (BMES); Bristol-Myers
Squibb/Zimmer Research Award; Whitaker Foundation Research Award; George
Melville Medal (AMES) and Fellow of AIMBE, et al. He has been invited speech
more than 130 times in different institutes (includes Harvard, Yale, Columbia,
Cornell, Duke et al.).

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Lecturer
Li/Julia Zhong(PhD, MD)

Higher Education
10/1997-10/2001 PhD at the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of
Bath, UK, titled UVA-mediated labile iron pool release in cultured skin cells.
*10/1997-06/1999 Part time MPhil, titled UVA activation of human heme oxygenase
gene promoter. Supervised by Prof. Rex Tyrrell and Dr. Charareh Pourzand.

09/1981-07/1987 Medical degree at the department of medicine, Sichuan University

(West China University of Medical Sciences), Chengdu, China. Final half year
rotation at Dermatology Department. West China hospital, Sichuan University.

Work Experience
02/2009- present: Professor at College of Bioengineering, Chongqing University
Specific job: Taught course on physiology and basic medicine theory.

2015.9 present: Part time University hospital

2006-09/2009: Postdoctor at Prof. Rex Tyrrells pharmaceutical/photobiology group,

then senior research associate, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University
of Bath, Bath, UK. Specific job: Was the lab manager and participated in guiding
Ph.D. Major project UVA mediated HO-1 induction and the role of Bach1 and Nrf2
in regulation of HO-1 in skin cells; Collaborate with Dr Charareh Pourzand and Chris
Lovell To use novel caged iron chelators with UVA for treatment of psoriasis and
Polymorphism of psoriasis. Co-supervise PhD student with Dr Sofia Pascus to use
encapsulation technique to assemble new drug delivery probe.

02/2004-05/2006: Postdoctor,Department of biology, University of East Anglia,

Norwich, UK. Specific job: Functional analysis of ADAM15 on tumour cell
morphology, adhesion and migration. Supervise Project students.

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01/2002-01/2004: Junior postdoctor, Neurobiology Centre, Kings College, London.
Specific job: Developmental neuroscience. Function and distribution of Pak1 and its
T212-phosphorylated form in the developing rodent. Supervise Project students.

05/1996-09/1996 Clinical observer Dermatologist under Dr. Sheila Powell, Department

of Dermatology of Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK.

07/1987-02/1996 Clinical doctor with one year specialise in Contact Dermatitis at the
Dermatology and Venereology Research Institute of Sichuan. 1994/10 attending doctor
(1991.02-1992.09 With a year in-patient and half year out-patient working experience,
including clinical dermatology demonstrator at the Department of Dermatology, West
China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China.

Research Areas:
(1) Photobiology. To study the solar ultraviolet (UVA and UVB) radiation on cultured
human skin cells and mouse model in order to understand the pathways by which cells
and tissue are damaged by sunlight. To exam heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1),the heme
catabolising enzyme, as a major stress protein in humans, the pathways controlling its
expression and the meaning of its induction in human skin fibroblasts. Bach1/Nrf2-
MafK regulatory network
(2) Clinical dermatology, especially photodermatology. Iron chelation therapy against
UVA-induced damage.
(3) Antioxidant function and application in skin disease.
(4) Cancer related research etc.

Conferences
1. Host the 3rd strategy on Free radical biology and Free radical and medicine
2013.11.1316, Tengchong,
China
2. Invited speaker the 8th Photobiology conference, China 2013.11.11

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 14,Tengchong, China
3. SM1-017, Development of refractoriness of HO-1 induction to a second
treatment with UVA radiation and the involvement of Nrf2. Winner of the Young
Investigator Travel Award of 4th international symposium on natural
antioxidants. A satellite meeting of The 17th IUPAB International Biophysics
Congress (17th IBC). National conference center, Beijing. 10.30-11.3, 2011.
4. Optics in health care and biomedical Optics IV: Optical techniques: Advance in
research 9A (chair the section); A role for Nrf2 in UVA-mediated heme
oxygenase induction and protection from membrane damage in human skin
fibroblasts.SPIE/COS: Photonics Asia 2010 National conference center (Invited
talk), Beijing. 2010.10.18-21.
5. 1st International Conference on Metal Chelation in Biology & Medicine
(MCIBAM), December 11-14, 2009, Bath, UK
6. The 4th TOIN International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering 2009. Japan.

I awarded Professorial title in 02/2009. Ive joined the "111 Project" Laboratory of
Biomechanics & Tissue Repair Engineering, at the College of Bioengineering,
Chongqing University (02/2009). I awarded my PhD degree of
pharmacology/photobiology, in Nov. 2001 at the University of Bath, UK; obtained
medical degree from the West China University of Medical Sciences (now Sichuan
University) in June 1987. I had practiced clinical dermatology for 9 years in Chengdu
before I went to UK. I started as the junior Postdoctoral 2002 at Developmental
Neuroscience, Kings College, London after her PhD, followed by senior Postdoctoral,
2004 at the school of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, and then June,
2006 at Department of Pharmacology, University of Bath, followed by a spell as
research associate in July, 2007. Ive been co-supervising PhD students and
responsible for the Photobiology Group of Prof. Tyrrell since then and will maintain
this status till the end of 2013.

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Lecturer
Guixue Wang, PhD

ACADEMIC/WORK EXPERIENCE
January 2015present, Dean, Professor, Bioengineering College of Chongqing
University, China. Director, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory in Vascular
Implants.
June 2013July 2013, Visiting Professor, Aalborg Hospital, Aahus University,
Denmark
October 2010--- present Expert Scientist Consultant, American Nanomedicine
Institute, Columbia, MD 21044 USA
October 2010--- present Expert Scientist Consultant, Biomedicine and Medical
Device R/D Center, Chongqing Academy of Science and Technology, Chongqing,
China
August 2008present Director, Public Experiment Center of National Biological
Industrialization Base (Chongqing), China
December 2008presentDirector, Chongqing Engineering Laboratory in Vascular
Grafts, Chongqing, China
March 2008August 2008, Visiting Professor, Center for Surface Science and
Plasma Technology, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
January 2006present, Professor and Principal Investigator, National 111 project
Laboratory of Biomechanics and Tissue Repair, College of Bioengineering,
Chongqing University, China
June 2005present, Director of Research Center on Bioinformatics and Instruments;
Associate Dean, National 985 Project Institue of Biorheology and Gene Regulation
Technique, Chongqing University, China
October 2003April 2004, Visiting Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia,
USA
January 2002present, Director, Research Center of Applied Biotechnology,

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Chongqing University, China
July 2002December 2014, Associate Dean, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing
University, China
September 2000present, Professor, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing
University, China

AREAS OF RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology, Molecular Genetics, Cardiovascular
Biomechanics, Biomedical materials, Atherosclerosis, Biological Science,
Biotechnology and Bioengineering

PUBLICATIONS (SINCE 2011, CORRESPONDING AUTHOR)

Has published more than 70 publications in well-known international journal,
including ACS Appl Mater Interfaces, Scientific Reports, Plant Physiology, American
Journal of Pathology.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Standing Council of Society, Branch of Interventional Medical Engineering under
Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering
Member of Council, Branch of Biomechanics under Chinese Society of
Biomedical Engineering and Chinese Society of Mechanics
Standing Council of Society, Branch of Cardiovascular Biomaterials under
Chinese Society for Biomaterials
Member of Council, Chinese Society for Biomaterials
Standing Council of Society, China Branch of International Society of
Atherosclerosis
Associate Director, Branch of Atherosclerosis under Chinese Society of
Pathophysiology
Standing Council of Society, Chongqing Biomedical Engineering Association.
Editorial Board Member , Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

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 Editorial Board Member , AIMS Bioengineering
Editorial Board Member , Journal of Cardiology Therapy
Editorial Board Member, Chinese Journal of Atherosclerosis

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Lecturer
Shourong Wu, PhD

ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS
2008 Gain PhD from University of Tokyo
2005-2008 Doctoral Course, Dept of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate
School of Engineering, University of Tokyo.
2003-2005 Research Student, Graduate School of Pharmacy, University of Tokyo

WORKING EXPERIENCES
2012-present Associate Professor at College of Bioengineering, Chongqing
University
2009-2011 JSPS Fellow at Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
2008-2009 Researcher at Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo

RESEARCH
Dr. Wu focuses on angiogenesis and tumorigenesis, especially in the fields of the
mechanism of angiogenesis, ischemic cardiovascular diseases and their therapeutic
strategies. Dr. Wu had published more than 20 publications, and part of his works had
been published in Cancer Research, Science Translational Medicine, Molecular
Therapy, ACS Nano, and had been cited and reported by Cell, Developmental Cell,
Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, NHK Television (Japan), Asahi-Shimbun News
(Japan) and other well-known media. Part of his innovations also had granted 3
Japanese and International Patent. He had been granted University of Tokyo
Outstanding Foreign Student Award and Research Fellowship from Japan Society
For The Promotion of Science.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Expert Reviewer of National Natural Science Foundation of China
Vice-Chairman of the Alumni Association of Japan Society for the Promotion of

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Science in China
Member of the Academic Board of Chongqing Cancer Institute Research on Tumor
Metastasis and Personalized Diagnosis and Treatment of Metastasis Chongqing State
Key Laboratory
Reviewer of the Journal of Molecular Cell Biology
Reviewer of the Tumori

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