Dear HMS-CSSA members,

It is our great honor to announce that Dr. Zhi-Xiong Xiao has recently agreed to join the advisor board of HMS-CSSA (below is the bio-sketch of Dr. Xiao). Dr. Xiao is Professor and Dean, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. With his support, we believe HMS-CSSA will be able to serve our community better.

We are looking forward to working with him in the future.
Best
HMS-CSSA

Zhi-Xiong Xiao, PhD
National distinguished expert (国家特聘专家）
Professor and Dean
College of Life Sciences
Sichuan University
Chengdu
China

Education:

• BS (1981) Biochemistry, Sichuan University
• PhD (1991) Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• Postdoctoral training (1991-1995), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical school

Employment:

• 1996-2006: Assistant Professor, Associate professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
• 2007-2019: Professor, Boston University School of Medicine
• 2010- present: Professor and Dean College of Life sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu

Awards and Other Positions:

• 1991: Anna Fuller Foundation postdotoral award
• 1994: American Cancer Society Senior postdoctoral award.
• 2009： 1st 1000-talent Scholar, (首批千人计划）
• 2010： 1st 100-talent scholar， Sichuan Province
• 2010: director: Center for growth, metabolism and aging, Sichuan University
• 2011: National distinguished expert
• 2011 Chief Scientist, National Research Program (973) on Cancer Metastasis, China

Research Interests: 

• Cell cycle, cell migration, metastasis, cell death, signal transduction, cancer biology