Biomaterials Effect on the Bone Microenvironment

Jiacan Su is the Department Head of Institute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai and chief physician of Orthopedics Department, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai. Professor Su received his bachelor degree (1999) and M.D. (2004) from Second Military Medical University. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Changsheng Liu at East China University of Science and Technology (2009-2011) and visiting scholar at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2005-2006), AO centre, Davos (2009), University of Hamburg (2011) and Tampa General Hospital, Tampa (2013), respectively. He was promoted as attending physician (2004) and chief physician & full professor (2015) in the Department of Orthopaedics, Changhai Hospitial Affiliated to SMMU. His research interests include bone degenerative diseases, development and medical application of biomaterials, tissue engineer, etc. Professor Su has authored over 100 scientific publications and has received numerous scientific awards, including the Second prize of China National Technology Progress and Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress of the China Ministry of Education. He is also a member of the International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society and a long-time editor of the Annual Review of Bone research.

Yingying Jing, Assistant Professor, Institute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University, China.

Xiao Chen, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, China. His research focuses on biological bone scaffolds, development of anti-osteoporosis drugs and basic research on bone development and bone metabolism.