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Xingjun Fan

Professor

Xingjun Fan

Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy

Administration
Department of The »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓÆµ School

Bio

1993 B.A. Northwestern University (Xi’an China)
1998 PhD Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

  • xfan@augusta.edu
  • (706) 721-2019
  • CB 1119

Education

  • Ph.D., Organic Chemistry Lanzhou Institute of Chemical, 1998

Awards & Honors

  • Organizer and chair of Biochemistry and Biology of Lens Aging and Cataractogenesis ISER conference 2024 International Society for Eye Research (ISER), 2024

  • Organizer and chair of Biology of Lens Aging and Redox Biology session at the 8th International Conference of the Lens (ICL) National Foundation for Eye Research , 2023

  • Organizer and chair of Redox Biology of the Lens session at the 7th International Conference of the Lens (ICL) National Foundation for Eye Research , 2022

  • Amaranth Prize winners Amaranth , 2022

  • Elected as ARVO AMPC for 3 years term ARVO, 2022

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • GNMD 8052

    Func Geno & Prote Using Anml M
  • ANAT 9300

    Research
  • ANAT 8090

    Current Topics in Cellular Bio
  • ANAT 9020

    Seminar in Cell Bio/Anatomy

Teaching Interests

Vision science
neuroanatomy
stem cells
mechanisms of aging
technology-from gene to protein expression

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Dominant spinal muscular atrophy linked mutations in the cargo binding domain of BICD2 result in altered interactomes and dynein hyperactivity, 2025
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Elevated Inflammatory Cytokines Persist in the Aqueous Humor Years After Cataract Surgery, 2025
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Transcriptomic Analysis of Human Lens Epithelium Tissue With and Without Cataract Surgery: Uncovering Novel Pathways of Post-Surgical Lens Epithelium Remodeling, 2025
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Deficiency in glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) results in abnormal lens development and newborn cataract, 2024
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Pik3c3 expression profiling in the mouse kidney and its role in proximal tubule cell physiology, 2024
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Research Interests

1. Aging and age-related diseases
2. redox regulation in aging and diseases
3. cataract
4. cataract surgery complications
5. Alzheimer's disease