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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

  • (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

  • ANAT 9300

    Research
  • ANAT 8090

    Current Topics in Cellular Bio
  • ANAT 9020

    Seminar in Cell Bio/Anatomy
  • GNMD 8052

    Func Geno & Prote Using Anml M
  • ANAT 9210

    Invest of a Problem
  • ANAT 9010

    Seminar in Cell Bio-Anm

Teaching Interests

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

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • A tamoxifen-inducible Cre knock-in mouse for lens-specific gene manipulation., 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • $\alpha$-Crystallin chaperone mimetic drugs inhibit lens $\gamma$-crystallin aggregation: potential role for cataract prevention, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Aged Lens Epithelial Cells Suppress Proliferation and Epithelial--Mesenchymal Transition-Relevance for Posterior Capsule Opacification, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Aged Lens Epithelial Cells Suppress Proliferation and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition-Relevance for Posterior Capsule Opacification., 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Aging lens epithelium is susceptible to ferroptosis, 2021
    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