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
Education
Awards & Honors
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Organizer and chair of Biochemistry and Biology of Lens Aging and Cataractogenesis ISER conference 2024
International Society for Eye Research (ISER), 2024
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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
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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
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Amaranth Prize winners
Amaranth , 2022
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Elected as ARVO AMPC for 3 years term
ARVO, 2022
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
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ANAT 9300
Research
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ANAT 8090
Current Topics in Cellular Bio
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ANAT 9020
Seminar in Cell Bio/Anatomy
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GNMD 8052
Func Geno & Prote Using Anml M
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ANAT 9210
Invest of a Problem
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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