Tissue Preservation, Life care and Biobanking (B2B & Networking)

Kejin Hu received his PhD degree in animal molecular biology in 2003 from Hong Kong University. He received postdoctoral training in human pluripotent stem cell biology at University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has more than 12 years of experience in pluripotent stem cells and cellular reprogramming. He has established his own laboratory at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He is currently an Assistant Professor in stem cell biology and cellular reprogramming at UAB. He has been involved in the improvement of iPSC technology. His method of iPSC reprogramming is widely used, and human iPSC lines he generated are also widely used. He has authored more than 20 scientifi c articles. His lab is deciphering the molecular regulation of pluripotency, and dissecting the molecular mechanisms of cellular reprogramming. The works from his laboratory enhance our understanding of iPSC reprogramming process. His research is supported by Alabama Institute of Medicine, American Heart Association, and NIH.