Xingjun Fan
Associate Professor
Academic Appointment(s)
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Culver Vision Discovery Inst
The Graduate 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 9210
Invest of a Problem
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ANAT 9020
Seminar in Cell Bio/Anatomy
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BIOM 8022
Molecular Cell Biology
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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
