CCBIO Web Seminar - Biaoyang Lin
Welcome to a CCBIO Seminar with invited speaker Biaoyang Lin, Zhejiang University, China. Title: "Critical roles of Chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) in inflammation, fibrosis and cancer." The rest of the spring term, our seminars will be conducted as web seminars, so you can join from your home office!
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Time: Thursday June 11th 2020 at 14:30.听
Speaker:听Biaoyang Lin, Zhejiang University, China
Title: "Critical roles of Chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) in inflammation, fibrosis and cancer."
Abstract:听Chitinase 3-like protein 1听(CHI3L1) is a key regulatory protein playing important roles in inflammation, which is related to fibrosis and cancer. In this talk, basic biological function of CHI3L1 will be discussed and then the focus will be on the roles of CHI3L1 in liver diseases including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NALFD) and hepatitis, and its implications in cancer.
Bio:听Dr. Biaoyang Lin is a Professor, the Chief Scientist and the Founding Director of the Systems Biology Division of Zhejiang-California International NanoSystems Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, and an Affiliate Associate Professor at the Dept. of Urology,听University of Washington, Seattle, WA.听Dr. Lin鈥檚 major long-term research interests lie in applying systems biology鈥檚 approach to understand the biology of inflammation, fibrosis and cancer of liver and prostate, to identify accompanying diagnostic or prediction biomarkers, and to develop novel therapeutic approaches.
Dr. Lin published over 100 peer-reviewed papers including publications in Science, Nature, PNAS, Cancer Research, Molecular and cellular proteomics etc., and many of them were highly cited (>100 times per article), and one cited > 1200 times (Science 2004, 306(5696):640-643). Dr. Lin delivered over 40 invited talks at conferences and research organizations around the world. Dr. Lin has over 15 issued patents in USA, Canada, Japan and China.听Dr. Lin also has extensive industry experience. In early 2000, Dr. Lin was a co-founder with Dr. Leroy Hood for starting the Homestead Clinical Corporation, which was later acquired by Integrated Diagnostics Inc. Dr. Lin also co-founded Hangzhou Proprium Biotech Co. Ltd. 听and served as a board member.
Chairperson: Karl-Henning Kalland
The seminar is open to all.
How to watch: This is a webinar in Zoom.听It is possible to log on from 14:20听and on from the following link, and the seminar starts听at 14:30听(Note that time is Central European Summer Time (CEST), the timezone in Norway):
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