Associate Professor with tenure

Dept. Biomedical Engineering

Visiting Professor

Beijing Institute of Traumatology & Orthopedics

Biography

Dr. Zigang Ge is an associate professor in College of Future Technology, Peking University, China. His research interest is on the development of cartilage regeneration as well as intervention of osteoarthritis. He has been named as Elsevier Chinese Most Cited Researchers (2019-onwards). He has published over 60 scientific journal papers on peer-reviewed journals including Biomaterials, Bioactive Materials, Stem Cells Research & Therapy etc., and delivered over 20 keynote/invited talks on international conferences hosted by ICRS and TerMis. He served and has been serving for multiple committees.

Courses

n Medical Developmental Biology (UG, 3 credits,)

n Regenerative Medicine (PG, 3 credits)

n Regenerative Medicine (PG, 3 credits)

MOOCs

n Medical Developmental Biology

n Regenerative Medicine in Musculoskeletal Systems

Education

n M.B.B.S. 1993 Clinical Medicine, Peking University

n Ph. D.  2005 Orthopedics, National University of Singapore (Supervisor: Prof. James Goh)

Experience

n 1993. 8 – 1999.12  orthopedic surgeon, pediatric orthopedics, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, P.R.China

n 2005. 10 – 2007.01  Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore. (Advisor: Prof. Tong Cao)  

n 2007. 02 – 2021.03 Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China

n 2021. 4 – now Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China

Projects:

n 2021.12-2024.12 Principal Investigator, Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission (L212044)

Title: Macrophage Promotes Cartilage Regeneration via Modulation of Cartilage Progenitor Cells (RMB 270,000)

n 2021. 10 – 2022.09 Principal Investigator, Enterprise Funding

Title: Hyaluronic acid hydrogels for Classification III medical devices (RMB 1,000,000)

Representative publications:

1. Yang, jiabei; Zhang, xuewei; Chen, Jiaqing; Heng, Boon Chin; Jiang, Yangzi; Hu, xiaoyu*; Ge, Zigang*. Macrophages Promote Cartilage Regeneration in a Time- and Phenotype- Dependent Manner. Journal of Cellular Physiology,2022 (10.1002/jcp.30694)

2. Li, Kejia; Fan, Litong; Lin, Jianjing; Heng, Boon Chin; Deng, Zhantao; Zheng, Qiujian; Zhang, Jue; Jiang, Yangzi*; Ge, Zigang*. Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields Prime Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Peptide Ghrelin and Enhance Chondrogenesis and Osteochondral Defect Repair in vivo. SCIENCE CHINA Life sciences (2022) doi: 10.1007/s11427-021-1983-y

3. Chen,Jiaqing; Yang, Jiabei; Wang, Li; Zhang, Xuewei; Heng, Boon Chin; Wang, Dong-an; Ge, Zigang*.Modified Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels with Chemical Groups that Facilitate Adhesion to Host Tissues Enhance Cartilage Regeneration. Bioactive Materials, 6:1689-1698(2021).

4. Fan, Litong; Chen, Jiaqing, Tao, Yanmeng, Yu, Jiakuo, Yang, Zheng; GE, Zigang*. Enhancement of the Chondrogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Cartilage Repair by Ghrelin. Journal of Orthopaedic Research,37(6):1387-1397(2019)  (F1000：https://f1000.com/prime/734864919)

5. Zigang Ge, Sophie Baguenard, Lee Yong Lim^, Aileen Wee^, Eugene Khor^. Hydroxyapatite-chitin materials as potential tissue engineered bone substitutes. Biomaterials, 25(6):1049-1058 (2004).