Dr. Youhua Tan visited SKLBE

On August 5, Assistant Professor Youhua Tan, Faculty of Medical Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University was invited to visit SKLBE and made a research talk entitled "Mechanical regulation of tumorigenicity and plasticity". Dean of School of Bioengineering, Professor Yingping Zhuang and Director of SKLBE, Professor Jian-He Xu attended the forum, chaired by Associate Professor Hui Wu.

Dr. Youhua TAN

PhD (BME), City University of Hong Kong, 2010

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, 2005

2015 Jul - Present  Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University  

2011 - 2015  Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA  

2010 - 2011  Research Associate, City University of Hong Kong  

Research Interests:

Mechanobiology; mechanotransduction; tumor mechanics; stem cell engineering; nuclear mechanics; mechano-immunology; micro/nano biotechnology.