Education/Professional Experience

2013.11---- today    Dalian Medical University,  Professor

2010.10----2013.11  Dalian Institute of Chemical and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,  Associated Professor

2007.10----2010.10  Tufts University, USA    Postdoctoral research fellow

2006.10----2007.10  University of Arkansas, USA  Postdoctoral research fellow

2002.9----2006.7    Dalian Institute of Chemical and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph D

2001.7----2002.9    Dalian Institute of Chemical and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Research Scientist

1998.7----2001.7    Dalian Medical University   MS

1993.9----1998.7    Dalian Medical University   BS

Participation in the Academic Community

1. Member of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) ;

2. Executive member of Liaoning Society of Cell Biology

Publication

1.Huizhen Zheng, Shen Li, Meng Gao, Ying Ren, Hongguo Xie, Weiting Yu*,Xiuli Wang*, Xiaojun Ma. An improved model for exploring the effect of physicochemical properties of alginate-based microcapsules on their fibrosis formation in vivo. RSC Advances, 2016, DOI: 10.1039/C6RA19294G (In press).

2. Lou R, Yu W*, Song Y, Ren Y, Zheng H, Guo X, Lin Y, Pan G,Wang X*, Ma X. Fabrication of stable galactosylated alginate microcapsules via covalent coupling onto hydroxyl groups for hepatocytes applications. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017, 155; 456-465.

3. Song Y, Zhang D, Lv Y, Guo X, Lou R, Wang S,Wang X*, Yu W*, Ma X. Microfabrication of a tunable collagen/alginate-chitosan hydrogelmembrane for controlling cell–cell interactions. Carbohydrate Polymers 2016, 153;652-662.

5.Dandan Wang, Wei Liu, Jingjie Chang, Xu Cheng, Xiuzhen Zhang, Hong Xu, Di Feng, Lijun Yu*,Xiuli Wang*. Bioengineering three-dimensional culture model of human lung cancer cells: an improved tool for screening EGFR targeted inhibitors. RSC Advances 2016,6,24083-24090.

6.Na Li, Dandan Wang, Zhigang Sui, Liyun Ji,Xiuli Wang* and Ling Yang.Development of an improved three-dimensional in vitro intestinal mucosa model for drug absorption evaluation Tissue Eng Part C Methods2013;19(9):708-19 (co-corresponding author).

7.Xiuli Wang, David L,Kaplan. Hormone-responsive 3D multicellular culture model of human breast tissue.Biomaterials2012,33(12):3411-20.

3. XiuLi Wang, Reagan MR, Daxid L Kaplan. Synthetic adipose tissue models for studying mammary gland development and breast tissue engineering.J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia2010, 15(3):365-76.

4. Xiuli Wang, LinSun, Maricel V. Maffini, AnaSoto, Carios Sonnenschein, Daxid L Kaplan. A complex 3D human tissue culture system based on mammary stromal cells and silk scaffolds for modeling breast morphogenesis and functionality.Biomaterials, 2010, 31(14):3920-3929.

Research Projects/Grants

1. Developing 3D culture model for lung targeted metastasis of human breast cancer.---National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - 81173125. 2015.01-2018.12， ￥820,000）

2. Bioengineering 3D culture model of human mammary gland for its morphogenesis, development and neoplastic transformation. --- NSFC ( 31100689). 2012.01-2014.12,￥230,000RMB）

3. Constructing 3D co-culture model of hepatocyte for drug metabolism evaluation in vitro.-- NSFC- 81271322. 2012.01-2015.12,￥500,000
4. Bioengineering 3D multi-drug resistant breast canccer model to explore the mechanism of tumor MDR. National Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province - 2014023003. 2014.07-2016.07,￥50,000）

Admission Plan/Requirements

1. 1-2 international students with background of cell biology or medicine;

2. Fulltime studentsandEnglish speaker;