Guokai Chen(陳國凱)Associate Professor

Research Interests Our group is interested in the molecular regulation of growth factors and nutritional factors that affects maintenance and differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (ESC) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). Based on our knowledge from basic research, we devote our effort to develop novel technologies that could facilitate stem cell applications in basic and translational research. Multiple of our previous inventions have been successfully launched in commercial production for stem cell research in the field.Our current research interests include: Derivation and Differentiation of human iPSC for disease models Molecular mechanisms of lineage specific differentiation Nutritional regulation of human ES and iPS cells Chemically defined differentiation conditions for clinically relevant cell types Awards Young 1000-Plan Award, China, 2012 V.C. Joshi Memorial Award, Baylor College of Medicine 2002