Zi Yin

Research Direction: Identification of Nes+ tendon stem cell subsets; Interaction between stem cell subsets and the microenvironment; Differentiation regulation of tendon stem cells; Application of tendon stem cells in tendon repair.
Achievements: She has committed to the field of tendon stem cell characterization and interaction with stem cell niche for ten years. So far, she has published 28 SCI cited research papers in top peer-review journals, including Science Advances, Biomaterials, Stem Cells, and Stem Cells Translational Medicine etc. And the total Impact factor is 170. 690 times are cited by others, highest 134 times, H index is 14. She is either first or co-first authors of 11 of them, including one is SCI top1% Highly Cited Papers (Essential Science Indicators). Her research has been funded by National Natural Science foundation of China, and Ministry of Science and Technology of China etc. She is an active member of The International Society of Stem Cell Research, and Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering. She have got the “Zhejiang Province Outstanding Graduates Awards”, “Johnson & Johnson Asia Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award in Bio-tech Roche Diagnostics Scholarship”, “National Graduate Student Scholarship” “Scholarship Award for Excellent Doctoral Student” granted by Ministry of Education, “Roche Diagnostics Scholarship” and “Distinguished young scholar of Zhejiang University” .