Libing Zhou

Libing Zhou

Professor

Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute for CNS Regeneration

Jinan University, China

About the Speaker:

Dr. Libing Zhou received his Ph.D. in Neurobiology from University of Catholic Louvain, Belgium, and is currently a full professor at Jinan University. He holds several prominent administrative and research leadership positions, including Deputy Director of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Institute of Central Nervous System Regeneration, Associate Director of the Key Laboratory of Central Nervous System Regeneration (Ministry of Education) at Jinan University, and Deputy Director of the National Engineering Research Center for Gene Medicine. His research focuses on neural development and repair. Dr. Zhou has authored over 70 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact international journals, including Science, Brain, JEM, PNAS, Nature Communications, etc. He has led a total of 24 research projects funded by national and provincial agencies, including key programs under the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and major science and technology initiatives of Guangdong Province and Guangzhou City. Dr. Zhou has filed 12 patents. He has been honored with prestigious awards, including the New Century Excellent Talent Support Program by the Ministry of Education and the Leading Talent title under the Guangdong Special Support Program (Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Talent Project). Additionally, he serves in key academic leadership roles, including Vice Chair of the Neural Regeneration and Repair Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Research Hospitals, Vice Chair of the China Spinal Cord Injury Repair and Functional Reconstruction Innovation Alliance, and Executive Committee Member of the Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Biotechnology.

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Huang Z, Li J, Wo J, Li CL, Wu ZC, Deng XH, Liang Y, Li F, Chen B, Jia B, Wang L, Wang Y, Sun G, Li Z, Zhu H, Guest JD, So KF, Fu QL, Zhou L (2025) Intranasal Delivery of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)-Loaded Small Extracellular Vesicles for Treating Acute Spinal Cord Injury in Rats and Monkeys. J Extracell Vesicles 14:e70066.

2. Zhou J, Li F, Jia B, Wu Z, Huang Z, He M, Weng H, So KF, Qu W, Fu QL, Zhou L (2024) Intranasal delivery of small extracellular vesicles reduces the progress of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and the overactivation of complement-coagulation cascade and NF-ĸB signaling in SOD1G93A mice. J Nanobiotechnology 22:503.

3. Weng H, Deng L, Wang T, Xu H, Wu J, Zhou Q, Yu L, Chen B, Huang L, Qu Y, Zhou L, Chen X (2024) Humid heat environment causes anxiety-like disorder via impairing gut microbiota and bile acid metabolism in mice. Nat Commun 15:5697.

4. Ruan Y, Cheng J, Dai J, Ma Z, Luo S, Yan R, Wang L, Zhou J, Yu B, Tong X, Shen H, Zhou L, Yuan TF, Han Q (2023) Chronic stress hinders sensory axon regeneration via impairing mitochondrial cristae and OXPHOS. Sci Adv 9:eadh0183.

5. Wen Q, Weng H, Liu T, Yu L, Zhao T, Qin J, Li S, Wu Q, Tissir F, Qu Y, Zhou L (2022) Inactivating Celsr2 promotes motor axon fasciculation and regeneration in mouse and human. Brain 145:670-683.