Dr. Qi Zhou received his Ph.D. degree in Histology and Embryology from Northeast Agricultural University, China, in 1996. He then joined the Institute of Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), as a postdoctoral fellow, and was qualified as associate professor two years later. In 1999, he joined Prof. Jean-Paul Renard’s group at the Developmental Biology and Reproduction Unit of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) as a postdoctoral fellow. He soon led several researchers working on an animal cloning project, and, among other animals they cloned, produced the world’s first cloned rat.
Since he came back to China, Dr. Zhou has focused on stem cell research and has led a group carrying out a series of projects in the field of stem cell biology, with emphasis on studying the mechanisms of cell reprogramming and pluripotency of embryonic stem cells. He has also promoted the translation of stem cells to clinical applications. During the past years, Dr. Zhou has made many outstanding achievements.
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