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Fields of Research (FoR)
Biomedical engineering, Human biophysics, Regenerative medicine (incl. stem cells), Cardiovascular medicine and haematology, Medical devices, Microfluidics and nanofluidics, Neural engineeringBiography
Dr Jingjing Li is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering. She is working with A/Prof Robert Nordon on a CRC-P project developing an automated microscale bioreactor for cell and gene therapy.
Being trained as a biomedical engineer, she developed multidiscipline skills spans from microfluidics, stem cell biology, and bioinformatics. Her PhD and Post-Doctoral research focus on studying the influence of pulsatile...view more
Dr Jingjing Li is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering. She is working with A/Prof Robert Nordon on a CRC-P project developing an automated microscale bioreactor for cell and gene therapy.
Being trained as a biomedical engineer, she developed multidiscipline skills spans from microfluidics, stem cell biology, and bioinformatics. Her PhD and Post-Doctoral research focus on studying the influence of pulsatile fluid shear stress on human embryonic blood formation using microfluidic model mimicking foetal circulation, live cell imaging of hPSC differentiation and single-cell RNA sequencing of developing blood niches.
Her research interests are developing microfluidic organ-on-a-chip models and their applications in the expansion, maturation and engraftment of blood stem and progenitor cells generated from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) for clinical therapies.
My Grants
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Scaling microfluidics for cell manufacture. Australian Research Council Linkage Grant LP160100570 (2016-2019)
My Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (Biomedical Engineering) (2015 – 2019), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Master of Biomedical Engineering (by research) (2009-2011), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering (2003 – 2007), Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Professional Memberships
- International Society of Stem Cell Research
- International Society of Experimental Hematology
- IEEE Medical Imaging and Image processing
- IEEE EMBS
- Australia Society of Stem Cell Research (ASSCR)
- Engineers Australia
My Awards
- ASSCR-AGCTS-ISCT 2019 Joint Scientific Meeting Travel Award 2019
- International Society of Experimental Hematology Conference Award 2019
- Postdoctoral Writing Fellow 2018
- International Society of Stem Cell Research Conference Award 2018
- Australia Society for Stem Cell Research Conference Award 2017
- Stem Cell Australia (SCA) Meeting Travel Award 2015-2017
- Australia Society for Stem Cell Research Conference Award 2010
My Research Activities
1. Modelling human heart and blood development from pluripotent stem cells on a microfluidic chip
We have used lab-on-chip to mimic foetal circulation and to model human blood formation from cells that line blood vessels. We are currently studying the influence of pulsatile fluid shears stress on generation of blood stem cells. We are also investigating the use of hydrogels to pattern embryonic development of the cardiovascular system.
2. Enhancing the development of blood stem cell from pluripotent stem cells using dynamic culture system
3. Expansion and Engraftment of human embryonic and adult CD34+ blood stem cells
My Teaching
BIOM9640 Biomedical Instrumentation