Yin Xiao

Professor Xiao is currently a group leader of Bone and Tissue Engineering research program at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). He obtained his BDSc and MDSc from Wuhan University, China, and has 10 years clinical experience. In 2000, he graduated with a PhD from School of Dentistry at the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. He is currently the Director of Australia-China Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (ACCTERM). Professor Xiao’s work has predominantly focused on the fields of bone biology, biomaterials, stem cells, dentistry, osteoarthritis, and tissue regeneration/engineering. He has published two edited books, 10 invited book chapters and more than 170 journal papers. In the last five years, Professor Xiao’s citation index (h-index: 34) has risen significantly with more than 3400 citations.

Bioceramics and Osteoimmunomodulation

The current study has systematically investigated the interactions between bioceramics and immune cells/bone cells, with an emphasis on how immune cells affect bone dynamics in relation to the assessment of bone substitutes. The importance of osteoimmunomodulation in the assessment and development of advanced bone biomaterials has been demonstrated by the bioceramics coating, materials composition, and the release of ions in the local environment. The phenotypic changes of macrophages significantly direct the differentiation and recruitment of mesenchymal stem cells in the biomaterials induced osteogenesis.

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