Joint and Bone

Dr. Gemn Jiang is an Associate Professor at the Zhejiang University School of Medicine. Professor Jiang has committed himself to scientific research in the field of sports system injury and regeneration. He has identified a new tendon differentiation model and recovered new mechanisms of tendon differentiation, as well as fabricated a functional tendon scaffold. Based on this work, he gained YIA of the international tendon/ligament conference in 2010. He also gained the second prize of the Natural Science Award of ministry of education. Dr. Ahmed Hashash is currently Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor at Elizabeth City State University, campus of the University of North Carolina (UNC). He received his PhD from Manchester University, UK. Dr. Hashash was a fellow of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and New York University Medical School (MSSM), USA. He was Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator of Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine at School of Medicine University of California, USA. Dr Hashash was Associate Professor of Biomedicine at the University of Edinburgh (UK) Zhejiang Intl. campus and Texas A &M University, USA from 2017 to 2025. He has published more than 40 papers in reputed international journals, 10 books with Elsevier and Springer and over 20 book chapters, and is serving as an editorial board member of repute.

• 1. Cutting edge research on stem cell applications in joint and bone repair and regeneration2. Stem Cell-Based Organoid culture system as innovative model of osteoarthritis and other joint/bone diseases3. Contributions of stem cell engineering to new therapies of joint/bone diseases4. Roles of innovative genome editing technologies (e.g. CRISPR/Cas9 systems) in stem cell engineering, rheumatic diseases and other joint/bone diseases5. Preclinical and clinical applications of iPSC technology in modeling osteoarthritis pathologies and testing drugs6. The gold standard iPSCs in cartilage, joint and bone repair and regeneration7. Mesenchymal stem cell related therapies for cartilage, joint and bone diseases8. Advances in animal models for joint and bone diseases9. Novel Biomaterials for stem cell engineering and bone regeneration10. General Discussion, Conclusion Remark and Future Direction