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Min Bao

baomin@ojlab.ac.cn


Education

15/06/2014-08/10/2018  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Radboud University, Netherlands

09/10/2018-15/02/2020  Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cambridge, UK

20/02/2020-30/12/2022  Postdoctoral Researcher, California Institute of Technology, US


 

Academic Experience

01/01/2023-Now   Principle Investigator, Oujiang Laboratory, China

01/04/2024-Now   Professor, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, China


 

Overview of Academic Research

Min Bao is a Principal Investigator at Oujiang Laboratory and a doctoral supervisor. His lab focuses on how physiological and pathological mechanical signals regulate cellular functions and contribute to the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease, with the ultimate goal of developing intervention strategies targeting mechanotransduction pathways.


 

Major Honor and Awards

Science Fund Program for Excellent Young Scientists (Overseas)


 

Representative Research Achievements

1. Jorgensen V#, Bao M#, Junyent S, et al. Efficient stem cell-derived mouse embryo models for environmental studies. Developmental Cell, 2025. 

2. Fu Y, Fan Q, Wu Y, Bao M*. Unlocking the potential of stem-cell-derived ‘synthetic’embryo models. Trends in Biotechnology, 2025.

3. Huang H, Gao S, Bao M*. Exploring mechanical forces shaping self-organization and morphogenesis during early embryo development. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, 2024, 40(1): 75-96.

4. Xie J, Huck W T S, Bao M*. Unveiling the intricate connection: cell volume as a key regulator of mechanotransduction. Annual Review of Biophysics, 2024, 53(1): 299-317.

5. Bao M, Cornwall-Scoones J, Sanchez-Vasquez E, et al. Stem cell-derived synthetic embryos self-assemble by exploiting cadherin codes and cortical tension. Nature Cell Biology, 2022, 24(9): 1341-1349. 

6. Bao M, Xie J, Piruska A, et al. 3D microniches reveal the importance of cell size and shape. Nature Communications, 2017, 8(1): 1962.