Prof. SO Kwok-Fai (苏国辉教授)
Director
- GHM Institute of CNS Regeneration at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China (暨南大學粵港澳中樞神經再生研究院)
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Prof. Kwok-Fai SO
- Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Invention Fellow of the US National Academy
Prof. So was the Chair of Anatomy in the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and the Department of Ophthalmology Jessie Ho Professor in Neuroscience, The University of Hong Kong; Editor-in-Chief of Neural Regeneration Research. He received PhD degree from MIT. Prof. So is one of the pioneers in the field of axonal regeneration in visual system. He was the first to show lengthy regeneration of retinal ganglion cells in adult mammals with peripheral nerve graft. He is currently using multiple approaches to promote axonal regeneration after injury in the optic nerve and spinal cord. His team identifies neuroprotective and regenerative factors including exercise, wolfberry, trophic factors, peptide nanofiber scaffold, and environmental manipulation. He is the author and co-author of 450+ publications and co-inventors of 46 patents.
