Speaker

Xinhua Shu

Biography :

Dr Shu graduated from Xiangya School of Medicine with PhD in Pathobiology (1999) and was then awarded a Wellcome Trust Travelling Fellowship to work at the University of Glasgow (1999-2001), where he worked on the human pathogen Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. From July 2001, he moved to MRC Human Genetics Unit, to work as an Investigator Scientist/Senior Investigator Scientist, focusing on retinal disorders. In February 2010 he joined the Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University to continue his studies on the pathogenesis of retinal degeneration. Dr Shu has over 110 perr-review publications more than 3000 citations.