
New Innovator Award, IEEENANOMED, 2019
Mid-career Investigator Award, Chinese Association for Biomaterials, 2019
Rising Star Award, BMES CMBE,2018
Young Investigator Award, Asian Biomaterial Congress, 2015
New Innovator Award, IEEENANOMED, 2019
Mid-career Investigator Award, Chinese Association for Biomaterials, 2019
Rising Star Award, BMES CMBE,2018
Young Investigator Award, Asian Biomaterial Congress, 2015
2021 – present, School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Professor
2018 – 2021, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Associate professor
2012 – 2018, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Assistant professor
2009 – 2012, University of Pennsylvania, Postdoc
2004 – 2009, Columbia University, Ph.D.
Biomaterials, Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, Hydrogel, Drug delivery
Prof. Bain's research focuses on the development of novel multiscale biomaterials not only for investigating the role of cell microenvironment factors on stem cell behaviors but also for facilitating the regeneration of diseased or injured tissues and organs. Prof. Bain's research work has been published in the leading journals including Science Translational Medicine, PNAS, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Advanced Materials, JACS, Nano Letters, Biomaterials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Science, ACS Nano, Macromolecules, ACS Central Science.
+Zhang, K.; +Feng, Q.; Fang, Z.; *Gu, L.; *Bian, L. Structurally dynamic hydrogels for biomedical applications: pursuing a fine balance between macroscopic stability and microscopic dynamics. Chemical Reviews, 2021.
+Peng,X.; +Xia, X., +Xu, X.; Yang, X.; Yang, B.; Zhao, P.; Yuan, W.; *Chiu P.W.R.;*Bian, L. Ultra-fast self-gelling powder mediate robust wet adhesion to promote healing of gastrointestinal perforations. Science Advances, 2021,Vol. 7, no. 23, eabe8739
+Yang,B.; +Wei, K.; Loebel, C.; Zhang, K.; Feng, Q.; Li, R.; Wong, D.S.H.; Xu, X.;Lau, C.; Chen, X.; Zhao, P.; Yin, C.; Burdick, J.A.; *Wang, Y.; *Bian, L. Enhanced mechanosensing of cells in synthetic 3D matrix with controlled biophysical dynamics. Nature Communications, 2021, Article number: 3514.
+Wong,S.H.D.; +Xu, X.; Chen, X., Xing, Y.; Xu, L.; Lai, N.C.H.; Oh, J.; Wong, R.W.K.;Wang, X.; Han, S.; You, W., Shuai, X.; Wong, N., *Tan, Y.; *Duan, L.;*Bian, L. Manipulation of the nanoscale presentation of integrin ligand produces cancer cells with enhanced stemness and tumorigenicity. Nano Letters, 2021, 21, 7, 3225–3236.
+Zhao,P.; +Yang, B.; Xu, X.; Lai, N.C.H.; Li, R.; Yang, X.; *Bian, L. Nanoparticle-assembled vacuolated coacervates control macromolecule spatiotemporal distribution to provide a stable segregated cell microenvironment. Advanced Materials, 2021, 33, 9, 2007209.
+Xu,X.; +Xia, X.; +Zhang, K.; Rai, A.; Li, Z.; Zhao, P.; Wei, K.; Zou, L.; Yang,B.; Wong, W.K.R., *Chiu, P.W.Y.; *Bian, L. Bioadhesive hydrogels demonstrating pH-independent and ultrafast gelation promote gastric ulcer healing in pigs. Science Translational Medicine 2020, 12,58, eaba8014.
Li,R.; Lin, S.; Zhu, M.; Deng, Y.; Chen, X.; Wei, K.; Xu, J.; Li, G.; *Bian, L. Synthetic presentation of noncanonical Wnt5a motif promotes mechanosensing-dependent differentiation of stem cells and regeneration. Science Advances, 2019, 5: eaaw3896.
Chen, X.; Li, R; Wong,S.H.D.; Wei, K.; et al.; Xia, J.; Chen, G..; L., G.; *Bian, L. Conformational manipulation of scale-up prepared single chain polymeric nanogels for multiscale regulation of cells. Nature Communications, 2019,volume 10, Article number: 2075.
+Kang, H.; +Yang, B.;Zhang, K.; Pan, Q.; Yuan, W.; Li, G.; *Bian, L. Immunoregulation of macrophages by dynamic ligand presentation via ligand-cation coordination. Nature Communications, 2019, volume 10, Article number: 1696.
+Kang,H.; + Jung, H.J.; Wong, S.H.D.; Kim, S.K.; Lin, S.; Chan, K.F.; Zhang, L.; Li,G.; Dravid, V.; *Bian, L. Remote control of heterodimeric magnetic nanoswitch regulates the adhesion and differentiation of stem cells. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018;140 (18): 5909-5913.
Bian, L.; Guvendiren, M.; Mauck, R.L.;Burdick, J.A. Hydrogels that mimic developmentally relevant matrix and N-cadherin interactions enhance MSC chondrogenesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2013 Jun 18; 110(25):10117-22.
Prof.Bian's research group website:https://www.x-mol.com/groups/bian_lab?lang=en