Song Li Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering B108A Stanley Hall mailcode: MC 1762 (510) 666-2799 fax: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it http://ctelab.berkeley.edu/

Joined the UC Berkeley Faculty in 2001

Research Interests

Stem cell and tissue engineering, mechnobiology and mechanotransduction, micro/nanomaterials

Education

1997     Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Bioengineering

Major Awards

May-4 Science Award, Peking University, 1987

Guang-Hua Graduate Student Award, Peking University, 1990

Skalak-Brånemark Postdoctoral Fellowship, UC San Diego, 1997

Scientific Development Award, American Heart Association, 1999

Whitaker Foundation Research Award, 2002

Hellman Faculty Award, 2004

First Prize, 2006 Biomedical Engineering Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship Award (BMEidea) National Competition (Team Advisor)

Award Winner, 2006 Collegiate Inventors Competition by National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation (Team Advisor)

Third Prize, 2007 Biomedical Engineering Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship Award (BMEidea) National Competition (Team Advisor)

Professional Experience

1997-1998   Postgraduate Researcher, Bioengineering, UC San Diego
1999-2000   Assistant Research Scientist, Bioengineering, UC San Diego
2001-2006   Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, UC Berkeley
2006-present   Associate Professor, Bioengineering, UC Berkeley

Selected Publications

Li S, Guan JL, and Chien S. (2005) Biochemistry and biomechanics of cell motility. Annu Rev Biomed Eng 7:105-150. 

Huang NF, Patel S, Thakar RG, Wu J, Hsiao BS, Chu B, Lee RJ, Li S (2006) Myotube Assembly on Nanofibrous and Micropatterned Polymers. Nano Letters 6(3): 537-542. 

Kurpinski K, Chu J, Hashi, C, Li S (2006) Anisotropic mechanosensing by mesenchymal stem cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.  103(44): 16095-16100. 

Hashi CK, Zhu YQ, Yang GY, Young WL, Hsiao BS, Wang K, Chu B, and Li S. (2007) Anti-thrombogenic property of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in nanofibrous vascular grafts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 104(29):11915-20. 

Patel S, Kurpinski K, Quigley R, Gao HF, Hsiao BS, Poo MM, and Li S. (2007) Bioactive nanofibers: Synergistic effects of nanotopography and chemical signaling on cell guidance. Nano Letters 7(7):2122-8