Feng Liu received his PhD in biological sciences from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999 and then conduced postdoc training in National University of Singapore, Vanderbilt University Medical School, and Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine in University of Oxford, from 2000 to 2008. In 2009, he was appointed as Professor of Cell Biology in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The Liu laboratory is mainly focused on hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) development, using both zebrafish and mouse models. We are studying molecular mechanisms of HSC emergence and maintenance (expansion and differentiation) including the key signal transduction pathways, gene regulatory network and epigenetic modifications, to better understand programming/reprogramming of these cells for potential therapeutic application.