Dr. Xin Xie is an Associate Professor at ZJU-UoE Institute, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine (US), and an Honorary Lecturer at The University of Edinburgh (UK). Currently, his research focuses on signaling networks within tissue stem cells (intestinal, muscle and mesenchymal stem cell) and their niches that regulate pluripotency, cell fate specification, and aging, with clinical implication for regenerative medicine and disease therapy.