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Biology and Biochemistry
China
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
14453
World Ranking
10210
National Ranking
320

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award

Overview

Ronald A. Li is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China. Their research is focused primarily within the fields of Medicine and Materials Science, with notable work in subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's expertise covers several main topics, ranging across 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques, as well as DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry.

Ronald A. Li has published research in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods, Small, Advanced Functional Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Ronald A. Li cover a range of biomedical and bioengineering topics:

  • A Heart-Breast Cancer-on-a-Chip Platform for Disease Modeling and Monitoring of Cardiotoxicity Induced by Cancer Chemotherapy, 2020, Small
  • Nonmulberry Silk Based Ink for Fabricating Mechanically Robust Cardiac Patches and Endothelialized Myocardium-on-a-Chip Application, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • A Small-Molecule AIE Chromosome Periphery Probe for Cytogenetic Studies, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Single-Cell Transcriptomics of Engineered Cardiac Tissues From Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Reveals Abnormal Developmental Trajectory and Intrinsic Contractile Defects in Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome, 2020, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Adverse effects of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin on contractility and arrhythmogenicity revealed by human engineered cardiac tissues, 2020, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

The scientist collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, including Kevin D. Costa, Wendy Keung, Andy O.-T. Wong, Deborah K. Lieu, and Shreya Mehrotra, contributing to multiple publications in their research areas.

Best Publications

  • Wearable sensors: modalities, challenges, and prospects

    J. Heikenfeld;A. Jajack;J. Rogers;P. Gutruf

  • Modified mRNA directs the fate of heart progenitor cells and induces vascular regeneration after myocardial infarction.

    Lior Zangi;Kathy O Lui;Kathy O Lui;Alexander von Gise;Alexander von Gise;Qing Ma;Qing Ma

  • Functional Integration of Electrically Active Cardiac Derivatives From Genetically Engineered Human Embryonic Stem Cells With Quiescent Recipient Ventricular Cardiomyocytes Insights Into the Development of Cell-Based Pacemakers

    Tian Xue;Hee Cheol Cho;Fadi G. Akar;Suk Ying Tsang

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Endothelin-1 supports clonal derivation and expansion of cardiovascular progenitors derived from human embryonic stem cells

    Boon-Seng Soh;Shi-Yan Ng;Hao Wu;Kristina Buac

  • Enhanced cell sorting and manipulation with combined optical tweezer and microfluidic chip technologies

    Xiaolin Wang;Shuxun Chen;Marco Kong;Zuankai Wang

  • Antiarrhythmic Engineering of Skeletal Myoblasts for Cardiac Transplantation

    M. Roselle Abraham;Charles A. Henrikson;Leslie Tung;Marvin G. Chang

  • Transcriptional and functional profiling of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes.

    Feng Cao;Roger A. Wagner;Kitchener D. Wilson;Xiaoyan Xie

  • Functional Roles of Cardiac and Vascular ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels Clarified by Kir6.2-Knockout Mice

    Masashi Suzuki;Ronald A. Li;Takashi Miki;Hiroko Uemura

  • Dynamic microRNA expression programs during cardiac differentiation of human embryonic stem cells: role for miR-499.

    Kitchener D. Wilson;Shijun Hu;Shivkumar Venkatasubrahmanyam;Ji-Dong Fu

  • Functional sarcoplasmic reticulum for calcium-handling of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes: Insights for driven maturation

    Jing Liu;Ji-Dong Fu;Chung-wah Siu;Ronald A Li;Ronald A Li

  • Aptamer-Based Microfluidic Electrochemical Biosensor for Monitoring Cell-Secreted Trace Cardiac Biomarkers

    Su Ryon Shin;Su Ryon Shin;Su Ryon Shin;Yu Shrike Zhang;Yu Shrike Zhang;Yu Shrike Zhang;Duck-Jin Kim;Duck-Jin Kim;Ahmad Manbohi;Ahmad Manbohi

  • Label-free separation of human embryonic stem cells and their cardiac derivatives using Raman spectroscopy.

    James W. Chan;Deborah K. Lieu;Thomas Huser;Ronald A. Li

  • Molecular Basis of Electrocardiographic ST-Segment Elevation

    Ronald A. Li;Michelle Leppo;Takashi Miki;Susumu Seino

  • Mechanism-Based Facilitated Maturation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Cardiomyocytes

    Deborah K. Lieu;Ji-Dong Fu;Nipavan Chiamvimonvat;Kelvin W. Chan Tung

  • Distinct Roles of MicroRNA-1 and -499 in Ventricular Specification and Functional Maturation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes

    Ji-Dong Fu;Stephanie N. Rushing;Stephanie N. Rushing;Deborah K. Lieu;Camie W. Chan;Camie W. Chan

  • Absence of transverse tubules contributes to non-uniform Ca2+ wavefronts in mouse and human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

    Deborah Lieu;Jing Liu;Chung Wah Siu;Chung Wah Siu;Gregory P. McNerney

  • Advancing functional engineered cardiac tissues toward a preclinical model of human myocardium

    Irene C. Turnbull;Ioannis Karakikes;Gregory W. Serrao;Peter Backeris

  • Bioartificial Sinus Node Constructed via In Vivo Gene Transfer of an Engineered Pacemaker HCN Channel Reduces the Dependence on Electronic Pacemaker in a Sick-Sinus Syndrome Model

    Hung Fat Tse;Tian Xue;Chu Pak Lau;Chung Wah Siu;Chung Wah Siu

  • Small Molecule-Mediated Directed Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Toward Ventricular Cardiomyocytes

    Ioannis Karakikes;Grant D. Senyei;Jens Hansen;Chi-Wing Kong

  • Correction of human phospholamban R14del mutation associated with cardiomyopathy using targeted nucleases and combination therapy

    Ioannis Karakikes;Ioannis Karakikes;Francesca Stillitano;Mathieu Nonnenmacher;Christos Tzimas

Frequent Co-Authors

Hung-Fat Tse
Hung-Fat Tse University of Hong Kong
Eduardo Marbán
Eduardo Marbán Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Roger J. Hajjar
Roger J. Hajjar Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Kenneth R. Boheler
Kenneth R. Boheler Johns Hopkins University
Gordon F. Tomaselli
Gordon F. Tomaselli Johns Hopkins University
Chu-Pak Lau
Chu-Pak Lau University of Hong Kong
Kenneth R. Chien
Kenneth R. Chien Karolinska Institute
Su Ryon Shin
Su Ryon Shin Harvard Medical School
Xiaoqiang Yao
Xiaoqiang Yao Chinese University of Hong Kong

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