Dr. Xuri Li is a Professor and Scientific Director of the State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology at the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC), Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China. Dr. Li is also a leading expert of Guangdong province. Before joining the ZOC in 2012, Dr. Li served as a Principal Investigator at the National Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute in the US during 2005-2012. Dr. Li graduated from Shanghai Medical University in Shanghai, received her PhD from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and did her postdoctoral work at the Karolinska Institute and Vesalius Research Center, Leuven University, Belgium.

Our team strives to understand the processes of angiogenesis, vasculogenesis and neurogenesis in the eye in development, normal physiology and various pathologies. We hope to use the gained knowledge to explore better therapies for human diseases. Specifically, we characterize the functional properties of important angiogenic and antiangiogenic molecules using animal models, cultured cells and molecular approaches. We also utilize the developing mouse eye as a model to explore the fundamental mechanisms of angiogenesis, vasculargenesis and neurogenesis. Furthermore, we try to reveal the basic cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying our findings.

Interview of Prof. Xuri Li by Canton TV