Research output per year
Research output per year
Dr, PhD, MBBS, MCM
The University of Western Australia (M504), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia
Accepting PhD and other Higher Degree by Research Students. View current PhD/HDR research project opportunities at https://researchdegrees.uwa.edu.au/projects
Dr Kai Chen is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Early Career Fellow, Raine Fellow, Head of the Molecular Biology and Imaging Laboratory (MBIL). He completed his medical and orthopaedic surgery training in China (2007-2016). Supported by Australian Government International Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarships, he completed his PhD in Bone Biology (2016-2019) under the supervision of Prof Jiake Xu, A/Prof Nathan Pavlos, and Dr Jennifer Tickner at UWA. Dr Chen carried out his postdoctoral training from 2020-2023 for molecular imaging and nanobiotechnology with A/Prof Haibo Jiang (HKU) and Prof Killugudi Swaminatha Iyer (UWA). In 2023, Dr Chen started his own laboratory leveraging multidisciplinary imaging technologies to investigate skeletal biology and diseases.
Our laboratory is dedicated to developing a correlative imaging workflow that integrates light, electron, and ion microscopy. This multidisciplinary approach merges “biology” and “chemistry” to uncover previously unknown physiological and pathological processes within the skeletal system, including bones and joints. We are also keen to investigate the drug transport and targeted delivery within skeletal system as well as other body systems (e.g., eye, brain, pancreas). Our current research projects include:
PhD opportunities are open.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Bone biology, PhD, Reactive oxygen species are anticatabolic targets for osteoclast-related bone disorders, The University of Western Australia
14 Mar 2016 → 14 Nov 2019
Award Date: 14 Nov 2019
Orthopaedic Surgery, Master degree, Clinical Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University
Sept 2012 → Jun 2015
Award Date: 30 Jun 2015
Medicine, Bachelor of Medicine, Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University
Sept 2007 → Jun 2012
Award Date: 15 Jun 2012
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Wenzhou Medical University
Jul 2015 → Mar 2016
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ben-Ary, G. (CoPI), Chen, K. (CoPI), Choi, Y. S. (CoPI), Fox, A. (CoPI), Hodgetts, S. (CoPI), Mark, P. (CoPI), Pillow, J. (CoPI), Pool, K. (CoPI), Rodger, J. (CoPI), Smith, J. (CoPI) & Wyrwoll, C. (CoPI)
The University of Western Australia
6/01/25 → 8/01/35
Project: Research
Barnett, T. (CoPI), Blancafort, P. (CoPI), Chen, K. (CoPI), Chooi, H. (CoPI), Hamzah, J. (CoPI), Hirvonen, L. (CoPI), Ingley, E. (CoPI), Johnstone, L. (CoPI), Kahler, C. (CoPI), Keelan, J. (CoPI), Kular, J. (CoPI), Mullin, B. (CoPI), Nicol, M. (CoPI), Pixley, F. (CoPI), Swaminatha Iyer, I. (CoPI), Waithman, J. (CoPI), Wilson, S. (CoPI) & Woodward, E. (CoPI)
The University of Western Australia
1/01/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
Chen, K. (CoPI) & Fawzy Moussa, A. (CoPI)
The University of Western Australia
2/12/24 → 1/12/25
Project: Research
Chen, K. (Investigator 01)
8/01/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
Chen, K. (Chief Investigator), Jiang, H. (CoPI) & Lin, X. (CoPI)
The University of Western Australia
1/01/24 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
Chen, K. (Recipient), May 2024
Prize: Award