Fan Jia,Associate Investigator, PhD Supervisor, a Shenzhen High‑Level Talent, and a recipient of the Chenguang Program for Young Scientific Talents of Wuhan.
He is affiliated with the Institute of Brain Cognition and Brain Disease, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.He is a core researcher in the following key laboratories:
Key Laboratory of Research and Evaluation for Viral Vectors of Cell and Gene Therapy Medicinal Products, National Medical Products Administration
Key Laboratory of Quality Control Technology for Viral Therapeutic Preparations, Guangdong Medical Products Administration
Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomedical Viral Vectors
Key Laboratory of Bio‑(Virus) Technology and Application of Guangdong Provincial Department of Education

Research interests: Genetic engineering and applications of biomedical viral vectors, including neural circuit tracing, oncolytic viruses, gene therapy, antiviral drug screening, and novel vaccine development.

1.Yang Jia, Li Li, Xu Fuqiang, Jia Fan*. Developing a reporter Feline herpesvirus-1 for antiviral screening assay. Veterinary Research. 2024.

2.Xiao Xiuqing, Xu Fuqiang, Jia Fan*. Early Transcriptional Changes in Feline Herpesvirus-1-Infected Crandell-Rees Feline Kidney Cells. Veterinary Sciences. 2024.

3.Xiangwei Shi#, Kangyixin Sun#, Li Li, Jingwen Xian, Ping Wang, Fan Jia*, Fuqiang Xu*. Oncolytic Activity of Sindbis Virus with the Help of GM-CSF in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024.

4.Xiangwei Shi#, Kangyixin Sun#, You Hu, Qinghan Wang, Guoyang Liao, Li Li, Pengjie Wen, Leo E Wong, Fan Jia*, Fuqiang Xu*. The G285S mutation in nsP1 is sufficient to render Sindbis virus as a stable vector for gene delivery. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2023.

5.Shi Xiangwei, Jia Fan*, Lyu Pei, Xu Fuqiang*. A new anterograde trans-synaptic tracer based on Sindbis virus. Neural Regeneration Research. 2022.

He has been granted more than 30 patents, some of which have been industrialized.He has published more than 30 academic papers. He has led the following projects:3 projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (including 2 General Programs),1 Shenzhen Key Program,2 Shenzhen General Programs,1 Guangdong General Program,the Outstanding Young Scholar Program of Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,as well as industry-sponsored collaborative projects.