Dr. Longhou Fang received a BS in Biotechnology from Anhui Normal University in 2000. He received a PhD in Biochemistry from the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology in 2007. He was a Postdoctoral Associate at the University of California at San Diego from 2007 to 2013. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences at Houston Methodist Research Institute. He recently led the “Lipid Metabolism Controlled Hematopoiesis and Atherosclerosis” and “Mechanistic Study and Therapeutic Application of AIBP in AMD” projects. His area of expertise include angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis, hematopoiesis, cholesterol, and metabolism. The Fang laboratory is focused on exploring the role of lipid metabolism in vascular function, including angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis, and hematopoiesis, using both zebrafish and mouse models.