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Xiaoping Bao

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2012
Pluripotent Stem Cells ResearchCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringCAR-T cell therapy researchTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine3D Printing in Biomedical Research

Publications

91

Citations

4,729

Est. group size

~9

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

15

Publishing since 2012

Research summary
AI-generated

Xiaoping Bao's research focuses on engineering human pluripotent stem cells (versatile cells that can become nearly any cell type in the body) for use in disease modeling, drug screening, and cell-based therapies. Work spans gene-editing tools, optogenetics (using light to control cell signaling), bioreactor-based manufacturing, and engineered immune cell therapies such as CAR-T cells for cancer and hypoimmunogenic cells for transplantation. The lab combines molecular biology, bioengineering, and materials science approaches to make stem-cell-derived tissues and therapies more precise, scalable, and clinically usable.

Human pluripotent stem cell engineeringGenome editing and CRISPR/Cas toolsOptogenetic control of cell signalingCell and gene therapy manufacturing (CAR-T, organoids, cardiac/neural tissue)Biomaterials and bioreactor-based biomanufacturing

Publication output has grown from a handful of papers in 2017-2018 to a peak of around 12 in 2022, followed by a modest decline through 2025-2026, suggesting an overall increase in activity over the decade with some recent slowing.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.8/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 7 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 12 publications12222023: 11 publications232024: 9 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 6 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×10
  • Bioactive Materials×5
  • Scientific Reports×4
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×4
  • Advanced Materials×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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