Dr Jitong Guo, BSc(Hons), Ph.D

Immune regeneration lab

Research Interests

• Generation of transgenic and cloned animals by somatic cell nuclear transfer.
• Isolation of embryonic stem cells using conventional and nuclear transfer methods and germ cell differentiation.
• Somatic cell reprogramming by human embryonic stem cells, cell extract and iPS cells.
• Amniotic derived-stem cells and their therapeutic potential.

Selected Publications

Guo, J., Liu, F., Guo, Z., Li, Y., An, Z., Li, X., Li, Y. Zhang, Y. (2009). In vitro development of goat parthenogenetic and somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos derived from different activation protocols. Zygote. 8: 1-9. [Epub ahead of print].

Guo, J., Li, X., Shahnaz, F., Gou, K., Malakooti, N., Zhang, C., Morrison, J. R., Trounson, A. O. Du, Z. (2009). The potential of rat inner cell mass and fetal neural stem cells to generate chimeras. Zoological Research 30: 158-164.

Tecirlioglu, R. T., Guo, J. Trounson, A. O. (2006). Interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer and preliminary data for horse-cow/mouse iSCNT. Stem Cell Rev. 2: 277-287.

Roh, S., Guo, J., Malakooti, N., Morrison., J. R., Trounson, A. O. Du, Z. T. (2003). Birth of rats following nuclear exchange at the 2-cell stage. Zygote. 11: 317-321.

Guo, J., An, Z., Li, Y., Li, X., Li, Y., Guo, Z. Zhang, Y. (2002). Cloned goats (Capra hircus) from adult ear cells. Sci. China C. Life Sci. 45: 260-267.