Dr Xiong Z. Ruan leads a joint centre for lipid research in Chongqing Medical University and University College London. He received his MBBS in Southeast University of China in 1988, Msc in Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) in 1994 and PhD from University College London (UCL) in 2000. His major goal has been to develop an academic research programme cross UK and China that investigates the mechanisms of lipid-mediated tissue injuries associated with metabolic diseases (mainly in fatty kidney and fatty liver). He has published more than 120 papers in Nature Rev Nephrol, Lancet Diabetes Endo, Nature Metabolism, Circulation Res, Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Bio (ATVB), Hepatology, J Hepatol, J Am Soc Nephrol (JASN), Kidney Int, Am J Physiol, J Lipid Res, J Biol Chem, et al.