Liujiang Song, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology
Academic contact
Academic information
- Department: Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology
Research interests
- Adeno-associated Virus
- Gene Therapy
- Anterior Segment Ocular Diseases
About
Biography
I am a research faculty member with a joint appointment in the Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences and Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology, based at the Gene Therapy Institute. My research focuses on parvoviruses, particularly Adeno-associated virus (AAV) biology, vector engineering, and the development of AAV-based gene therapies.
I am working in close collaboration with Ophthalmology colleagues to develop gene therapy solutions for ocular diseases that cause vision loss, with a particular emphasis on corneal diseases — while also extending applications to other disease areas.
Credentials
Education
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
- Postdoctorate
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
- Joint Graduate Program
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
- PhD
- Central South University, Xiangya Medical School, Changsha, China
- Bachelor's Degree - Clinical Medicine
- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China
Research
Research interests
- Adeno-associated Virus
- Gene Therapy
- Anterior Segment Ocular Diseases
Society Membership
- American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT), 2010-present
- The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2019-present
- European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ESGCT), 2023-present
- American Society for Virology (ASV), 2023-present
Active Funding
- American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, Career Development Award in Gene and Cell Therapy for Viral Vector Development
06/05/2025-5/31/2026
Honors and Awards
- Excellent Young Scholar funding recipient, Hunan Educational Department, China, 2014-2016
- Meritorious Abstract Travel Award, American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy, 2018
- Distinguished Postdoc Award in Gene Therapy, Pfizer, North Carolina Biotech, 2018
- Postdoc Travel Award, University of North Carolina, 2020
- Postdoc Award for Research Excellence, University of North Carolina, 2020
- Qais Farjo Memorial Grant, ARVO Foundation for Eye Research, 2021
- ASGCT Career Development Award, 2022