Founding Team

Daping Xia, MS

 Cofounder

• Over 20 years of experience as a system engineer and technology lead
• Involved in building various large projects including the first Internet backbone in China and some of the largest travel websites in the world
• Long-time patron of Prof. Qilong Ying’s avian stem cell research at the University of Southern California

Qilong Ying, PhD

Cofounder

• Lead inventor of the avian ESC technology licensed exclusively by A-New Bio. 
• First to elucidate conditions for the culture of naïve embryonic stem cells – a seminal scientific breakthrough.
• Prof. Ying is a professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Southern California.