Fangzhou Lu obtained his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in clinical medicine at Harbin Medical University in China. In December 2020, he started his PhD career both at the MERLN Institute under supervision of Martijn van Griensven and the Department of Trauma Surgery at MUMC+ under supervision of Taco Blokhuis and Martijn Poeze. During his PhD, he will concentrate on the underlying mechanism of differentiation of regenerative cells in hematoma during the early fracture healing phase.