Principal Investigator

Dr.Yuan Chen

Contact Address: No. 699 Binhu Road, Fangzi District, Weifang, Shandong, China

Email: yuan.chen@pku-iaas.edu.cn

Education

2005-2012  Ph.D.inDevelopmental Biology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. China

2001-2005  B.S.inBiological Sciences, Shan Dong Normal University, China

Working Experience

2020 – present, Principal Investigators, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, China

2017 –2020, Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

2016 –2017, Scientist, ALSTEM Inc., Richmond, CA, USA

2013 –2016, Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

Research Interests

l The structural and molecular mechanisms underlying NLR protein

l Effectoromics of Phytophthora pathogens

l Plant-pathogen interactions

Selected Publications

Xiu Yang, Zhongxiao Zhang, Yazhen Yuan, Kaiyun Wang, Yuan Chen*, Hongyan Wang*. 2022. Control efficiency of hexaconazole-lentinan against wheat sharp eyespot and wheat crown rot and the associated effects on rhizosphere soil fungal community. Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 1014969.

Yuan Chen, Claire Bendix, Jennifer D. Lewis*. 2020. Comparative genomics screen identifies microbe-associated molecular patterns from ‘CandidatusLiberibacter’ spp. that elicit immune responses in plants. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 33: 539-552.

Yuan Chen, Ting Zou, Sheila McCormick*. 2016. S-adenosylmethionine synthetase 3 is important for pollen tube growth. Plant physiology 172: 244-253.

Yuan Chen, Yunyuan Xu, Wei Luo, Wenxuan Li, Na Chen, Dajian Zhang, Kang Chong*. 2013. The F-box protein OsFBK12 targets OsSAMS1 for degradation and affects pleiotropic phenotypes, including leaf senescence, in rice. Plant Physiology 163: 1673-1685.

Yuan Chen#, Fei Li#, Yan Ma, Kang Chong, Yunyuan Xu*. 2013. Overexpression of OrbHLH001, a putative helix–loop–helix transcription factor, causes increased expression of AKT1 and maintains ionic balance under salt stress in rice. Journal of plant physiology, 170: 93-100.

Huang Huang, Yuan Chen, Shaohui Wang, Tiancong Qi, Susheng Song*. 2023. Jasmonate action and crosstalk in flower development and fertility. Journal of Experimental Botany 74: 1186-1197.

Yunfeng Liu, Shengjun Li, Yuan Chen, Athen N. Kimberlin, Edgar B. Cahoon, Bin Yu*. 2016. snRNA 3′ end processing by a CPSF73-containing complex essential for development in Arabidopsis. PLoSBiology, 14: e1002571.

Xuepiao Pu#, Chunmei Meng#, Weili Wang#, Siyu Yang, Yuan Chen, Qingjun Xie, Bin Yu, Yunfeng Liu*. 2019. DSP1 and DSP4 act synergistically in small nuclear RNA 3′ end maturation and pollen growth. Plant Physiology 180: 2142-2151.

Huan Zhang, Yuhong Cao, Dawei Xu, Natalie S. Goh, Gozde S. Demirer, Stefano Cestellos-Blanco, Yuan Chen, Markita P. Landry*, Peidong Yang*. 2021. Gold-nanocluster-mediated delivery of siRNA to intact plant cells for efficient gene knockdown. Nano Letters, 21: 5859-5866.

Patents

Kang Chong, Yuan Chen, Yunyuan Xu, Na Chen, Protein related with seed size of rice. Publication number: CN102336824 A

Honorables and Awards

Chau Hoi Shuen Foundation Outstanding Young Women Scientist Award. 2018