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Junfeng Chen
Zoology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Biological Rhythms
Circadian Clock
Circannual Rhythms
Zeitgeber
Molecular Mechanisms
Vertebrates
Seasonal Adaptation
Environmental Changes
Global Warming
Agricultural Production
Areas of Focus
- Biological Rhythms
- Circannual Rhythms
- Zeitgeber Factors
Work Experience
- 2016-2019 - Uppsala University, Sweden - Postdoctoral Researcher in Evolutionary and Functional Genomics
- 2019-2021 - Nagoya University, Japan - JSPS Foreign Research Fellow
- 2021-2023 - Nagoya University, Japan - Assistant Professor
- 2023.9-present - Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Research Group Leader (PI)
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2007-2011 Bachelor: Animal Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
- 2011-2016 PhD: Genetics, Texas A&M University, USA
Publications
- Prostaglandin E2 synchronizes lunar-regulated beach-spawning in grass puffers., Chen J*, Katada Y*, Okimura K*, Yamaguchi T*, Guh YJ, Nakayama T, Maruyama M, Furukawa Y, Nakane Y, Yamamoto N, Sato Y, Ando H, Sugimura A, Tabata K, Sato A, and Yoshimura T., 2022
- Cis-acting mutation affecting GJA5 transcription is underlying the Melanotic within-feather pigmentation pattern in chickens., Li J, Lee MO, Chen J, Davis BW, Dorshort BJ, Siegel PB, Inaba M, Jiang TX, Chuong CM, and Andersson L., 2021
- Functional differences between TSHR alleles associate with variation in spawning season in Atlantic herring., Chen J*, Bi H, Pettersson ME, Sato DX, Fuentes-Pardo AP, Mo C, Younis S, Wallerman O, Jern P, Molés G, Gómez A, Kleinau G, Scheerer P, and Andersson L*., 2021
- Reconstruction of the birth of a male sex chromosome present in Atlantic herring., Rafati N*, Chen J*, Herpin A*, Pettersson ME*, Han F, Feng C, Wallerman O, Rubin CJ, Péron S, Cocco A, Larsson M, Trotschel C, Poetsch A, Korsching K, Bonigk W, Korschen HG, Berg F, Folkvord A, Kaupp UB, Schartl M, and Andersson L., 2020
- Light and Hormones in Seasonal Regulation of Reproduction and Mood., Chen J*, Okimura K, and Yoshimura T*., 2020
- A chromosome-level assembly of the Atlantic herring genome-detection of a supergene and other signals of selection., Pettersson ME, Rochus CM, Han F, Chen J, Hill J, Wallerman O, Fan G, Hong X, Xu Q, Zhang H, Liu S, Liu X, Haggerty L, Hunt T, Martin FJ, Flicek P, Bunikis I, Folkvord A, and Andersson L., 2019
- Genetic variation and gene conversions within the bovine NK-lysin gene family., Chen J, Lee MO, and Womack JE., 2017
- Duplication of chicken defensin7 gene generated by gene conversion and homologous recombination., Lee MO, Bornelov S, Andersson L, Lamont SJ, Chen J, and Womack JE., 2016
- Expression of the Bovine NK-Lysin Gene Family and Activity against Respiratory Pathogens., Chen J, Yang C, Tizioto PC, Huang H, Lee MO, Payne HR, Lawhon SD, Schroeder F, Taylor JF, and Womack JE., 2016
- Bovine NK-lysin: Copy number variation and functional diversification., Chen J, Huddleston J, Buckley RM, Malig M, Lawhon SD, Skow LC, Lee MO, Eichler EE, Andersson L, and Womack JE., 2015
