2004.8-present - Huazhong Agricultural University, College of Life Science and Technology - Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, Master's Supervisor, Doctoral Supervisor
2018.9-2018.10 - National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan - Visiting Scholar
2017.6-2017.9 - Durham University, UK - Visiting Scholar
2015.4-2016.3 - Durham University, UK - Visiting Scholar
2013.1-2013.3 - New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research - Visiting Scholar
2018: Ministry of Education's Higher Education Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award (Science and Technology) - First Prize in Natural Science (Ranked 9th)
2018: China Horticultural Society's Huana Horticultural Science and Technology Award (Ranked 10th)
Research
Molecular Biology of Plant Stem Cell Development
Molecular cytogenetic map visualizes the heterozygotic genome and identifies translocation chromosomes in Citrus sinensis., Shipeng Song, Hui Liu, Luke Miao, Li He, Wenzhao Xie, Hong Lan, Changxiu, Wenkai Yan, Yufeng Wu, Xiao-peng Wen, Qiang Xu, Xiuxin Deng, Chunli Chen*, 2023
Topoisomerase 1α is required for synchronous spermatogenesis in Physcomitrium patens., Nan Gu, Chunli Chen*, Yukiko Kabeya, Mitsuyasu, Hasebe, Yosuke Tamada, 2022
Use of auxin and cytokinin for somatic embryogenesis in plant: a story from competence towards completion., Sumeera Asghar, Nida Ghor, Faisal Hyat, Yan Li*, Chunli Chen*, 2022
Decoding the spatial chromatin organization and dynamic epigenetic landscapes of macrophage cells during differentiation and immune activation., Lin D, Xu W, Hong P, Wu C, Zhang Z, Zhang S, Xing L, Yang B, Zhou W, Xiao Q, Wang J, Wang C, He Y, Chen X, Cao X, Man J, Reheman A, Wu X, Hao X, Hu Z, Chen C, Cao Z, Yin R, Fu ZF, Zhou R, Teng Z, Li G, Cao G, 2022
Interfered chromosome pairing at high temperature promotes meiotic instability in autotetraploid Arabidopsis., Fu H, Zhao J, Ren Z, Yang K, Wang C, Zhang X, Elesawi IE, Zhang X, Xia J, Chen C, Lu P, Chen Y, Liu H, Yu G, Liu B, 2022
Putrescine depletion affects Arabidopsis root meristem size by modulating auxin and cytokinin signaling and ROS accumulation., Ahmed M Hashem, Simon Moore Shangjian Chen, Chenchen Hu,Qing Zhao, Ibrahim E.Elesawi, Yanni Feng, Jennifer F.Topping, Junli Liu, Keith Lindsey, Chunli Chen*, 2021
Heat stress interferes with formation of double-strand breaks and homolog synapsis., Ning Y, Liu Q, Wang C, Qin E, Wu Z, Wang M, Yang K, Elesawi IE, Chen C, Liu H, Qin R, Liu B, 2021
DNA damage triggers reprogramming of differentiated cells to stem cells in Physcomitrella., Nan Gu#, Yosuke Tamada#, Akihiro Imai, Gergo Palfalvi, Yukiko Kabeya, Shuji Shigenobu, Masaki Ishikawa, Karel J. Angelis, Chunli Chen*, and Mitsuyasu Hasebe*, 2020
DNA Topoisomerase 1 prevents R-loop accumulation to modulate auxin-regulated root development in rice., Sarfraz Shafiq#, Chunli Chen #*, Jing Yang, Lingling Cheng, Fei Ma, Emilie Widemann, Qianwen Sun*, 2017
Crosstalk between auxin, cytokinin and ethylene in Arabidopsis root development: from experiments to systems modelling, and back again., Junli Liu#, Simon Moore#, Chunli Chen*, Keith Lindsey*, 2017
Genomic analyses of primitive, wild and cultivated citrus provide insights into asexual reproduction., Xia Wang, Yuantao Xu, Siqi Zhang, Li Cao, Yue Huang, Junfeng Cheng, Guizhi Wu, Shilin Tian, Chunli Chen, Yan Liu, Huiwen Yu, Xiaoming Yang, Hong Lan, Nan Wang, Lun Wang, Jidi Xu, Xiaolin Jiang, Zongzhou Xie, Meilian Tan, Robert M Larkin, Ling-Ling Chen, Bin-Guang Ma, Yijun Ruan, Xiuxin Deng and Qiang Xu*, 2017
The draft genome of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)., Qiang Xu, Lingling Chen, Xiaoan Ruan, Dijun Chen, Andan Zhu, Chunli Chen, Bertrand Denis, Wen-Biao Jiao, Bao-Hai Hao, Matthew P Lyon, Jiongjiong Chen, Song Gao, Feng Xing, Hong Lan, Ji-Wei Chang, Xianhong Ge, Yang Lei, Qun Hu, Yin Miao, Lun Wang, Shixin Xiao, Manosh Kumar Biswas, Wenfang Zeng, Fei Guo, Hongbo Cao, Xiaoming Yang, Xi-Wen Xu, Yun-Jiang Cheng, Juan Xu, Ji-Hong Liu, Oscar Junhong Luo, Zhonghui Tang, Wen-Wu Guo, Hanhui Kuang, Hong-Yu Zhang, Mikeal L Roose, Niranjan Nagarajan, Xiuxin Deng, Yijun Ruan, 2013
Silver nanoparticles regulate Arabidopsis root growth by concentration-dependent modification of reactive oxygen species accumulation and cell division., Likai Wang, Juzhi Sun, Luming Lin, Yajuan Fu, Harri Alenius, Keith Lindsey, Chunli Chen*, 2020
Chromosomal characterization of a potential model citrus plant Mini-Citrus (Fortunella hindsii)., Changxiu Yu, Xiuxin Deng, Chunli Chen*, 2019
Genome-wide identification, characterization, interaction network and expression profile of GRAS gene family in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)., Hua Zhang, Limin Mi, Long Xu, Changxiu Yu, Chen Li, Chunli Chen*, 2019
OsNAC45 plays complex roles by mediating POD activity and the expression of development-related genes under various abiotic stresses in Rice root., Shunwu Yu, Aona Huang, Jia Li, Lin Gao, Yanni Feng, Erinn Pemberton, Chunli Chen*, 2018
Arginine decarboxylase ADC2 enhances salt tolerance through increasing ROS scavenging enzyme activity in Arabidopsis thaliana., Yajuan Fu, Caiming Guo, Hao Wu, Chunli Chen*, 2017
Toxicity of silver nanoparticles to Arabidopsis: inhibition of root gravitropism by interfering with auxin pathway., Juzhi Sun#, Likai Wang#, Shuang Li, Liyan Yin, Jin Huang and Chunli Chen*, 2017
Fragile sites of ‘Valencia’ Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) chromosomes are related with active 45s rDNA., Hong Lan, Chunli Chen*, Yin Miao, Changxiu Yu, Wenwu Guo, Qiang Xu, Xiuxin Deng*, 2016
