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Zhenxia Chen
Life Science
Huazhong Agricultural University
Hubei
Language: English, Chinese
Genomics
Evolution
Development
Sex
Nutrition
Bioinformatics
Genetics
Transcriptomes
Research
Biology
Areas of Focus
- Sex Evolutionary Developmental Genomics
- Nutritional Genomics
Work Experience
- 2016-09 to Present - Huazhong Agricultural University - Professor in Evolutionary Developmental Genomics
- 2011-09 to 2016-09 - National Institutes of Health, USA - Postdoctoral Researcher in Developmental Genomics
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006-09 to 2011-06 Ph.D. in Bioinformatics: Peking University
- 2002-09 to 2006-06 Bachelor's in Biology: Huazhong Agricultural University
- 2003-09 to 2006-06 Bachelor's in Journalism: Wuhan University
Publications
- SAGD: a comprehensive sex-associated gene database from transeriptomes, Shi MW, Zhang NA, Shi CP, Liu CJ, Luo ZH, Wang DY, Guo AY, Chen ZX, 2019
- Comparative validation of the D. melanogaster modENCODE transcriptome annotation, Chen ZX, Sturgill D, Qu J, Jiang H, Park S, Boley N, Suzuki AM, Fletcher AR, Plachetzki DC, FitzGerald PC, Artieri CG, Atallah J, Barmina O, Brown JB, Blankenburg KP, Clough E, Dasgupta A, Gubbala S, Han Y, Jayaseelan JC, Kalra D, Kim YA, Kovar CL, Lee SL, Li M, Malley JD, Malone JH, Mathew T, Mattiuzzo NR, Munidasa M, Muzny DM, Ongeri F, Perales L, Przytycka TM, Pu LL, Robinson G, Thornton RL, Saada N, Scherer SE, Smith HE, Vinson C, Wamer CB, Worley KC, Wu YQ, Zou X, Cherbas P, Kellis M, Eisen MB, Piano F, Kionte K, Fitch DH, Stemberg PW, Cutter AD, Duff MO, Hoskins RA, Graveley BR, Gibbs RA, Bickel PJ, Kopp A, Carminci P, Celniker SE, Oliver B, Richards S, 2014
- Deficiency of X-linked inverted duplicates with male-biased expression and the underlying evolutionary mechanisms in the Drosophila genome, Chen ZX, Zhang YE, Vibranovski M, Luo J, Gao G, Long M, 2011
Awards
- 2018: National Excellent Online Open Course for 'Introduction to Life Sciences'
- 2017: Third Prize in National University Life Sciences Microlecture Teaching Competition for 'Darwin and the Theory of Biological Evolution'
