Professor | Cheng Chen | Asia Growth Partners

Name

Cheng Chen

Contact Information

cgchen@sjtu.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Faculty	Agriculture and Biotechnology
Academic Background & Achievements	2006 - Bachelor of Engineering in Bioengineering, Shenyang Agricultural University 2012 - PhD in Cell Biology, China Agricultural University, Supervisor: Professor Yuan Ming Selected for Shanghai Overseas High-level Talents, Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan (Class A)
Work Experience	2010-2011 - University of California, Davis, Visiting Scholar 2014-2019 - Michigan State University, Postdoctoral Researcher 2019-present - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Department of Plant Sciences, Tenured Associate Professor
Awards	Shanghai Overseas High-level Talents Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan (Class A)

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Faculty

Agriculture and Biotechnology

Academic Background & Achievements

2006 - Bachelor of Engineering in Bioengineering, Shenyang Agricultural University
2012 - PhD in Cell Biology, China Agricultural University, Supervisor: Professor Yuan Ming
Selected for Shanghai Overseas High-level Talents, Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan (Class A)

Work Experience

2010-2011 - University of California, Davis, Visiting Scholar
2014-2019 - Michigan State University, Postdoctoral Researcher
2019-present - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Department of Plant Sciences, Tenured Associate Professor

Awards

Areas of Focus	Chloroplast biology Organelle biology in plant growth and development Regulation of non-green plastids like amyloplasts
Publications	The Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplast division protein FtsZ1 counterbalances FtsZ2 filament stability in vitro, Porter, K.J., Cao, L., Chen, Y., TerBush, A.D., Chen, C., Erickson, H.P. and Osteryoung, K.W., 2021 ORHis, a natural variant of OR, specifically interacts with plastid division factor ARC3 to regulate chromoplast number and carotenoid accumulation, Sun, T., Yuan, H., Chen, C., Kadirjan-Kalbach, D.K., Mazourek, M., Osteryoung, K.W. and Li, L., 2020 ARC3 Activation by PARC6 Promotes FtsZ-Ring Remodeling at the Chloroplast Division Site, Chen, C., Cao, L., Yang, Y., Porter, K. and Osteryoung, K.W., 2019

Areas of Focus

Chloroplast biology
Organelle biology in plant growth and development
Regulation of non-green plastids like amyloplasts

Publications

The Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplast division protein FtsZ1 counterbalances FtsZ2 filament stability in vitro, Porter, K.J., Cao, L., Chen, Y., TerBush, A.D., Chen, C., Erickson, H.P. and Osteryoung, K.W., 2021
ORHis, a natural variant of OR, specifically interacts with plastid division factor ARC3 to regulate chromoplast number and carotenoid accumulation, Sun, T., Yuan, H., Chen, C., Kadirjan-Kalbach, D.K., Mazourek, M., Osteryoung, K.W. and Li, L., 2020
ARC3 Activation by PARC6 Promotes FtsZ-Ring Remodeling at the Chloroplast Division Site, Chen, C., Cao, L., Yang, Y., Porter, K. and Osteryoung, K.W., 2019

Chloroplast Organelle Plant Growth Development Amyloplast Cell Division Molecular Mechanism Genetics Biochemistry Synthetic Biology

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