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Piao Piao Chen
Life Science
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang
Language: Chinese, English
Molecular Genetics
Evolutionary Genomics
Adaptive Evolution
Experimental Evolution
Gene-Gene Interactions
Gene-Environment Interactions
Molecular Mechanisms
Gene Expression Regulation
Genome Structure Changes
Multispecies Coevolution
Areas of Focus
- Molecular Genetics
- Evolutionary Genomics
- Adaptive Evolution
Work Experience
- 2024.01–Present: Zhejiang University, School of Life Sciences, Researcher
- 2023.03-2024.01: University of Michigan, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Research Associate
- 2017.03-2023.03: University of Michigan, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011.03-2016.12: PhD, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
- Selected for the National Overseas High-Level Talents Program
Publications
- Antagonistic pleiotropy conceals molecular adaptations in changing environments, P. Chen, J. Zhang, 2020
- Transposon insertional mutagenesis of diverse yeast strains suggests coordinated gene essentiality polymorphisms, P. Chen, A. H. Michel, J. Zhang, 2022
- Transcriptomic analysis reveals the rareness of genetic assimilation of gene expression in environmental adaptations, P. Chen, J. Zhang, 2023
- Asexual experimental evolution of yeast does not curtail transposable elements, P. Chen, J. Zhang, 2021
- The nonessentiality of essential genes in yeast provides therapeutic insights into a human disease, P. Chen, D. Wang, H. Chen, Z. Zhou, X. He, 2016
- Decoupling gene functions from knockout effects by evolutionary analyses, L. Liu, M. Liu, D. Zhang, S. Deng, P. Chen, J. Yang, Y. Xie, X. He, 2020
- The loci of environmental adaptations in a model eukaryote, P. Chen, J. Zhang, 2024
