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Cheng Chen
Veterinary Medicine
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Chloroplast
Division
Mechanisms
Organelle
Cell
Coordination
Regulation
Non-Green
Plastids
Amyloplasts
Areas of Focus
- Chloroplast division mechanisms
- Coordination of organelle and cell division
- Regulation of non-green plastids like amyloplasts
Work Experience
- 2014-2019 - Postdoctoral Researcher, Michigan State University, Laboratory of Professor Katherine W. Osteryoung
- 2019-present - Faculty at School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006 - Bachelor of Engineering in Bioengineering, Shenyang Agricultural University
- 2012 - PhD in Cell Biology, China Agricultural University, Supervisor: Professor Yuan Ming
- Funded by the National Scholarship Council for doctoral research at UC Davis, USA
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
- The Molecular Machinery of Chloroplast Division, Chen, C., MacCready, J.S., Ducat, D.C. and Osteryoung, K.W., 2018
- Conserved Dynamics of Chloroplast Cytoskeletal FtsZ Proteins Across Photosynthetic Lineages, TerBush, A.D., MacCready, J.S., Chen, C., Ducat, C.D. and Osteryoung, K.W., 2018
- Roles of Arabidopsis PARC6 in Coordination of the Chloroplast Division Complex and Negative Regulation of FtsZ Assembly, Zhang, M., Chen, C., Froehlich, J.E., Terbush, A.D. and Osteryoung, K.W., 2016
- Phloem Long-distance Delivery of FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) to the Apex, Yoo, S.-C., Chen, C., Rojas, M., Daimon, Y., Ham, B.-K., Araki, T. and Lucas, W.J., 2013
- The Actin Cytoskeleton Is Involved in the Regulation of the Plasmodesmal Size Exclusion Limit, Chen, C., Zhang, Y., Zhu, L. and Yuan, M., 2010
- Cucumber Mosaic Virus Movement Protein Severs Actin Filaments to Increase the Plasmodesmal Size Exclusion Limit in Tobacco, Su, S., Liu, Z., Chen, C., Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Zhu, L., Miao, L., Wang, X., C. and Ming, Y., 2010
Awards
- Shanghai Overseas High-level Talents
- Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan (Category A)
