Jichao Chen

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
725 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205
jchen35@jhmi.edu


EDUCATION

2001-2006 Ph.D. Molecular Biology and Genetics The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Maryland USA
2004-2006 M.H.S.Bioinformatics The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Maryland USA
1997-2001 B.S.Biochemistry Fudan University, Shanghai China

EXPERIENCE

2001-present Research Assistant, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Maryland USA
1999-2001 Research Assistant, Department of Biochemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai China

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Chen J., Rattner A. and Nathans J., Effects of L1 retrotransposon insertion on transcript processing, localization, and accumulation: lessons from the retinal degeneration 7 mouse and implications for the genomic ecology of L1 elements, Hum Mol Genet. 2006 Jul 1; 15(13):2146-56. Epub 2006 May 24.


  2. Chen J., Rattner A. and Nathans J., The rod photoreceptor-specific nuclear receptor Nr2e3 represses transcription of multiple cone-specific genes, J Neurosci. 2005 Jan 5; 25(1):118-29.


  3. Rattner A., Chen J., and Nathans J., Proteolytic shedding of the extracellular domain of photoreceptor cadherin. Implication for outer segment assembly, J Biol Chem. 2004 Oct 1; 279(40):422020-10. Epub 2004 Jul 28.


  4. Ge X., Chen J., Li N., Lin Y., Sun C., and Cao K., Resistance function of rice lipid transfer protein LTP110, J Biochem Mol Biol. 2003 Nov 30; 36(6):603-7.


  5. Ge X., Chen J., Sun C., and Cao K., Preliminary study on the structural basis of the antifungal activity of a rice lipid transfer protein, Protein Eng. 2003 Jun; 16(6):387-90.


  6. Ge XC, Chen JC, Wang WY, Cao KM and Sun CR, [Construction of the mutants of rice nonspecific lipid transfer protein and expression comparison in two kinds of thioredoxin fusion expression vectors], Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao. 2002 Jan; 18(2):167-71.


  7. Ge XC, Chen JC, Lin Y, Sun CR and Cao KM, [Expression, purification and function of rice nonspecific lipid transfer protein], Sheng Wu Hua Xue Yu Sheng Wu Wu Li Xue Bao (Shanghai). 2002 Jan; 34(1):83-7.


  8. Ge XC, Zong H, Chen JC, Cao KM, Sun CR, Isolation of a rice gene homologous to the human putative tumor suppressor gene QM, CHINESE RICE RESEARCH NEWSLETTER. 2002 Vol. 10 No. 2 P.2-3.

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HONORS

2001Graduation as first place in Fudan School of Life Sciences (117 students)
2000Monsanto Fellowship for distinguished students
 Excellent Student of Fudan University
 Outstanding Student Fellowship of Fudan University
 First rate People Scholarship of Fudan University
1999Monsanto Fellowship for distinguished students
 Excellent Student of Fudan University
 Outstanding Student Fellowship of Fudan University
 First rate People Scholarship of Fudan University
1998Hongkong Sponsor Fellowship for distinguished students
 Excellent Student of Fudan University
 Outstanding Student Fellowship of Fudan University
 Second rate People Scholarship of Fudan University
1997Tan Jiazhen Life Science Fellowship
 The Freshman Fellowship for excellent performance in the National College Entrance Examinations
 (the third highest overall score among more than 20,000 students in Shanghai)