LuChen

Population genetics, convergent evolution, local adaptation, gene regulation

Basic

  • Lu Chen (陈露)
  • PHD
  • HuaZhong Agricultural University
  • 2020

Contact

  • 155XXXXXXXX
  • chenlu2023@zju.edu.cn
  • github.com/conniecl

Education

  • HuaZhong Agricultural University - Bioinformatics (Bachelor) 2011-2015

  • HuaZhong Agricultural University - Genomics (PhD) 2015-2020

    Maize functional genomics

Academic Employment 

  • Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences－Postdoc 2021-2022

    C4 plant evoultion

  • College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University－Principle investigator 2023-

    Crop evoultion

Publications 

  • (# equal contribution, * corresponding, [citations])

  • Chen L#, Luo J#, Jin M#, Yang N#*, Liu X, Peng Y, Li W, Philips A, Cameron B, Bernal J, Rellan-Alvarez R, Sawers R, Qing L, Yin Y, Ye X, Yan J, Zhang Q, Zhang X, Wu S, Gui S, Wei W, Wang Y, Luo Y, Jiang C, Deng M, Jin M, Jian L, Yu Y, Zhang M, Yang X, Hufford M, Fernie A, Warburton M, Ross-Ibarra J* & Yan J*. Genome sequencing reveals evidence of adaptive variation in Zea. (Nature Genetics 10.1038/s41588-022-01184-y)

    Study the evolution history, diversity and local adaptation of Zea.

  • Chen L & Yan J. Adaptive variation in wild relatives of modern maize has potential use in breeding. (Nature Genetics 10.1038/s41588-022-01186-w)

    Research Briefing. Comments from reviewer and editor, behind story of the above papaer.

  • Chen W#, Chen L#, Zhang X#, Yang N#, Guo J, Wang M, Ji S, Zhao X, Yin P, Cai L, Xu J, Zhang L, Han Y, Xiao Y, Xu G, Wang Y, Wang S, Wu S, Yang F, Jackson D, Cheng J, Chen S, Sun C, Qin F, Tian F, Fernie A, Li J*, Yan J*, Yang X*. (2022). Convergent selection of a WD40 protein that enhance grain yield in maize and rice. Science, 375 (6587), eabg7985. [21]

    Exploring the convergent evolution in maize and rice.

  • Chen L#, Zhang P#, Fan Y#, Lu Q, Li Q, Yan J, Gary J, Dai M. & Li L*. (2018). Circular RNAs mediated by transposons are associated with transcriptomic and phenotypic variation in maize. New Phytologist, 217 (3), 1292-1306. [78]

    Developing the algorithm of circRNA identification in complex genome, revel the biogenesis and potential function of maize circular RNA.

  • Li X#, Chen L#, Zhang Q, Sun Y, Li Q.* & Yan J*. (2019). BRIF-seq: bisulfite-converted randomly integrated fragments sequencing at single cell level. Molecular Plant, 12 (3), 436-446. [9]

    Developing the mapping algorithm of BRIF-seq and explore the reprogramming process in maize.