Meng Chen, Assistant Professor  

Meng Chen

Education:
Postdoctoral Fellow, The Salk Institute, 2005
Ph.D., Plant Physiology, Iowa State University, 1999
B.S./M.S., Biochemistry, Iowa State University, 1994

Office Location: FFSC: 4212
Office Phone: (919) 684-8442
Email Address: chen.meng@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.plasticgenome.org/

Specialties:
Cell and Molecular Biology
Genetics
Developmental Biology
Genomics

Research Categories: Light signal transduction in plants

Research Description: How cellular genetic programs are regulated by environmental cues is a fundamental question in developmental biology. Our lab uses the light-dependent plant seedling development (or photomorphogenesis) as a model system to address this question. In particular, we focus on two research areas: (1) To understand the relationship between changes in subnuclear organization and light signaling; (2) To investigate the molecular mechanism by which light triggers chloroplast differentiation. We use Arabidopsis thaliana as a model species and complementary genetic, cell biological, biochemical, and molecular biological approaches.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

  1. Fankhauser C, Chen M., Transposing phytochrome into the nucleus., Trends Plant Sci. (September 26, 2008) [18824397]  [abs].
  2. M Chen, Phytochrome nuclear body: an emerging model to study interphase nuclear dynamics and signaling., Current opinion in plant biology (August, 2008)  [abs].
  3. M Chen, Y Tao, J Lim, A Shaw, J Chory, Regulation of phytochrome B nuclear localization through light-dependent unmasking of nuclear-localization signals., Curr Biol, England, vol. 15 no. 7 (April, 2005), pp. 637-42 (ISSN: 0960-9822.)  [abs].
  4. M Chen, J Chory, C Fankhauser, Light signal transduction in higher plants., Annu Rev Genet, United States, vol. 38 (2004), pp. 87-117 (, ISSN: 0066-4197.)  [abs].
  5. M Chen, R Schwab, J Chory, Characterization of the requirements for localization of phytochrome B to nuclear bodies., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, United States, vol. 100 no. 24 (November, 2003), pp. 14493-8 (ISSN: 0027-8424.)  [abs].

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