报告题目：Integrative Genomics of Plant Secondary Metabolism
报告人：Feng Chen, Ph.D.
　　　　　　  　Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee,Knoxville, Tennessee

　　时间：2009年5月25日，星期一下午3：00
　　地点：图资楼309会议室


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　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　  能源植物研发中心
　　　　　　　　　　  　　　 　2009年5月21日

　　Brief Introduction：

　　Education
　　Ph.D. in Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, 2000
　　M.Sc. in Genetics, Institute of Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1997
　　B.Sc. in Molecular Biology, Nankai University, China, 1994

　　Research and Teaching Experience
　　09/2004 – present Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
　　02/2001 ？ 08/2004 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
　　08/1997 ？ 12/2000 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis, California.
　　08/1995 ？ 08/1997 Graduate Research Assistant, Institute of Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
　　05/2000 ？ 07/2000 Teaching Assistant, Genes and Gene Expression Course, Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis.
　　09/1998 ？ 03/1999 Lab Teaching Assistant, Genetics Laboratory Course, Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis.

　　Publications
　　Chen, F., Martin R.C., Song SQ, and Nonogaki, H. (2009) Seed Development and Germination. In Plant Tissue Culture: Development and Biotechnology, eds Trigiano R.N. & Gray D.J., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Submitted
　　Lin, J.Y., Wang, N., Pantalone, V.R., and Chen, F. (2009) Genetic engineering of fruit flavors. In Fruit Flavors, eds Chen, F., submitted
　　Navia-Gine W. Gomez SK, Yuan, JS, Chen F and Korth KL (2009). Insect-induced gene expression at the core of volatile terpene release in Medicago truncatula. Plant Sign. Beha. in press
　　Zhao, N., Boyle, B., Duval, I., Ferrer, J., Lin, H., Seguin, A., Mackay, J. and Chen, F. (2009). SABATH methyltransferases from white spruce (Picea glauca [Moench] Voss): Gene cloning, functional characterization and structural analysis. Tree Physiol. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpp023
　　Yuan, J.S., Himanen, S.J., Holopainen, J.K., Chen, F. and Stewart, C.N. (2009). Smelling global climate change: mitigation of function for plant volatile organic compounds. Trends Ecol Evol. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2009.01.012
　　Navia-Gine W., Yuan J.S., Mauromoustakos, A., Murphy, J.B., Chen F. and Korth K.L. (2009) Regulation of an insect-induced E-(beta)-ocimene synthase and other terpene synthases of Medicago truncatula. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 47: 416–425

　　Zhao, N., Guan, J., Forouhar, F., Tschaplinski, T.J., Cheng, C-M., Tong L., and Chen, F. (2009) Two poplar methyl salicylate esterases display comparable biochemical properties but divergent expression patterns. Phytochemistry 70: 37-44

　　Yuan, J.S., K？llner, T.G., Wiggins, G., Grant, J., Degenhardt, J., and Chen, F. (2008) Molecular and genomic basis of volatile-mediated indirect defense against insects in rice. Plant J. 55: 491-503

　　Zhuang, X-F., Klingeman, W.E., Chen, F. (2008) Emission of floral volatiles from Dogwood flowers. J Agri Food Chem. 56: 9570-9574

　　Yuan, J.S., K？llner, T.G., Wiggins, G., Grant, J., Zhao, N., Zhuang, X., Degenhardt, J., and Chen, F. (2008) Elucidation of the genomic basis of indirect plant defense against insects. Plant Sign. Beha. 3: 720-721

　　Zhao, N., Ferrer, J-L., Ross, J., Guan, J., Yang, Y., Pichersky, E., Noel, J.P., and Chen, F. (2008) Structural, biochemical and phylogenetic analyses suggest that indole-3-acetic acid methyltransferase is an evolutionarily ancient member of the SABATH family. Plant Physiol. 146: 455-467

　　Zhao, N., Guan, J., Lin, H., and Chen, F. (2007) Molecular cloning and biochemical characterization of indole-3-acetic acid methyl transferase from poplar. Phytochemistry. 68: 1537-1544

　　Klingeman, W.E., Chen, F., Kim, H.J., and Flanagan, P.C. (2007) Feeding preference of dogwood sawfly larvae indicates resistance in Cornus. J. Environ. Hort. 25: 134-138

　　Nonogaki, H., Chen, F. and Bradford, K.J. (2007). Mechanisms and genes involved in germination sensu stricto. in Seed Development, Dormancy and Germination, eds Bradford, K.J. & Nonogaki, H., Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, U.K., pp 264-304.

　　Yuan, J.S., Yang, X.H., Lai, J.R., Lin, H., Cheng, Z.M., Nonogaki, H. and Chen, F. (2007) The Endo-β-Mannanase gene families in Arabidopsis, rice and poplar. Functional and Integrative Genomics. 7: 1-16

　　Tholl, D., Chen, F., Iijima, Y., Fridman, E., Gang, D.R., Lewinsohn, E., and Pichersky, E. (2007) Identifying substrates and products of enzymes of plant volatile biosynthesis with the help of metabolic profiling. In Concepts in Plant Metabolomics, eds Nikolau B.J. and Syrkin Wurtele E, Springer Netherlands, pp 169-182.

　　Chen, F., Cseke, L., Lin, H., Kirakosyam, A., Yuan, J., and Kaufman, P. (2006) The study of plant natural product biosynthesis in the pre-genomics and genomics eras. In Natural Products from Plants, Second Edition, CRC Press. pp203-220

　　Chen, F., Ro, D-k., Petri, J., Gershenzon, J., Bohlmann, J., Pichersky, E., and Tholl E. (2004) Characterization of a root-specific Arabidopsis terpene synthase responsible for the formation of the volatile monoterpene 1,8-Cineole. Plant Physiol. 135: 1956-1966

　　Chen, F., D’Auria, J.C., Tholl, D., Ross, J.R., Gershenzon, J., Noel, J.P., and Pichersky, E. (2003) An Arabidopsis gene for methylsalicylate biosynthesis, identified by a biochemical genomics approach, has a role in defense. Plant J. 36: 577-588

　　Chen, F., Tholl D., D’Auria, J.C., Farooq, A., Pichersky, E., and Gershenzon, J. (2003) Biosynthesis and emission of terpenoid volatiles from Arabidopsis flowers. Plant Cell 15: 481-494

　　Chen, F., Nonogaki, H., and Bradford, K.J. (2002) A gibberellin-regulated xyloglucan endotransglycosylase gene is expressed in the endosperm cap during tomato seed germination. J. Exp. Bot. 53: 215-223

　　Chen, F., Dahal, P., and Bradford, K.J. (2001) Two tomato expansin genes show divergent expression and localization in embryos during seed development and germination. Plant Physiol. 127: 928-936

　　Chen, F., and Bradford, K.J. (2000) Expression of an expansin gene is associated with endosperm cap weakening during tomato seed germination. Plant Physiol. 124: 1265-1274