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CHEN Wenjie Associate Professor

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E-mail: wjchen@nwipb.cas.cn

Address: 23# Xinning Lu, Xining, Qinghai, P.R. China

Education and Appointments

December, 2017-Now: Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Associate Professor.

December, 2015- November, 2017: Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Associate Professor (project appointment)

November, 2015- November, 2016: University of Connecticut, visiting scholar.

July, 2012-November, 2015: Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Research Assistant.

September, 2007-June, 2012: studying for Ph. D., Sichuan Agricultural University, major in Crop Genetics and Breeding. The doctorate in agronomy was awarded.

September, 2002-July, 2006: studying for B. S., China West Normal University, major in Biological Science. The Bachelor of Biological Science was awarded.

Research Interest
Molecular Breeding of Triticeae
Public Services
Honors
Seleted Publication

1. Dong Cao, Guangji Ye, Yuan Zong, Bo Zhang, Wenjie Chen, Baolong Liu, Huaigang Zhang(2018). Diversity and distribution of Rc1 alleles in Triticum urartu from the Middle East. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 65(2): 637-644.

2. Dong Cao, Hongxia Wang, Bo Zhang, Baolong Liu, Dengcai Liu, Wenjie Chen, Huaigang Zhang(2018). Genetic diversity of avenin-like b genes in Aegilops tauschii Coss. Genetica, 146(1): 45-51.

3. Amy M. LaFountain, Wenjie Chen, Wei Sun, Shilin Chen, Harry A. Frank, Baoqing Ding, YaoWu Yuan(2017). Molecular basis of overdominance at a flower color locus. G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 7(12): 3947-3954.

4. Di Liu, Wenjie Chen, Bo Zhang, Dengcai Liu, Baolong Liu, Huaigang Zhang(2016). Diversity and distribution of Puroindoline-D1 genes in Aegilops tauschii. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 63(4): 615-625.

5. Bo Zhang, Wenjie Chen, Baolong Liu, Lianquan Zhang, Deyong Zhao, Yuancan Xiao, Dengcai Liu, Huaigang Zhang(2014). Comparison of Grain Zinc and Iron Concentration between Synthetic Hexaploid Wheats and Their Parents. Agricultural Sciences, 5, 1433-1439.

6. Wenjie Chen, Xing Fan, Bo Zhang, Baolong Liu, Zehong Yan, Lianquan Zhang, Zhongwei Yuan, Youliang Zheng, Huaigang Zhang, Dengcai Liu(2012). Novel and ancient HMW glutenin genes from Aegilops tauschii and their phylogenetic positions. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 59(8):1649-1657.

7. Wenjie Chen, Zhongwei Yuan, Lianquan Zhang, Xing Fan, Zehong Yan, Jirui Wang, Youliang Zheng, Huaigang Zhang, Dengcai Liu(2012). Novel HMW glutenin genes from Aegilops tauschii and their unique structures. Genes & Genomics, 34(3): 339-343.

Supported Projects

2016/01-2020/12, the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2016YFD0100500).

2013/08-2018/08, the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA08030106).

2014/01-2016/12, the West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2013/01-2015/12, the Science and Technology Planning Project of Qinghai Province, China (2013-Z-942Q)

2013/01-2015/12, the Open Project of Key Laboratory of Qinghai Province for Plateau Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization.

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