Biosciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Email : chenc@ornl.gov
Chun Ju (Rick) Chen
Postdoctoral Researcher
- Ph.D., Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,2012
- B.Sc. University of Manitoba, Canada, 2007
Research Interests:
- Biophysical and biochemical analysis of highly valuable candidate genes downstream of bioinformatics analysis.
- Biomolecular interaction study and high-throughput methodology development.
- Synthetic biology.
Recent Publications:
- Chen, C.J., Rayment, I., and Gilbert, S.P. (2011). Kinesin Kar3Cik1 ATPase Pathway for Microtubule Cross-linking. J Biol Chem. 286, 29261–29272.
- Rank, K.C.*, Chen, C.J.*, Cope, J., Porche, K., Hoenger, A., Gilbert, S.P., and Rayment, I. (2012). Kar3Vik1, a member of the Kinesin–14 superfamily, shows a novel kinesin microtubule binding pattern.*Co-First Author. J Cell Biol. 197(7):957–70.
- Chen, C.J., Porche, K., Rayment, I., and Gilbert, S.P. (2012). The ATPase Pathway that Drives the Kinesin–14 Kar3Vik1 Powerstroke. J Biol Chem. Accepted.
- Gonzalez, M.A., Cope, J.C., Rank, K.C., Chen, C.J., Tittmann, P., Rayment, I., Gilbert, S.P., and Hoenger, A. (2012). Common Mechanistic Themes for the Powerstroke of Kinesin–14 motors. To be submitted.