CHEN LAB

2020- present College of Plant Science and Technology
Huazhong Agricultural University

2014-2020 Postdoctoral researcher at John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
2012-2014 Postdoctoral researcher at Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, CAS
2010-2012 Joint education of North East Forestry University(China) and University of Florida (USA)

Insect Physiology and Biochemistry《昆虫生理生化》 (Chinese+English, for Master)
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology《昆虫生物化学与分子生物学》 (Chinese, for Ph.D student)

Entomological Society of China – Committee of Insect Genomics（中国昆虫学会昆虫基因组学专委会）

Entomological Society of China – Committee of Insect Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology（中国昆虫学会昆虫生理生化与分子专委会）

China Ecological Society – Chemical Ecology Professional Committee（中国生态学学会化学生态专业委员会）

Cross-Kingdom RNAs in Insect-Plant Interactions: Discovery, Functions, Visualization, and Applications. May 22. Invited Speaker, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Shanghai, China
Plant-induced transcriptional plasticity diverges between generalist and specialist herbivores. April 25. Invited Speaker, Academic Symposium on Insect Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology, Yangzhou, China

Brown planthoppers translocate lncRNA transcripts into rice plants to promote colonization. November 2. Keynote Speaker, 14th National Academic Symposium on Chemical Ecology, Wuhan, China
Brown planthoppers translocate lncRNA transcripts into rice plants to promote colonization. October 12. Invited Speaker, 7th International Conference on Biotic Plant Interactions, Hangzhou, China
Brown planthoppers translocate lncRNA transcripts into rice plants to promote colonization. August 23. Oral Presentation, XXVII International Congress of Entomology, Kyoto, Japan
RNA-mediated aphid-plant interactions. July 25. Invited Speaker, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Entomology Forum, Guangzhou, China

Genetic basis of host-driven transcriptional plasticity in aphids. December 8: Invited Speaker, Insect Genomics Frontier Forum, Zhenjiang, China
RNA-mediated aphid-plant interactions. June 4. Invited Speaker, Xinan University (Online)

Cross-kingdom RNA-mediated insect-plant interactions. June 17. Invited Speaker, Nanjing Agricultural University (Online)
An aphid RNA transcript migrates systemically within plants and is a virulence factor. March 15. Invited Speaker, Scientific Summit Lecture Series (科学高峰大讲堂Online)

New insights into plant-insect interactions. December 23. Invited Speaker, Southern University of Science and Technology (Online)
An aphid RNA transcript migrates systemically within plants and is a virulence factor. November 15. Invited Speaker, 1st International Symposium on Plant Biotic Interactions and Plant Health, Wuhan, China
Transcriptional Plasticity-Regulated Cross-Kingdom RNA Modulates Insect-Plant Interactions. October 13. Keynote Speaker, Annual Academic Conference of Chinese Entomology 2021, Xi’an, China
New insights into plant-insect interactions. October 8. Invited Speaker, 6th International Conference on Biotic Plant Interactions (Online)
New insights into plant-insect interactions. January 14. Invited Speaker, Hubei University, Wuhan, China

An aphid RNA transcript migrates systemically within plants and is a virulence factor. November 6. Invited Speaker, National Symposium on Research of Agricultural and Forestry Pathogen Vector Insects, Zhengzhou, China