Rujin ChenDegree:PHD / Title:Professor

Bio

工作经历

1991-1996年在美国密歇根州立大学 (Michigan State University) 任研究生助理。1997-2002年在美国威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校 (University of Wisconsin-Madison) 从事博士后研究。2002年8月起在美国诺贝研究所 (Noble Research Institute,LLC.,前身为赛谬尔罗博特诺贝基金会,The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.)任助理教授,2010年10月晋升为副教授。2017年12月至今任兰州大学生命科学学院全职教授(二级)。

Academic Appointments

学习经历

1996 美国密歇根州立大学 (Michigan State University), 生物化学, 博士 (Ph.D.)

1987 中国科学院植物研究所 (Institute of Botany, CAS), 植物生理生化, 硕士 (M.S.)

1984 兰州大学 (Lanzhou University), 植物学, 学士 (B.S.)

Publications

发表论文及专著

Publication (*Corresponding author)

Ma, Y.,Chen, R.*(2021) N and P signaling and transport during legume-rhizobium symbiosis.Frontiers in Plant Science(Provisionally accepted).

Wang, T., Ren, L., Li, C., Zhang, D., Zhang X., Zhou, G., Gao, D.,Chen, R.,Chen, Y., Wang, Z., Shi, F., Farmer, A., Li, Y., Zhou, M., Young, N., Zhang, W. (2021) The genome of a wildMedicagospecies provides insights into the tolerant mechanisms of legume forage to environmental stress.BMC Biology, 19, 96.

Ng, J., Welvaert, A., Wen, J.,Chen, R.,Mathesius, U. (2020) TheMedicago truncatulaPIN2 auxin transporter mediates basipetal auxin transport but is not necessary for nodulation.Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(4), 1562-1573.

Ge, L.* andChen, R.*(2019) NEGATIVE GRAVITROPIC RESPONSE OF ROOTS directs auxin flow to control root gravitropism.Plant Cell & Environment,42, 2372-2383.

Liu, J., Rutten, L., Limpens, E., van der Molen, T., van Velzen, R.,Chen, R.,Chen, Y., Geurts, R., Kohlen, W., Kulikova, O., Bisseling T. (2019) A remotecis-regulatory region is required forNINexpression in the pericycle to initiate nodule primordium formation inMedicago truncatula.Plant Cell,31(1), 68-83.

Chen, R.*(2019) Compound leaf development inMedicago truncatula. In: The Model LegumeMedicago truncatula. Ed. Frans J. DeBruijn (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.), DOI: 10.1002/9781119409144.ch19.

Chen, Y., Xi, J. andChen, R.*(2019)Medicago truncatulaESN1, a key regulator of nodule development and symbiotic nitrogen fixation. In: The Model LegumeMedicago truncatula.Ed. Frans J. DeBruijn (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.), DOI: 10.1002/9781119409144.ch87.

Kontra-Kováts, G., Fodor, L., Horváth, B., Domonkos, Á., Iski, G., Chen, Y.,Chen, R. and Kaló, P. (2019) Isolation and characterization of the non-transposon symbiotic nitrogen fixing mutants ofMedicago truncatula. In: The Model LegumeMedicago truncatula.Ed. Frans J. DeBruijn (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.), DOI: 10.1002/9781119409144.ch129.

Chen, R.*(2018) Functional genomics and genetic control of compound leaf development inMedicago truncatula: an overview.MMethods in Molecular Biology,1822, 197-203.

Chen, Y. andChen, R.*(2018) Physical mutagenesis inMedicago truncatulausing Fast Neutron Bombardment (FNB) for symbiosis and developmental biology studies.Methods in Molecular Biology,1822, 61-69.

Xi, J., Chen, H., Bai, W., Yang, R., Yang, P.,Chen, R., Hu, T. and Wang, S. (2018) Sodium-related adaptation to drought: New insights from the xerophyte plantZygophyllum xanthoxylum.Frontiers in Plant Science,doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01678.

Chen, Y., Wang, X., Lu, S., Li, S. andChen, R.*(2017) An array-based comparative genomic hybridization platform for detection of copy number variations in fast neutron inducedMedicago truncatulamutants.Journal of Visualized Experiments,http://www.jove.com/video/56470.

Wang, T., Zhao, M., Zhang, X., Liu, M., Yang, C., Chen, Y.,Chen, R., Wen, J., Mysore, K., Zhang, W. (2017) Novel phosphate deficiency-responsive long non-coding RNAs in a legume model plantMedicago truncatula.Journal of Experimental Botany, 68(21-22): 5937-5948.

Peng, J., Berbel, A., Madueno, F. andChen, R.*(2017) AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR3 regulates compound leaf patterning by directly repressingPALMATE-LIKE PENTAFOLIATA1expression inMedicago truncatula.Frontiers in Plant Science,doi; 10.3389/fpls.2017.01630.

Liao, F., Peng, J. andChen, R.*(2017) LeafletAnalyzer, an automated software for quantifying, comparing and classifying blade and serration features of compound leaves during development, and among induced mutants and natural variants in the legumeMedicago truncatula.Front.Frontiers in Plant Science,10.3389/fpls.2017.00915.

Ge, L., Yu, J., Wang, H., Luth, D., Bai, G., Wang, K. andChen, R.*(2016) Increasing seed size and quality by manipulatingBIG SEEDS1gene in legumes.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.,113: 12414-12419.

Ge, L. andChen, R.*(2016) Negative gravitropism in plant roots.Nature Plants,2: 16155.

Wang, T.-Z., Liu, M., Zhao, M-G.,Chen, R.and W.-H. Zhang (2015) Identification and characterization of long non-coding RNAs involved in osmotic and salt stress inMedicago truncatulausing genome-wide high-throughput sequencing.BMC Plant Biology, 15(1): 131.

Paez-Garcia, A., Motes, C. M., Scheible, W-R.,Chen, R.,Blancaflor, E. B. and M.J. Monteros (2015) Root traits and phenotyping strategies for plant improvement.Plants,4(2): 334-355.

Kim, M., Chen, Y., Xi, J., Waters, C.,Chen, R.and Wang, D. (2015) An antimicrobial peptide essential for bacterial survival in the nitrogen-fixing symbiosis.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.,112(49): 15238-15243.

Horváth, P., Domonkos, Á., Kereszt, A., Szűcs, A., Ábrahám, E., Ayaydin, F., Bóka, K., Chen, Y.,Chen, R.,Murray, J., Udvardi, M., Kondorosi, É., Kaló, L. (2015) Loss of the nodule-specific cysteine rich peptide, NCR169, abolishes symbiotic nitrogen fixation in theMedicago truncatula dnf7mutant.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.,112(49): 15232-15237.

Lauressergues, D., André, O., Peng, J., Wen, J.,Chen, R.,Ratet, P., Tadege, M., Mysore, K. S and S. F. Rochange (2015) Strigolactones contribute to shoot elongation and to the formation of leaf margin serrations inMedicago truncatulaR108.Journal of Experimental Botany,66(5): 1237-1244.

Jha, A.K., Wang, Y., Hercyk, B. S., Shin, H-S,Chen, R.and M. Yang (2014) The role for CYCLIN A1; 2/TARDY ASYNCHRONOUS MEIOSIS in differentiated cells in Arabidopsis.Plant Molecular Biology, 85(1-2): 81-94.

Ge, L., Peng, J., Berbel, A., Madueño, F. andChen, R.*(2014) Regulation of compound leaf development byPHANTASTICAinMedicago truncatula.Plant Physiology, 164(1): 216-228.

Ge, L. andChen, R.*(2014) PHANTASTICA regulates leaf polarity and petiole identity inMedicago truncatula.Plant Signaling & Behavior,9(3): e28121.

Xi, J., Chen, Y., Nakashima, J., Wang, S-M. andChen, R.*(2013)Medicago truncatula esn1defines a genetic locus involved in nodule senescence and symbiotic nitrogen fixation.Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions,26(8): 893-902.

Wang, Y. andChen, R.*(2013) Regulation of Compound Leaf Development.Plants,3(1): 1-17.

Peng, J., Ge, L., Wang, Y. andChen, R.* (2013) Signaling and transport of auxin and plant development. In: Polar Auxin Transport, eds. Chen, R. and Baluska F., Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 239-258.

Uppalapati, S.R., Ishiga, Y., Doraiswamy, V., Bedair, M., Mittal, S., Chen, J., Nakashima, J., Tang, Y., Tadege, M., Ratet, P.,Chen, R.,Schultheiss, H., and K. Mysore (2012) Loss of abaxial leaf epicuticular wax inMedicago truncatula irg1/palm1mutants results in reduced spore differentiation of anthracnose and nonhost rust pathogens.Plant Cell24(1): 353-370.

Pislariu, C., Murray, J., Wen, J., Cosson, V., Duvvuru Muni, R., Wang, M., Benedito, V., Andriankaja, A., Cheng, X., Mondy, S., Zhang, S., Taylor, M.; Tadege, M., Ratet, P., Mysore, K.,Chen, R.and M. Udvardi (2012) AMedicago truncatulatobacco retrotransposon insertion mutant collection with defects in nodule development and symbiotic nitrogen fixation.Plant Physiology, 159(4): 1686-1699.

Cheng, X., Peng, J., Ma, J., Tang, Y.,Chen, R.,Mysore, K.S. and Wen, J. (2012) NO APICAL MERISTEM (MtNAM) regulates floral organ identity and lateral organ separation inMedicago truncatula.New Phytologist,195(1): 71-84.

Chen, J., Moreau, C., Liu, Y., Kawaguchi, M., Hofer, J., Ellis, N. andChen, R.*(2012) Conserved genetic determinant of motor organ identity inMedicago truncatulaand related legumes.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.,109(29): 11723-11728.

Zhou, Z.Y., Zhang, C.G., Wu, L., Chai, J., Wang, M., Jha, A., Jia, P.F., Cui, S.J., Yang, M.,Chen, R.*and G.Q. Guo* (2011) Functional characterization of theCKRC1/TAA1gene and dissection of hormonal actions in theArabidopsisroot.Plant Journal, 66(3): 516-527.

Peng, J., Yu, J., Wang, H., Guo, Y., Li, G., Bai, G. andChen, R.* (2011) Regulation of compound leaf development inMedicago truncatulabyfused compound leaf1, a class MKNOXgene.Plant Cell, 23(11): 3929-3943.

Peng, J. andChen, R.*(2011) Auxin efflux transporter MtPIN10 regulates compound leaf and flower development inMedicago truncatula.Plant Signaling & Behavior,6(10): 1537-1544.

Murray, J.D., Duvvuru Muni, R., Torres-Jerez, I., Tang, Y., Allen, S., Andriankaja, M., Li, G., Laxmi, A., Cheng, X., Vaughan, D., Schultze, M., Sun, J., Charpentier, M., Oldroyd, G., Tadege, M., Ratet, R., Mysore, K. S.,Chen, R.and Udvardi, M. (2011)Vapyrin, a gene essential for intracellular progression of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, is also essential for infection by rhizobia in the nodule symbiosis ofMedicago truncatula.Plant Journal,65(2): 244-252.

Wang, Y., Jha, A. K.,Chen, R.,Doonan, J. H. and M. Yang (2010) Polyploidy‐associated genomic instability in Arabidopsis thaliana.Genesis, 48(4): 254-263.

Chen, J., Yu, J., Ge, L., Wang, H., Berbel, A., Yu, L., Chen, Y., Li, G., Tadege, M., Wen, J., Cosson, V., Mysore, K. S., Ratet, P., Madueno, F., Bai, G. andChen, R.*(2010) Control of dissected leaf morphology by a Cys (2) His (2) zinc finger transcription factor in the model legumeMedicago truncatula.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.,107(23): 10754-10759.

Ge, L., Chen, J. andChen, R.*(2010)Palmate-like pentafoliata1encodes a novel Cys (2) His (2) zinc finger transcription factor essential for compound leaf morphogenesis inMedicago truncatula.Plant Signaling & Behavior,5(9): 1134-1137.

Rogers, C., Wen, J.,Chen, R.and Oldroyd, G. (2009) Deletion-based reverse genetics in Medicago truncatula.Plant Physiology, 151(3): 1077-1086.

Pan, J., Fujioka, S., Peng, J., Chen, J., Li, G. andChen, R.*(2009) The E3 ubiquitin ligase SCFTIR1/AFB and membrane sterols play key roles in auxin regulation of endocytosis, recycling, and plasma membrane accumulation of the auxin efflux transporter PIN2 inArabidopsis thaliana.Plant Cell,21(2): 568-580.

Zhou, X., Wang, Y.Z., Smith, J.S. andChen, R.(2008) Altered expression patterns ofTCPandMYBgenes relating to the floral developmental transition from initial zygomorphy to actinomorphy inBournea(Gesneriaceae).New Phytologist, 178: 532-543.

Wang, H., Chen, J., Wen, J., Tadege, M., Li, G., Liu, Yu, Mysore, K. S., Ratet, P. andChen, R.*(2008) Control of compound leaf development byFLORICAULA/LEAFYorthologSINGLE LEAFLET1inMedicago truncatula.Plant Physiology, 146(4): 1759-1772.

Laxmi, A., Pan, J., Morsy, M. andChen, R.*(2008) Light plays an essential role in intracellular distribution of auxin efflux carrier PIN2 inArabidopsis thaliana.PLoS ONE, 3(1): e1510.

Udvardi, M., Benedito, V., Zhang, J., Murray, J., Torrez-Jerez, I.,Chen, R(2007) Genomics ofMedicago truncatula: advances and potential use in other species.LOTUS NEWSLETTER, p. 93.

Sedbrook, J., Boonsirichai, K.,Chen, R.,Hilson, P., Pearlman, R., Rosen, E., Rutherford, R., Battiza, A., Carroll, K., Schulz, T. (2007) Molecular genetics of root gravitropism and waving inArabidopsis thaliana.Gravitational and Space Research, 2007. 11(2).

Wang, H., Li, G. andChen, R.*(2006) Fast neutron bombardment (FNB) mutagenesis for forward and reverse genetic studies in plants. In: Floriculture, Ornamental and Plant Biotechnology: Advances and Topical Issues (1st Ed). J.A.T.d. Silva, ed., 629-639.

Shin, H., Shin, H‐S.,Chen, R.and M.J. Harrison (2006) Loss of At4 function impacts phosphate distribution between the roots and the shoots during phosphate starvation.Plant Journal, 45(5): 712-726.

Chen, R.* and P. Masson(2006) Auxin transport and recycling of PIN proteins in plants. In: Plant Endocytosis. p. 139-157.

Zimmermann, P., Hennig, L., Gruissem, W., Baluška, F., Barlow, P. W., Baskin, T. I.,Chen, R.,Feldman, L., Forde, B. G., Geisler, M., Judy J., Diedrik M., Dieter V., Pierre D., Melinda L-R. and S. O. Prasher (2005) 413 Green plants as intelligent organisms.Trends in Plant Science, 10(9): 407-458.

Shin, H., Shin, H‐S., Guo, Z., Blancaflor, E. B., Masson, P. H. andChen, R.*(2005) Complex regulation of Arabidopsis AGR1/PIN2‐mediated root gravitropic response and basipetal auxin transport by cantharidin‐sensitive protein phosphatases.Plant Journal, 42(2): 188-200.

Baluška, F., Barlow, P. W., Baskin, T. I.,Chen, R.,Feldman, L., Forde, B. G., Geisler, M., Jernstedt, J., Menzel, D., Muday, G. K., Murphy, A., Šamaj, J., Taiz, L. and D. Volkmann (2005) What is apical and what is basal in plant root development?Trends in Plant Science, 10(9): 409-411.

Peer, W.A., Bandyopadhyay, A., Blakeslee, J. J., Makam, S. N.,Chen, R.,Masson, P. H. and A.S. Murphy (2004) Variation in expression and protein localization of the PIN family of auxin efflux facilitator proteins in flavonoid mutants with altered auxin transport inArabidopsis thaliana.Plant Cell, 16(7): 1898-1911.

Hou, G., Kramer, Victoria L., Wang, Y‐S.,Chen, R.,Perbal, G., Gilroy, S. and E.B. Blancaflor (2004) The promotion of gravitropism in Arabidopsis roots upon actin disruption is coupled with the extended alkalinization of the columella cytoplasm and a persistent lateral auxin gradient.Plant Journal, 39(1): 113-125.

Boonsirichai, K., Sedbrook, J. C.,Chen, R.,Gilroy, S. and P.H. Masson (2003) ALTERED RESPONSE TO GRAVITY is a peripheral membrane protein that modulates gravity-induced cytoplasmic alkalinization and lateral auxin transport in plant statocytes.Plant Cell, 15(11): 2612-2625.

Masson, P.H., Tasaka, M., Morita, M. T., Guan, C.,Chen, R.and K. Boonsirichai (2002)Arabidopsis thaliana: a model for the study of root and shoot gravitropism.The Arabidopsis Book, 2002: e0043.

Chen, R.,Guan, C., Boonsirichai, K. and P.H. Masson (2002) Complex physiological and molecular processes underlying root gravitropism.Plant Molecular Biology, 49(3-4): 305-317.

Boonsirichai, K., Guan, C.,Chen, R.and P. Masson (2002) Root gravitropism: an experimental tool to investigate basic cellular and molecular processes underlying mechanosensing and signal transmission in plants.Annual Review of Plant Biology, 53(1): 421-447.

Sedbrook, J.C.,Chen, R.and P.H. Masson (1999)ARG1(altered response to gravity) encodes a DnaJ-like protein that potentially interacts with the cytoskeleton.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.,96(3): 1140-1145.

Rosen, E.,Chen, R.and P.H. Masson (1999) Root gravitropism: a complex response to a simple stimulus?Trends in Plant Science, 4(10): 407-412.

Chen, R.,Rosen, E. and P.H. Masson (1999) Gravitropism in higher plants.Plant Physiology, 120(2): 343-350.

Chen, R.,Silver, David L and F.J. de Bruijn (1998) Nodule Parenchyma-Specific Expression of theSesbania rostrataEarly Nodulin GeneSrEnod2Is Mediated by Its 3’-Untranslated Region.Plant Cell, 10(10): 1585-1602.

Chen, R.,Hilson, P., Sedbrook, J., Rosen, E., Caspar, T. and P.H. Masson (1998) TheArabidopsis thaliana AGRAVITROPIC 1gene encodes a component of the polar-auxin-transport efflux carrier.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.,95(25): 15112-15117.

Silver, D.L., Pinaev, A.,Chen, R.and F.J. de Bruijn (1996) Posttranscriptional regulation of theSesbania rostrataearly nodulin geneSrEnod2by cytokinin.Plant Physiology, 112(2): 559-567.

Chen, R.and F. de Bruijn (1995) Regulation and function of theSesbania rostrataearly nodulin geneEnod2. In: Nitrogen Fixation: Fundamentals and Applications. , W.E. I. A. Tikhonovich; V. J. Romanov; N. A. Provorov; Newton, ed., p. 502.

Bruijn, F.J.,Chen, R.,Fujimoto, S. Y., Pinaev, A., Silver, D. and K. Szczyglowski (1994) Regulation of nodulin gene expression.Plant and Soil, 161(1): 59-68.

De Bruijn, F.J.,Chen, R.,Dehio, C., Goel, A., Reiser, S. and K. Szczyglowski (1992) Hormones and nodule formation: cytokinin induction of theSesbania rostrataearly nodulin geneEnod2. In: Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation in Rice: Potential and Prospects. , G.S.K.a.J. Bennett, ed., p. 33-40.

Wu, N.,Chen, R.,Kuang, T. and P.-S. Tang (1989) Isolation and mapping ofpsaAgene coding for the reaction center chlorophyll a apoprotein of photosystem I from rice (Oryza sativa) chloroplast genome.Chinese Journal of Botany, 1(1): 2-8.

Kang, W., Sun, B.,Chen, R.(1986) A microscopic study of flower development of "Lanzhou melon-5" melon.Act. Bot. Bor.-occ Sinica, 6(3): 177-181.

Book editor

Chen, R.and Baluska, F. (2013) Polar Auxin Transport. Series: Signaling and Communication in Plants. Vol. 17, 2013, VII, 330 p, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.