Areas of Focus
- Chloroplast biology
- Organelle biology in plant growth and development
- Regulation of non-green plastids like amyloplasts
Work Experience
- 2010-2011 - University of California, Davis, Visiting Scholar
- 2014-2019 - Michigan State University, Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2019-present - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Department of Plant Sciences, Tenured Associate Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006 - Bachelor of Engineering in Bioengineering, Shenyang Agricultural University
- 2012 - PhD in Cell Biology, China Agricultural University, Supervisor: Professor Yuan Ming
- Selected for Shanghai Overseas High-level Talents, Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan (Class A)
Publications
- The Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplast division protein FtsZ1 counterbalances FtsZ2 filament stability in vitro, Porter, K.J., Cao, L., Chen, Y., TerBush, A.D., Chen, C., Erickson, H.P. and Osteryoung, K.W., 2021
- ORHis, a natural variant of OR, specifically interacts with plastid division factor ARC3 to regulate chromoplast number and carotenoid accumulation, Sun, T., Yuan, H., Chen, C., Kadirjan-Kalbach, D.K., Mazourek, M., Osteryoung, K.W. and Li, L., 2020
- ARC3 Activation by PARC6 Promotes FtsZ-Ring Remodeling at the Chloroplast Division Site, Chen, C., Cao, L., Yang, Y., Porter, K. and Osteryoung, K.W., 2019
Awards
- Shanghai Overseas High-level Talents
- Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan (Class A)
