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mathematical modeling, biophysics, mitosis, spindle assembly, gene expression control, bacterial motility
United States

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Employment (3)

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Blacksburg, VA, US

2022-06-07 to present | Associate Professor (Biological Sciences)
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Jing Chen

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University College of Science: Blacksburg, VA, US

2016-01-01 to 2022-06-06 | Assistant Professor (Biological Sciences)
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Jing Chen

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute: Bethesda, MD, US

2010-06 to 2016-01 | Research Fellow (Theoretical Cellular Physics)
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Jing Chen

Education and qualifications (3)

University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

2004-08-16 to 2010-05-14 | PhD (Biophysics)
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Jing Chen

Technische Universität München: Munchen, Bayern, DE

2002-10 to 2004-10 | M.S. (Mathematics in Biosciences)
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Jing Chen

Fudan University: Shanghai, Shanghai, CN

1998-09-01 to 2002-07-01 | B.S. (Biology)
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Jing Chen

Professional activities (5)

Biophysical Journal: Rockville, MD, US

2022-01-01 to present | Editorial board member
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Jing Chen

PLoS Computational Biology: San Francisco, CA, US

2020 to present | Guest editor
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American Physical Society: College Park, Maryland, US

2019 to present
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Jing Chen

American Society for Cell Biology: Bethesda, MD, US

2011 to present
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Biophysical Society: Rockville, Maryland, US

2007 to present
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Funding (1)

Mathematical modeling of spatiotemporal and mechanical processes in cellular functions

2020-09-01 to 2025-08-31 | Grant
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: R35GM138370
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Jing Chen via DimensionsWizard

Works (22)

Mathematical modeling of mechanosensitive reversal control in Myxococcus xanthus

Frontiers in Microbiology
2024-01-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1664-302X
Contributors: Yirui Chen; Elias J. Topo; Beiyan Nan; Jing Chen
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Jing Chen

A fine balance among key biophysical factors is required for recovery of bipolar mitotic spindle from monopolar and multipolar abnormalities

Molecular Biology of the Cell
2023-08-01 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1059-1524
Part of ISSN: 1939-4586
Contributors: Xiaochu Li; Mathew Bloomfield; Alexandra Bridgeland; Daniela Cimini; Jing Chen
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Jing Chen

Mitotic checkpoint gene expression is tuned by codon usage bias

The EMBO Journal
2022-08 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0261-4189
Part of ISSN: 1460-2075
Contributors: Eric Esposito; Douglas Weidemann; Jessie M Rogers; Claire M Morton; Erod Keaton Baybay; Jing Chen; Silke Hauf
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Jing Chen

Mechanical limitation of bacterial motility mediated by growing cell chains

Biophysical Journal
2022-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0006-3495
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Jing Chen

Flagellar Motor Transformed: Biophysical Perspectives of the Myxococcus xanthus Gliding Mechanism

Frontiers in Microbiology
2022-05-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1664-302X
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Jing Chen

Mathematical analysis of robustness of oscillations in models of the mammalian circadian clock

PLOS Computational Biology
2022-03-18 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1553-7358
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Jing Chen

Resolving the Rules of Robustness and Resilience in Biology Across Scales

Integrative and Comparative Biology
2021-08-24 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1540-7063
Part of ISSN: 1557-7023
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Jing Chen

Roadmap on emerging concepts in the physical biology of bacterial biofilms: from surface sensing to community formation.

Physical biology
2021-06-23 | Journal article
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Jing Chen

Spindle Architectural Features Must Be Considered Along With Cell Size to Explain the Timing of Mitotic Checkpoint Silencing.

Frontiers in physiology
2021-01-01 | Journal article
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Jing Chen

Asymmetric clustering of centrosomes defines the early evolution of tetraploid cells

eLife
2020-04-29 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2050-084X
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Jing Chen

Critical role of deadenylation in regulating poly(A) rhythms and circadian gene expression

PLOS Computational Biology
2020-04-27 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1553-7358
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Jing Chen

Formation of phage lysis patterns and implications on co-propagation of phages and motile host bacteria

PLOS Computational Biology
2020-03-13 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1553-7358
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Jing Chen

Biophysics at the coffee shop: lessons learned working with George Oster

Molecular Biology of the Cell
2019-07-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1059-1524
Part of ISSN: 1939-4586
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Jing Chen

Spindle Size Scaling Contributes to Robust Silencing of Mitotic Spindle Assembly Checkpoint

Biophysical Journal
2016 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000382801300022

Contributors: Chen, Jing; Liu, Jian
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Erroneous Silencing of the Mitotic Checkpoint by Aberrant Spindle Pole-Kinetochore Coordination

Biophysical Journal
2015 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000365929500021

Contributors: Chen, Jing; Liu, Jian
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Bacteria that Glide with Helical Tracks

Current Biology
2014 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000331718900016

Contributors: Nan, Beiyan; McBride, Mark J.; Chen, Jing; Zusman, David R.; Oster, George
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Spatiotemporal model for silencing of the mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint

Nature Communications
2014 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000342841400004

Contributors: Chen, Jing; Liu, Jian
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Intracellular Spatial Localization Regulated by the Microtubule Network

Plos One
2012 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000305336200013

Contributors: Chen, Jing; Lippincott-Schwartz, Jennifer; Liu, Jian
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Myxobacteria gliding motility requires cytoskeleton rotation powered by proton motive force

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2011 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000287084500060

Contributors: Nan, Beiyan; Chen, Jing; Neu, John C.; Berry, Richard M.; Oster, George; Zusman, David R.
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Motor-Substrate Interactions in Mycoplasma Motility Explains Non-Arrhenius Temperature Dependence

Biophysical Journal
2009 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000272274500010

Contributors: Chen, Jing; Neu, John; Miyata, Makoto; Oster, George
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The Goldbeter-Koshland Switch in the First-Order Region and Its Response to Dynamic Disorder

Plos One
2008 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000262172800005

Contributors: Xing, Jianhua; Chen, Jing
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From biochemistry to morphogenesis in myxobacteria

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
2006 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000239229900006

Contributors: Sliusarenko, Oleksii; Chen, Jing; Oster, George
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Peer review (4 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for Nature communications (1)
Review activity for Nature structural & molecular biology. (2)
Review activity for PLoS computational biology. (1)