Dr. Song Chen
Department of Botany and Plant Biology
University of Geneva, Sciences III
30 Quai E. Ansermet
CH-1211 Geneva 4
Switzerland
Tel.: +41-22-379-3653
Fax.: +41-22-379-3654
Email: song.chen@unige.ch
Born in 1985 in Xiamen, China
Nationality: Chinese
2016 -
Postdoc, Department of Botany and Plant Biology, University of Geneva
2011 - 2015
PhD, Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Germany. Thesis: "Functional and biochemical study of SPA1 and SPA2 proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana" (Laboratory of Prof. Dr. Ute Höcker)
2008 - 2010
M.Sc., Integrative Plant Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Internships in laboratories of Prof. Dr. Christa Testerink, University of Amsterdam and Prof. Dr. Eva Sundberg, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala.
2004 - 2008
B.Sc., Biological Science, Xiamen University, China
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Arongaus, A.B., Chen, S., Pireyre, M., Glöckner, N., Galvão, V.C., Albert, A., Winkler, J.B., Fankhauser, C., Harter, K., and Ulm, R. (2018) Arabidopsis RUP2 represses UVR8-mediated flowering in noninductive photoperiods. Genes & Dev. 32: 1332-1343.
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Chen,S., Wirthmueller, L., Stauber, J., Lory, N., Holtkotte, X., Leson, L., Schenkel, C., Ahmad, M., and Hoecker, U. (2016) The functional divergence between SPA1 and SPA2 in Arabidopsis photomorphogenesis maps primarily to the respective N-terminal kinase-like domain. BMC Plant Biol. 16: 165.
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Chen, S., Lory, N., Stauber, J., and Hoecker, U. (2015) Photoreceptor specificity in the light-induced and COP1-mediated rapid degradation of the repressor of photomorphogenesis SPA2 in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genet. 11: e1005516.
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Ståldal, V., Cierlik, I., Chen, S., Landberg, K., Baylis, T., Myrenås, M., Sundström, J.F., Eklund, D.M., Ljung, K., and Sundberg, E. (2012) The Arabidopsis thaliana transcriptional activator STYLISH1 regulates genes affecting stamen development, cell expansion and timing of flowering. Plant Mol. Biol. 78: 545-559.
