2014年11月加入上海科技大学生命科学与技术学院任助理教授、研究员。

2019年10月晋升为上海科技大学生命科学与技术学院常任副教授、研究员。

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1.Jia Chen*, Bei Yang* and Li Yang*. To BE or not to BE, that is the question. Nat Biotechnol, 2019, doi: 10.1038/s41587-019-0119-x

2.Bei Yang*, Li Yang* and Jia Chen*. Development and Application of Base Editors. CRISPR J, 2019, 2: 91-104

3.Jianan Li#, Zhen Liu#, Shisheng Huang#, Xiao Wang, Guanglei Li, Yuting Xu, Wenxia Yu, Shanshan Chen, Yu Zhang, Hanhui Ma, Zunfu Ke, Jia Chen*, Qiang Sun* and Xingxu Huang*. Efficient base editing in G/C-rich regions to model androgen insensitivity syndrome. Cell Res, 2019, 29: 174-176

4.Xiao Wang#, Jianan Li#, Ying Wang#, Bei Yang#, Jia Wei#, Jing Wu, Ruixuan Wang, Xingxu Huang*, Jia Chen* and Li Yang*. Efficient base editing in methylated regions with a human APOBEC3A-Cas9 fusion. Nat Biotechnol, 2018, 36: 946-949 (Highlighted by Nicole Rusk, Better base editors. Nat Methods, 2018, 15:763)

5.Yanting Zeng#, Jianan Li#, Guanglei Li#, Shisheng Huang, Wenxia Yu, Yu Zhang, Dunjin Chen, Jia Chen, Jianqiao Liu* and Xingxu Huang*. Correction of the Marfan Syndrome pathogenic FBN1 mutation by base editing in human cells and heterozygous embryos. Mol Ther, 2018, 26: 2631-2637

6.Zhen Liu#, Zongyang Lu#, Guang Yang#, Shisheng Huang, Guanglei Li, Songjie Feng, Yajing Liu, Jianan Li, Wenxia Yu, Yu Zhang, Jia Chen, Qiang Sun* and Xingxu Huang*. Efficient generation of mouse models of human diseases via ABE-and BE-mediated base editing. Nat Commun, 2018, 9: 2338

7.Wen Jiang#, Songjie Feng#, Shisheng Huang, Wenxia Yu, Guanglei Li, Guang Yang, Yajing Liu, Yu Zhang, Lei Zhang, Yu Hou, Jia Chen, Jieping Chen* and Xingxu Huang*. BE-PLUS: a new base editing tool with broadened editing window and enhanced fidelity. Cell Res, 2018, 28: 855-861

8.Jia Chen, Weizhi Ji, Prashant Mali and April Pawluk. The Future of Genome Editing. Cell, 2018, 173: 1311-1313

9.Xiaosa Li#, Ying Wang#, Yajing Liu#, Bei Yang#, Xiao Wang, Jia Wei, Zongyang Lu, Yuxi Zhang, Jing Wu, Xingxu Huang*, Li Yang* and Jia Chen*. Base editing with a cpf1-cytidine deaminase fusion. Nat Biotechnol, 2018, 36: 324-327 (Highlighted in Tools in Brief, Expanding the range of base editors. Nat Methods, 2018, 15:314)

10.Liqun Lei#, Hongquan Chen#, Wei Xue#, Bei Yang#, Bian Hu#, Jia Wei, Lijie Wang, Yiqiang Cui, Wei Li, Jianying Wang, Lei Yan, Wanjing Shang, Jimin Gao, Jiahao Sha, Min Zhuang, Xingxu Huang, Bin Shen*, Li Yang* and Jia Chen*. APOBEC3 induces mutations during repair of CRISPR–Cas9-generated DNA breaks. Nat Struct Mol Biol, 2018, 25: 45-52

11.Lijie Wang#, Wei Xue#, Lei Yan#, Xiaosa Li, Jia Wei, Miaomiao Chen, Jing Wu, Bei Yang*, Li Yang* and Jia Chen*. Enhanced base editing by co-expression of free uracil DNA glycosylase inhibitor. Cell Res, 2017, 27: 1289-1292

12.Guanglei Li, Yajing Liu, Yanting Zeng, Jianan Li, Lijie Wang, Guang Yang, Dunjin Chen, Xiaoyun Shang, Jia Chen, Xingxu Huang* and Jianqiao Liu*. Highly efficient and precise base editing in discarded human tripronuclear embryos. Protein Cell, 2017, 8: 776-779

13.Bei Yang*, Xiaosa Li, Liqun Lei and Jia Chen*. APOBEC: from mutator to editor. J Genet Genomics, 2017, 44: 423-437

14.Jia Chenand Anthony V. Furano*. Breaking bad: The mutagenic effect of DNA repair. DNA Repair, 2015, 32: 43-51

15.Jia Chen, Brendan F. Miller and Anthony V. Furano*. Repair of naturally occurring mismatches can induce mutations in flanking DNA.eLife, 2014, 3: e02001 (Highlighted by Samuel H. Wilson, The dark side of DNA repair. eLife, 2014, 3:e03068)

16.Guang-Jing Hu#, Jia Chen#, Xiao-Nan Zhao#, Jia-Jia Xu, Dong-Qing Guo, Ming Lu, Ming Zhu, Ying Xiong, Qin Li, Catherine CY Chang, Bao-Liang Song, Ta-Yuan Chang and Bo-Liang Li*. Production of ACAT1 56-kDa isoform in human cells via trans-splicing involving the ampicillin resistance gene. Cell Res, 2013, 23: 1007-1024 (Cover story, Highlighted by Christian Preußer and Albrecht Bindereif, Exo-endo trans splicing: a new way to link. Cell Res, 2013, 23: 1071-1072)

17.Lei Lei, Ying Xiong, Jia Chen, Jin-Bo Yang, Yi Wang, Xin-Ying Yang, Cantherine C. Y. Chang, Bao-Liang Song, Ta-Yuan Chang and Bo-Liang Li*. TNF-alpha stimulates the ACAT1 expression in differentiating monocytes to promote the CE-laden cell formation. J Lipid Res, 2009, 50: 1057-1067

18.Xiao-Nan Zhao#,Jia Chen#, Lei Lei, Guang-Jing Hu, Ying Xiong, Jia-Jia Xu, Qin Li, Xin-Ying Yang, Catherine CY Chang, Bao-Liang Song, Ta-Yuan Chang and Bo-Liang Li*. The optional long 5'-untranslated region of human ACAT1 mRNAs impairs the production of ACAT1 protein by promoting its mRNA decay. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin, 2009, 41: 30-41

19.Jia Chen#, Xiao-Nan Zhao#, Li Yang, Guang-Jing Hu, Ming Lu, Ying Xiong, Xin-Ying Yang, Catherine CY Chang, Bao-Liang Song, Ta-Yuan Chang and Bo-Liang Li*. RNA secondary structures located in the interchromosomal region of human ACAT1 chimeric mRNA are required to produce the 56-kDa isoform. Cell Res, 2008, 18: 921-936

20.Bo-Liang Li*, Ta-Yuan Chang, Jia Chen, Catherine CY Chang and Xiao-Nan Zhao. Human ACAT1 gene expression and its involvement in the development of atherosclerosis. Future Cardiol, 2006, 2: 93-99

21.Li Yang, Oneil Lee, Jia Chen, Jiang Chen, Catherine C.Y. Chang, Pei Zhou, Zhen-Zhen Wang, Han-Hui Ma, Hui-Fang Sha, Jiu-Xian Feng, Yi Wang, Xin-Ying Yang, Li Wang, Ruhong Dong, Kim Ornvold, Bo-Liang Li* and Ta-Yuan Chang*. Human acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase 1(Acat1) sequences located in two different chromosomes (7 and 1) are required to produce a novel ACAT1 isoenzyme with additional sequence at the N-terminal. J Biol Chem, 2004, 279: 46253-46262

22.Li Yang, Jin-Bo Yang, Jia Chen, Guang-Yao Yu, Pei Zhou, Lei Lei, Zhen-Zhen Wang, Catherine C.Y. Chang, Xin-Ying Yang, Ta-Yuan Chang* and Bo-Liang Li*. Enhancement of human ACAT1 gene expression to promote the macrophage-derived foam cell formation by dexamethasone. Cell Res, 2004, 14: 315-323 (Cover story)