Chen Chen

Professor · College of Agriculture and Natural Resources · Michigan State University

Quick answer: Chen Chen is Professor at Michigan State University. Chen Chen shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.

⭐ Graduate student and postdoc positions are available.

Research interests

Molecular mechanisms underlying mammalian spermatogenesis and infertility; genes and pathways influencing germ/stem cell self-renewal, differentiation and fertility; function of Tudor domain proteins and other Piwi-piRNA pathway associated factors in gene silencing, genome stability, epigenetics, stem cell biology and cancer.

Selected publications (since 2023)

[2024] Wei C, Yan X, Mann JM, Geng R, Wang Q, Xie H, Demireva EY, Sun L, Ding D, Chen C. PNLDC1 catalysis and postnatal germline function are required for piRNA trimming, LINE1 silencing, and spermatogenesis in mice. PLoS Genet. 2024 Sep 23;20(9):e1011429. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011429. [2023] Wei C, Jing J, Yan X, Mann JM, Geng R, Xie H, Demireva EY, Hess RA, Ding D, Chen C. MIWI N-terminal RG motif promotes efficient pachytene piRNA production and spermatogenesis independent of LINE1 transposon silencing. PLoS Genet. 2023 Nov 13;19(11):e1011031. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011031. [2023] Liu J, Hermo L, Ding D, Wei C, Mann JM, Yan X, Melnick AF, Wu Y, Withrow A, Cibelli J, Hess RA, Chen C. SYPL1 defines a vesicular pathway essential for sperm cytoplasmic droplet formation and male fer

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