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Meet the Principal Investigator

Zhijian "James" Chen, Ph.D.

Zhijian "James" Chen, Ph.D.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
George L. MacGregor Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Science
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
Member of National Academy of Sciences
Member of National Academy of Medicine

Information about Dr. Chen's education and honors can be found via the link below.

 

HHMI Biography

UTSW faculty profile

Current Lab Members

Xiang Chen, M.D.

Research Scientist

M.D., Medical School of Southeast University

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Xiang Chen, M.D.

Tianlei Cheng

Graduate student

B.S., University of Science and Technology of China

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Tianlei Cheng

Fenghe Du, M.D.

Research Scientist

M.D., Beijing Medical University

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Fenghe Du, M.D.

Chee-Kwee Ea, Ph.D.

Instructor

B.S., Tatung University

Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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Chee-Kwee Ea, Ph.D.

Yan Fang

Graduate Student

B.S., M.S. Tsinghua University

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Yan Fang

Justin Jenson, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

B.S., University of Utah

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Justin Jenson, Ph.D.

Tuo Li, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

B.S., Peking University

Ph.D., Princeton University  

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Tuo Li, Ph.D.

Chenglong Sun, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

B.S., M.S., Jilin University

Ph.D., Aarhus University

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Chenglong Sun, Ph.D.

Lijun ‘Josh’ Sun, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

B.S., Shandong University

Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Science

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Lijun ‘Josh’ Sun, Ph.D.

Zhiqun Zeng

Research Associate

B.S., Hunan Medical University

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Zhiqun Zeng

Pengcheng Sun, Ph.D.

Sheng Su, Ph.D.

Lab Alumni

  • Anirban Adhikari, Elan biotechnology company

  • Giridhar Akkaraju, Texas Christian University

  • Vijay Bhoj, University of Pennsylvania Hospital

  • Haocheng Cai, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine

  • Xin Cai, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  • Jueqi Chen, University of Chicago

  • Philip Cheng, UT Southwestern Medical School

  • Yu-Hsin Chiu, Harvard Medical School

  • Li Deng, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  • Yajuan Fu, Fujian Normal University

  • Daxing Gao, Rockefeller University

  • Xiang Gui

  • Mei Hong

  • Fajian Hou, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Shuiqing Hu

  • Hon-Ren Huang, Constellation Pharmaceuticals

  • Qianwen Huang, Xiamen University

  • Hui Yang

  • Xiaomo Jiang, Novartis Pharmaceuticals

  • Atsuhiro Kanayama

  • Tong Li, Xiangya Hospital Central South University

  • Minghao Li

  • Xiao-Dong Li, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

  • Hong-Hsing Liu, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan

  • Siqi Liu, Rockefeller University

  • Gabriel Pineda, University of California, San Diego

  • Rashu Seth, Yale University School of Medicine

  • Qian Shi

  • Brian Skaug, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  • Erika Spencer

  • Qinmiao Sun, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Yasuo Tanaka

  • Nicole Varnado, UT Southwestern Medical School

  • Chen Wang, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Hua Wang

  • Jiaxi Wu, University of California at San Francisco

  • Youtong Wu

  • Zong-Ping Xia, Zhejiang University

  • Hui Xu, Genentech

  • Ming Xu

  • Seoyun Yum

  • Wenwen Zeng, Tsinghua University

  • Conggang Zhang, Tsinghua University

  • Xu Zhang, University of Texas Austin

  • Meng Zhao, University of California, San Diego