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Bioinformatics Specialist
Educational & Research Services Division
Norris Medical Library
2003 Zonal Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9130
(323) 442-3309
yibuchen@usc.edu
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- Workshop instruction on bioinformatics databases and software
- Consultation on bioinformatics and related online resources
- Development and maintenance of Norris Library webpage on Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology Resources and Services
- Delivery of regular updates on new online bioinformatics resources via electronic mailing lists
- bioinformatics workshop content and schedules
- finding online databases and software tools relevant to your specific research needs
- applying bioinformatics tools in various stages of your research
- analyzing and interpreting molecular biology data
PhD, Biology, Biology Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 1998
MS, Biological Oceanography, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, MS, 1994
BS, Marine Biology, Department of Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, P.R. China, 1984
Information Specialist in Molecular Biology, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh, PA, 2005 - 2007
Postdoc and Research Associate, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, NJ, 1998 - 2004
- Chen YB, Chattopadhyay A, Bergen P, Gadd C and Tannery N. 2007. The online Bioinformatics resources collection at the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System - A one-stop gateway to online Bioinformatics databases and software tools. Nucleic Acids Research 2007 Database Issue, 35:D780-D785

- Giordano M, Chen YB, Koblizek M, and Falkowski PG. 2005. Regulation of nitrate reductase in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by the redox state of the plastoquinone pool. European Journal of Phycology. 40:345-352

- Berman-Frank I, Chen YB, Gerchman Y, Dismukes GC and Falkowski PG. 2005. Inhibition of nitrogenase by oxygen in marine cyanobateria controls the global nitrogen and oxygen cycles. Biogeosciences Discussions. 2:1-13

- Chen YB, Durford DG, Koblizek M, Falkowski PG. 2004. Plastic regulation of Lhcb1 transcription in the chlorophyte alga Dunaliella tertiolecta. Plant Physiology. 136(3):3737-3750

- Falkowski PG and Chen YB. 2003. Photoacclimation of light harvesting systems in eukaryotic algae. In BR Green and WW Parson (eds): "Light-harvesting antennas in photosynthesis". Dordrecht, Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- Berman-Frank, I, P. Lundgren, Chen YB, H Kupper, Z Kolber, B Bergman, and PG Falkowski. 2001. Segregation of nitrogen fixation and oxygenic photosynthesis in the marine cyanobacteria Trichodesmium. Science 294:1534-1537

- Dominic B, S Zani, Chen YB, MT Mellon and JP Zehr. 2000. Organization of nif genes of nonheterocystous cyanobacterium Trichodesmium sp. IMS 101. Journal of Phycology 36:693-701

- Chen YB, B Dominic, S Zani, MT Mellon, and JP Zehr. 1999. Expression of photosynthesis genes in relation to nitrogen fixation in the diazotrophic filamentous nonheterocystous cyanobacterium Trichodesmium sp. IMS 101. Plant Molecular Biology 41:89-104

- Chen YB, B Dominic, MT Mellon, and JP Zehr. 1998. Circadian rhythm of nitrogenase gene expression in the filamentous nonheterocystous cyanobacterium Trichodesmium sp. IMS 101. Journal of Bacteriology. 180:3598-3605

- Dominic, B, Chen YB, and JP Zehr. 1998. Cloning and transcriptional analysis of the nifUHDK genes of Trichodesmium sp. IMS 101 reveals stable nifD, nifDK, and nifK transcripts. Microbiology (UK) 144:3359-3368

- Zehr JP, B Dominic, Chen YB, MT Mellon and JC Meeks. 1998. Nitrogen fixation in the marine cyanobacteria Trichodesmium: a challenging model for ecology and molecular biology. In GA Peschek, W Loffelhardt, and G Schmetterer (eds.) "Phototrophic Prokaryotes". Plenum Press, New York
- Chen YB, JP Zehr, and MT Mellon. 1996. Growth and nitrogen fixation of the diazotrophic filamentous nonheterocystous cyanobacterium Trichodesmium sp. IMS 101 in defined media: evidence for a circadian rhythm. Journal of Phycology 32:916-923

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