Changbin Chen

Associate Professor,

School of Life Sciences

Other ASU affiliations

Molecular/Cellular Biology (MS/PhD) program

Plant Biology and Conservation (MS) program

427 E Tyler Mall LSE 650 (Lab) LSE 617 (Ofice) Tempe, AZ 85281
Mail code: 4501

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Chen is an associate professor and a plant biologist. His research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of DNA break repair, homologous recombination, genome organization and evolution. Chen also develops novel vegetable varieties for short-season locations and space farming. Prior to ASU, he was an associate professor at the University of Minnesota.

https://sites.google.com/asu.edu/changbin-chen-lab-at-asu/homepage

Education

Postdoc. Pennsylvania State University (Life Sciences) and the University of Pennsylvania (Biology)

Ph.D. East China Normal University Joint with SIPPE, CAS; Plant Molecular Genetics

M.S. East China Normal University, Plant Systematics

B.S. Hubei University, Biology

Research Website URL

https://sites.google.com/d/14d-8zFN_dbSjZ7muui4WRKGgWOz9oSBN/p/150Prr6qOagjFWGL…

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ts2sDDwAAAAJ&hl=en

Publications

Finding the Balance: Modifying the Cholesterol and Steroidal Glycoalkaloid Synthesis Pathway in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) for human health, fruit flavor, and plant defense.

V Averello, A Hegeman, C Chen. Horticultural Plant Journal. (Accepted, 2023).

Corn360: a method for quantification of corn kernels

S Gillette, Y Lu, PMA Kianian, WP Pawlowski, C Chen. Plant Methods 19:23, 2023.

Crossing-over decision landscape in maize

M Zelkowski, M Wang, Q Sun, J Pillardy, PMA Kianian, S Kianian, C Chen, WP Pawlowski. bioRxiv, 2022

Comparison of meiotic transcriptomes of three maize inbreds with different origins reveals differences in cell cycle and recombination

N Garcia, L Yin, S Dukowic-Schulze, C Milsted, PMA Kianian, S Kianian, WP Pawlowski, C Chen. BMC Genomics 23: 702, 1-15, 2022.

Genome-wide investigation of maize RAD51 binding affinity through phage display

C Milsted, B Dai, N Garcia, L Yin, Y He, S Kianian, W Pawlowski, C Chen. BMC genomics 23 (1), 1-13, 2022

Machine learning reveals conserved chromatin patterns determining meiotic recombination sites in plants

M Wang, S Shilo, A Zhou, M Zelkowski, MA Olson, I Azuri, ... bioRxiv, 2022

UV-B Irradiation Results in Changes in Elongation, Cell Cycle, and Decreased Endoreduplication Mediated by miR5642

S Dukowic-Schulze, A Harvey, N Garcia, C Chen, G Gardner

Photochemistry and Photobiology, https://doi.org/10.1111/php.13574, 2021

‘Ground Jewel’and ‘Ground Dew’: Two Tomato Breeding Lines for Growers in the Northern and Short-season Locations

R Murphy, D McDowell, C Chen. HortScience 56 (2), 293-295, 2021

Courses

2026 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
MBB 495	Undergraduate Research
BIO 495	Undergraduate Research
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 498	Pro-Seminar
BIO 591	Seminar
PLB 591	Seminar

2025 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
MIC 495	Undergraduate Research
BIO 495	Undergraduate Research
MBB 495	Undergraduate Research
BIO 498	Pro-Seminar
BIO 591	Seminar
BIO 520	Medicinal Plants & Funct Foods
PLB 520	Medicinal Plants & Funct Foods
PLB 591	Seminar

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
MBB 495	Undergraduate Research
BIO 495	Undergraduate Research
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 498	Pro-Seminar
BIO 591	Seminar
PLB 591	Seminar

2024 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
BIO 495	Undergraduate Research
MBB 495	Undergraduate Research
BIO 498	Pro-Seminar
BIO 591	Seminar
PLB 591	Seminar
PLB 591	Seminar
PLB 502	Perspectives in Plant Biology

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
MBB 495	Undergraduate Research
BIO 495	Undergraduate Research
PLB 591	Seminar
BIO 591	Seminar
BIO 498	Pro-Seminar
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution

2023 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
BIO 495	Undergraduate Research
MBB 495	Undergraduate Research
PLB 591	Seminar
BIO 498	Pro-Seminar

2023 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 345	Evolution
BIO 498	Pro-Seminar
PLB 591	Seminar

2022 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
BIO 495	Undergraduate Research
MBB 495	Undergraduate Research
BIO 498	Pro-Seminar
PLB 591	Seminar

2022 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
BIO 498	Pro-Seminar
PLB 591	Seminar

2021 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
MBB 495	Undergraduate Research
BIO 498	Pro-Seminar

Expertise Areas