Rong Chen

Research Interests

In my PhD, I have been focusing on understanding the following questions: 1. Phase transition of fully-hydrated lipid bilayers. 2. Self-assembly of antimicrobial peptides such as cyclotides into membranes.

Education

PhD candidate in Computational Biophysics, The University of Queensland [1], Australia (Apr 2008 to present)

Research Assistant, The University of Queensland, Australia (Aug 2007 to Mar 2008)

Master of Medicine (Biostatistics), Xi'an Jiaotong University [2], China (Sep 2004 to Jul 2007)

Bachelor of Medicine (Preventive Medicine), Xi'an Jiaotong University, China (Sep 1999 to Jul 2004)

Publications

1. Chen, R., Mark, A. E. (2011) The effect of membrane curvature on the conformation of antimicrobial peptides: Implications for binding and the mechanism of action. European Biophysics Journal. DOI 10.1007/s00249-011-0677-4

2. Chen, R., Poger, D., Mark, A. E. (2010) Effect of high pressure on fully hydrated DPPC and POPC bilayers. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. DOI: 10.1021/jp110002q

3. Chen, R., Yan, H., Zhao, K.-N., Martinac, B., and Liu, G.B. (2007) Comprehensive analysis of prokaryotic mechanosensation genes: their characteristics in codon usage. DNA Sequence, 18(4):269-78.

4. Liu, G.B., Yan, H., Jiang, Y.F., Chen, R., Pettigrew J.D. and Zhao K.-N. (2005) The Properties of CpG islands in the Promoter Regions of Human and Mouse Immunoglobulin (Ig) Genes. Gene, 358: 127-138

Contact Details

Mr. Rong Chen

Molecular Biosciences Building (#76)

School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences

The University of Queensland

Qld 4072, Australia

Email: r.chen@uq.edu.au