BACKGROUND

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Anaerobic quaternary amine degradation: from single bacterium to salt marsh ecosystem., with Dr Kevin J Purdy - Life Sciences - Professor Colin Murrell - Biological Sciences, Funded by: NERC, Project Start Date: 01/10/2011 Project End Date: 30/09/2014
• Towards a systematic understanding of aerobic methylated amine metabolism in the ocean, Funded by: NERC, Project Start Date: 01/10/2010 Project End Date: 30/09/2013
• Utilization of methylated amines as alternative nitrogen sources by marine microorganisms, Funded by: Royal Society, Project Start Date: 01/11/2011 Project End Date: 31/10/2012
  
  

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Y Chen(2012) 'Comparative genomics of methylated amine utilization by marine Roseobacter clade bacteria and development of functional gene markers (tmm, gmaS)' Environmental Microbiology in press (1462-2912) [article]
• Y Chen, N Patel, A Crombie, J Scrivens, J C Murrell(2011) 'Bacterial flavin-containing monooxygenase is trimethylamine monooxygenase' Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences (USA) 108 (43), 17791 - 17796 (0027-8424) [article]
• Chen, Y. and Murrell, J. C.(2010) 'Methanotrophs in moss' Nature Geoscience 3 (9), 595 - 596 (1752-0894) [article]
• Chen, Y. and Murrell, J. C.(2010) 'When metagenomics meets stable-isotope probing: progress and perspectives' Trends In Microbiology 18 (4), 157 - 163 (0966-842X) [article]
• Chen, Y., Wu, L., Boden, R., Hillebrand, A., Kumaresan, D., Moussard, H., Baciu, M., Lu, Y. and Murrell, J. C.(2009) 'Life without light: microbial diversity and evidence of sulfur- and ammonium-based chemolithotrophy in Movile Cave' The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology 3 (9), 1093 - 1104 (1751-7362) [article]

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RESEARCH DEGREES SUPERVISED

• Trimethylamine metabolism by marine microbes, Date of Completion: 2014
• Microbial metabolism of isoprene in terrestrial environments, Date of Completion: 2013