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

Master of Medicine (Biostatistics) Xi'an Jiaotong University [1], China (Sep 2004 to Jul 2007)

Bachelor of Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Xi'an Jiaotong University [2], 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