- Chen Y, Topo EJ, Nan B and Chen J, Mathematical modeling of mechanosensitive reversal control in Myxococcus xanthus. (2024) Frontiers in Microbiology, 14:1294631. PDF
- Li X, Bloomfield M, Bridgeland A, Cimini D, and Chen J. A fine balance among key biophysical factors is required for recovery of bipolar mitotic spindle from monopolar and multipolar abnormalities. (2023) Molecular Biology of the Cell, 34(9):ar90. PDF
- Esposito E, Weidemann DE, Rogers JM, Morton CM, Baybay EK, Chen J, and Hauf S, Mitotic checkpoint gene expression is tuned by codon usage bias. (2022) EMBO Journal, 41:e107896. PDF
- McMahon SG, Melville SB*, and Chen J*, Mechanical limitation of bacterial motility mediated by growing cell chains. (2022) Biophysical Journal, 121(12):2461-2473. (* Co-corresponding authors). PDF
- Chen J* and Nan B*. Flagellar motor transformed: biophysical perspectives of the Myxococcus xanthus gliding mechanism. (2022) Frontiers in Microbiology, 13:891694. (* Co-corresponding authors). PDF
- Yao X#, Heidebrecht B#, Chen J*, and Tyson JJ*, Mathematical analysis of robustness of oscillations in models of the mammalian circadian clock. (2022) PLoS Computational Biology, 18(3): e1008340. (# Co-first authors; * Co-corresponding authors). PDF
- Crespi E*, Burnap R, Chen J, Das M, Gassman N, Rosa E Jr., Simmons R, Wada H, Wang Z, Xiao J, Yang B, Yin J, and Goldstone J*. Resolving the rules of robustness and resilience in biology across scales. (2021) Integrative and Comparative Biology, icab183. (* Co-corresponding authors). PDF
- Chen J* and Nan B*, Gliding motility of the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. In Wong et al., Roadmap on emerging concepts in the physical biology of bacterial biofilms: from surface sensing to community formation (2021) Physical Biology, 18: 051501. (* Co-corresponding authors). PDF
- Chen J, Stochastic Gene Expression. In P. Kraikivski (Ed.), Case Studies in Systems Biology. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. (2021) ISBN: 978-3-030-67742-8.
- Bloomfield M, Chen J*, and Cimini D*, Spindle architectural features must be considered along with cell size to explain the timing of mitotic checkpoint silencing. (2021) Frontiers in Physiology, 11:596263. (* Co-corresponding authors). PDF
- Baudoin NC, Nicholson JM, Soto K, Martin O, Chen J*, and Cimini D*, Asymmetric clustering of centrosomes defines the early evolution of tetraploid cells. (2020) eLife, 9:e54565 (* Co-corresponding authors). PDF
- Yao X, Kojima S, and Chen J, Critical role of deadenylation in regulating poly(A) rhythms and circadian gene expression (2020) PLoS Computational Biology, 16(4): e1007842. PDF
- Li X#, Gonzalez F#, Esteves N, Scharf BE*, and Chen J*, Formation of phage lysis patterns and implications on co-propagation of phages and motile host bacteria. (2020) PLoS Computational Biology, 16(3):e1007236. PDF (# Co-first authors; * Co-corresponding authors)
- Igoshin O*, Chen J*, Xing J*, Liu J*, Elston TC, Grabe M, Kim KS, Nirody J, Rangamani P, Sun SX, Wang H, and Wolgemuth C, Biophysics at the coffee shop: lessons learned working with George Oster. (2019) Molecular Biology of the Cell, 30(16): 1882-1889. PDF (* Co-corresponding authors)
- Chen J and Liu J, Spindle size scaling contributes to robust silencing of mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint. (2016) Biophysical Journal, 111(5): 1064-1077. PDF
- Chen J and Liu J, Erroneous silencing of the mitotic checkpoint by aberrant spindle pole-kinetochore coordination. (2015) Biophysical Journal, 109(11): 2418-2435. PDF
- Chen J and Liu J, Spatial-temporal model for silencing of the mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint. (2014) Nature Communications, 5:4795. PDF
- Nan B, McBride MJ, Chen J, Zusman DR, and Oster G, Bacteria that glide with helical tracks. (2014) Current Biology, 24(4):R169-173. PDF
- Chen J, Lippincott-Schwartz J, and Liu J, Intracellular spatial localization regulated by the microtubule network. (2012) PLoS One, 7(4):e34919. PDF
- Nan B, Chen J, Neu JC, Berry RM, Oster G*, and Zusman DR*, Myxobacteria gliding motility requires cytoskeleton rotation powered by proton motive force. (2011) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(6):2498-2503. PDF (* Co-corresponding authors)
- Chen J, Neu JC, Miyata M, and Oster G, Motor-substrate interactions in Mycoplasma motility explains non-Arrhenius temperature dependence. (2009) Biophysical Journal, 97(11):2930–2938. PDF
- Xing J and Chen J, The Goldbeter-Koshland switch in the first-order region and its response to dynamic disorder. (2008) PLoS One, 3(5):e2140. PDF
- Sliusarenko O, Chen J, and Oster G, From biochemistry to morphogenesis in myxobacteria. (2006) Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 68(5):1039-1051. PDF