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AAIC Neuroscience Next highlighted in UNLV news (https://www.unlv.edu/news/accomplishments/jingchun-chen-grad-and-undergrad-students-chens-lab-nipm)
Jingchun Chen, Faria Tavacoli, Hayley Ho, Alice Lee.Impact of Noise Pollution on Alzheimer’s Disease: Insights from Polygenic Scores and Mendelian Randomization Analysis. Submitted to AAIC 2025 Abstract #107145. July 27-31, 2025. Toronto, Canada
SairaKiran, Jingchun Chen. Advanced AI Techniques for Dementia Prediction Using MRI Imaging.Submitted to AAIC 2025. Abstract #107381. July 27-31, 2025. Toronto, Canada
Faria Tavacoli, Hayley Ho, Jingchun Chen. Causal Effects of Ambient PM2.5 and Occupational Chemical Exposures on All-Cause Dementia and Vascular Dementia: A Mendelian Randomization study. Submitted to AAIC 2025. Abstract #107401.July 27-31, 2025. Toronto, Canada
Ozvan Bocher, Ana Luiza Arruda, Satoshi Yoshiji, Chi Zhao, Chen-Yang Su, Xianyong Yin, Davis Cammann, Henry J. Taylor, Jingchun Chen, Ken Suzuki, Ravi Mandla, Alicia Huerta-Chagoya, Ta-Yu Yang, Fumihiko Matsuda, Josep M. Mercader, Jason Flannick, James B. Meigs, Alexis C. Wood, Marijana Vujkovic, Benjamin F. Voight, Cassandra N. Spracklen, Jerome I. Rotter, Andrew P. Morris, Eleftheria Zeggini. Unraveling the molecular mechanisms causal to type 2 diabetes across global populations and disease-relevant tissues. Submitted to the European Society of Human Genetics (Milan, Italy, May 24-27) and the International Symposium on Human Genomics (Paris, France, May 5-7).
Ana Luiza Arruda, Ozvan Bocher, Davis Cammann, Henry J. Taylor, Satoshi Yoshiji, Xianyong Yin, Chi Zhao, Jingchun Chen, Alexis C. Wood, Ken Suzuki, Josep M. Mercader, Cassandra Spracklen, James B. Meigs, Marijana Vujkovic, George Davey Smith, Jerome I. Rotter, Benjamin F. Voight, Andrew P. Morris, Eleftheria Zeggini. The effect of stratified type 2 diabetes genetic liability on non-cardiometabolic Comorbidities. Submitted to EMGM 2025 conference.
Melika Cummings, Jingchun Chen. Genetic correlation between Dental Disorders and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Polygenic Risk Score and Mendelian Randomization Study, Oral presentation at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) on April 7-9, 2025, Pittsburgh, PA. Travel award from UNLV
Alice Lee+, Tyrell Pratt+, Jennifer Zheng, Faria Tacacoli, Hayley Ho, Tingwei Liu, Jingchun Chen. Distinct glial functions are associated with Alzheimer’s disease based on cell type- and pathway-specific polygenic risk score analysis. Poster presentation atthe National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) on April 7-9, 2025, in Pittsburgh, PA. Travel award from UNLV OUR and College of Science.
Jennifer Zheng+, Faria Tacacoli+, Hayley Ho+, Tyrell Pratt, Alice Lee, Tingwei Liu, Jingchun Chen Microglia and Oligodendrocyte-specific Genes are Significantly Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease by Gene-based Polygenic Risk Score Analysis, Poster presentation atthe National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) on April 7-9, 2025, Pittsburgh, PA. Travel award from UNLV OUR and College of Science.
Eunjae Lee+, Hayley Ho+, Alice Lee, Faria Tacacoli, Jennifer Zheng, Tingwei Liu, Jingchun Chen.Association Between Polygenic Scores for Brain Structures and Alzheimer’s Disease. Poster presentation at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) on April 7-9, 2025, Pittsburgh, PA. Travel award from UNLV OUR and College of Science.
Tyrell Pratt+, Alice Lee+, Jennifer Zheng, Faria Tacacoli, Hayley Ho, Tingwei Liu, Jingchun Chen. Distinct glial functions are associated with Alzheimer’s disease based on cell type- and pathway-specific polygenic risk score analysis. Feb 26-28, 2025, AAIC Neuroscience Next 2025 #107, Indianapolis, Indiana and Hybrid, 4 min lightning oral presentation, Tyrell Pratt received a travel fellowship.
Jennifer Zheng+, Faria Tacacoli+, Hayley Ho+, Tyrell Pratt, Alice Lee, Tingwei Liu, Jingchun Chen. Glial-specific Genes Identified Significantly Associated With Alzheimer’s Disease By Gene-based Polygenic Risk Score Analysis. Feb 26-28, 2025, AAIC Neuroscience Next 2025 #402, Indianapolis, Indiana and Hybrid, Jennifer Zheng received a travel fellowship from The Dr. William W. Sullivan Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach (CAEO).
Hui Zhan, Davis Cammann, Jingchun Chen. Biomarker Identification For Alzheimer’s Disease By Integrating Comprehensive Mendelian Randomization And Multi-omics Data. Feb 26-28, 2025, AAIC Neuroscience Next 2025 #411, Indianapolis, Indiana and Hybrid, Hui Zhan received a travel fellowship.
Davis Cammann, Jeffrey L. Cummings, Jingchun Chen. Network Proximity Drug Screening Identifies Anti-inflammatory Therapeutic Candidates For Alzheimer’s Disease. Feb 26-28, 2025, AAIC Neuroscience Next 2025 #440, Indianapolis, Indiana and Hybrid, Davis Cammann received a travel fellowship.
Eunjae Lee+, Hayley Ho+, Alice Lee, Faria Tacacoli, Jennifer Zheng, Tingwei Liu, Jingchun Chen. Association Between Polygenic Scores For Brain Structures And Alzheimer’s Disease. Feb 26-28, 2025, AAIC Neuroscience Next 2025 #625. Indianapolis, Indiana and Hybrid, Eunjae Lee received a travel fellowship.
Saira Kiran, Jingchun Chen. AI-driven Early Detection Of Alzheimer’s Disease Using MRI. Feb 26-28,2025,AAIC Neuroscience Next 2025 #625. Indianapolis, Indiana and Hybrid.
Jingchun Chen, Xindi Li, Davis Cammann, Jeffrey L. Cummings, Lingyun Xu. Molecular Docking and Two-sample Mendelian Randomization: Computational Approaches to Identification and Characterization of Repurposed Drug for Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, AD/PD 2025 Advances in Sciences & Therapy,April 1-5, 2025 Vienna, Austria and Online, a 15minOral Presentation (On-Demand – Virtual)
Jingchun Chen, Eunjae Lee, Hayley Ho, Alice Lee, Faria Tavacoli, Jennifer Jixuan Zheng. The Significant Role of Apoe Gene in the Genetic Correlation between Brain Structures and Alzheimer’s Disease. AAIC Advancements: APOE and Lipid Biology, March 17-18, 2025, Miami, USA.
Jingchun Chen. Advancing Public Health through AI and Genomics: A Focus on Brain Health and Alzheimer’s Disease. Jan 31, 2025, in-person presentation at the School of Public Health, Environmental and Global Health.
Jingchun Chen. Genetic Relationship between Alzheimer’s Disease and COVID-19 in European and African Populations. Oral presentation on Nov 8, 2024, at 2024-2025 CTR Ambassador Sessions (ATRIP Program)
Jingchun Chen, Jeffrey L. Cummings, Samsoon Inayat, Davis Cammann, Network Proximity-based Computational Pipeline to Identify Drug Candidates for Alzheimer’s Disease, accepted to the first round of President’s Interdisciplinary ResearchAccelerator Challenge, oral presented at the UNLV Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, Oct. 28, 2024.
Jingchun Chen. Classification of Alzheimer’s Disease by Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Genetic Data. Oral presentation at SoLS. October 18, 2024
Jingchun Chen, Melika J. Cummings, Tingwei Liu, Alice Lee, Faria Tavacoli, Hayley Ho, Jeffrey Ebersole. Genetic Correlation between Alzheimer’s Disease and Dental Diseases. Science of Alzheimer’s and Infectious Diseases Symposium, awarded with Travel Scholarships from IDSA, October 15th, 2024, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ana Luiza Arruda, Ozvan Bocher, Davis Camman, Henry Taylor, Satoshi Yoshiji, Xianyong Yin, Chi Zhao, Jingchun Chen, Alexis Wood, Ken Suzuki, T2DGGI consortium, Josep M. Mercader, Cassandra Spracklen, Marijana Vujkovic, James B. Meigs, Jerome I. Rotter, George Davey Smith, Benjamin F. Voight, Andrew P. Morris, Eleftheria Zeggini. Unraveling the causal pathways between type 2 diabetes liability and non-cardiometabolic comorbidities, CHARGE meeting, October 16-17, 2024 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Ana Luiza Arruda, Ozvan Bocher, Davis Cammann, Satoshi Yoshiji, Xianyong Yin, Chi Zhao, Henry J. Taylor, Jingchun Chen, Alexis C. Wood, Josep M. Mercader, Cassandra Spracklen, James B. Meigs, Jerome I. Rotter, Marijana Vujkovic, Benjamin F. Voight, Andrew P. Morris, Eleftheria Zeggini. Dissecting the biological mechanisms behind type 2 diabetes causal effects on non-cardiometabolic comorbidities. ASHG and IGES conferences. Accepted for a poster presentation ASHG 2024, November 5-9, 2024 in Denver, CO
Ozvan Bocher, Ana Luiza Arruda, Satoshi Yoshiji, Chi Zhao, Chen-Yang Su, Xianyong Yin, Davis Cammann, Henry J. Taylor, Ken Suzuki, Jingchun Chen, Ravi Mandla, Alicia Huerta-Chagoya, Ta-Yu Yang, Alexis C. Wood, Fumihiko Matsuda, T2DGGI consortium, Jason Flannick, Josep M. Mercader, Cassandra Spracklen, James B. Meigs, Jerome I. Rotter, Marijana Vujkovic, Benjamin F. Voight, Andrew P. Morris, Eleftheria Zeggini. Dissecting ancestry-aware molecular causal effects for type 2 diabetes, accepted as a platform (oral) presentation at ASHG 2024, November 5-9, 2024 in Denver, CO, and CHARGE October 16-17, 2024 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Jingchun Chen Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Genetic Data for Classification ofAlzheimer’s Disease, Modernizingdiagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, Sept. 18-19, 2024, Tokyo, Japan.
Brittany Diaz Ruiz and Jingchun Chen. Association between Polygenic Scores for Brain Structures and Alzheimer’s Disease. August 4-8, 2024, Annual STEP-UP Symposium in Bethesda, MD
Jingchun Chen, et al.Shared Genetic Risk Factors Contribute to the High Comorbidity between Alzheimer’s Disease and COVID-19 in European and African Populations.Oral presentation AAIC Conference July 28-August 1, 2024 Philadelphia, and Chair at the Session titled Shared and distinct genomics of ADRD and other complex disorders. Alzheimer’s & Dementia. The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association Alzheimer’s Dement. 2024;20(Suppl. 1):e086755 DOI: 10.1002/alz.086755
A. Singam, K. Ramirez, D. Kim, J. Chen, S. Park. Quantifying Changes in Morphological and Properties of Senescent Cells. SB3C2024 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference June 11-14, 2024, Lake Geneva, WI, USA
Satoshi Yoshiji, Ozvan Bocher, Ana Luiza Arruda, Xianyong Yin, Davis Cammann, Chi Zhao, Henry J. Taylor, Jingchun Chen, Ravi Mandla, Alicia Huerta-Chagoya, Ta-Yu Yang, Alexis C. Wood, Kimberly M. Lorenz, Fumihiko Matsuda, Jason Flannick, Josep M. Mercader, Cassandra Spracklen, James B. Meigs, Jerome I. Rotter, Marijana Vujkovic, Benjamin F. Voight, Andrew P. Morris, Eleftheria Zeggin. Dissecting ancestry-aware molecular causal paths of type 2 diabetes. 52nd European Mathematical Genetics Meeting (EMGM), Vienna, Austria on April 3-4, 2024, CHARGE meeting, Denver, May 22-24, and American Diabetes Association (ADA) 84th Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, June 21-24, 2024
Joan Manuel Cue*, Davis Cammann*, Jeffrey L. Cummings, Jingchun Chen. Network Proximity is Promising in Anti-Inflammatory Drugs to Alzheimer’s Disease Targets. AD/PD 2024 Advances in Sciences & Therapy (*The authors have an equal contribution). March 5-9, 2024 Lisbon, Portugal, and Online
Jingchun Chen. Oral presentation at NeurCharge Workgroup. Genetic risk for COVID-19 is highly correlated with Alzheimer’s disease Oct. 26, 2023, virtually.
Kimberly Ramirez, Amarnath Singam, Jingchun Chen, Jeong HeeKim, Daejong Yang, Anna L. Chien, Chandrabali Bhattacharya, Seungman Park. Quantifying 2D and 3D Functional Properties of Drug-induced Cellular Senescence BMES Annual Meeting, Oct. 11-14, 2023 Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA.
Apoorva Chauhan, Amarnath Singam, Jingchun Chen, Chandrabali Bhattacharya, Jeong Hee Kim, Daejong Yang, Anna L. Chien, Seungman Park. Characterizing Functional Properties of Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Cellular Senescence BMES Annual Meeting, Oct. 11-14, 2023 Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA.
Jingchun Chen*, Melika Cummings, Davis Cammann, Yimei Lu, Jennifer Zheng, Mark Gatan, Zhijun Huang. Genetic Overlapping between Alzheimer’s Disease and COVID-19 at the MAPT-WNT3 Regions in European but not African Population (Oral presentation), awarded with Travel Scholarships from IDSA,IDWeek.Oct. 10-13, 2023, Boston, MA., USA
Davis Cammann, Jingchun Chen, Jerome I. Rotter. The genetic relationship between plasma protein levels and Alzheimer’s disease. NeuroCHARGE, Oct. 9-13, San Antonio, TX
Jingchun Chen, Melika Cummings, Mark L. Zhang, Yimei Lu, Davis Cammann, Jenifer Do, Jennifer Zheng. Evaluation of the Causal Effects of COVID-19 on Alzheimer’s Disease: LD Score Regression Analysis and Mendelian Randomization Study. AAIC Conference, July 12-16, 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Davis Cammann, Jingchun Chen. Peripheral C-reactive protein is negatively correlated with Alzheimer’s disease with different genetic approaches AAIC Neuroscience Next Conference, April, 12-13, 2023, online.
Jingchun Chen, Mark L. Zhang, Yimei Lu, Melika Cummings, Davis Cammann, Jenifer Do, Jennifer Zheng, Jeffrey L. Cummings. COVID-19 is genetically correlated with Alzheimer’s disease that is independent of age and APOE risk alleles.Poster presentationat the AAIC Advancements: APOE conference in St. Louis, Missouri, and online on March 6-7th, 2023.
Jingchun Chen, Yimei Lu, Davis Cammann, Mark L. Zhang, Melika J. Cummings, Edwin C. Oh, Jeffrey L. Cummings. Genetic impact of COVID-19 infection and severity on Alzheimer’s disease. Mountain West Clinical Translational Research Infrastructure Network Annual Meeting. Oral presentation, November 17-18, 2022 Las Vegas, NV, USA
Toshiyuki Itai, Peilin Jia, Yulin Dai, Jingchun Chen, Xiangning Chen, Zhongming Zhao.De novo mutations disturb early brain development more frequently than common variants in schizophrenia. ASHG, Oct. 25-29, 2022, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Yimei Lu, Jennifer Zheng. Jingchun Chen. Genetic Risk for COVID-19 is Highly Correlated with Schizophrenia. 8th Summit of Chinese Psychiatric Geneticists, October 15-16, 2022(Virtual), China
Neel Patel, Shailey Patel, Yimei Lu, Joan Manual Cue, Xiangning Chen, Jingchun Chen. Genetic Risk for COVID-19 is Highly Correlated with Schizophrenia. WCPG 2022, Sept. 13-17, 2022, Florence, Italy
Jingchun Chen, Yimei Lu, Joan Manual Cue, Neel Patel, Jennifer Zheng, Melika J. Cummings, Jenifer Do, Xiangning Chen.Genetic Relationship between Alzheimer’s Disease and Schizophrenia. AAIC Conference, July 31-Aug 4, 2022, San Diego, CA, USA. Alzheimer’s Dementia: The Journal of The Alzheimer’s Association, 20 December 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.065861.
Jingchun Chen. Invited speaker Leveraging Genetic Data and Artificial Intelligence to Predict Schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s Disease.Online, Wuhan Polytechnic Univ, Wuhan, China, June 27, 2022
Jingchun Chen. Oral presentationArtificial Intelligence for Classification of Alzheimer’s disease with Genetic Data.CHARGE Meeting, Philadelphia, April 27-30, 2022
Jingchun Chen. Classification of Alzheimer’s disease with Genetic Data and Artificial Intelligence.Invited speaker on Seminar in Precision Medicine Spring 2022 at UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas, April 8, 2022
Jingchun Chen. Artificial Intelligence for Classification of Schizophrenia with GWAS-selected SNVs and Polygenic Risk Scores. Invited speaker at15th Annual New Mexico BioInformatics, Science and Technology (NMBIST) Symposium, March 17-18, 2022 (Virtual).
Jingchun Chen, Natalia G. Samoylova, Melika J. Cummings. TOMM40, a risk gene for Alzheimer’s disease, is upregulated during proinflammatory response. AAIC Neuroscience Next Conference, Oct 12-13, 2021, online. Alzheimer’s Dementia: The Journal of The Alzheimer’s Association. 2021 Dec 17 Suppl 2:e058711. PMID: 34971163.DOI: 10.1002/alz.058711.
Jingchun Chen, Atoshi Banerjee, and Juli Petereit. Pathways Relevant to Alzheimer’s Disease Are Identified during Proinflammatory Activation from Microglial Model Derived from Human Monocytes. AAIC Conference, July 26-30, 2021, Denver, USA (In-person and Virtual). Alzheimer’s Dementia: The Journal of The Alzheimer’s Association. 2021;17(Suppl. 3):e056355. DOI: 10.1002/alz.056355
Atoshi Banerjee, Juli Petereit, and Jingchun Chen. Proteomic Analyses of Induced Microglia Uncover Pathways Relevant to Alzheimer’s Disease. Dec 2-4, 2020. The 2020 Cold Spring Harbor meeting: Neurodegenerative Diseases: Biology & Therapeutics (Virtual).
Yimei Lu, Travis Mize, Paul Kim, Jain-Shing Wu, Daizhan Zhou, Chunling Wan, Xingwang Li, Guang He, Dongmei Cao, Xiaoqian Jiang, Kenneth S. Kendler, Ming Tsuang, Lin He*, Xiangning Chen*, and Jingchun Chen*. Family-based Whole-genome Sequencing Identifies Rare Variants for Schizophrenia in Chinese Population.The28th World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG) (Virtual), Oct 16-20, 2020 (*co-corresponding authors).
Kenny Do, Atoshi Banerjee, and Jingchun Chen. Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Gene CD33: the role in the phagocytosis of β-amyloid in the Human Microglial Cell Line. IDeA Program Meeting (Virtual) Sept 22, 2020. Division for Research Capacity Building NIGMS, NIH.
Atoshi Banerjee, Yimei Lu, Kenny Do, Xiaogang Wu, Travis Mize, and Jingchun Chen. Functional study and transcriptomic signatures confirm an application of induced microglia cellular model for studying Alzheimer’s disease. AAIC Conference, virtually. July 27-31, 2020. Dementia: The Journal of The Alzheimer’s Association. 07 December 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.047713.
Jingchun Chen, Atoshi Banerjee, Francisco Servin, Paul Kim, Mahtab Hamid, Kyler Smith, Kenny Do, Marvi Moreno, Kendra Coleman, Jain-Shing Wu, Travis Mize, Emily Huang, Xiangning Chen. Rare Variant Analyses from Whole Genome Sequencing of 20 Chinese Schizophrenia Families. 27th World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Los Angeles, CA, Oct 26-31, 2019. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2019 29(5), S154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2019.08.080.
Shan Jiang, Yinying Wang, Peilin Jia, Yulin Dai, Travis Mize, Jain-Shing Wu, Xiaoqian Jiang, Jingchun Chen, Zhongming Zhao, and Xiangning Chen. Identification of de novo mutations and structural variants in brain development-associated genes in Chinese schizophrenia families. ASHG meeting Houston, TX. Oct 15-19, 2019.
Jingchun Chen, Travis Mize, Xiaogang Wu, Nora B. Caberoy, Lorena Samentar, Jeffrey Cummings. Patient Specific Microglia Cellular Model for Alzheimer’s Disease Study. NIH IDeA Western Regional Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Oct 07-09, 2019.
Jingchun Chen, Travis Mize, Xiaogang Wu, Maria Dutreil, Marvi Moreno, Xia Wang, Nora B. Caberoy, Lorena Samentar, Vishwajit Nimgaonkar, Jeffrey Cummings, and Xiangning Chen. Patient-derived microglia cellular model towards better understanding neuroimmunology of Alzheimer’s disease, AAIC Conference, Los Angeles, CA. July 14-18, 2019 Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of The Alzheimer’s Association 2019 Vol. 15(7) pp. S1008 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.3234.
Jingchun Chen. Identification of CHST9 as a Candidate Gene for Schizophrenia from Whole Genome Sequencing. Oral presentation at 2018 IEEE 8th International Conference on Computational Advances in Bio and Medical Sciences (ICCABS), Las Vegas, NV. Oct 18-20, 2018.
Jingchun Chen. Patient-specific Microglia Cellular Model for Schizophrenia Study. Oral presentation at 3rd Annual Nevada IDeA/SfN Conference, Las Vegas, NV. Nov 8-9, 2018.
Jingchun Chen, Travis Mize, Xiaogang Wu, and Xiangning Chen. Patient-specific Microglia Cellular Models for Schizophrenia Study. XXVI World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Glasgow, Scotland, Oct 11-15, 2018. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2019, 29(Supp. 4), 1272-1272. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.08.373.
Martin R. Schiller, Nora Caberoy, Jingchun Chen, Xiangning Chen, Mira Han, Joseph Lombardo, Michael Nasiak, Edwin Oh, Shirley Shen, Qing Wu, and Xiaogang Wu. The New Personalized Medicine in Nevada COBRE, 7th NISBRE, June 24-26, 2018 Washington D.C.
Xiangning Chen, Jain-Shin Wu, Travis Mize, and Jingchun Chen. Genetically Informed Subtyping of Schizophrenia, XXV World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Orlando, Florida, Oct. 13-14, 2017.European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2019, Vol. 29(3), S941.
Xiangning Chen, Jingchun Chen, Jian-Shin Wu, and Travis Mize. Whole Genome Sequencing of Schizophrenia Families with Multiple Affected Individuals. XXV World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Orlando, Florida Oct 13-14, 2017. European Neuropsychopharmacology,2019 29(3), S868-S869. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.08.158.
Xiangning Chen, Jingchun Chen, Imad Damaj. Integration of Gene Expression with GWAS to Identify Risk Genes for Nicotine Dependence. XXIV World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Jerusalem, Israel, Oct 30-Nov 4, 2016. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2017 27 (3): S470.
Jingchun Chen, Jiahui Li, Tao Li, Xiangning Chen. Tobacco Smoking and Lung Cancer: Are There Shared Genetic Liabilities? XXII World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Copenhagen, Denmark. Oct 12-16, 2014.
Jingchun Chen, FTND meta-analysis consortium, and Xiangning Chen. Genome-Wide Meta-Analyses of FTND Score and the Time to Smoke First Cigarette in the Morning. Oral presentation at XXII World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Copenhagen, Denmark. Oct 12-16, 2014.
Jingchun Chen, Lanfen Liu, Kenneth S. Kendler, and Xiangning Chen. Analysis of SNPs with an effect on gene expression identifies spermatogenesis-associated protein 7 (SPATA7) as a potential candidate gene for schizophrenia. ASHG 61st meeting, Le Palais des Congrès (Convention Center) in Montreal (Quebec), Canada, Oct 11-15, 2011.
Xiangning Chen, Yun Zhu, Jingchun Chen, and Momiao Xiong. Smoothed functional principal component analyses of two independent GWA studies identify 67 genes significantly associated with schizophrenia. ASHG 61st meeting, Le Palais des Congrès (Convention Center) in Montreal (Quebec), Canada, Oct 11-15, 2011.
Shengjun Hong, Jingchun Chen, Jiabao Xu, Fengping Xu, Yong Zhang, Zhiyu Peng, Momiao Xiong, and Xiangning Chen. Comparative co-expression network analysis of RNA-sequencing data from post-mortem brain tissue of patients of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and healthy controls. ASHG 61st meeting, Le Palais des Congrès (Convention Center) in Montreal (Quebec), Canada, Oct 11-15, 2011.
Kia J. Jackson, Ayman H. Fanous, Jingchun Chen, Kenneth S. Kendler, and Xiangning Chen. Variants in the 15q25 locus are associated with schizophrenia diagnosis. ASHG 61st meeting, Le Palais des Congrès (Convention Center) in Montreal (Quebec), Canada, Oct 11-15, 2011.
Kia J. Jackson, Jingchun Chen, Kenneth S. Kendler, and Xiangning Chen. Variants in the neuregulin 1 gene are associated with nicotine dependence. Society of Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, Nov 13-17, 2010.
Jingchun Chen, Grace Lee, Zhongming Zhao, Kenneth Kendler, and Xiangning Chen, PTPN21/EML5, two Candidate genes for schizophrenia, were identified by GWA study and replication. XVIII World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Athens, Greece. Oct 3-7, 2010.
Kia Jackson, Jingchun Chen, Kenneth S Kendler, and Xiangning Chen. Neuregulin 1 Association with Nicotine Dependence. Behavior Genetics Association meeting, Seoul, South Korea. June 2-5, 2010.
Jingchun Chen, Darlene Brunzell, Kia Jackson, Kenneth Kendler, and Xiangning Chen. Acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 6 (ACSL6) and nicotine dependence. Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT). Baltimore, MD. Feb 2010.
Kia Jackson, Qi Chen, Jingchun Chen, Imad Damaj, Kenneth Kendler, and Xiangning Chen. The histidine-triad nucleotide-binding protein is associated with nicotine dependence and is increased in the nucleus accumbens after chronic nicotine exposure. ASHG 59th meeting Hawaii. Oct 2009.
Xiangning Chen, Jingchun Chen, Vernell S. Williamson, Seon-Sook An, John M. Hettema, Steven H. Aggen, Michael C. Neale, and Kenneth S. Kendler. Acetylcholine Receptors α5 and α3 Increase Risks to Nicotine Dependence. XVI WCPG meeting. Osaka. Japan. Oct 2008.
Jingchun Chen, Bradley T. Webb, Steven H. Aggen, Edwin van den Oord, Kenneth S. Kendler, and Xiangning Chen. ACSL6 Association with Nicotine Dependence. XVI WCPG meeting. Osaka Japan. Oct 2008.
Stephen Sawyer, Jingchun Chen. Role of Atypical p50:p50:Bcl-3 NFκB Complex in Differentiation of Erythroid Cells. Oral presentation at 47th ASH meeting in Dec, in Atlanta. Blood, 2005, 106(11).
Stephen Sawyer, Jingchun Chen, Sarah Jacobs-Helber, Randolph Abutin. GFI-1B is increased during erythroid differentiation and appears to regulate Beta globin expression and differentiation. 46th ASH meeting in Dec, in San Diego. Blood, 2004, 104 (11): 1623.
Jingchun Chen, Randolph Abutin, Sarah M. Jacobs-Helber, Kwan-ho Roh, and Stephen T. Sawyer. Role of PI3 Kinase/Akt and Downstream Badser112 Phosphorylation in Serum-dependent Survival of Erythroid Cells. 45th ASH meeting in Dec, in San Diego. Blood, 2003, 102(11): 834a.
Randolph M. Abutin, Jingchun Chen, Kwan-ho Roh, and Stephen T. Sawyer. Role of EPO-dependent Phosphorylation/Destruction of BIM in Survival of Erythroid Cells. 45th ASH meeting in Dec, in San Diego. Blood, 2003, 102(11): 352a.
Sarah M. Jacobs-Helber, Jingchun Chen, Stephen T. Sawyer. Role of Growth Factor Independent-1B during Differentiation and the Induction of Apoptosis in Erythropoietin-dependent Erythroid Cells. 45th ASH meeting in Dec, in San Diego. Blood, 2003, 102(11): 575a.
Jingchun Chen, Sarah M. Jacobs-Helber, Mousumi Sarkar, Dwayne Barber, and Stephen T. Sawyer. Autocrine Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Contributes to Erythropoietin-induced Proliferation in Leukemic Cells by MAPK/ERK Activation. 44th ASH meeting in Dec, in Philadelphia. Blood, 2002, 100(11): 552a.
S. Jacobs-Helber, Jingchun Chen, J. Ryan, E. Dessypris, A. Wickrema, M. Bondurant. S. Sawyer. Studies on Erythropoietin-dependent and Constitutive Tumor Necrosis-alpha Expression in Murine and Human Erythroid Cells. Experimental Hematology, Supplement1, 2002, 30(6): 43. 31st Annual Meeting of International Society for Experimental Hematology, Montreal, Canada, July 5-9, 2002.
