Bojun Chen

UNT Faculty Profile

Curriculum Vitae

Highlights:

• Molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission using C. elegans as model organism

Education:

PhD, Peking University, Beijing, China

MS, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.

Research interest:

Molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission using C. elegans as a model organism.    

Selected publications:

1. Long-Gang Niu, Yan Li, Ping Liu, Yuan Shui, Bojun Chen*, Zhao-Wen Wang*. (2020). Melatonin promotes sleep by activating the BK channel in C. elegans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 117:25128-25137. (*co-corresponding authors).
2. Ping Liu, Bojun Chen, Zhao-Wen Wang. (2020). GABAergic motor neurons bias locomotor decision-making in C. elegans. Nat Commun. 11:5076.
3. Yuan Shui, Ping Liu, Haiying Zhan, Bojun Chen, Zhao-Wen Wang. (2020). Molecular basis of junctional current rectification at an electrical synapse. Sci Adv. 6(27):eabb3076
4. Long-Gang Niu, Ping Liu, Zhao-Wen Wang, Bojun Chen. (2020). Slo2 potassium channel function depends on RNA editing-regulated expression of a SCYL1 protein. Elife, 9:e53986.
5. Ping Liu, Jason Wang, Zhao-Wen Wang, Bojun Chen. (2018). HRPU-2, a homologue of mammalian hnRNPU, regulates synaptic transmission by controlling the expression of SLO-2 potassium channel in C. elegans. J Neurosci. 38(5):1073-1084.
6. Long-Gang Niu, Ping Liu, Yuan Shui, Roger Mailler, Zhao-Wen Wang, Bojun Chen. (2017). BKIP-1, an auxiliary subunit critical to SLO-1 function, inhibit SLO-2 potassium channel in vivo. Sci Rep. 7(1):17843.
7. Bojun Chen, Ping Liu, Edward J Hujber, Yan Li, Erik M Jorgensen, Zhao-Wen Wang. (2017). AIP limits neurotransmitter release by inhibiting calcium bursts from the ryanodine receptor. Nat Commun, 8(1):1380. 
8. Ping Liu, Bojun Chen, Roger Mailler, Zhao-Wen Wang. (2017). Antidromic-rectifying gap junctions amplify chemical transmission at functionally mixed electrical-chemical synapses. Nat Commun, 8:14818.