Vieira Dos Santos, J., Yu, R.Y., Terceros, A., Chen, B.E. 2019. FGF receptors are required for proper axonal branch targeting in Drosophila.
Molecular Brain 12: 84. Abstract
Lo, C.A., Chen, B.E. 2019. Parental Allele-Specific Protein Expression in Single Cells In Vivo.
Developmental Biology 454: 66-73. Abstract
Kays, I., Chen, B.E. 2019. Protein and RNA Quantification of Multiple Genes in Single Cells. BioTechniques 66: 15–21. Abstract.
Schmucker, D, Chen, B. 2009. Dscam and DSCAM: Complex genes in simple animals, complex animals yet simple genes. Genes & Development 23: 147-156. Abstract
Lo, C.A., Greben, A.W., Chen, B. E. 2017. Generating stable cell lines with quantifiable protein production using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knock-in. BioTechniques 62: 165-174. Abstract
Lo, C.*, Kays, I.*, Emran, F., Lin, T., Cvetkovska, V., Chen, B. E. 2015. Quantification of Protein Levels in Single Living Cells. Cell Reports 13: 2634-2644. Abstract
Neufeld, S. Q., Hibbert, A. D., Chen, B. E. 2011. Opposing roles of PlexinA and PlexinB in axonal branch and varicosity formation. Molecular Brain 4: 15-26. Abstract
Chen, B. E., Lendvai, B., Nimchinsky, E. A., Burbach, B., Fox, K., Svoboda, K. 2000. Imaging high-resolution structure of GFP-expressing neurons in the neocortex in vivo. Learn. Mem. 7: 433-41. Abstract
Chen, B. E., Trachtenberg, J. T., Holtmaat, A. J., Svoboda, K. Long-term, high-resolution imaging in the neocortex in vivo. 2004. In Live Cell Imaging: A Laboratory Manual. (ed. Goldman R., Spector, D.) Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Abstract
Kays, I.*, Cvetkovska, V.*, Chen, B. E. 2014. Structural and functional analysis of single neurons to correlate synaptic connectivity with grooming behavior. Nature Protocols 9: 1-10. Abstract Our protocol was featured on the cover of the January 2014 issue of Nature Protocols.
Lendvai, B., Stern, E. A., Chen, B., Svoboda, K. 2000. Experience-dependent plasticity of dendritic spines in the developing rat barrel cortex in vivo. Nature 404: 876-881. Abstract This paper was highlighted by Nature in a News and View by Kevin Fox (2000, 404: 825-827).
Chen, B. E.* , Kondo, M.*, Garnier, A., Watson, F.L., Püttmann-Holgado, R., Lamar, D.R., Schmucker, D. 2006. The molecular diversity of Dscam is functionally required for neuronal wiring specificity in Drosophila. Cell 125: 607-620. Abstract This paper was highlighted by Cell in a Preview by Bharadwaj and Kolodkin (2006, 125: 421-424), and has earned a Faculty of 1000 Factor of 6.5 Must Read.
Cvetkovska, V.*, Hibbert, A. D.*, Emran, F., Chen, B. E. 2013. Overexpression of Down Syndrome Cell Adhesion Molecule impairs precise synaptic targeting. Nature Neuroscience 16: 677-682. Abstract This paper was highlighted by Nature Reviews Neuroscience in a Research Highlight (2013, 14: 458–459), a YouTube video produced by SimpliSci, and has earned a Faculty of 1000 Factor of 2.0.
Chen, B. E. 2015. DSCAM, Mother of Innovations. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 43: 1-4. Abstract
This paper is basically my manifesto and a paean to Canadian neuroscience. I was asked to write a commentary on what it is like to be a new investigator in Canada, after winning the 2014 Canadian Association for Neuroscience Young Investigator Award.
Down Syndrome Cell Adhesion Molecule
Trachtenberg, J. T.*, Chen, B. E.*, Knott, G. W., Feng, G., Sanes, J. R., Welker, E., Svoboda, K. 2002. Long-term in vivo imaging of experience-dependent synaptic plasticity in adult cortex. Nature 420: 788-794. Abstract This paper was highlighted by Nature in a News and Views by Ottersen and Helm (2002, 420: 751-752), and also earned a Faculty of 1000 Factor of 8.0 Exceptional.
