Dr Eli Chen

Dr Eli Chen

Graduate student (2009-2014)

Eli obtained his BSc from Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (SJTU) majoring in Biotechnology. He then worked in Lab of Plant Functional Genomics (SJTU) as a research assistant. His job included mapping of various mutation points in Oryza sativa (rice) and Lotus japonicus using molecular markers. Eli then switched his focus to chemistry, moving to Southampton to begin a masters, and then PhD, in the Brown group, starting in 2009 and finishing in 2014.

2 Papers

Fast Copper-Free Click DNA Ligation by the Ring Strain Promoted Alkyne-Azide Cycloaddition Reaction

M. Shelbourne, X. Chen, T. Brown and A. H. El-Sagheer. Chem. Commun. 47, 6257-6259, 2011.

Reverse transcription through a bulky triazole linkage in RNA: implications for RNA sequencing

X. Chen, A. H. El-Sagheer and T. Brown. Chem. Commun. 50, 7597-7600, 2014.