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.  eLife  Accepted.  .

. In The Prosperous PhD: Secrets to Success from Top Supervisors. (Eds. J. Wearing, C. DeLuca, & S. MacGregor). University of Toronto Press.

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Emran, F., Kays, I., Lo, C.A., Li, Y., Chen, B.E. 2025. A drug screening platform for protein expression levels in neurological disorders.  BioTechniques  77(3): 113–124.  .

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Kays, I., Chen, B.E. 2024. Tracking and Measuring Local Protein Synthesis In Vivo.  Development  151(21): 1–12.  .  This paper demonstrates instantaneous tracking and measuring protein synthesis events at subcellular resolution in the living animal.

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Shih, P-Y., Hsieh, B-Y., Tsai, C-Y., Lo, C.A., Chen, B.E., Hsueh, Y-P. 2020. Autism-linked mutations of CTTNBP2 reduce social interaction and impair dendritic spine formation via diverse mechanisms.  Acta Neuropathologica Communications  8: 185.  .

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Li, J., Yu, R.Y., Emran, F., Chen, B.E., Hughes, M.E. 2019. Achilles-Mediated and Sex-Specific Regulation of Circadian mRNA Rhythms in Drosophila.  Journal of Biological Rhythms  34(2): 131–143. .

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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.  .

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Lo, C.A., Chen, B.E.  2019.  Parental Allele-Specific Protein Expression in Single Cells In Vivo.  Developmental Biology  454: 66-73. . Our paper was featured on .  This paper was part of my long term goal to track protein expression from both the maternal and paternal allele over time in single cells in a living animal.

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Kays, I., Chen, B.E.  2019.  Protein and RNA Quantification of Multiple Genes in Single Cells.  BioTechniques   66: 15–21.  .

.  The CRISPR Journal  1(3): 223–229.  .

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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.  .

. (ed. Anqi Shen) Pgs 12–17. University Affairs  Vol. 58, No. 02. February 2017. Universities Canada Press.

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Pavlou, H.J., Lin, A.C., Neville, M.C., Nojima, T., Diao, F., Chen, B.E., White, B.H., Goodwin, S.F. 2016. Neural circuitry coordinating male copulation. eLife 5: e20713. .

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Suciu, R. M., Aydin, E., Chen, B. E. 2015.  : a web application for accessing genomic and bioinformatics knowledge.  BMC Bioinformatics  16: 67. .

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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.  .

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Chen, B. E. 2015. DSCAM, Mother of Innovations.  Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences  43: 1-4.  .  
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 .

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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.  .  Our paper was featured on .

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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.  .  This paper was highlighted by  (2013, 14: 458–459), a  produced by SimpliSci.

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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.  .

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Schmucker, D, Chen, B. 2009. Dscam and DSCAM: Complex genes in simple animals, complex animals yet simple genes.  Genes & Development  23: 147-156.  .

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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.  .

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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.  .

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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.  .

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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.  .

 

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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.  .