Tong Chen
Senior Research Technician

Organisation unit

College of Sciences School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Profile of Tong Chen

My skills

Cattle/sheep IVF
Lab management
Molecular biology
Nanopore sequencing

About me

Publications:  ·       
Pineda, P. S., MacPhillamy, C., Ren, Y., Chen, T., et al. (2025). Insights into natural neocentromere evolution from a cattle T2T X chromosome. Nature Communications, 16(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-025-65778-w ·       
Low, W., Pineda, P., MacPhillamy, C., Ren, Y., Chen, T., et al. (2025). Cattle T2T X Chromosome: Insights into Natural Neocentromere Evolution. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-6068440/v1 ·       
Tearle, R. G., Chen, T., & Brien, F. D. (2025). A 3-bp deletion in SLC45A2 gene linked to fleece pigmentation loss in Suffolk sheep. Animal Genetics, 56(1). doi:10.1111/age.13495 ·       
Ren, Y., Khatkar, M. S., MacPhillamy, C., Wang, H., McEwin, R. A., Chen, T., et al. (2024). Target Capture Sequencing for Genotyping in Cattle. Genes, 15(9), 1218. doi:10.3390/genes15091218 ·       
MacPhillamy, C., Chen, T., Hiendleder, S., et al. (2024). DNA methylation analysis in bovine pangenome era. Gigascience, 13. doi:10.1093/gigascience/giae061 ·       
Aldersey, J. E., Chen, T., Petrovski, K., et al. (2024). Histological characterisation of horn bud region in bovine fetuses. Int. J. Dev. Biol, 68(3), 117-126. doi:10.1387/ijdb.240040ja ·       
Pineda, P. S., Flores, E. B., Chen, T., et al. (2024). Buffalo genetic diversity: 1000 Buffalo Genomes Project. Gigascience, 13. doi:10.1093/gigascience/giae053 ·       
Hue, D. T., Petrovski, K., Chen, T., et al. (2023). Immune-related microRNAs in cows and calves. J. Dairy Sci, 106(4), 2866-2878. doi:10.3168/jds.2022-22398 ·       
MacPhillamy, C., Ren, Y., Chen, T., et al. (2023). MicroRNA breed and parent-of-origin effects in cattle. Front. Genet, 14. doi:10.3389/fgene.2023.1329939 ·       
Liu, R., Tearle, R., Low, W. Y., Chen, T., et al. (2021). Gene expression patterns in cattle crosses. BMC Genomics, 22(1). doi:10.1186/s12864-021-07667-2 ·       
Naghibi, S., Chen, T., et al. (2021). AIEgen-enhanced protein imaging. Aggregate, 2(3). doi:10.1002/agt2.41 ·       
Hue, D. T., Skirving, R., Chen, T., et al. (2021). Colostrum source and passive immunity transfer in dairy calves. J. Dairy Sci, 104(7), 8164-8176. doi:10.3168/jds.2020-19318 ·       
Chen, T., Turner, B., Beart, P., et al. (2018). Glutathione monoethyl ester prevents TDP-43 pathology. Neurochem Int, 112, 278-287. doi:10.1016/j.neuint.2017.08.009 ·       
Betzer, C., Lassen, L., Chen, T., et al. (2018). Alpha-synuclein aggregates activate SERCA. EMBO Reports, 19(5). doi:10.15252/embr.201744617
Publications: · Pineda, P. S., MacPhillamy, C., Ren, Y., Chen, T., et al. (2025). Insights into natural neocentromere evolution from a cattle T2T X chromosome. Nature Communications, 16(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-025-65778-w · Low, W., Pineda, P., MacPhillamy, C., Ren, Y., Chen, T., et al. (2025). Cattle T2T X Chromosome: Insights into Natural Neocentromere Evolution. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-6068440/v1 · Tearle, R. G., Chen, T., & Brien, F. D. (2025). A 3-bp deletion in SLC45A2 gene linked to fleece pigmentation loss in Suffolk sheep. Animal Genetics, 56(1). doi:10.1111/age.13495 · Ren, Y., Khatkar, M. S., MacPhillamy, C., Wang, H., McEwin, R. A., Chen, T., et al. (2024). Target Capture Sequencing for Genotyping in Cattle. Genes, 15(9), 1218. doi:10.3390/genes15091218 · MacPhillamy, C., Chen, T., Hiendleder, S., et al. (2024). DNA methylation analysis in bovine pangenome era. Gigascience, 13. doi:10.1093/gigascience/giae061 · Aldersey, J. E., Chen, T., Petrovski, K., et al. (2024). Histological characterisation of horn bud region in bovine fetuses. Int. J. Dev. Biol, 68(3), 117-126. doi:10.1387/ijdb.240040ja · Pineda, P. S., Flores, E. B., Chen, T., et al. (2024). Buffalo genetic diversity: 1000 Buffalo Genomes Project. Gigascience, 13. doi:10.1093/gigascience/giae053 · Hue, D. T., Petrovski, K., Chen, T., et al. (2023). Immune-related microRNAs in cows and calves. J. Dairy Sci, 106(4), 2866-2878. doi:10.3168/jds.2022-22398 · MacPhillamy, C., Ren, Y., Chen, T., et al. (2023). Mic...
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Last updated on 05/01/2026 by Tong Chen