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Li-Qing Chen

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UIUC

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Integrative Biology

Department of Plant Biology

Li-qing Chen is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Associate Professor at Uiuc.

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UIUC

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plant physiology biology biochemistry plant cells genetics botany plant science plant molecular biology plant metabolism molecular and cellular biology gene expression integrative plant biology cell biology biosynthesis protein transport plant biochemistry plant biotechnology cell and molecular biology genomics cell metabolism molecular genetics metabolism molecular plant pathology molecular plant-microbe interactions genome biology structural molecular biology biomolecular structure membrane transport biological macromolecules plant genetics plant stress plant development pollen germination photosynthesis biochemical sciences molecular metabolism plant genomics carbohydrate-protein interactions plant biology plant hormones sugar transporters sweet family cellular biochemistry protein secretion plant cytology prokaryotic system abiotic stress polysaccharides pathogen effector plant pathogen effector plant-pathogen interactions plant immunity protein kinase allele-defined genome sugar transport leaf phloem cells sweet sucrose transporters host-microbe interactions protein phosphorylation comparative genomics genome sequencing secretory pathway bacteriology conformational studies optical sensors in vivo systems biomedical photonics photorespiration sweet proteins sweet sensation photosynthesis sucrose efflux mediated calcineurin b-like proteins disease resistance sugarcane chromosome intercellular sugar translocation sugar transporter sweet9 bioenergy biomass resource sustainable production biomass (energy) carbon allocation biosystems environmental science ecology

Notable Scholarly Works

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Design of Diverse, Functional Mitochondrial Targeting Sequences Across Eukaryotic Organisms Using Variational Autoencoder. Nature Communications (2025)

Aashutosh Girish BoobShih-I TanAirah ZaidiNilmani SinghXueyi XueShuaizhen ZhouTeresa A MartinLi-Qing ChenHuimin Zhao

mitochondrial dynamicsdirected evolutionlocalization efficiencyartificial peptidesmitochondrial biogenesiscomputational biologymolecular informaticsproteome researchprotein sciencecell metabolismbioinformaticsvariational autoencodermolecular metabolismprotein designprotein engineeringsynthetic biologysystems biologybiomolecular engineeringmolecular biology

Sweet Family Transporters Act as Water-Conducting Carrier Proteins in Plants. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling (2025)

Balaji SelvamArnav PaulYa-Chi YuLi-Qing ChenDiwakar Shukla

biophysicsmembrane transportmembranesmembrane systemsprotein transportwater-conducting carrier proteinsmembrane permeationmembrane proteinsmembrane sciencehydrogen peroxideplant cellsprotein sciencewater permeationmembrane biologybiochemistry

The Crucial Roles of Phloem Companion Cells in Response to Phosphorus Deficiency. Plant Cell & Environment (2025)

Chao XiaJing HuangXiangjun ZhouRaja S. PayyavulaHai LanLi‐Qing ChenRobert TurgeonCankui Zhang

arabidopsis ccsgene expressiondevelopmental biologyplant molecular biologyphloem ccsbiologyplant hormonesplant physiologyphosphorus deficiencyplant cellsbotany

Deep Mutational Scanning Reveals Sequence to Function Constraints for Sweet Family Transporters. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Krishna K NarayananAustin T WeigleLingyun XuXuenan MiChen ZhangLi-Qing ChenErik ProckoDiwakar Shukla

protein evolutionsweet family transporterssystems biologyprotein structureprotein transportsugar transporter atsweet13molecular biologystructural molecular biologybiomolecular structureprotein sciencedms resultsbioinformatics

Design of Diverse, Functional Mitochondrial Targeting Sequences Across Eukaryotic Organisms Using Variational Autoencoder. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Aashutosh Girish BoobShih-I TanAirah ZaidiNilmani SinghXueyi XueShuaizhen ZhouTeresa A MartinLi-Qing ChenHuimin Zhao

localization efficiencydeep learningmachine learning researchcomputational biologymolecular informaticsgenome biologyartificial mtssproteomicsproteome researchautoencodersprotein sciencemachine learningprotein modelingbioinformaticsfunctional genomicsbiologyvariational autoencoderprotein designbiomedical informaticssystems biologyprotein bioinformaticsmolecular biologytarget prediction

Dt1-Sweet10A Partner: Photoperiodic Control of Seed Weight in Soybean. Molecular Plant (2024)

Li-Qing ChenLalit Dev Tiwari

dt1-sweet10a partnerbiologyplant physiologycrop physiologyplant sciencebotany

Sweet Family Transporters Act as Water Conducting Carrier Proteins in Plants. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Balaji SelvamArnav PaulYa-Chi YuLi-Qing ChenDiwakar Shukla

sweet family transportersbiophysicswater moleculesplant sugar transportersmembrane transportmembranesprotein transportplant physiologyintegrative plant biologymembrane permeationmembrane proteinsmembrane sciencemembrane biologybiochemistry

The Arabidopsis Amino Acid Transporter Umamit20 Confers Susceptibility to B. Cinerea. (2024)

Matthew J PriorDiana WeidauerJui-Yu LiaoKeiko KuwataFederica LocciChen DengHong Bo YeQiang CaiMargot BezrutczykChengsong ZhaoLi-Qing ChenMartin C JonikasGuillaume PilotHailing JinJane ParkerWolf B FrommerJi-Yun Kim

molecular plant pathologypathogen effectorpathogenesisplant physiologybacterial pathogensplant-pathogen interactionssusceptibility factorplant diseaseplant pathologybacteriaplant pathogen effectormicrobial pathogenesisbiologyfungusplant immunitypathogensgeneticsmolecular plant-microbe interactionsamino acid transportplant-microbe interactionsmicrobiology

Tonoplast Sugar Transporters as Key Drivers of Sugar Accumulation, a Case Study in Sugarcane. Horticulture Research (2024)

Michael TangJiang WangBaskaran KannanNiki Maria KoukoulidisYi-Hsuan LinFredy AltpeterLi-Qing Chen

sugar accumulationbioenergytonoplast sugar transporterscase studiesagricultural economicsbiomass (energy)

Atsweet1 Negatively Regulates Plant Susceptibility to Root-Knot Nematode Disease. Frontiers in Plant Science (2023)

Yuan ZhouDan ZhaoYuxi DuanLijie ChenHaiyan FanYuanyuan WangXiaoyu LiuLi-Qing ChenYuanhu XuanXiaofeng Zhu

molecular plant pathologyplant susceptibilityplant biologybiologynematode pestplant physiologymolecular plant-microbe interactionsnematode-plant interactionsplant pathologyplant sciencebotanynematode interactionscell biology

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Li-Qing Chen

Associate Professor

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Integrative Biology

Department of Plant Biology

Li-qing Chen is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Associate Professor at Uiuc.

Honors

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Experiences

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Li-Qing Chen

UIUC

Associate Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Design of Diverse, Functional Mitochondrial Targeting Sequences Across Eukaryotic Organisms Using Variational Autoencoder. Nature Communications (2025)

Aashutosh Girish BoobShih-I TanAirah ZaidiNilmani SinghXueyi XueShuaizhen ZhouTeresa A MartinLi-Qing ChenHuimin Zhao

Sweet Family Transporters Act as Water-Conducting Carrier Proteins in Plants. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling (2025)

Balaji SelvamArnav PaulYa-Chi YuLi-Qing ChenDiwakar Shukla

The Crucial Roles of Phloem Companion Cells in Response to Phosphorus Deficiency. Plant Cell & Environment (2025)

Chao XiaJing HuangXiangjun ZhouRaja S. PayyavulaHai LanLi‐Qing ChenRobert TurgeonCankui Zhang

arabidopsis ccsgene expressiondevelopmental biologyplant molecular biologyphloem ccsbiologyplant hormonesplant physiologyphosphorus deficiencyplant cellsbotany

Deep Mutational Scanning Reveals Sequence to Function Constraints for Sweet Family Transporters. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Krishna K NarayananAustin T WeigleLingyun XuXuenan MiChen ZhangLi-Qing ChenErik ProckoDiwakar Shukla

Design of Diverse, Functional Mitochondrial Targeting Sequences Across Eukaryotic Organisms Using Variational Autoencoder. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Aashutosh Girish BoobShih-I TanAirah ZaidiNilmani SinghXueyi XueShuaizhen ZhouTeresa A MartinLi-Qing ChenHuimin Zhao

Dt1-Sweet10A Partner: Photoperiodic Control of Seed Weight in Soybean. Molecular Plant (2024)

Li-Qing ChenLalit Dev Tiwari

dt1-sweet10a partnerbiologyplant physiologycrop physiologyplant sciencebotany

Sweet Family Transporters Act as Water Conducting Carrier Proteins in Plants. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Balaji SelvamArnav PaulYa-Chi YuLi-Qing ChenDiwakar Shukla

The Arabidopsis Amino Acid Transporter Umamit20 Confers Susceptibility to B. Cinerea. (2024)

Tonoplast Sugar Transporters as Key Drivers of Sugar Accumulation, a Case Study in Sugarcane. Horticulture Research (2024)

Michael TangJiang WangBaskaran KannanNiki Maria KoukoulidisYi-Hsuan LinFredy AltpeterLi-Qing Chen

sugar accumulationbioenergytonoplast sugar transporterscase studiesagricultural economicsbiomass (energy)

Atsweet1 Negatively Regulates Plant Susceptibility to Root-Knot Nematode Disease. Frontiers in Plant Science (2023)

Yuan ZhouDan ZhaoYuxi DuanLijie ChenHaiyan FanYuanyuan WangXiaoyu LiuLi-Qing ChenYuanhu XuanXiaofeng Zhu

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