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Guo-Qiang Chen

Guo-Qiang Chen

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Biology and Biochemistry
China
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
113
Citations
46696
World Ranking
635
National Ranking
192

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
128
Citations
78618
World Ranking
437
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Guo-Qiang Chen is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China, contributing extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with a focus on molecular biology, biomaterials, biomedical engineering, pollution, and physiology. Their research encompasses a range of specialized areas including biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, microplastics and plastic pollution, biofuel production and bioconversion, diet and metabolism studies, and electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications.

Recent publications by Guo-Qiang Chen include notable works such as:

  • Grand Challenges for Industrializing Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), 2021, Trends in Biotechnology
  • Rational flux-tuning of Halomonas bluephagenesis for co-production of bioplastic PHB and ectoine, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Construction of a sustainable 3-hydroxybutyrate-producing probiotic Escherichia coli for treatment of colitis, 2021, Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • Applications of synthetic biology in medical and pharmaceutical fields, 2023, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • g-C3N4-based S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts, 2024, Science China Materials

Their research findings have been published in frequent venues including:

  • Metabolic Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Bioresource Technology
  • Nature Communications

Guo-Qiang Chen regularly collaborates with several coauthors, among whom are Fuqing Wu, Jianwen Ye, Xu Zhang, Lizhan Zhang, and Xu Yan. These collaborations reflect a pattern of cooperative and multidisciplinary research efforts within the scientific community.

Over their career, Guo-Qiang Chen has contributed 131 publications to their main field and has specifically advanced knowledge through 108 publications in molecular biology, 55 in biomaterials, 37 in biomedical engineering, 17 in pollution, and 17 in physiology.

Among the recognitions received, Guo-Qiang Chen was named a Member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • A mechanistic study of the antibacterial effect of silver ions on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.

    Q. L. Feng;J. Wu;G. Q. Chen;F. Z. Cui

  • Use of Arsenic Trioxide (As2O3 ) in the Treatment of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL): II. Clinical Efficacy and Pharmacokinetics in Relapsed Patients

    Zhi-Xiang Shen;Guo-Qiang Chen;Jian-Hua Ni;Xiu-Shong Li

  • The application of polyhydroxyalkanoates as tissue engineering materials.

    Guo-Qiang Chen;Qiong Wu

  • A microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) based bio- and materials industry

    Guo-Qiang Chen;Guo-Qiang Chen

  • In vitro studies on cellular and molecular mechanisms of arsenic trioxide (As2O3) in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia: As2O3 induces NB4 cell apoptosis with downregulation of Bcl-2 expression and modulation of PML-RAR alpha/PML proteins

    Guo-Qiang Chen;Jun Zhu;Xue-Geng Shi;Jian-Hua Ni

  • Plastics derived from biological sources: present and future: a technical and environmental review.

    Guo-Qiang Chen;Martin Kumar Patel

  • Use of arsenic trioxide (As2O3) in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) : I. As2O3 exerts dose-dependent dual effects on APL cells

    Guo-Qiang Chen;Xue-Geng Shi;Wei Tang;Shu-Min Xiong

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Structure of a glutamate-receptor ligand-binding core in complex with kainate

    Neali Armstrong;Yu Sun;Guo Qiang Chen;Eric Gouaux

  • Studies on treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia with arsenic trioxide: remission induction, follow-up, and molecular monitoring in 11 newly diagnosed and 47 relapsed acute promyelocytic leukemia patients.

    Chao Niu;Hua Yan;Ting Yu;Hui-Ping Sun

  • Next generation industrial biotechnology based on extremophilic bacteria.

    Guo-Qiang Chen;Xiao-Ran Jiang

  • Functional characterization of a potassium-selective prokaryotic glutamate receptor

    Guo-Qiang Chen;Changhai Cui;Mark L. Mayer;Eric Gouaux

  • Unsterile and continuous production of polyhydroxybutyrate by Halomonas TD01.

    Dan Tan;Yuan-Sheng Xue;Gulsimay Aibaidula;Guo-Qiang Chen

  • AML1-ETO and C-KIT mutation/overexpression in t(8;21) leukemia: Implication in stepwise leukemogenesis and response to Gleevec

    Yue-Ying Wang;Guang-Biao Zhou;Tong Yin;Bing Chen

  • Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) scaffolds with good mechanical properties and biocompatibility.

    Kai Zhao;Ying Deng;Jin Chun Chen;Guo Qiang Chen

  • Industrial scale production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate).

    G. Q. Chen;G. Zhang;S. J. Park;S. Y. Lee

  • Arsenic trioxide-induced apoptosis and differentiation are associated respectively with mitochondrial transmembrane potential collapse and retinoic acid signaling pathways in acute promyelocytic leukemia.

    X Cai;Y L Shen;Q Zhu;P M Jia

  • Polyhydroxyalkanoates, challenges and opportunities

    Ying Wang;Jin Yin;Guo-Qiang Chen

  • Apoptosis and Growth Inhibition in Malignant Lymphocytes After Treatment With Arsenic Trioxide at Clinically Achievable Concentrations

    Xin-Hua Zhu;Yu-Lei Shen;Yong-kui Jing;Xun Cai

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshio Inoue
Yoshio Inoue Tokyo Institute of Technology
Zibiao Li
Zibiao Li Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Xun Sun
Xun Sun Sichuan University
Isao Noda
Isao Noda University of Delaware
Xiaoping Yang
Xiaoping Yang Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Jerold M. Schultz
Jerold M. Schultz University of Delaware
Shouke Yan
Shouke Yan Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Zhirong Zhang
Zhirong Zhang Sichuan University
Zhilong Xiu
Zhilong Xiu Dalian University of Technology
Qing Yang
Qing Yang Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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