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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Wilfred Chen is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The research primarily spans molecular biology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, biotechnology, biomaterials, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's publications focus on several main topics, including:

  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Wilfred Chen include:

  • Modular Hepatitis B Virus-like Particle Platform for Biosensing and Drug Delivery, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) enabled bio-applications: A critical review, 2021, Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  • Site-Specific Bioconjugation Approaches for Enhanced Delivery of Protein Therapeutics and Protein Drug Carriers, 2020, Bioconjugate Chemistry
  • Engineering a Blue Light Inducible SpyTag System (BLISS), 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Reductive Enzyme Cascades for Valorization of Polyethylene Terephthalate Deconstruction Products, 2023, ACS Catalysis

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Current Opinion in Biotechnology
  • ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  • ACS Catalysis

Wilfred Chen collaborates often with researchers including Millicent O. Sullivan, Emily J. Hartzell, Rachel M. Lieser, Daniel Yur, and Madan R. Gopal.

Wilfred Chen was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Nanowire‐Based Electrochemical Biosensors

    Adam K. Wanekaya;Wilfred Chen;Nosang V. Myung;Ashok Mulchandani

  • Reversible conversion of conducting polymer films from superhydrophobic to superhydrophilic

    Lianbin Xu;Wilfred Chen;Ashok Mulchandani;Yushan Yan

  • Biosensors for direct determination of organophosphate pesticides.

    Ashok Mulchandani;Wilfred Chen;Priti Mulchandani;Joseph Wang

  • Bioaffinity sensing using biologically functionalized conducting-polymer nanowire.

    Kumaran Ramanathan;Mangesh A Bangar;Minhee Yun;Wilfred Chen

  • Biodegradation of organophosphorus pesticides by surface-expressed organophosphorus hydrolase

    Richard D. Richins;Irina Kaneva;Ashok Mulchandani;Wilfred Chen

  • Engineering plant-microbe symbiosis for rhizoremediation of heavy metals.

    Cindy H. Wu;Thomas K. Wood;Ashok Mulchandani;Wilfred Chen

  • Determination of organophosphate pesticides at a carbon nanotube/organophosphorus hydrolase electrochemical biosensor

    Randhir Prakash Deo;Joseph Wang;Ines Block;Ashok Mulchandani

  • Individually Addressable Conducting Polymer Nanowires Array

    Kumaran Ramanathan;Mangesh A. Bangar;Minhee Yun;Wilfred Chen

  • A Disposable Biosensor for Organophosphorus Nerve Agents Based on Carbon Nanotubes Modified Thick Film Strip Electrode

    Kanchan A. Joshi;Jason Tang;Robert Haddon;Joseph Wang

  • Detection of heavy metal ions in drinking water using a high-resolution differential surface plasmon resonance sensor.

    Erica S. Forzani;Haiqian Zhang;Wilfred Chen;Nongjian Tao

  • Bacterial Cell Surface Display of Organophosphorus Hydrolase for Selective Screening of Improved Hydrolysis of Organophosphate Nerve Agents

    Catherine Mee Hie Cho;Ashok Mulchandani;Wilfred Chen

  • Enhanced arsenic accumulation in engineered bacterial cells expressing ArsR.

    Jan Kostal;Rosanna Yang;Cindy H. Wu;Ashok Mulchandani

  • Biosensor for direct determination of organophosphate nerve agents using recombinant Escherichia coli with surface-expressed organophosphorus hydrolase. 1. Potentiometric microbial electrode

    Ashok Mulchandani;Priti Mulchandani;Irina Kaneva;Wilfred Chen

  • Biosensor for direct determination of organophosphate nerve agents. 1. Potentiometric enzyme electrode.

    Priti Mulchandani;Ashok Mulchandani;Irina Kaneva;Wilfred Chen

  • Arsenic metabolism by microbes in nature and the impact on arsenic remediation

    Shen-Long Tsai;Shailendra Singh;Wilfred Chen

  • Functional assembly of minicellulosomes on the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell surface for cellulose hydrolysis and ethanol production.

    Shen-Long Tsai;Jeongseok Oh;Shailendra Singh;Ruizhen Chen

  • Enhanced bioaccumulation of heavy metals by bacterial cells displaying synthetic phytochelatins.

    Weon Bae;Wilfred Chen;Ashok Mulchandani;Rajesh K. Mehra

  • Bioremediation : environmental clean-up through pathway engineering

    Shailendra Singh;Seung Hyun Kang;Ashok Mulchandani;Wilfred Chen

  • Surface display of a functional minicellulosome by intracellular complementation using a synthetic yeast consortium and its application to cellulose hydrolysis and ethanol production.

    Shen-Long Tsai;Garima Goyal;Wilfred Chen

  • Use of real-time polymerase chain reaction and molecular beacons for the detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7.

    Nathalie Y. Fortin;Ashok Mulchandani;Wilfred Chen

  • Microbial biosensors.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Ashok Mulchandani
Ashok Mulchandani University of California, Riverside
Nosang V. Myung
Nosang V. Myung University of Notre Dame
Joseph Wang
Joseph Wang University of California, San Diego
Yu Lei
Yu Lei Sun Yat-sen University
Thomas K. Wood
Thomas K. Wood Pennsylvania State University
Yushan Yan
Yushan Yan University of Delaware
Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis
Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis University of Delaware
Michael J. Schöning
Michael J. Schöning RWTH Aachen University
Kelvin H. Lee
Kelvin H. Lee University of Delaware

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