Biography:
I have broad interests in exploring the world of viruses, which is probably the largest entity in the biosphere. Think about it, there are billions of them hanging around in every liter of Chesapeake Bay water! During my Ph.D. studies in the MOVE project, I have been working on the estuarine Synechococcus and their cyanophage system. As a veteran MOVEr, I have fished tons of viruses including cyanophages…. I wish that my work will enrich our knowledge of the biology and ecology of marine viruses.
Research Interests:
I have been working with estuarine Synechococcus and their cyanophage.
Publications:
Chen, F., K. Wang, J. C. Stewart, R. Belas. 2006. Induction of prophages of a marine alpha-proteobacterium Silicibacter sp. TM1040: a genomic approach. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (in press)
Kan, J., B. Crump, K. Wang, M. T. Suzuki, and F. Chen. 2006. Bacterioplankton community in Chesapeake Bay: Predictable or random assemblages. Limnol. Oceanogr. (in press)
Wang, K, Chen, F., J, Kan, M. Suzuki and E. Wommack.2006. Diverse and unique picocyanobacteria found in the Chesapeake Bay. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 2239-2243.
Kan, J., K. Wang, and F. Chen. 2005. Temporal variation and detection limit of an estuarine bacterioplankton community analyzed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 42:7-18.
Bettarel, Y., J. Kan, K. Wang, S. Cooney, K. Williamson, F. Chen, E. Wommack, W. Coats. 2005. Isolation and characterization of a small nuclear inclusion virus infecting the diatom Chaetoceros c.f. gracilis. Aquat. Microbial. Ecol. 40:103-114.
Kan, J., T. E. Hanson, J. M. Ginter, K. Wang and F. Chen. 2005. Metaproteomic analysis of Chesapeake Bay microbial communities. Saline Systems 1:7.
Wang, K and F. Chen, J. Kan, D.S. Bachoon, J. Lu, S. Lau, and L. Campbell. 2004. Phylogenetic diversity of Synechococcus in the Chesapeake Bay revealed by Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (RuBisCO) large subunit gene (rbcL) sequences. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 36:153-164.
Wang, K. and F.Chen. 2004. Genetic Diversity and Population Dynamics of Cyanophage Communities in the Chesapeake Bay. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 34:105-116.
Presentations:
Wang, K. and F. Chen. Characterization of cyanophages of Marine Cluster B Synechococcus spp. 2005. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography 2005 Summer Meeting. Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Oral Presentation.
Wang, K. and F. Chen. Characterization of cyanophages infecting estuarine Synechococcus spp. 2005. International Marine Biotechnology Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Oral Presentation.
Chen, F., K. Wang, J. Kan, and M. Suzuki. Synechococcus ecotypes in Chesapeake Bay revealed by the RuBisCO gene and ITS sequences. 2005. International Marine Biotechnology Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Poster Presentation.
Kan, J., T. Hanson, K. Wang, B. Campbell, C. Cary, E. Wommack, R. Hill, and F. Chen. 2005. Meta-proteomics, a New Way to Explore Microbial Processes in the Ocean? International Marine Biotechnology Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Poster Presentation.
Helton, R., J. Kan, K. Wang, D. Winget, and K. Wommack. 2005. What lies beneath: Chesapeake Bay viriobenthos diversity and abundance. ASM 2005 General Meeting, Atlanta, GA. Poster presentation.
Chen, F., K. Wang, J. Kan, D. Bachoon, L. Campbell. 2004. Phylogenetic Diversity of Estuarine Synechococcus Revealed by Ribulose-1,5-Bisphophate Carboxylase-Oxygenase Large Subunit Gene Sequences. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Cancun, Mexico. Poster presentation.
Kan, J., M. Suzuki, K. Wang, and F. Chen. 2004. Spatial and temporal variation of Chesapeake bacterioplankton communities revealed by DGGE and clone libraries. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Cancun, Mexico. Poster presentation.
Kan, J., K. Wang and F. Chen. 2004. Is 5000 bacterial cells per ml the detection threshold for DGGE analysis? International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico. Poster presentation.
Wang, K., J. Kan, and F. Chen. 2004. Co-monitoring Synechococcus and synechophage in the Chesapeake Bay. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico. Poster presentation.
Chen, F. and K. Wang. 2004. Population Dynamics and Genetic Diversity of Synechococcus in the Chesapeake Bay. Gordon Research Conference on Marine Microbes: Picophytoplankton, from Ecology to Genomics, Roscoff, Brittany, France. Poster presentation.
Chen, F. and K. Wang. 2003. Phylogenetic Relationship of Estuarine Synechococcus spp. Revealed by the RubisCO Gene. Marine Biotechnology Conference, Chiba, Japan. Oral presentation.
Wang, K. and F. Chen. 2003. Isolation and characterization of Synechococcus spp. and their phages from Chesapeake Bay. Marine Biotechnology Conference, Chiba, Japan. Poster presentation.
Wommack, K. E., K. E. Williamson, D.M. Winget, R. R. Helton, S. Bench, F. Chen, K. Wang, J. Kan, D. W. Coats, S. Cooney, and Y. Bettarel. 2003. Microbial Observatory for Virioplankton Ecology (MOVE): The role of viruses in the annual biological cycle of the Chesapeake Bay. NSF Microbial Observatories Workshop, Arlington, VA. Poster presentation.
Wang, K. and F. Chen. 2003. Genetic diversity and population dynamics of Synechococcus spp. and cyanophages in the Chesapeake Bay. General Meeting of American Society of Microbiology. Washington DC. Poster presentation.
Wang, K. and F. Chen. 2002. Genetic Diversity and Population Dynamics of Cyanomyophage Community in the Chesapeake Bay”. MEES Program Colloquium, UMCES, The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomon, MD. Poster presentation.
Wang, K. and F. Chen. 2002. Genetic diversity of viruses that infect marine Synechococcus in the Chesapeake Bay”. MEES Program Colloquium, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Poster presentation.
