Shicheng Chen, Ph.D., MLS(ASCP) ^CM, SM ^CM MB ^CM

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Courses Taught

• AHLS 301: Medical Immunology
• AHLS 311: Medical Immunology lab
• AHLS 335: Medical Diagnostic Mycology and Parasitology
• AHLS 336: Medical Diagnostic Microbiology
• AHLS 337: Medical Diagnostic Microbiology Lab
• AHLS 471: Advanced Concepts in MLS
• AHLS 472: Molecular Diagnostics
• AHLS 475: Medical Laboratory Sciences Competency
• AHLS 476: Comprehensive Exams

Education

• Postdoctoral Associate, Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, Molecular Microbiology
• M.S., Shandong University, Microbiology
• B.S., Shandong University, Microbiology

Certifications

• MLS(ASCP) ^CM Medical Laboratory Scientist
• MB(ASCP) ^CM Technologist in Molecular Biology
• SM(ASCP)ᶜᴹ   Specialist in Microbiology

Research Interests

• Novel intervention strategies for mosquito-borne diseases
• Microbe-animal interactions
• Microbial pathogenesis
• Microbial strain improvement and novel products

Selected Publications

Zhang, X, Li, Z., Lin R. Yang, S., Sun X. and Chen S. 2026. SUMOylation-driven subtype heterogeneity and prognostic biomarkers in renal cell carcinoma. Current Issues in Molecular Biology.

Mosquitoes as vector-based sentinels for tracking bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in the environment. S. Chen, 2026. Front. Microbiol. 17:1925851.

Sun, X., Qian, J., Yang, S., Lin, H., Wu, Z., Ji, X., Deng, Z., and Chen, S . 2026. Self-assembled nanoflowers on quorum quenching scaffolds for antifouling of membrane modules in aquacultural wastewater. Journal of Applied Microbiology.

Chen, B. Zuo, J. Zhao and E. D. Walker. 2026. Tannic acid shaped microbiome composition in midguts and rearing microcosms of Aedes triseriatus (Say). Front. Microbiol.

Zhang X, Jin Q, Cheng G, Niu H, Yang S and Chen S (2025) Identification of necroptosis-associated mRNA biomarkers in kidney clear cell carcinoma. Front. Immunol. 16:1545486.

Chen S, Agah G, Blom J and Walker ED (2025). Molecular characterization, comparative genome analysis and resistance determinants of three clinical Elizabethkingia miricola strains isolated from Michigan. Frontiers in Microbiology . 16:1582121.

Chen, L. Liao and M. Wang, 2025. Editorial: Opportunistic pathogens: pathogenesis and multi-drug resistance mechanisms. Volume 16 - 2025

Cui, L., Chen, S., Cao, X. et al. Simultaneous removal of heavy metals and inorganic nitrogen by using the biofilm of Marichromatium gracile YL28. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 41, 14 (2025).

Chen, S. Pham, N. Terrapon, J. Blom and E. Walker. 2024. Elizabethkingia anophelis MSU001 Isolated from Anopheles stephensi: Molecular Characterization and Comparative Genome Analysis. Microorganisms. 12(6), 1079.

Y. Wang, S. Chen, W. Shi, S. Liu, X. Chen, N. Pan, X. Wang, Y. Su, and Z. Liu. 2024. Targeted affinity purification and mechanism of action of 2 angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides from sea cucumber gonad. Mar. Drugs. 22(2): 90.

M. Wang, H. Wang, S. Chen, D. Ming, and Q. Nie. 2024. Extra-abdominal Infections Caused by Comamonas kerstersii: case report. Medicine. 103(5): e37161.

Howe, B. Kegley, J. Powell, S. Chen, and J. Zhao. 2023. Effect of bovine respiratory disease on the respiratory microbiome: a meta-analysis. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol.

S. Chen, TP. Loch, ED. Walker. 2023. Draft genome sequence of the emerging fish pathogen Flavobacterium tructaeStrain S12. Genome Announcement.

Y. Su, S. Chen, S. Liu, Y. Wang, X. Chen, M. Xu, S. Cai, N. Pan, K. Qiao, B. Chen, S. Yang, and Z. Liu. 2023. Affinity purification and molecular characterization of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides from Takifugu flavidus peptides. Target journal: Marine drugs.

Y. Su, S. Chen, J. Shen, Z. Yi, S. Liu, S. Cai, N. Pan, K. Qiao, X. Chen, B. Chen, M. Xu, S. Yang, and Z. Liu. 2022. Screening and Mechanism-Analysis of Novel ACE-Inhibitory Peptides from Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis . Int J Mol Sci. 23(23):14850. doi: 10.3390/ijms232314850

X. Feng, Y. Yao, N. Xu, H. Jia, X. Li, J. Zhao, S. Chen and Q. Qu. 2021. Pretreatment affects profits from xylanase during enzymatic saccharification of corn stover through changing the interaction between lignin and xylanase protein. Front. Microbiol. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.754593.

Y. Su, S. Chen, S. Cai, S. Liu, N. Pan, J. Su, K. Qiao, M. Xu, B. Chen, S. YANG and Z. Liu. 2021. Purification, identification, and characterization of novel angiotensin-i-converting enzyme (ace) inhibitory peptides from Takifugu flavidus . 19, Mar. Drugs .

S. Chen, Yu T., Terrapon N., Henrissat B. and E. D. Walker. 2021. Genome features of Asaia sp. W12 isolated from the mosquito Anopheles stephensi reveal symbiotic traits . Genes 12(5),752.

K. Sato, M. Ikeda, Hatano, Y. Kondo, M Sato, K. Nagano, S. Chen, M. Naito, K. Nakayama and C. Sato. 2021. Biofilm spread by the adhesin-dependent gliding of Flavobacterium johnsoniae . Int. J. Mol. Sci. , 22(4), 1894.

S. Chen, B. Johnson and E. D. Walker. 2020. Elizabethkingia anophelis: transcriptomic and functional analysis in response to iron stress . Front. Microbiol .

S. Chen, M. Soehnlen, J. Blom, N. Terrapon, B. Henrissat, and E. D. Walker. 2019. Comparative genomic and physiological analyses reveal diverse virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in clinical Elizabethkingia meningoseptica strains . PLoS One.