Yu, R.Y., Bucio-Méndez, A., Chen, B.E. 2026. PXGS: a Poly-Transgene Expression System based on Mutually Exclusive Splicing of Dscam. eLife Accepted. Abstract.

dos Santos, J.V., Yu, R.Y., Terceros, A., Mussells Pires, P., Rusu, D., Cvetkovska, V., Bucio-Méndez, A., Lin, T., Emran, F., Djambazian, H., Bérubé, P., Sladek, R., Chen, B.E. 2026. Identifying molecular instructions to hard-wire a sensory neuron's synaptic connectivity. eLife Accepted. Abstract.

Chen, B.E. 2026. Manage Your Project (pgs 93–94), Cultivate a Growth Mindset (pg 185). In The Prosperous PhD: Secrets to Success from Top Supervisors. (Eds. J. Wearing, C. DeLuca, & S. MacGregor). University of Toronto Press.

Emran, F., Kays, I., Lo, C.A., Li, Y., Chen, B.E. 2025. A drug screening platform for protein expression levels in neurological disorders. BioTechniques 77(3): 113–124. Abstract.

Kays, I., Chen, B.E. 2024. Tracking and Measuring Local Protein Synthesis In Vivo. Development 151(21): 1–12. Abstract.

Shih, P-Y., Hsieh, B-Y., Tsai, C-Y., Lo, C.A., Chen, B.E., Hsueh, Y-P. 2020. Autism-linked mutations of CTTNBP2 reduce social interaction and impair dendritic spine formation via diverse mechanisms. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 8: 185. Abstract.

Li, J., Yu, R.Y., Emran, F., Chen, B.E., Hughes, M.E. 2019. Achilles-Mediated and Sex-Specific Regulation of Circadian mRNA Rhythms in Drosophila. Journal of Biological Rhythms 34(2): 131–143.

Vieira Dos Santos, J., Yu, R.Y., Terceros, A., Chen, B.E. 2019. FGF receptors are required for proper axonal branch targeting in Drosophila. Molecular Brain 12: 84. Abstract.

Lo, C.A., Chen, B.E. 2019. Parental Allele-Specific Protein Expression in Single Cells In Vivo. Developmental Biology 454: 66-73. Abstract.

Kays, I., Chen, B.E. 2019. Protein and RNA Quantification of Multiple Genes in Single Cells. BioTechniques 66: 15–21. Abstract.

Bagheri, H., Friedman, H., Shao, H., Chong, Y., Lo, C.A., Emran, F., Kays, I., Yang, X.J., Cooper, E., Chen, B.E., Siminovitch, K., Peterson, A. 2018. TIE: A Method to Electroporate Long DNA Templates into Preimplantation Embryos for CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing. The CRISPR Journal 1(3): 223–229. Abstract.

Lo, C.A., Greben, A.W., Chen, B. E. 2017. Generating stable cell lines with quantifiable protein production using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knock-in. BioTechniques 62: 165-174. Abstract.

Chen, B.E., Apostolova, I., Jungic, V., McIlroy, B., Crozier, G., Nugent, J., Lison, C., Tatossian, A. 2017. What I wish I knew as an early career professor. (ed. Anqi Shen) Pgs 12–17. University Affairs Vol. 58, No. 02. February 2017. Universities Canada Press.

Pavlou, H.J., Lin, A.C., Neville, M.C., Nojima, T., Diao, F., Chen, B.E., White, B.H., Goodwin, S.F. 2016. Neural circuitry coordinating male copulation. eLife 5: e20713. Abstract.

Suciu, R. M., Aydin, E., Chen, B. E. 2015. GeneDig: a web application for accessing genomic and bioinformatics knowledge. BMC Bioinformatics 16: 67. Abstract.

Lo, C.*, Kays, I.*, Emran, F., Lin, T., Cvetkovska, V., Chen, B. E. 2015. Quantification of Protein Levels in Single Living Cells. Cell Reports 13: 2634-2644. Abstract.

Chen, B. E. 2015. DSCAM, Mother of Innovations. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 43: 1-4. Abstract.

Kays, I.*, Cvetkovska, V.*, Chen, B. E. 2014. Structural and functional analysis of single neurons to correlate synaptic connectivity with grooming behavior. Nature Protocols 9: 1-10. Abstract.

Cvetkovska, V.*, Hibbert, A. D.*, Emran, F., Chen, B. E. 2013. Overexpression of Down Syndrome Cell Adhesion Molecule impairs precise synaptic targeting. Nature Neuroscience 16: 677-682. Abstract.

Neufeld, S. Q., Hibbert, A. D., Chen, B. E. 2011. Opposing roles of PlexinA and PlexinB in axonal branch and varicosity formation. Molecular Brain 4: 15-26. Abstract.

Schmucker, D, Chen, B. 2009. Dscam and DSCAM: Complex genes in simple animals, complex animals yet simple genes. Genes & Development 23: 147-156. Abstract.

Chen, B. E.*, Kondo, M.*, Garnier, A., Watson, F.L., Püttmann-Holgado, R., Lamar, D.R., Schmucker, D. 2006. The molecular diversity of Dscam is functionally required for neuronal wiring specificity in Drosophila. Cell 125: 607-620. Abstract.

Chen, B. E., Trachtenberg, J. T., Holtmaat, A. J., Svoboda, K. Long-term, high-resolution imaging in the neocortex in vivo. 2004. In Live Cell Imaging: A Laboratory Manual. (ed. Goldman R., Spector, D.) Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Abstract.

Trachtenberg, J. T.*, Chen, B. E.*, Knott, G. W., Feng, G., Sanes, J. R., Welker, E., Svoboda, K. 2002. Long-term in vivo imaging of experience-dependent synaptic plasticity in adult cortex. Nature 420: 788-794. Abstract.

Chen, B. E., Lendvai, B., Nimchinsky, E. A., Burbach, B., Fox, K., Svoboda, K. 2000. Imaging high-resolution structure of GFP-expressing neurons in the neocortex in vivo. Learn. Mem. 7: 433-41. Abstract.

Lendvai, B., Stern, E. A., Chen, B., Svoboda, K. 2000. Experience-dependent plasticity of dendritic spines in the developing rat barrel cortex in vivo. Nature 404: 876-881. Abstract.