Jingyi (Joyce) Chen, B.S., M.S.

Research Assistant
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC

2250 Alcazar St.
CSC 121E, HSC – 9062
Los Angeles, CA 90033-9062
Phone: (323) 442-0282
Fax: (323) 442-2981
jchen593@usc.edu

Education
Experience
Publications

Southwest University (SWU), Chongqing, China
B.S., 2020
Biology

National University of Singapore (NUS), Queenstown, Singapore
M.S., 2023
Biological Science

  • 2023- present – Research Assistant – Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2020 – 2021 – Bioinformatics Analysis Intern – Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), Qingdao, China

  • 2019 – 2021 – Part Time Research Assistant – Southwest University, Singapore

  • 2018 – 2019 – Research Assistant – Joint Laboratory for Translational Medicine Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Liaocheng People’s Hospital, Liaocheng, China

  • 2017 – 2017 – Summer Vacation Intern – Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China

  1. Jariyasakulroj S, Shu Y, Lin Z, Chen J, Chang Q, Ko PF, Chen JF. Mapping cell diversity and dynamics in inflammatory temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis with pain at single-cell resolution. JCI Insight. 2025 Feb 10;10(3):e184379. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.184379. PMID: 39927459.

  2. Xue S, Ly TTN, Vijayakar RS, Chen J, Ng J, Mathuru AS, Magdinier F, Reversade B. (2022) HOX epimutations driven by maternal SMCHD1/LRIF1 haploinsufficiency trigger homeotic transformations in genetically wildtype offspring. Nat Commun. 2022 Jun 23;13(1):3583. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31185-8. PMID: 35739109; PMCID: PMC9226161.

  3. Xi W, Chen J, Zhang T, Jia X, Wang B, Sheng X. (2021) Prioritization of ovarian cancer genetic risk factors based on context-specific regulatory Network. Oncology Letter (under review).

  4. Zhou W, Yuan L, Chen J, Yuan M, Zheng J, Jia X, Liu H. (2021) Characterizing the functional regulations between lncRNA-mRNA based on the expression profile of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease. (in progress).

  5. Chen JY, Wu RB, Zhang ZS. (2020) The complete mitochondrial genome of Halocosa hatanensis (Araneae: Lycosidae). Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Aug 17;5(3):3178-3179. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1806751. PMID: 33458103; PMCID: PMC7782233.