PUBLICATIONS

Spatially Ordered Zygotic Genome Activation Fulfills Embryo Quality Control

Wenchao Qian, Hui Chen, Hongju Lee, Matthew Good

Journal of Cell Biology 225(10):e202412222 (2026)

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Crosstalk Between the Wnt Pathway and Other Signaling Pathways

Eric Flores-Hernández, Grace Binder, Hui Chen, Nydia Tejeda-Muñoz

Cells & Development 187: 204099 (2026)

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Asymmetrical Chromosomal Utilization During Zygotic Genome Activation

Lily Acker, Chuan Qin, Hui Chen 

Frontiers in Bioinformatics 6: 1851810 (2026)

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Functions and Mechanisms of BRCA1 in Early Embryonic Development

Lily Acker, Hui Chen 

Cells & Development 187: 204093 (2026)

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Regulation of Zygotic Genome Activation by the Nucleocytoplasmic Ratio

Lily Acker, Hui Chen 

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 14: 1819263 (2026)

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Physical Manipulation to Generate Xenopus Mini Embryos

Chuan Qin, Lily Acker, Hui Chen 

Journal of Visualized Experiments (230), e70602 (2026)

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Isolating Single Cells from Xenopus Early Embryos and Sorting Them by Size

Chuan Qin, Hui Chen 

Journal of Visualized Experiments (229), e70630 (2026)

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Visualizing Zygotic Genome Activation In Single Cells of Early Embryos

Chuan Qin, Hui Chen 

Journal of Visualized Experiments (230), e70592 (2026)

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Metabolic Labeling of the Nascent Transcriptome in Xenopus Early Embryogenesis

Chuan Qin, Hui Chen 

Journal of Visualized Experiments (229), e70591 (2026)

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Quantifying Nascent Transcription in Early Embryogenesis

Hui Chen 

Methods in Molecular Biology 2923: 143-162 (2025)

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Nascent Transcriptome Reveals Orchestration of Zygotic Genome Activation in Early Embryogenesis

Hui Chen, Matthew Good 

Current Biology 32:4314-4324 (2022)

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Integrating Cellular Dimensions with Cell Differentiation During Early Development

Hui Chen, Wenchao Qian, Matthew Good

Current Opinion in Cell Biology 67: 109-117 (2020) 

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Nuclear SizER in Early Development

Hui Chen, Matthew Good

Developmental Cell 54: 297-298 (2020) 

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Imaging Nascent Transcription in Wholemount Vertebrate Embryos to Characterize Zygotic Genome Activation 

Hui Chen, Matthew Good 

Methods in Enzymology 638: 139-165 (2020)

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Spatiotemporal Patterning of Zygotic Genome Activation in A Model Vertebrate Embryo

Hui Chen, Lily Einstein, Shaw Little, Matthew Good

Developmental Cell 49: 852-866 (2019)

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Probing the Biology of Cell Boundary Conditions Through Confinement of Xenopus Cell-free Cytoplasmic Extracts 

Jessica Bermudez*, Hui Chen*, Lily Einstein*, Matthew Good

Genesis 55 (1-2) (2017) (* co-authors)

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Size Regulation: Big Insights from Little Cells

Hui Chen, Matthew Good

Developmental Cell 37, 392-394 (2016) 

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