Director Hospital

BEN L. CHEN

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Cell phone: 504-***-****, E-mail: **********@*****.***

Education:

**** **** ** ****** ********** School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

2006 71 credits in Cellular& Molecular Biology at Tulane Uni. College

1973-1977 M.D. at Southeast University School of Medicine in Nanking, P.R. China

Experience:

2007-2012 Ochsner Hospital/Basic Science/Molecular Biology--Research Associate and Lab.

Technical Director.

1991-2006 Tulane University School of Medicine/Peptide--- Research.

Shanghai Seaman’s Hospital Surgical Department Surgeon.

1977-1990

Shanghai 6th People’s Hospital Surgical Department Training-- Surgeon

1978-1979

Shanghai Seaman’s Hospital Surgical Department--Chief Resident

1987-1989

Biology Skills:

Small animal studies using anesthetized mice/rats

Intravenous injection and arterial catherization(such as: mice carotid artery)

Intracardial perfusion( such as mice jargular vein chronic perfusion)

Special implant DSI different Telemeter to mice, mice and rats organ transplantation (such as kidney,

Liver and heart) and Mice tumor growth

Working on different size and animal model depending on protocol (such as chronic fistula on

stomach, esophagus perfusion, duodenum perfusion to measure amylase secretion and using different

ways to perfusion the drug

Tissue sectioning and sampling and generation of animal models according to protocols.

Establishing human cancer in nude mice for studying of peptide

Participating in establishing cell cultures and cell line, PCR, RT-PCR, SEQUENCE, Southern

Blot(gene typing), Western Blot, DNA, RNA, Protein Isolate. ELISA, Plasma construct (coloning)

and cell transfer. Large Scale and Minipreps, Flow cytometer

Immunohistochemistry study

Routine analytical biochemistry studies including HPLC. RIA.GC. fluorescence.

Using computer programs for analysis and calculation of data, tabulate statistical results, and

calculate ED50

Environmental Health Science Skill:

Epidemiology and Biostatistics study

Air sampling and analysis

Infection disease control study.

Computer Skills:

Microsoft Office, Photoshop. SAS. GraphPad Prism. Database Management, VB program, Orecal

programming,.

Publication:

1. Coy DH. Rossowski WJ. Cheng BL . Taylor JE.

Structural requirements at the N-terminus of urotensin II octapeptides.

Peptides. 2002 Dec:23(12):2259-64.

PMID: 12535707

2. Rossowski WJ. Cheng BL. Taylor JE. Datta R. Coy DH.

Human urotensin II-induced aorta ring contractions are mediated by protein kinase C. tyrosine kinases

and Rho-kinase: inhibition by somatostatin receptor antagonists.

Eur J Pharmacol. 2002 Mar 8:438(3): 159-70

PMID: 11909607

3. Rossowski WJ. Cheng BL. Jiang NY. Coy DH.

Examination of somatostatin involvement in the inhibitory action of GIP, GLP-1, amylin and

adrenomedullin on gastric acid release using a new SRIF antagonist analogue.

Br J Pharmacol. 1998 Nov:125(5): 1081-7.

PMID: 9846648

4. Coy DH. Mungan Z. Rossowski WJ. Cheng BL. Lin JT. Mrozinski JE Jr. Jensen RT.

Development of a potent bombesin receptor antagonist with prolonged in vivo inhibitory activity on

bombesin-stimulated amylase and protein release in the rat.

Peptides. 1992 Jul-Aug:13(4):775-81.

PMID: 1279632

5. K. M. Redding, B. L. Chen, A. Singh, R. N. Re, L. G. Navar, D. M. Seth, C. D. Sigmund, W. W. Tang,

and J. L. Cook

Transgenic mice expressing an intracellular fluorescent fusion of angiotensin II demonstrate renal

thrombotic microangiopathy and elevated blood pressure

References:

David H. Coy, Ph.D.

Professor and Head

Peptide Research Laboratories

1430 Tulane Ave., SL-12, New Orleans, LA. 70112-2699

Tel 504-***-****

Richard N. Re, M.D.

Scientific Director

504-***-****

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