Chen, Xinyue, Dr

Dr Xinyue Chen

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Henry Royce Institute Experimental Officer (Nanocharacterisation)

xinyue.chen@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5476

Royce Discovery Centre

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Dr Xinyue Chen
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Royce Discovery Centre
5 Portobello Street
Sheffield
S1 4ND

Profile: I obtained my BSc (2008) in theoretical physics from Lanzhou University, China, and MRes (2011) in chemical biology from the University of Liverpool, UK. I started my PhD at CIC BiomaGUNE, Spain in 2012, where I aimed to understand the physical principles underlying the mechanical properties of hyaluronan-rich extracellular matrices. After the completion of my PhD in 2016, I moved to the University of Sheffield for a postdoc position in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, where I was heavily committed to the studies of the mechanical architectures of both complex tissue (breast cancer metastasis in bone microenvironment) and supramolecular composite (cell wall of S. Aureus). In April 2023, I joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering as an Experimental Officer, where I'm actively supporting academic/industrial research projects by providing expert guidance, experimental services and training using atomic force microscopy and nanoindentation.

Publications

Beer C, Bahri M, Baldinozzi G, Ishimaru M, Zhang Y, Sharpe MK, McAleese CD, Chen X, Bohns F, Manning T , Browning ND et al (2025) . Acta Materialia, 298, 121391-121391.
Wu B, Zhang G, Ji J, Luo R, Chen J, Liu F, Coy E, Moya SE, Li Q, Suo X , Chen X et al (2024) . Advanced Functional Materials, 34(14).
Ngalim SH, Yusoff N, Johnson RR, Abdul Razak SR, Chen X, Hobbs JK & Lee YY (2022) . Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 175, 63-72.
Wacnik K, Rao VA, Chen X, Lafage L, Pazos M, Booth S, Vollmer W, Hobbs JK, Lewis RJ & Foster SJ (2022) . mBio, 13(4).
Chen X, Hughes R, Mullin N, Hawkins RJ, Holen I, Brown NJ & Hobbs JK (2021) . Nanoscale, 13(43), 18237-18246.
Hughes R, Chen X, Cowley N, Ottewell PD, Hawkins RJ, Hunter KD, Hobbs JK, Brown NJ & Holen I (2021) . Cancers, 13(6).
Chen X, Hughes R, Mullin N, Hawkins RJ, Holen I, Brown NJ & Hobbs JK (2020) . Biophysical Journal, 119(3), 502-513.
Hughes R, Chen X, Hunter KD, Hobbs JK, Holen I & Brown NJ (2019) . The FASEB Journal, 33(11), 12768-12779.
Chen X & Richter RP (2019) . Interface Focus, 9(2).
Chen X, Bonfiglio R, Banerji S, Jackson DG, Salustri A & Richter RP (2016) . Biophysical Journal, 110(12), 2779-2789.
Chen X, Qoutah WW, Free P, Hobley J, Fernig DG & Paramelle D (2012) . Australian Journal of Chemistry, 65(3), 266-266.

Chen X, Hughes R, Mullin N, Hawkins R, Holen I, Brown N & Hobbs J (2019) Supracellular Mechanical Architecture of the Intact Bone Microenvironment. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 48 (pp S100-S100)
Hughes R, Allocca G, Holen I, Chen X, Hobbs J & Brown N (2017) Breast Cancer Metastasis To Bone: The Perivascular Niche. JOURNAL OF VASCULAR RESEARCH, Vol. 54 (pp 55-56)