February 13, 2018
Celebrating the 2000th publication resulting from CBC funding—Jia Chen and Rich Longnecker (NU) with the milestone paper
Celebrating 2000th CBC Publication
From the left: Richard Longnecker and his postdoc and first author on the 2000th CBC publication, Jia Chen, NU, and Jim Audia, CBC Executive Director.
Among the measures of impact of CBC-supported research, publications in top-tier journals is a prominent and important metric. Earlier this year, as the publications attributed to the CBC funding exceeded 1900, CBC began a countdown to 2000.
The CBC is pleased to announced that the milestone—2000th—CBC publication is the February 2018 Nature Microbiology paper with Jia Chen as first author and Richard Longnecker (NU) as senior author. The publication is partially attributed to a CBC Postdoctoral Research Award made to Chen and Longnecker in 2014 and subsequently renewed for 2015. The winning publication has been featured as a new CBC Success Story.
To celebrate the accomplishment, CBC invited Rich and Jia to the February 8 CBCAN and presented Rich with a commemorative plaque and some CBC swag for all the co-authors. In keeping with the celebratory mode, Rich handed over the plaque to Jia in acknowledgement of her critical role in the research. Congratulations Jia, Rich and the team.
In 2014, CBC celebrated 1000th publication attributed to CBC funding. Worth mentioning is that it took eight years to reach this milestone since the first paper attributed to CBC funding was published in 2006. Achieving the 2000 publications milestone in half of that time speaks to the success of CBC Award programs.
Publication attributed to the CBC funding:
Chen J, Sathiyamoorthy K, Zhang X, Schaller S, Perez White BE, Jardetzky TS, Longnecker R. Ephrin receptor A2 is a functional entry receptor for Epstein-Barr virus. Nat Microbiol. 2018 Feb;3(2):172-180. (PubMed)
CBC Awards:
CBC PDR Award (2014):
PIs: Jia Chen and Richard Longnecker (NU) for the project:
▸ Identification of small molecule compounds as inhibitors of Epstein-Barr virus infection
CBC PDR Award (2015; renewal):
PIs: Jia Chen and Richard Longnecker (NU) for the project:
▸ Identification of small molecule compounds as inhibitors of Epstein-Barr virus infection
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