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Helen Zheng

University of Edinburgh

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Microglia are not required for normal postnatal brain development and cognitive function in the rat.

Emma K. Green, Xinyi Li, Yang Guo, Dylan Carter‐Cusack, Rocío Rojo, Maia Lyall, Annie Bell, Helen Zheng, Oliver Teenan, Sally M. Till, David Arthur Hume, Peter Kind, Pridans Clare

This study shows that microglia are not essential for normal postnatal brain development and cognitive function in rats, as Fireko rats lack microglia but show no behavioral differences.

bioRxiv · Dec 24, 2025 · PreprintImmunology

Evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 proteome in three dimensions (3D) during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic

Joseph H. Lubin, Christine Zardecki, Elliott M. Dolan, Changpeng Lu, Zhuofan Shen, Shuchismita Dutta, John Westbrook, Brian P. Hudson, David S. Goodsell, Jonathan K. Williams, Maria Voigt, Vidur Sarma, Lingjun Xie, Thejasvi Venkatachalam, Steven Arnold, , Stephen Kevin Burley

The paper analyzes 3D structural changes in SARS-CoV-2 proteins during the first six months of the pandemic, showing amino acid substitutions primarily affect surfaces and boundary layers.

bioRxiv · Dec 1, 2020 · PreprintMolecular Biology