J. Zhou

The paper compares silicone and cotton swabs for RNA extraction in COVID-19 testing, finding silicone swabs yield higher RNA concentration and quality.

This paper develops microbial strains for producing renewable fatty acid esters, achieving high yields and economic competitiveness in bioproduction.

This paper develops an AI tool for colorectal cancer diagnosis using histopathology images, achieving high accuracy and consistency across multiple centers.

This study shows that microbial adaptation reduces soil carbon loss under long-term warming by decreasing temperature sensitivity of respiration.

This study shows that recombinant human MG53 protein protects cardiomyocytes from ischemia-reperfusion-induced oxidative stress by preserving mitochondrial integrity.

This study shows that disrupting the mitochondrial ribosome in Plasmodium falciparum makes the parasite more sensitive to drugs targeting mitochondrial functions.

The paper identifies dozens of QTL for leaf angle across eight leaves in maize under three environments, revealing genetic architecture differences at various canopy levels.

This study quantifies FtsZ dynamics in Bacillus subtilis and shows the Min system disassembles Z-rings and inhibits polar peptidoglycan remodeling.

This study reveals IL11 as a hepatotoxin that limits liver regeneration after APAP overdose, showing its inhibition of endogenous IL11 activity protects mice.

This study shows that P16 methylation increases cancer cell sensitivity to palbociclib, a CDK4/6 inhibitor, through experimental and pharmacogenomic analyses.

This study identifies phosphorylation of mitochondrial matrix proteins as a mechanism regulating selective mitophagic degradation in yeast, involving phosphatase Aup1 and kinases Pkp1/Pkp2.

This study uses smFRET to show circovirus capsid undergoes reversible conformational changes, regulated by heparan sulfate and neutralizing antibodies, revealing dynamics in receptor binding.

This paper optimizes violacein extraction and culture conditions in Yarrowia lipolytica to improve yield and purity, establishing a scalable production platform.

The paper identifies Bayogenin 3-O-Cellobioside as a novel anti-blast metabolite in rice, showing a correlation with blast resistance across different cultivars.

This study examines how century-long fertilization affects microbial community succession and assembly mechanisms in grassland soils.

This paper identifies and characterizes an NAD-dependent xylitol dehydrogenase from Gluconobacter oxydans WSH-003, showing high activity for D-sorbitol to D-fructose conversion and distinct optimal conditions.

The paper evaluates sand dune restoration methods on the Zoige Plateau, finding that sandbag and wicker with seeding improved soil conditions more than seeding alone.

This study identifies four microbial guilds in the rhizosphere and detritusphere of Avena fatua, showing niche differentiation drives carbohydrate depolymerization and soil carbon cycling.

The paper identifies intronic heterochromatin as a mechanism suppressing cryptic transcription initiation by TEs in Arabidopsis.

This study shows Methanosarcina acetivorans conserves energy via extracellular electron transfer using a membrane-bound cytochrome, MmcA, and identifies its role in electron transport pathways.

The paper identifies major clades of large phage genomes across diverse ecosystems and highlights their expanded genetic repertoires and potential functional roles.

This study identifies OsCYP71D8L as a regulator of gibberellin and cytokinin homeostasis in rice, affecting growth and stress tolerance.

CropSurveyor manages and integrates IoT-based crop phenotyping data from distributed sensors, enabling real-time monitoring and historical comparison of crop growth and environmental conditions.

The paper identifies BAP1 loss as a marker for a distinct immunogenic PeM subtype, suggesting potential therapeutic targets like immune checkpoint inhibitors.

This study investigates the effects of fasting caecotrophy on growth performance and lipid metabolism in rabbits using RNA-Seq, finding reduced body weight, lipid droplet accumulation, and altered gene expression related to lipid metabolism.

This paper determines the structural basis for the stereoselective dehydration and hydrogen-bonding catalysis by LepI, revealing how it functions as a multifunctional pericyclase.

This paper introduces a method using tertiary structural motifs to predict and design peptides that bind anti-apoptotic proteins Bfl-1 and Mcl-1 with high accuracy and efficiency.

This paper introduces a protein design framework called dTERMen that uses sequence-structure compatibility patterns from known proteins to generate functional sequences, showing it can produce stable, foldable proteins with desired structures.

This study uses a microvasculature-on-a-chip system to analyze ex vivo dynamics of human glioblastoma cells, showing correlations with tumor heterogeneity and subtypes.