K. Louie

Cynipid wasps systematically reprogram host metabolism and restructure cell walls in developing galls

This study investigates how Cynipid wasps alter plant metabolism and cell wall structure to form galls, revealing coordinated lignin and xylan deposition in gall vasculature.

Dopamine neurons encode a multidimensional probabilistic map of future reward

This study introduces time-magnitude RL (TMRL), a new reinforcement learning framework, and shows that dopamine neurons encode a probabilistic map of future rewards in mice.

Substrate availability and not thermal-acclimation controls microbial temperature sensitivity response to long term warming

The paper investigates how long-term warming affects microbial physiology by comparing thermal acclimation and substrate availability, finding that reduced carbon availability, not thermal acclimation, drives changes in microbial processes.

Characterization and visualization of global metabolomic responses of Brachypodium distachyon to environmental changes

This study characterizes Brachypodium distachyon metabolomic responses to environmental changes using LC-MS/MS and identifies condition-specific metabolic biomarkers.

Drought shifts sorghum root metabolite and microbiome profiles and enriches the stress response factor pipecolic acid

This study investigates how drought affects sorghum root metabolite and microbiome profiles, identifying pipecolic acid as a drought-enriched metabolite that suppresses root growth.