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Nan Yao

Yale University

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Organism:Arabidopsis· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:ATAC-seq· 1 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1

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Alexandra M Tadros· 1 shared Archibald EnninfuliD· 1 shared Chao Shi· 1 shared Dingyao ZhangiD· 1 shared Donglu Bai· 1 shared Frank M. JohannesiD· 1 shared Haifeng Sun· 1 shared Haikuo LiiD· 1 shared

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Alexandra M Tadros

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Substrate-induced asymmetry coordinates lipoprotein handover and abaucin trapping in Acinetobacter baumannii LolDF

Jianping Kong, Ziyi Zhu, Zhi Lin, Nan Yao, Huang Ye, Hongfeng Gu, Ruiyan He, Meirong Chen, Meiling Lu, Haifeng Sun, Yibei Xiao, Zhaoxing Li

bioRxiv · Nov 2, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Determining cellular phylogeny and migration at high resolution in spatial genomics

Dingyao Zhang, Yunzhe Jiang, Xuezhu Yu, Donglu Bai, Jingru Tian, Archibald Enninful, Xiaolong Tian, Haikuo Li, Yiran Huo, Yuhang Chen, Nan Yao, Jiaqi Li, Zhiyuan Chu, Zhiliang Bai, Rong Fan, , Mark Gerstein

StarTrak infers cellular migration and phylogeny by integrating somatic variants, spatial data, and transcriptomics at single-pixel resolution in spatial genomics.

bioRxiv · Oct 18, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

Genetic and epigenetic divergence among Arabidopsis thaliana Col-0 laboratory lineages since the 1950s

Alexandra M Tadros, Zhilin Zhang, Nan Yao, Rebecca A. Mosher, Frank M. Johannes, Robert J. Schmitz

This study analyzes genetic and epigenetic divergence in Arabidopsis thaliana Col-0 laboratory lineages over decades, revealing substantial divergence and functional consequences.

bioRxiv · Aug 6, 2026 · PreprintGenetics

A systematic simulation of the effect of salicylic acid on sphingolipid metabolism

Chao Shi, Jian Yin, Zhe Liu, Jian-Xin Wu, Qi Zhao, Jian Ren, Nan Yao

This paper uses computational modeling and experimental validation to show that salicylic acid affects sphingolipid metabolism by altering flux distribution and turnover rates in Arabidopsis.

Frontiers in Plant Science · Mar 25, 2015Peer-reviewedPlant Biology