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Xiaonan Fu

University of Washington

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A diverse population of pericoerulear neurons controls arousal and exploratory behaviors

Andrew T. Luskin, Li Li, Xiaonan Fu, Madison M. Martin, Kelsey Barcomb, Kasey S. Girven, Taylor Blackburn, Bailey A Wells, Sarah Thai, Esther M. Li, Akshay N. Rana, Rhiana C. Simon, Li Sun, Lei Gao, Alexandria D. Murry, , Michael R. Bruchas

The paper identifies diverse GABAergic neurons in the locus coeruleus (LC) dendritic field that modulate arousal and behaviors through transcriptional, spatial, and functional diversity.

Nature · May 7, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Pix2Path: Integrating Spatial Transcriptomics and Digital Pathology with Deep Learning to Score Pathological Risk and Link Gene Expression to Disease Mechanisms

Xiaonan Fu, Yan Chen

bioRxiv · Aug 18, 2024 · PreprintPathology

Continuous Polony Gels for Tissue Mapping with High Resolution and RNA Capture Efficiency

Xiaonan Fu, Li Jun Sun, Jane Chen, Runze Dong, Yiing Lin, Richard D. Palmiter, Shin Lin, Liangcai Gu

PIXEL-seq barcodes tissue sections with continuous polony clusters on a gel surface, reporting ≤1 µm resolution and >1,000 unique molecular identifiers per 10x10 µm2.

bioRxiv · Mar 17, 2021 · PreprintGenomics

Creating Red Light-Controlled Protein Dimerization Systems as Genetically Encoded Actuators with High Specificity

Zhimin Huang, Zengpeng Li, Xiao Zhang, Runze Dong, Shoukai Kang, Li Sun, Xiaonan Fu, David Vaisar, Kurumi Watanabe, Liangcai Gu

The paper introduces a method to create red light-controlled protein dimerization systems with high specificity for optogenetic applications.

bioRxiv · Jul 9, 2020 · PreprintSynthetic Biology

Circadian regulation of microRNA-target chimeras in Drosophila

Xiju Xia, Xiaonan Fu, Binbin Wu, Jinsong Zhu, Zhangwu Zhao

This study identifies circadian-regulated miRNA-mRNA interactions in Drosophila using CLEAR-CLIP, revealing functional roles of specific miRNAs in circadian control.

bioRxiv · Apr 29, 2019 · PreprintMolecular Biology