Author

Zhou Yu

University of Southern California

Listed by name: these papers carry no ORCID for this author, so different people with the same name may be mixed together.

Same name, identified by ORCID

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Developmental Biology· 2 Microbiology· 1 Neuroscience· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:cryo-EM· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

Ping WuiD· 2 shared Robert Hsiu-Ping ChowiD· 2 shared Aaron Yerke· 1 shared Akarsh Manne· 1 shared C. Chuong· 1 shared Cheng‐Ming ChuongiD· 1 shared Chih-Han HuangiD· 1 shared Chunhao LiiD· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2018-2026 · peak 2/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

10 top collaborators · 15 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

2 shared papersDevelopmental Biology

Ping WuORCID

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

4 papers

Recent·Most cited

Bioelectric state transitions enable de novo feather bud formation in developing skin

Hans I‐Chen Harn, Zhou Yu, Chih-Han Huang, Randle B. Widelitz, Ping Wu, Cheng‐Ming Chuong, Robert Hsiu-Ping Chow

The paper shows that perturbing calcium signaling in chicken skin induces de novo feather bud formation, revealing bioelectricity as a regulatory layer in tissue patterning.

bioRxiv · Jun 29, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

Roles of K-channel activity in feather bud morphogenesis

Madison Zitting, Zhou Yu, Ting‐Xin Jiang, Ping Wu, Randall Bruce Widelitz, C. Chuong, Robert Hsiu-Ping Chow

The paper shows potassium channels at the base and calcium channels at the tip of feather buds create a current loop essential for feather patterning and morphology.

Developmental Biology · Mar 13, 2026Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

Adaptation in cone photoreceptors contributes to an unexpected insensitivity of On parasol retinal ganglion cells to spatial structure in natural images

Zhou Yu, Maxwell H. Turner, Jacob Baudin, Fred M Rieke

The paper shows On parasol retinal ganglion cells respond linearly to spatial structure in flashed gratings and natural images but nonlinearly to temporally-modulated grating stimuli, due to cone photoreceptor adaptation.

eLife · Mar 14, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

In situ structures of periplasmic flagella reveal a distinct cytoplasmic ATPase complex in Borrelia burgdorferi

Zhuan Qin, Akarsh Manne, Jiagang Tu, Zhou Yu, Kathryn Lees, Aaron Yerke, Tao Lin, Chunhao Li, Steven J. Norris, Md A. Motaleb, Jun Liu

The paper uses cryo-electron tomography and mutagenesis to study the fT3SS machine in Borrelia burgdorferi, revealing a distinct cytosolic ATPase complex linked to the flagellar C-ring.

bioRxiv · Apr 17, 2018 · PreprintMicrobiology