This study identifies convergent adaptive genes in two Drosophila species across global environments, showing shared evolutionary responses to environmental pressures.

Cell Reports · Jul 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

The interactome of the Bakers' yeast peroxiredoxin Tsa1 implicates it in the redox regulation of intermediary metabolism, glycolysis and zinc homeostasis

Colin W. MacDiarmid, Yirong Wang, Janet Taggart, Ajay Amar Vashisht, Xin Qing, James Akira Wohlschlegel, David J. Eide

This paper identifies the interactome of yeast peroxiredoxin Tsa1, revealing its role in redox regulation of metabolism, glycolysis, and zinc homeostasis through interactions with Pyk1, Fba1, and Zap1.

Metallomics · Aug 1, 2025Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology

VIGA: an one-stop tool for eukaryotic Virus Identification and Genome Assembly from next-generation-sequencing data

Ping Fu, Yifan Wu, Zhiyuan Zhang, Ye Qiu, Yirong Wang, Yousong Peng

VIGA is a tool for eukaryotic virus identification and genome assembly from NGS data, showing improved performance in assembling complete genomes and revealing virome differences in disease states.

Briefings in Bioinformatics · Nov 14, 2023Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

vsRNAfinder: a novel method for identifying high-confidence viral small RNAs from small RNA-Seq data

Zena Cai, Ping Fu, Ye Qiu, Aiping Wu, Gaihua Zhang, Yirong Wang, Taijiao Jiang, Xing‐Yi Ge, Haizhen Zhu, Yousong Peng

vsRNAfinder identifies high-confidence viral small RNAs from sRNA-Seq data, outperforming existing methods in sensitivity.

Briefings in Bioinformatics · Oct 19, 2022Peer-reviewedBioinformatics