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Junqiang Liu

University of California, San FranciscoORCID 0000-0002-2953-487XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Developmental Biology· 1 Physiology· 1

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Organism:C. elegans· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1

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Bingying WangiD· 3 shared K. DengkeiD· 3 shared Zhijian JiiD· 3 shared Akash Balakrishnan· 1 shared Chan-I ChungiD· 1 shared Fujia Han· 1 shared Han Wang· 1 shared James Eric CoxiD· 1 shared

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Induction and regulation of a reversible form of suspended animation in C. elegans

Junqiang Liu, Bingying Wang, Jonathan Leon Catrow, Quentinn Pearce, Zhijian Ji, Suya Yang, Akash Balakrishnan, James Eric Cox, K. Dengke

The paper describes a reversible form of suspended animation in C. elegans induced by high population density and identifies molecular mechanisms regulating its induction and termination.

bioRxiv · Feb 20, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

A genetically encoded ionic-stress sensor reveals protons as a sleep driver

Zhijian Ji, Junqiang Liu, Bingying Wang, Shuaian Wei, Yanchang Bian, Wenjie Zeng, Chan-I Chung, Zhimin Ma, Jianxiu Zhang, Xiaokun Shu, K. Dengke

The paper introduces GENTIS, a genetically encoded ionic-stress sensor, and shows that proton accumulation drives sleep in C. elegans through v-ATPase inhibition and membrane disassembly.

bioRxiv · Jan 30, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Non-visual light modulates behavioral memory and gene expression in C. elegans

Zhijian Ji, Bingying Wang, Rashmi Chandra, Junqiang Liu, Supeng Yang, Yong Long, Michael Egan, Fujia Han, Han Wang, Noelle L’Etoile, K. Dengke

This study shows visible light affects behavioral memory and gene expression in C. elegans through a non-visual pathway involving cyp-14A5 and bZIP transcription factors.

bioRxiv · Jan 27, 2025 · PreprintPhysiology