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Hongquan Li

Stanford UniversityORCID 0000-0002-3668-5772Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioengineering· 2 Biophysics· 2 Systems Biology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 4 Assay:imaging· 3 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Assay:fluorescence / live-cell microscopy· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Manu PrakashiD· 5 shared Hope T. LengiD· 2 shared Adam J. M. WollmaniD· 1 shared Alexander StokesiD· 1 shared Andrew Z. FireiD· 1 shared Bo WangiD· 1 shared Bonnie Dighero-Kemp· 1 shared Chew ChaiiD· 1 shared

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Fluid-Squid: DIY Multiplexed Imaging of Cells and Tissues

John W. Hickey, Hongquan Li, Chiara Caraccio, You Yan, Kevin Marx, Peter Martin, Hope T. Leng, John Fayiah, Elvis Towalid, Bonnie Dighero-Kemp, Garry P. Nolan, Manu Prakash, David R. McIlwain

Fluid-Squid enables customizable, cost-effective multiplexed imaging of cells and tissues through automated fluidics and barcoding strategies.

bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2025 · PreprintBioengineering

Ice gliding diatoms establish record-low temperature limit for motility in a eukaryotic cell

Qing Zhang, Hope T. Leng, Hongquan Li, Kevin Robert Arrigo, Manu Prakash

The paper discovers ice diatoms can glide at -15°C, revealing adaptations for motility in extreme cold.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Sep 9, 2025Peer-reviewedBiophysics

Flight-Scope: microscopy with microfluidics in microgravity

Thomas Wareing, Alexander Stokes, Katrina E Crompton, Koren Murphy, Jack Dawson, Yusuf Furkan Ugurluoglu, Connor Richardson, Hongquan Li, Manu Prakash, Adam J. M. Wollman

Flight-Scope enables live-cell imaging of dynamic processes in microgravity using microfluidics during parabolic flights, demonstrated with yeast glucose uptake.

npj Microgravity · May 6, 2025Peer-reviewedBiophysics

A genetic and microscopy toolkit for live imaging of whole-body regeneration in Macrostomum lignano

Richard Nelson Hall, Hongquan Li, Chew Chai, Sidney Y. Vermeulen, Robin R Bigasin, Eun Sun Song, Souradeep R. Sarkar, Jesse Gibson, Manu Prakash, Andrew Z. Fire, Bo Wang

This paper develops a toolkit for live imaging of whole-body regeneration in flatworms, revealing neuron regenerative limitations and independent nerve cord reconnection.

Cell Reports · Oct 19, 2024Peer-reviewedBioengineering

Coupled active systems encode emergent behavioral dynamics of the unicellular predator Lacrymaria olor

Scott M. Coyle, Eliott Flaum, Hongquan Li, Deepak Krishnamurthy, Manu Prakash

Analysis of millions of unique cellular morphologies of the highly dynamic single-celled predator Lacrymaria olor reveals that it programs a comprehensive search space and emergent hunting behavior through coupling surface based active cilia and cortex based contractile molecular systems together.

Current Biology · Nov 1, 2019Peer-reviewedSystems Biology