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James Young

South Dakota State UniversityORCID 0000-0002-4758-9700Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1

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Ruanbao ZhouiD· 3 shared Dillon Nelson· 2 shared Liping Gu· 2 shared Taufiq NawaziD· 2 shared Dheeraj RayaiD· 1 shared Etienne Z. GnimpiébaiD· 1 shared Huilan ZhuiD· 1 shared Jaimie Gibbons· 1 shared

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Predicting cyanobacterial oxic diazotrophy and prioritizing candidate protein families beyond known Nif proteins

James S. Young, Shiva Aryal, Dillon Nelson, Dheeraj Raya, Etienne Z. Gnimpiéba, Ruanbao Zhou

The paper predicts cyanobacterial diazotrophy using protein-family content and prioritizes candidate protein families for experimental validation.

bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

Nitrogen-Responsive Extracellular Proteomics Reveals Evidence for a Novel Heterocyst-Specific Protein Secretion Pathway in Anabaena

Taufiq Nawaz, Ping He, Liping Gu, James Young, Ruanbao Zhou

This paper identifies a novel heterocyst-specific protein secretion pathway in Anabaena by analyzing nitrogen-responsive extracellular proteomes under different nitrogen conditions.

bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Nitrosomes: protein language modeling and live-cell imaging reveal condensate-like nitrogenase organization in heterocysts

James Young, Shengni Tian, Liping Gu, Dillon Nelson, Huilan Zhu, Jaimie Gibbons, Taufiq Nawaz, Ruanbao Zhou

The paper uses live-cell imaging and a homology-aware framework to identify nitrogenase organization in heterocysts and prioritize cyanobacterial condensate candidates.

bioRxiv · May 26, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology