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Zidan Li

North Carolina State UniversityORCID 0000-0002-5779-1339Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:CRISPR screen· 1 Organism:E. coli· 1 Research Focus:perturbation response prediction· 1 Research Focus:software / tool· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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Nathan CrookiD· 3 shared Ibrahim S. Al’AbriiD· 2 shared Daniel J. HalleriD· 1 shared George SuniD· 1 shared John B. CheadleiD· 1 shared John van Schaik· 1 shared Yi‐Hui ZhouiD· 1 shared

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Inducible genome-wide mutagenesis for improvement of pDNA production by E. coli

Zidan Li, George Sun, Ibrahim S. Al’Abri, Yi‐Hui Zhou, Nathan Crook

This study develops an E. coli strain with enhanced plasmid DNA production through genome-wide mutagenesis and identifies key genetic factors contributing to increased plasmid copy numbers.

Microbial Cell Factories · Aug 13, 2025Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology

Engineering the Maize Root Microbiome: A Rapid MoClo Toolkit and Identification of Potential Bacterial Chassis for studying Plant-Microbe Interactions

John van Schaik, Zidan Li, John B. Cheadle, Nathan Crook

The paper develops a rapid MoClo toolkit for genetic engineering of maize root-associated bacteria and identifies endogenous expression sequences for five strains.

ACS Synthetic Biology · Sep 15, 2023Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology

Inducible Directed Evolution of Complex Phenotypes in Bacteria

Ibrahim S. Al’Abri, Daniel J. Haller, Zidan Li, Nathan Crook

The paper introduces a method to evolve complex bacterial phenotypes using inducible directed evolution, achieving faster growth on tagatose after two rounds of evolution.

Nucleic Acids Research · Feb 1, 2022Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology