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Zhao Zhang

University of PennsylvaniaORCID 0000-0002-7323-5500Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Zhao Zhang6 papers · The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio;

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Bioinformatics· 1 Genomics· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Assay:imaging· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:dimensionality reduction· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:large language model· 1

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Yang LiuiD· 2 shared Anyu PaniD· 1 shared Azim Shad· 1 shared Chentianye XuiD· 1 shared Cong Wang· 1 shared Dan GaoiD· 1 shared Guoliang You· 1 shared Hao ZhangiD· 1 shared

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2024-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Towards Robust Automated Mouse Scratching Behavior Detection for Itch Research

Shu Yang, Anyu Pan, Hyowon Shin, Hongzhuo Chen, Zhao Zhang, Azim Shad, William Huang, Yang Liu, Wesley Liu, Helen Luo, Chentianye Xu, Jiong Chen, Min Xu, Wenqin Luo, Huasheng Yu, Li Shen

This paper develops Scratch-AID+, an automated mouse scratching detection framework, showing that fine-tuned video foundation models outperform classic models in generalizability and accuracy.

bioRxiv · Oct 13, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

AREION: A Foundation Model for Atlas-Agnostic Representation Learning of Brain Connectome

Zhao Zhang, Hongming Li, Yuanwang Zhang, Guoliang You, Cong Wang, Yong Fan A

AREION learns atlas-agnostic representations of brain connectomes, outperforming baselines with fewer parameters and strong transferability across atlases.

bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Haplotype-resolve genome assembly and resequencing provide insights into the origin and domestication of modern rose

Zhao Zhang, Tuo Yang, Yang Liu, Shan Wu, Honghe Sun, Jie Wu, Yonghong Li, Yi Zheng, Haoran Ren, Yuyong Yang, Shaochuan Shi, Wenyan Wang, Qi Pan, Lijuan Lian, Shaowen Duan, , Junping Gao

This study presents a haplotype-resolved genome assembly and variation map of Rosa hybrida, revealing domestication history and genetic contributions from wild species.

Nature Plants · Oct 11, 2024Peer-reviewedGenomics