This paper introduces a precision culturomics method using single-cell morphology and Raman spectra to sort and analyze microbial cells, revealing antibiotic-driven resistance and mutations in gut commensals.

Nature Communications · Jun 20, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

ZNHIT1-dependent H2A.Z deposition at meiotic prophase I underlies pachytene gene expression and meiotic progression during male meiosis

Shenfei Sun, Yamei Jiang, Ning Jiang, Qiaoli Zhang, Hongjie Pan, Fujing Huang, Xinna Zhang, Yuxuan Guo, Xiaoyu You, Kai Gong, Wei Wei, Hanmin Liu, Zhenju Song, Yuanlin Song, Xiaofang Tang, , Xinhua Lin

This study identifies ZNHIT1's role in meiotic progression by regulating H2A.Z deposition and gene expression during pachytene in male meiosis.

bioRxiv · Jun 6, 2024 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

The unique function of Runx1 in skeletal muscle differentiation and regeneration is mediated by an ETS interaction domain

Meng Yu, Konrad Thorner, Sreeja Parameswaran, Wei Wei, Chuyue Yu, Xinhua Lin, Raphael Kopan, Matthew R. Hass

This study identifies the unique role of Runx1 in skeletal muscle differentiation and regeneration through its ETS interaction domain, distinguishing it from Runx2.

bioRxiv · Nov 21, 2023 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology