Zirui Gao

The paper investigates the structural and functional role of QueC-family protein QatC in the QatABCD anti-phage system, showing its role in protein modification similar to type IV CBASS.

The paper shows how phages evade bacterial immune systems by using allelic variation and an anti-defense hotspot, revealing a similarity to a human protein.

The paper presents cryo-EM structures of type I and II Lamassu systems from different bacteria, revealing their architecture and mechanism of DNA cleavage.

The paper investigates temperature-sensitive alternative splicing of the clk gene in Drosophila and its role in regulating circadian clock function through phosphorylation site deletion.

This study identifies Tad1 and Tad2 as phage proteins that sequester cyclic nucleotides produced by TIR and cGAS systems to inhibit anti-phage immunity.