ABOUT THE LAB

Our lab uses and develops both computational and experimental tools to ask fundamental questions about microbiology. We are especially interested in how microbial communities assemble, adapt, and impact their environments and hosts.

Recent Publications

Adaptive graph learning of microbial phylogeny enables accurate and interpretable microbiome-based host phenotype prediction
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Conserved 3′ stem-loop structures enable comprehensive analysis of bacterial transcription termination in metagenomes
Bacterial transcription termination is a critical yet underexplored layer of gene regulation in microbial ecosystems. Existing …
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Natural carrier-free self-assembled binary polyphenol nanoparticles remodel the gut microenvironment for inflammatory bowel disease prevention
Developing biocompatible, multi-target therapeutics remains a critical challenge in the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). …
Qiwen Xie, Huan Xu, Xiaoming Yang, Ying Chen, Zhenjiang Zech Xu
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Scikit-bio: a fundamental Python library for biological omic data analysis
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Dietary Nisin Exacerbates Diabetic Vascular Complications through Gut Microbiota Modulation and NF-κB Signaling
Diabetic vascular complications (DVCs) are a major cause of morbidity in diabetes, with gut microbiota dysbiosis emerging as an …
Liting Liu, Yong Huang, Huan Xu, Yifan Sun, Zhenjiang Zech Xu, Xiaochang Huang
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