2025-26 Biochemistry Publications

This is a list of publications associated with Department of Biochemistry faculty (noted in bold), postdoctoral researchers (PD), graduate students (G), and undergraduate students (UG) published during 2025-26. academic year.

Katelin M Burrow, Xi Yang, Yun Zhou, Brian P Dilkes, JH Wisecaver. A BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSISTIVE 1 receptor kinase ortholog is required for sex determination in Ceratopteris richardii. The Plant Cell 37 (5), koaf058, 2025.

Amanpreet Kaur (PD), Rajdeep S. Khangura (PD), Brian P. Dilkes. A maize mutant in the glutamate receptor-like dwarf13 is modified by cis-acting natural variation and a cornichon homolog. PLoS genetics 21 (12), e1012006, 2025.

Parul Singh, Luopin Wang, Pavitra Ramdas, Gaelle Le Friec, Natalia Kunz, Prakriti Mudvari, Ayden Case, Nicolas S Merle, Jack Bibby, Henrik Hasle, Eli Boritz, Majid Kazemian, Claudia Kemper. A novel and human-specific CD46-SP1 axis regulates gene transcription and HIV expression in CD4+ T cells 2574. The Journal of Immunology 214 (Supplement_1), vkaf283. 478, 2025.

Samuel J Mantel, Gwonjin Lee, Juan Diego Rojas-Gutierrez, Brian J Sanderson, M Inam Jameel, Patrick Woods, Brian P Dilkes, John K McKay, Jon Ågren, Christopher G Oakley.  A panel of near-isogenic lines derived from locally adapted populations of a wild plant: A powerful tool for dissecting additive and non-additive effects on ecologically important traits. bioRxiv, 2025.12. 03.692110, 2025.

Jiaxin Long (PD), Shelby Sliger (UG), Zhi-Wei Luo (G), Pete E Pascuzzi, Clint Chapple, Joe Ogas. A semidominant point mutation of Mediator tail subunit MED5b in Arabidopsis leads to altered enrichment of H3K27me3 and reduced expression of targets of MYC2. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 15 (3), jkae301, 2025.

Che-Pei Kung, Nick D Terzich, Ma Xenia G Ilagen, Michael J Prinsen, Madhurima Kaushal, Raleigh D Kladney, Jade H Weber, Alex R Mabry, Luisangely Soto Torres, Emily R Bramel, Eric C Freeman, Thwisha Sabloak, Kyle A Cottrell, Sua Ryu, William M Weber, Leonard Maggi Jr, Leah P Shriver, Gary J Patti, Jason D Weber.  ADAR1 regulates lipid remodeling through MDM2 to dictate ferroptosis sensitivity. bioRxiv, 2025.01. 16.633410, 2025.

Mindy Navarrete (UG), Debasmita Saha (G), Scott Briggs. Abstract 1352 Characterization of two HAP1 homologs, HAP1A and HAP1B, within Candida glabrata under azole and hypoxic conditions. Journal of Biological Chemistry 301 (5), 2025.

Juan Gómez-Solis, Humaira Gowher, Sameer Khan. Abstract 1488 CTCF knockdown rescues the MAPK signaling pathway in Vezf1 null murine embryonic stem cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry 301 (5), 2025.

Madison Liu (UG), Kyle Cottrell. Abstract 1635 Evaluating the role of RIG-I in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Journal of Biological Chemistry 301 (5), 2025.

Alice Westermann Vilwock (UG), Jiaxin Long (PD), Joe Ogas. Abstract 1705 Characterizing the relationship between histone demethylases ELF6 and REF6 and the chromatin remodeler PKL in H3K27me3 homeostasis. Journal of Biological Chemistry 301 (5), 2025.

Shelby Sliger (UG), Jiaxin Long (PD), Joe Ogas. Abstract 1707 Characterization of the contribution of the Mediator complex subunit MED23 to H3K27me3 homeostasis. Journal of Biological Chemistry 301 (5), 2025.

Elysia Uggen (UG), Jiaxin Long (PD), Jacob Fawley (G), Joshua Kaluf, Shelby Sliger (UG), Joe Ogas. Abstract 1710 Utilizing Proximity Labeling to Identify Transient Protein Interactions with ATP-dependent Chromatin Remodeler PICKLE in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Biological Chemistry 301 (5), 2025.

Andy Moran (UG), Jiaxin Long (PD), Jacob Fawley (G), Shelby Sliger (UG), Joe Ogas. Abstract 1907 Characterizing Chromatin Assembly Factor Capabilities of the ATP-dependent Chromatin Remodeler PICKLE (PKL) in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Biological Chemistry 301 (5), 2025.

Emmanuel Oluwarotimi (G), Frank Vago, Indranil Arun Mukherjee, Andrew Mesecar. Abstract 2714 Biochemical and Cryo-EM Structural Studies of GTP Cyclohydrolase I from Candida auris: A Potential New Target for Antifungal Therapy. Journal of Biological Chemistry 301 (5), 2025.

Elena Rivera, Larua Chen, Michael J Alavarez, Benjamín Carter. Assessment of Cultures in Student Affairs: Organizational Culture Leadership and Practice in Higher Education. 2025.

Xing‐Qi Huang (PD), Mosaab Yahyaa, Prasada Rao Kongala, Itay Maoz, Natalia Dudareva, Mwafaq Ibdah. Biosynthesis of elemicin and isoelemicin in Daucus carota leaves. The Plant Journal 121 (2), e17201, 2025.

Xing-Qi Huang (PD), Ji Hee Lee (G), Natalia Dudareva. Biosynthesis, emission, and regulation of plant phenylpropanoid and benzenoid volatiles. Plant Physiology 199 (2), kiaf407, 2025.

Sarah E McGovern (G), Gaoya Meng (G), Makayla N Marlin (G), Sophia A Pruitt (UG), Vikki Marie Weake. Broad epigenetic shifts in the aging Drosophila retina contribute to its altered rhythmic transcriptome.. bioRxiv, 2025.06. 17.660160, 2025.

Xi Yang, Xing Liu, Yun Zhou. Cellular basis of ABA‐induced de novo meristem formation and sex‐type conversion in Ceratopteris gametophytes. The Plant Journal 124 (3), e70543, 2025.

Jyoti Singh, Marco Hadisurya (G), Zhuojun Luo (G), W Andy Tao. Characterization of Post-translationally Modified Proteins in Extracellular Vesicles. Exosomes and Extracellular Vesicles: Analytical Challenges and Biological Implications, 2025.

Iskander M Ibrahim (G), Ji H Lee (G), Seth Weaver, Ronard Kwizera, Jeremy R Lohman, Sujith Puthiyaveetil. Cysteine residues contribute to the regulation of Arabidopsis state transition 7 kinase. Febs Letters 599 (3), 436-446, 2025.

Beinan Yang (G), Nicolas M Morato, Samadhi Kulathunga, Timothy L Ratliff, Graham Cooks, Andrew D Mesecar. Abstract 3149: Desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (DESI-MS) high-throughput screening of small-molecule inhibitors for human sulfotransferase 2B1b & biophysical and crystallographic characterization of target-hit interaction. Cancer Research 85 (8_Supplement_1), 3149-3149, 2025.

Zheng Zhang (PD), Yi-Kai Liu (G), Zhuojun Luo (G), Meng-Ju Wu, Claudia N Evans, Zihan Qu, Fanglei Xue, Zhong-Yin Zhang, Elizabeth I Parkinson, Nabeel Bardeesy, W Andy Tao. Discovery of Chirally-dependent Protein O-2-Hydroxyglutarylation by D2HG and L2HG. BioRxiv, 2025.

Sarah C Stanhope (G), Kratika Singhal (G), Nicolás M Morato, Yunfei Feng, Gaoya Meng (G), Makayla N Marlin (G), Claudia C Kotanko, Madolyn M Jarrett (UG), Andrew D Mesecar, R Graham Cooks, Vikki M Weake. Drosophila Ahcy is a redox sensor that modulates gene expression to protect against light stress–induced retinal degeneration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (38), e2511388122, 2025.

Brent Clayton, Steven M Massey, Shaoyou Chu, Emily R Mason, Stephanie J Bissel, Logan M Bedford, Stacey J Sukoff Rizzo, Andrew D Mesecar, Bridget L Kaiser (G), Emma K Lendy, Bruce T Lamb, Alan D Palkowitz, Timothy I Richardson. Identification of PLCγ2 activators for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's & dementia: the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 21, e103518, 2025.

Xiao Wu, An Yan, Xi Yang, Scott AM McAdam, Xing Liu, Shaoling Zhang, Yun Zhou. Dynamic cell division and growth during de novo meristem formation in epiphytic fern gametophytes. Journal of Experimental Botany 76 (16), 4490-4505, 2025.

Jiaxin Long (PD), Emily T Johnson, Joe Ogas. Efficient In-house Coupling of Sample and Library Preparation for ChIP-Seq of Histone Modifications in Complex Plant Tissues. Histones: Methods and Protocols, 179-198, 2025.

Andrew D Mesecar. Enabling TREAT-AD protein targets for structural, biophysical and biophysical studies. Alzheimer's Association International Conference, 2025.

Zhi-Wei Luo (G), Jeffrey P Simpson, Abigail Sipes, Caden Tuinstra, Caroline Marks, Grace Charpentier, Bruce R Cooper, Fabiola Muro-Villanueva, William Delacruz, Brian Dilkes, Clint Chapple. Exploring the amino acid-derived metabolomes of Arabidopsis and their associated natural variation using isotope labeling and mGWAS. Plant Physiology 199 (1), kiaf381, 2025.

Yuan Geng (G), Chong Xie, Cankui Zhang, Xing Liu, Yun Zhou. Functions and Regulation of HAM Family Genes in Meristems During Gametophyte and Sporophyte Generations. Plant, Cell & Environment 48 (3), 2125-2131, 2025.

Jeffrey Demieville, Brian Dilkes, Andrea L Eveland, Duke Pauli. High-resolution phenomics dataset collected on a field-grown, EMS-mutagenized sorghum population evaluated in hot, arid conditions. BMC Research Notes 18 (1), 332, 2025.

Xin Feng, Ao Shen, Wei Zhang, Shengnan Jia, Anton Iliuk, Yuling Wang, Wenke Zhang, Ying Zhang, W Andy Tao, Lianghai Hu. High-throughput capture and in situ protein analysis of extracellular vesicles by chemical probe-based array. Nature protocols 20 (4), 1057-1081, 2025.

Arnav Deshpande, Melissa Marsing, Veerupaksh Singla, Iskander M Ibrahim (G), Sujith Puthiyaveetil, John A Morgan. Introduction of a phenylalanine sink in fast growing cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 11801 leads to improved PSII efficiency, linear electron transport, and carbon fixation. The Plant Journal 122 (2), e70129, 2025.

An My Nguyen (UG), Majid Kazemian, Yuxin Zhuang (G), Ella Stone (UG), Daniel Flaherty. Investigating the functions of Epstein-Barr Virus Gene BNLF2b in lytic induction therapy targeting EBV positive gastric cancers. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 301 (5), 2025.

Xiaofeng Wang, Khadija Shafiq, Derrick A Ousley, Desnor N Chigumba, Dulciana Davis, Kali M McDonough, Lisa S Mydy, Jonathan Z Sexton, Roland D Kersten. Large-scale transcriptome mining enables macrocyclic diversification and improved bioactivity of the stephanotic acid scaffold. Nature Communications 16 (1), 4198, 2025.

Joseph H Lynch, Shaunak Ray, Clint Chapple, Natalia Dudareva, John A Morgan. Model-guided metabolic engineering of 2-phenylethanol in Arabidopsis. Metabolic Engineering, 2025.

Kankan Wang, Lihong Li, Sebastian Kenny, Dailin Gan, Justin M Reitsma, Yun Zhou, Chittaranjan Das, Xing Liu. Molecular mechanisms of CAND2 in regulating SCF ubiquitin ligases. Nature Communications 16 (1), 1998, 2025.

Murat Isik, Mandeep Kaur Saggi, Humaira Gowher, Sabre Kais. Multimodal Quantum Vision Transformer for Enzyme Commission Classification from Biochemical Representations. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Artificial Intelligence (QAI), 135-140, 2025.

Amanpreet Kaur (PD), Rajdeep S Khangura (PD), Brian P Dilkes. Natural variation in tetrapyrrole biosynthetic enzymes and their regulation modifies the maize chlorophyll mutant Oy1-N1989. Plant Physiology 199 (3), kiaf431, 2025.

Sarah C Stanhope (G), Kratika Singhal (G), Nicolás M Morato, Yunfei Feng, Gaoya Meng (G), Makayla N Marlin (G), Claudia C Kotanko, Madolyn M Jarrett (UG), Andrew D Mesecar, Graham R Cooks, Vikki M Weake. One-carbon metabolism enzyme Ahcy is a redox sensor that modulates gene expression to protect against light stress-induced retinal degeneration. bioRxiv, 2025.04. 25.650714, 2025.

Addison A Young (G), Isabelle G Juhler (G), Jackson R Pierce, Holly E Bohlin, Haley A Harper (UG), David S Onishile, Renee N Chua (UG), Madison E Liu (UG), Estelle N Gardner (UG), Bennett D Elzey, Kyle A Cottrell. PACT suppresses PKR activation through dsRNA binding and dimerization, and is a therapeutic target for triple-negative breast cancer. RNA 31 (11), 1599-1618, 2025.

Alisha Dhiman, Mitchell G Ayers, Jamie L McCuiston, Aparna B Shinde, Saeed Salehin Akhand, Guanming Jiao, Juan Jauregui-Lozano, Marco Hadisurya (G), Elizabeth G Porter, W Andy Tao, Vikki M Weake, Yucheng Zhang, Sagar M Utturkar, Matthew R Maraunde, Michael K Wendt, Emily C Dykhuizen (G). PBRM1-Dependent PBAF Targeting is Required for EMT and Metastasis in Breast Cancer. bioRxiv, 2025.10. 19.683137, 2025.

Rishikesh Ghogare, Amit Dhingra, Sujith Puthiyaveetil. PGR-Modification of core phosphorylation in photosystem II assembly using chloroplast transformation. HORTSCIENCE 60 (7), 2025.

Nicolas S Merle, Martin V Kolev, Jienyu Ding, Erin West, Ira Phadke, Jubayer Rahman, Jack Bibby, Bingyue Yan, Majid Kazemian, Rosa Nguyen (UG), Behdad Afzali, Christian Biertuempfel, Christian Biertuempfel, Naoko Mizuno, Claudia Kemper. Peptide-mediated modulation of complement-like CD109 boosts T cell anti-tumor responses 2967. The Journal of Immunology 214 (Supplement_1), vkaf283. 821, 2025.

Yuanyuan Deng, Anton Iliuk, W Andy Tao, Zhuoying Xie. Phosphoproteomics of Cerebrospinal Fluid-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Applied to Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma. Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Proteomics: Methods and Protocols, 115-125, 2025.

Derrick A Ousley, Xiaofeng Wang, Lisa S Mydy, Roland D Kersten. Plant genome mining of burpitides from fused precursor peptides. Methods in Enzymology 717, 141-174, 2025.

Matthew E Bergman (PD), Xing-Qi Huang (PD), Sylvie Baudino, Jean-Claude Caissard, Natalia Dudareva. Plant volatile organic compounds: Emission and perception in a changing world. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 85, 102706, 2025.

Marco Hadisurya (G), Hillary Andaluz Aguilar, I-Hsuan Chen, Mengting Xu, J Sebastian Paez, Rachit Bisht, Jyoti Singh, Zheng-Chi Lee, Amirhesam Mashaollahi (G), Anton B Iliuk, Weizhou Zhang, W Andy Tao. Profiling Protein Post-Translational Modifications in Plasma-derived Extracellular Vesicles as Fingerprints for Breast Cancer Subtypes. Research Square, rs. 3. rs-7294729, 2025.

Steven D McKenzie (PD), Sujith Puthiyaveetil. Protein phosphorylation and oxidative protein modification promote plant photosystem II disassembly for repair. Plant Communications 6 (3), 2025.

Zheng Zhang (PD), Zhuojun Luo (G), Yikai Liu, Subhransu Sekhar Sahoo (PD), Vamara Dembele, Meng-Ju Wu, Nabeel Bardeesy, Fang Huang, Majid Kazemian, Kyle A Cottrell, W Andy Tao. Proteomic tracking extracellular vesicle RNA interactors in recipient immune cells through orthogonal labelings. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (32), 28577-28582, 2025.

Seung Y Rhee, Daniel N Anstett, Edgar B Cahoon, Alejandra A Covarrubias-Robles, Eric Danquah, Natalia Dudareva, Hiroshi Ezura, Kadeem J Gilbert, Rodrigo A Gutiérrez, Michelle Heck, David B Lowry, Ron Mittler, Gloria Muday, Clare Mukankusi, Andrew DL Nelson, Silvia Restrepo, Hatem Rouached, Motoaki Seki, Berkley Walker, Danielle Way, Andreas PM Weber. Resilient plants, sustainable future. Trends in Plant Science 30 (4), 382-388, 2025.

Xi Yang, An Yan, Xing Liu, Alexandria Volkening, Yun Zhou. Single cell-derived multicellular meristem: insights into male-to-hermaphrodite conversion and de novo meristem formation in Ceratopteris. Development 152 (3), DEV204411, 2025.

Sebastian Kenny, Shalini Iyer, Clinton A Gabel, Natalia Tegenfeldt, Andrew G DeMarco, Mark C Hall, Leifu Chang, V Jo Davisson, Scott Vande Pol, Chittaranjan Das. Structure of E6AP in complex with HPV16-E6 and p53 reveals a novel ordered domain important for E3 ligase activation. Structure 33 (3), 504-516. e4, 2025.

Jingcheng Zhang, Hengkuan Li, Linmi Li, Jie Wu, Linjie Song, Xin Liu, Zhangyuan Pan, Chuan Zhou, Wenying Li, Zixiao Liu, Mei Jiao, Mingyang Hu, Zhenyu Dong, Hexu Zhang, Binqiang Shi, Yong Wang, Debao Wang, Benjamin Carter, Shuhong Zhao, Gang Ren, Yunxia Zhao, Yong Zhang. Super RNA Pol II domains enhance minor ZGA through 3D interaction to ensure the integrity of major transcriptional waves in late-ZGA mammals. Cell Genomics 5 (6), 2025.

Subhadeep Das, Maria P Zea, Matthew P Russon, Zheng Xing, Sandra Torregrosa-Allen, Heidi E Cervantes, Haley Anne Harper (UG), Bennett D Elzey, Elizabeth J Tran. Supinoxin blocks small cell lung cancer progression by inhibiting mitochondrial respiration through DDX5. Iscience (28), 4, 2025.

Yuguo Xiao, Rajdeep S Khangura (PD), Zhonghui Wang, Brian P Dilkes, Andrea L Eveland. Targeted seed EMS mutagenesis reveals a basic helix–loop–helix transcription factor underlying male sterility in sorghum. Genetics 230 (3), iyaf017, 2025.

Qinglin Li, Yunpeng Bai, Sarah M Cavender, Yiming Miao, Frederick Nguele Meke, Emily L Lasse-Opsahl, Peipei Zhu, Gina M Doody, W Andy Tao, Zhong-Yin Zhang. The PRL2 phosphatase up-regulates miR-21 through activation of the JAK2/STAT3 pathway to down-regulate the PTEN tumor suppressor. Biochemical Journal 482 (07), 341-356, 2025.

Ariel Sorg, Zhi‐Wei Luo (G), Qin‐Bao Li, Kristin Roy, Gilles J Basset, Jeongim Kim, Charles Hunter, Clint Chapple, Caitlin Rering, Anna K Block. The airborne herbivore‐induced plant volatile indole is converted to benzoxazinoid defense compounds in maize plants. New Phytologist 246 (2), 718-728, 2025.

Chong Xie, Cankui Zhang, Xing Liu, Yun Zhou. The cellular basis of meristem development in fern gametophytes. Biochemical Society Transactions 53 (01), 327-336, 2025.

Lona M Alkhalaf, Cheryl Arrowsmith, Emily P Balskus, Giovanna Bergamini, Rashna Bhandari, Christopher J Chang, Peng Chen, Xing Chen, Alessio Ciulli, Julia A Cricco, Benjamin G Davis, Martina Delbianco, Natalia Dudareva, Erin Dueber, Fleur Ferguson, Priscila Oliveira de Giuseppe, Itaru Hamachi, Ming Chen Hammond, Stavroula K Hatzios, Won Do Heo, Jon Paul Janet, Siddhesh S Kamat, Stefan Knapp, Yamuna Krishnan, Kathrin Lang, Luca Laraia, Reuben B Leveson-Gower, Xiang David Li, David R Liu, Mo-Fang Liu, Nir London, Nilkamal Mahanta, Cristina Mayor-Ruiz, Tom Muir, Mário Tyago Murakami, Hyun-Woo Rhee, Matt Robers, Alex Satz, Brenda A Schulman, Ben Shen, Brian Shoichet, Erick Strauss, Tsutomu Suzuki, Pratyush Tiwary, Herbert Waldmann, Thomas R Ward, Amy Weeks, Eranthie Weerapana, Georg Winter. Thoughts for the future. Nature Chemical Biology 21 (1), 6-15, 2025.

Elysia Uggen (UG), Jiaxin Long (PD), Jacob Fawley (G), Joshua Kaluf, Shelby Sliger (UG), Joe Ogas. Abstract 1710 Utilizing Proximity Labeling to Identify Transient Protein Interactions with ATP-dependent Chromatin Remodeler PICKLE in Arabidopsis thaliana. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 301 (5), 2025.

Cassandra N Smoak (G), Estelle N Gardner (UG), Renee N Chua (UG), Kyle A Cottrell. ZYS-1 is not an ADAR1 inhibitor. RNA 31 (12), 1703-1711, 2025.

Lauren Whitt, Elizabeth H Mahood, Gregory Ziegler, Collin Luebbert, Jason D Gillman, Gareth Norton, Adam Price, David E Salt, Brian P Dilkes, Ivan Baxter. A comparative approach for selecting orthologous candidate genes in GWAS across multiple species. Plant Physiology, 2026.

Sarah C Stanhope (G), Vikki M Weake. AHCY: A Metabolic Gatekeeper at the Interface of Methylation, Redox Balance, and Cellular Stress Response. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 111220, 2026.

Carolyn Jia (UG), Justin Gregor (G), Lauren Connors (UG), Scott Briggs. Abstract 3728 Investigating Set4's role as an azole suppresser in Candida glabrata. Journal of Biological Chemistry 302 (5), 2026.

Alice Westermann Vilwock (UG), Jiaxin Long (PD), Joe Ogas. Abstract 3964 Characterizing the relationship between histone demethylases and the chromatin remodeler PKL in H3K27me3 homeostasis. Journal of Biological Chemistry 302 (5), 2026.

Elysia Uggen (UG), Jiaxin Long (PD), Joe Ogas. Abstract 3969 Utilizing Proximity Labeling to Identify Transient Protein Interactions with ATP-dependent Chromatin Remodeler PICKLE in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Biological Chemistry 302 (5), 2026.

Elysia Uggen (UG), Jiaxin Long (PD), Joe Ogas. Abstract 3977 Characterizing the Contribution of Two Remodeling Pathways to Expression of Development Identity in Plants. Journal of Biological Chemistry 302 (5), 2026.

Blaine Wagner (UG), Joe Ogas, Jiaxin Long (PD), Brooke Tran (UG). Abstract 4007 H3K27me3-associated phenotypes resulting from impairing the SWR1 and PKL chromatin remodeling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Biological Chemistry 302 (5), 2026.

Maren Eaton (UG), Justin Gregor (G), Lauren Connors (UG), Carolyn Jia (UG), Scott Briggs. Abstract 4138 Investigating the Role of SET Domain-Containing Epigenetic Factor Set4 in Azole Suppression in C. Glabrata. Journal of Biological Chemistry 302 (5), 2026.

Eric D Deemer, Joseph P Ogas, Vanessa Pruitt, Diana L Mathis, Heming Li. Adolescent development of perceived competence and scientific mastery goals: analysis of time-varying growth processes. Motivation and Emotion, 1-12, 2026.

Silvia Cerboni, Leila Mohammadnezhad, Komal Agrawal, Ramachandramouli Budida, Ilenia Papa, Silvia Gaggero, Joel Dulong, Anna Cole, Anja Mezger, Bingyu Yan, Zonghao Zhang, Elisabeth Israelsson, Petr Volkov, Songyuan Li, Eva F Caceres, Malo Leprohon, Mojtaba Shekarkar Azgomi, Yue Cui, Svitlana Salemio, Mike Firth, Leif Wigge, Anna Rudin, Hanna Grindebacke, Marcello Maresca, Chrystal Paulos, Franck Morschhauser, Salomon Manier, Majid Kazemian, Arian Laurence, Michael Hühn, Ulf Gehrmann, Karin Tarte, Suman Mitra. Aiolos and Eos drive distinct human TH17 functional states. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2026.

Brian P Dilkes, Norman B Best. Analysis of polar and nonpolar small plant growth hormones and quantification by LC/MS. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2026 (3), pdb. prot108647, 2026.

Jordan Hungerford, Lisa S Mydy, Xiaofeng Wang, Lorena Mendoza-Perez, Derrick A Ousley, Khadija Shafiq, Kali M McDonough, Wenjie Li, Gabrielle May, Desnor N Chigumba, Shengrui Yao, Roland D Kersten. Biosynthesis of 14-Membered Cyclopeptide Alkaloids via Nonheme Iron-and 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Oxidative Decarboxylation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 148 (7), 7983-8001, 2026.

Sarah E McGovern (G), Gaoya Meng (G), Makayla N Marlin (G), Sophia A Pruitt, Vikki M Weake. Broad Epigenetic Shifts in the Aging Drosophila Retina Contribute to Its Altered Diurnal Rhythmic Transcriptome. Aging Cell 25 (2), e70396, 2026.

Kankan Wang, Sebastian Kenny, Zhana Chagan, Lihong Li, Chittaranjan Das, Xing Liu. CAND1 and CAND2 drive CUL4 substrate receptor exchange with largely comparable biochemical efficiency, unlike their relative effects on CUL1. Structure, 2026.

Bozhi Liu, Ant Murphy, Annaleigh Benton, Lauren Gartenhaus, William Budka, Juliana M Bronzini, Samuel Hartzler, Madison E Yates, Alejandra Romero Alzate, Nimod D Janson, Shyaman Jayasundara, Sagar Utturkar, Nadia A Lanman, Majid Kazemian, Jason A Hanna. Canonical microRNA loss drives tumor development, implicating therapeutic efficacy of enoxacin in angiosarcoma. RNA 32 (6), 812-826, 2026.

Zhuojun Luo (G), William LeFever (G), Yanyan Du, Marco Hadisurya (G), Zheng Zhang (PD), Stephanie Maari (UG), W Andy Tao. Comprehensive Profiling of Protein N-Terminal Acetylation Stoichiometry in Extracellular Vesicles. Analytical Chemistry, 2026.

Sijie Wang, Lei Wang, Marco Hadisurya (G), Siavash Shahbazi Nia, W Andy Tao, Emily C Dykhuizen (G), Casey J Krusemark. Covalent Protein Inhibitors via Tyrosine and Tryptophan Conjugation with Cyclic Imine Mannich Electrophiles. Angewandte Chemie, e16630, 2026.

Zihan Qu, Frederick Nguele Meke, Zheng Zhang (PD), Aaron D Krabill, Christine S Muli, Brenson A Jassim, Jiajun Dong, Quyen D Nguyen (UG), Yunpeng Bai, Jinyue Li, Yiming Miao, Bardia Asadi, Levi M Johnson, Jinmin Miao, Darci J Trader, W Andy Tao, Zhong‐Yin Zhang. Discovery of a First‐in‐Class Covalent Allosteric SHP1 Inhibitor with Immunotherapeutic Activity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 65 (7), e25126, 2026.

Zheng Zhang (PD), Yi-Kai Liu (G), Zhuojun Luo (G), Meng-Ju Wu, Claudia N Evans, Zihan Qu, Fanglei Xue, Zijian Wang, Lia Stanciu, Zhong-Yin Zhang, Elizabeth I Parkinson, Nabeel Bardeesy, W Andy Tao. Discovery of chirally dependent protein modifications by D- and L-2-hydroxyglutarates. Nature Chemistry, 1-9, 2026.

Dinh Nhan Lai, Xi Yang, Chong Xie, Ting Li, An Yan, Xing Liu, Yun Zhou. Dynamic auxin maxima regulate male-to-hermaphrodite conversion and de novo meristem formation in the fern Ceratopteris gametophytes. PLoS biology 24 (1), e3003592, 2026.

Rajdeep S Khangura (PD), Norman B Best, Brian P Dilkes. Ethyl Methanesulfonate Treatment of Maize Seed for Recovery of Vegetative Mutant Sectors and Segregating Germinal Mutations. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2026 (4), pdb. prot108650, 2026.

Rajdeep S Khangura (PD), Norman B Best, Brian P Dilkes. Ethyl methanesulfonate treatment of maize pollen for development of segregating mutant populations or targeted mutagenesis. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2026 (4), pdb. prot108651, 2026.

W Brent Clayton, Joshua A Kulas, Jiahui Liu, Nidhi Walia, Claudia Rangel‐Barajas, Travis Johnson, Jie Zhang, Kun Huang, Andrew D Mesecar, Jeffrey L Dage, Bruce T Lamb, Alan D Palkowitz, Timothy I Richardson. Evaluation of ASC as a therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia 22 (1), e71104, 2026.

Ikjot S Sohal, Sydeny N Shaw, Andrea P dos Santos, Bennett D Elzey, Haley A Harper (UG), Carli McMahan, Lauren Meeks, Humna Hasan, Zulaida Soto-Vargas, Noor Abdullah, Subhransu Sahoo (PD), Majid Kazemian, Matthew R Olson, Andrea L Kasinski. Exosome-like biogenesis from the Golgi releases extracellular vesicles lacking conventional tetraspanins that mediate immune evasion in cancer. bioRxiv, 2026.05. 13.719612, 2026.

Shourya Verma, Mengbo Wang, Luopin Wang, Mario Sola, Majid Kazemian, Ananth Grama, Nadia Atallah Lanman. Generating Joint Transcriptomic and Morphological Responses to Drug Perturbations via Rectified Flow. bioRxiv, 2026.02. 02.703189, 2026.

Seth D Lammert (G), Makayla N Marlin (G), Danny M Kanj, Vikki M Weake. Increased Glycine-N-methyltransferase expression disrupts light-dependent gene expression rhythms in the Drosophila eye. Journal of Cell Science 139 (7), jcs264529, 2026.

Emily A Cmarik, Abhishek Wahi, Sayali S Chandekar, Solomon K Otchere, Jennifer E Sturgis, Silvi Salhotra, Allen T Basanthakumar, Nehemiah X Boyd, Giulia DiGiovanni, He Zhu, Gabriela Alexe, Daniel A Schaefer, Xing Liu, Jarrod A Marto, Sara J Buhrlage, Kimberly Stegmaier, Nathaniel W Mabe. Inhibition of USP7 destabilizes the noncanonical PRC1. 1 complex and induces neuroblastoma differentiation. Molecular Cancer Research, OF1-OF21, 2026.

Subhadeep Das, Sagar M Utturkar, Roshnee Bose, Elizabeth J Tran. Investigating Metabolically Altered Pathways in Small Cell Lung Cancer: From RNA Sequencing Analysis to Seahorse-Based Functional Validation. Methods and Protocols 9 (2), 46, 2026.

Mengbo Wang, Shourya Verma, Shyaman Jayasundara (G), Aditya Malusare, Luopin Wang, Ananth Grama, Majid Kazemian, Nadia Atallah Lanman. Joint Modeling of Transcriptomic and Morphological Phenotypes for Generative Molecular Design. bioRxiv, 2026.02. 02.703193, 2026.

Rajdeep S Khangura (PD), Amanpreet Kaur (PD), Phillip San Miguel, Brian P Dilkes. Life, the universe, and everything for $42: ultra-low pass sequencing of maize for genotyping, mapping, and pedigree analysis. bioRxiv, 2026.02. 20.707111, 2026.

Brian P Dilkes, Norman B Best. Metabolite profiling of growth regulatory hormones from maize tissue. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2026 (3), pdb. top108432, 2026.

Joseph H Lynch, Shaunak Ray, Clint Chapple, Natalia Dudareva, John A Morgan. Model-guided metabolic engineering of 2-phenylethanol in Arabidopsis. Metabolic Engineering 94, 124-135, 2026.

Matthew E Bergman (PD), Sun Hyun Chang, Benoît Boachon, Nitzan Shabek, Natalia Dudareva. Molecular insights into volatile organic compound sensing and signaling in plants. The Plant Journal 125 (6), e70789, 2026.

Mandeep Kaur Saggi, Amandeep Singh Bhatia, Isaiah K Mensah, Humaira Gowher, Sabre Kais. Multi-Omic and quantum machine learning integration for lung subtypes classification. Future Generation Computer Systems 174, 107905, 2026.

Yi-Kai Liu (G), Nathaniel Miller (UG), Marco Hadisurya (G), Zheng Zhang (PD), W Andy Tao. Multiplexed Data-Independent Acquisition (mDIA) to Profile Extracellular Vesicle Proteomes. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 101507, 2026.

Yufen Li, Yumei Zhou, Qing Ying Li, Justine Arrington, Mostafa F Abdelhai, Yubo Wang, Junxiao Ren, Yung-Yu Cheng, Mingyi Xie, W Andy Tao, Shihuan Kuang, Feng Yue. NRMLncR, a myocyte-enriched long non-coding RNA, enhances myogenesis in mouse. bioRxiv, 2026.02. 11.704964, 2026.

Timothy I Richardson, Rebecca C Klein, Kun Huang, Jie Zhang, Andrew D Mesecar, Jeffrey L Dage, Brent Clayton, Bruce T Lamb, Alan D Palkowitz. Next‐generation Alzheimer's therapeutics: target assessment and enablement at the Indiana University School of Medicine–Purdue University TREAT‐AD Center. Alzheimer's & Dementia 22 (1), e70964, 2026.

Menchus Quan, Yi-Kai Liu (G), Ying Zhao, Madeline Kay, Kai Sun, Timothy P Gavin, Raphael E Pollock, W Andy Tao, Shihuan Kuang. Notch signaling regulates the secretion of pro-metastatic factors in extracellular vesicles in liposarcoma. Cancer letters, 218538, 2026.

Cynthia D Jesudason, Claudia Rangel-Barajas, Colin J Beach, Daniel E Beck, Isaac H Caballero-Floran, W Brent Clayton, Lais Da Silva, Juliane C David, Suzanne Doolen, Alexandra N Faulkner, Adam K Hamdani, Hasi Huhe, Kevin Huynh, Ryan D Imhoff, June Javens-Wolfe, Emily R Mason, Mustapha Moussaif, Kratika Singhal (G), Disha M Soni, Matilda van Buuren-Milne, Sean-Paul Williams, Steven P Angus, Shaoyou Chu, Jeffrey L Dage, Philip A Hipskind, Travis S Johnson, Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, Bruce T Lamb, Peter J Meikle, Andrew D Mesecar, Alan D Palkowitz, Sara K Quinney, Stacey J Sukoff Rizzo, Adrian L Oblak, Timothy I Richardson. Optimization and Characterization of SHIP1 Ligands for Cellular Target Engagement and Activity in Alzheimer’s Disease Models. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2026.

Sijie Wang, Lei Wang, Marco Hadisurya (G), Siavash Shahbazi Nia, W Andy Tao, Emily C Dykhuizen (G), Casey J Krusemark. Outside Front Cover: Covalent Protein Inhibitors via Tyrosine and Tryptophan Conjugation with Cyclic Imine Mannich Electrophiles (Angew. Chem. 15/2026). Angewandte Chemie 138 (15), e2026-m061300, 2026.

Menchus Quan, Yi‐Kai Liu, Maryam Mahmoodi, Muhammad Asif, Madeline Kay, Yongjie Yang, Fang Huang, Weiguo Andy Tao, Shihuan Kuang. Proteomic and Super‐Resolution Analyses of Murine Brown Adipocyte‐Derived Extracellular Vesicles. Journal of Extracellular Biology 5 (5), e70140, 2026.

Mandeep Kaur Saggi, Amandeep Singh Bhatia, Humaira Gowher, Sabre Kais. Quantum AI for Cancer Diagnostic Biomarker Discovery. arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.18621, 2026.

Brian P Dilkes, Norman B Best. Sterol and brassinosteroid hormone quantification by LC/MS of picolinyl ester derivatives. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2026 (3), pdb. prot108646, 2026.

Yuxin Zhuang (G), Srishti Chakravorty, Shrinidhi Annadka, Marwa G Elnaggar, Luopin Wang, Subhransu S Sahoo (PD), Abigail H Lee, Shyaman Jayasundara (G), My An Nguyen (UG), Steven Chang, Jason A Hanna, Behdad Afzali, Matthew Olson, Bo Zhao, Daniel P Flaherty, Yoon Yeo, Majid Kazemian. Targeting lytic cycle with ciclopirox derivative in Epstein-Barr Virus+ gastric cancer.. Cancer Research 86 (7_Supplement), 213-213, 2026.

Amala Phadkule, Amit Srivastava, Alexandria Alailima Martin, Lauren G Dome (G), Steven D McKenzie (PD), Sujith Puthiyaveetil, Mike Reppert. Tuning the F695 fluorescent state in photosystem II using site-directed mutagenesis in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Photosynthesis Research 164 (3), 29, 2026.

Arun K Ghosh, Amlan Bhattacharjee, Uttara Jayashankar (G), Sydney N Bogan (G), Andrew D Mesecar. Ugi multicomponent reactions of optically active aldehydes and chiral aminoindanols: diastereoselective synthesis of bisamides relevant to SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 24 (12), 2542-2558, 2026.

Ashraf Mohamed, Yuval Garty, Hui Min Olivia Oung, Sujith Puthiyaveetil, Kajwal K Patra, Andrea Tagliabue, Steven Lenhert, Dana Charuvi, Reinat Nevo, Helmut Kirchhoff, Doran IGB Raccah. Unraveling design principles of protein landscapes in photosynthetic membranes in plant chloroplasts. Science Advances 12 (7), eaeb2410, 2026.

Rajdeep S Khangura (PD), Norman B Best, Brian P Dilkes. Uses and opportunities for ethyl methanesulfonate mutagenesis in maize. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2026 (4), pdb. top108504, 2026.

Ant Murphy, Samuel Hartzler, Paula A Vargas Carranza, Shyaman Jayasundara (G), Madison E Yates, Nimod D Janson, Bozhi Liu, Annaleigh Benton, Majid Kazemian, Jason A Hanna. YAP1:: TFE3 mediates endothelial‐to‐mesenchymal plasticity in epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. Molecular Oncology 20 (2), 493-510, 2026.