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Ruifu Yang is affiliated with the Academy of Military Medical Sciences in China. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Within these broad fields, their work emphasizes molecular biology, genetics, infectious diseases, ecology, and food science as notable subfields.

Yang's research covers a range of topics including Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites research; gut microbiota and health; vector-borne infectious diseases; Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research; zoonotic diseases and public health; probiotics and fermented foods; and bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Frequent collaborators in Yang's publications include Yujun Cui, Yajun Song, Yafang Tan, Yujing Bi, and Yarong Wu.

Yang has contributed extensively to several academic venues. The most common publication outlets are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Microbiology, Microbiology Spectrum, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nature Communications.

Among recent papers by Yang, several are highlighted for their specific topics and publication years:

  • An investigation of transmission control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, 2020, Science
  • The impact of transmission control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell-based fluorescent microsphere incorporated with carbon dots as a sensitive immunosensor for the rapid detection of Escherichia coli O157 in milk, 2021, Biosensors and Bioelectronics
  • Effects of microbiota on anticancer drugs: Current knowledge and potential applications, 2022, EBioMedicine
  • Hypoxia: The "Invisible Pusher" of Gut Microbiota, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • A metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiota in type 2 diabetes

    Junjie Qin;Yingrui Li;Zhiming Cai;Shenghui Li

  • An investigation of transmission control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic in China.

    Huaiyu Tian;Yonghong Liu;Yidan Li;Chieh Hsi Wu

  • Metagenome-wide analysis of antibiotic resistance genes in a large cohort of human gut microbiota

    Yongfei Hu;Xi Yang;Junjie Qin;Na Lu

  • Biodegradation and Mineralization of Polystyrene by Plastic-Eating Mealworms: Part 1. Chemical and Physical Characterization and Isotopic Tests

    Yu Yang;Jun Yang;Wei-Min Wu;Jiao Zhao

  • Yersinia pestis genome sequencing identifies patterns of global phylogenetic diversity

    Giovanna Morelli;Yajun Song;Yajun Song;Camila J Mazzoni;Mark Eppinger

  • Biodegradation and Mineralization of Polystyrene by Plastic-Eating Mealworms: Part 2. Role of Gut Microorganisms

    Yu Yang;Jun Yang;Wei-Min Wu;Jiao Zhao

  • Expanding the biotechnology potential of lactobacilli through comparative genomics of 213 strains and associated genera

    Zhihong Sun;Hugh M B Harris;Angela McCann;Chenyi Guo

  • Open-Source Genomic Analysis of Shiga-Toxin–Producing E. coli O104:H4

    Holger Rohde;Junjie Qin;Yujun Cui;Dongfang Li

  • Historical variations in mutation rate in an epidemic pathogen, Yersinia pestis

    Yujun Cui;Chang Yu;Yanfeng Yan;Dongfang Li

  • Fatty Liver Disease Caused by High-Alcohol-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Jing Yuan;Chen Chen;Jinghua Cui;Jing Lu

  • Genome sequencing of 161 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from China identifies genes and intergenic regions associated with drug resistance

    Hongtai Zhang;Dongfang Li;Lili Zhao;Joy Fleming

  • A glimpse of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome from comparative genomics of S. suis 2 Chinese isolates.

    Chen Chen;Chen Chen;Jiaqi Tang;Wei Dong;Wei Dong;Changjun Wang

  • Complete genome sequence of Yersinia pestis strain 91001, an isolate avirulent to humans.

    Yajun Song;Zongzhong Tong;Jin Wang;Li Wang

  • Genetics of Metabolic Variations between Yersinia pestis Biovars and the Proposal of a New Biovar, microtus

    Dongsheng Zhou;Zongzhong Tong;Yajun Song;Yanping Han

  • Avian influenza H5N1 viral and bird migration networks in Asia

    Huaiyu Tian;Sen Zhou;Lu Dong;Thomas P. Van Boeckel

  • Identification of Staphylococcus aureus and Determination of Its Methicillin Resistance by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

    Zongmin Du;Ruifu Yang;Zhaobiao Guo;Yajun Song

  • Insight into microevolution of Yersinia pestis by clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats.

    Yujun Cui;Yanjun Li;Olivier Gorgé;Mikhail E. Platonov

  • MicroRNAs : Novel Regulators During the Immune Response

    Yujing Bi;Guangwei Liu;Ruifu Yang

  • A complete sequence and comparative analysis of a SARS-associated virus (Isolate BJ01).

    E’de Qin;Qingyu Zhu;Man Yu;Baochang Fan

  • Genotyping and phylogenetic analysis of Yersinia pestis by MLVA: insights into the worldwide expansion of Central Asia plague foci.

    Yanjun Li;Yujun Cui;Yolande Hauck;Mikhail E. Platonov

  • Rapid quantitative detection of Yersinia pestis by lateral-flow immunoassay and up-converting phosphor technology-based biosensor.

    Zhongqiang Yan;Lei Zhou;Yongkai Zhao;Jing Wang

  • Rapid multiplex detection of 10 foodborne pathogens with an up-converting phosphor technology-based 10-channel lateral flow assay

    Yong Zhao;Haoran Wang;Pingping Zhang;Chongyun Sun

  • Dynamic reassortments and genetic heterogeneity of the human-infecting influenza A (H7N9) virus.

    Lunbiao Cui;Di Liu;Weifeng Shi;Jingcao Pan

  • Antibody responses to individual proteins of SARS coronavirus and their neutralization activities.

    Maofeng Qiu;Yuling Shi;Zhaobiao Guo;Zeliang Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

huanming yang
huanming yang Beijing Genomics Institute
Jun Wang
Jun Wang University of Central Florida
Jing Wang
Jing Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xian-En Zhang
Xian-En Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bing Sun
Bing Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
George F. Gao
George F. Gao Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention
Hongxia Wang
Hongxia Wang Queensland University of Technology
Bing Xu
Bing Xu Tsinghua University
Bryan T. Grenfell
Bryan T. Grenfell Princeton University
Siqi Liu
Siqi Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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