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Overview

Shi Huang is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with 107 publications in this field. Medicine is another main area, consisting of 48 publications. Within these fields, Huang has worked extensively in several subfields including molecular biology, periodontics, infectious diseases, ecology, and food science.

Huang's work addresses a variety of scientific topics. These include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
  • Probiotics and fermented foods
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology

They have published in several prominent venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 13 publications
  • mSystems with 6 publications
  • Research Square (Research Square) with 4 publications
  • Gut Microbes with 3 publications
  • mBio with 3 publications

Shi Huang has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Rob Knight (30 joint publications)
  • Yoshiki Vázquez-Baeza (16 joint publications)
  • Jiachao Zhang (16 joint publications)
  • Niina Haiminen (15 joint publications)
  • Ho-Cheol Kim (15 joint publications)

Among Huang's recent papers are:

  • "Standardized multi-omics of Earth's microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity," 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • "Human Skin, Oral, and Gut Microbiomes Predict Chronological Age," 2020, mSystems
  • "Challenges in benchmarking metagenomic profilers," 2021, Nature Methods
  • "Phylogeny-Aware Analysis of Metagenome Community Ecology Based on Matched Reference Genomes while Bypassing Taxonomy," 2022, mSystems
  • "Species-resolved sequencing of low-biomass or degraded microbiomes using 2bRAD-M," 2022, Genome Biology

Best Publications

  • Intestinal Microbiota Distinguish Gout Patients from Healthy Humans

    Zhuang Guo;Jiachao Zhang;Zhanli Wang;Kay Ying Ang

  • Phylogenomics of 10,575 genomes reveals evolutionary proximity between domains Bacteria and Archaea.

    Qiyun Zhu;Uyen Mai;Wayne Pfeiffer;Stefan Janssen;Stefan Janssen

  • Choreography of Transcriptomes and Lipidomes of Nannochloropsis Reveals the Mechanisms of Oil Synthesis in Microalgae.

    Jing Li;Danxiang Han;Dongmei Wang;Kang Ning

  • Involvement of the MKK6-p38γ Cascade in γ-Radiation-Induced Cell Cycle Arrest

    Xiaofei Wang;Clare H. McGowan;Ming Zhao;Liusheng He

  • Feed-additive probiotics accelerate yet antibiotics delay intestinal microbiota maturation in broiler chicken.

    Pengfei Gao;Chen Ma;Zheng Sun;Lifeng Wang

  • Age- and Sex-Dependent Patterns of Gut Microbial Diversity in Human Adults.

    Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga;Scott T. Kelley;Yingfeng Chen;Juan S. Escobar

  • Two distinct and frequently mutated regions of retinoblastoma protein are required for binding to SV40 T antigen.

    Shi Huang;Nan-Ping Wang;B. Y. Tseng;Wen-Hwa Lee

  • The retinoblastoma protein binds to RIZ, a zinc-finger protein that shares an epitope with the adenovirus E1A protein.

    Inge M. Buyse;Gang Shao;Shi Huang

  • Genome editing of model oleaginous microalgae Nannochloropsis spp. by CRISPR/Cas9.

    Qintao Wang;Yandu Lu;Yandu Lu;Yi Xin;Li Wei

  • Inactivation of a histone methyltransferase by mutations in human cancers.

    Keun-Cheol Kim;Liqing Geng;Shi Huang

  • Hypermethylation in Human Cancers of the RIZ1 Tumor Suppressor Gene, a Member of a Histone/Protein Methyltransferase Superfamily

    Yong Du;Tobias Carling;Wei Fang;Zhe Piao

  • Tumor formation and inactivation of RIZ1, an Rb-binding member of a nuclear protein–methyltransferase superfamily

    George Steele-Perkins;George Steele-Perkins;Wei Fang;Xiao Hong Yang;Mireille Van Gele

  • Prediction of Early Childhood Caries via Spatial-Temporal Variations of Oral Microbiota

    Fei Teng;Fei Teng;Fang Yang;Shi Huang;Cunpei Bo

  • The PR domain of the Rb-binding zinc finger protein RIZ1 is a protein binding interface and is related to the SET domain functioning in chromatin-mediated gene expression

    Shi Huang;Gang Shao;Limin Liu

  • Candidate tumor suppressor RIZ is frequently involved in colorectal carcinogenesis

    Robert B. Chadwick;Guang Liang Jiang;Garth A. Bennington;Bo Yuan

  • Histone methyltransferases, diet nutrients and tumour suppressors.

    Shi Huang

  • RIZ1, but not the Alternative RIZ2 Product of the Same Gene, Is Underexpressed in Breast Cancer, and Forced RIZ1 Expression Causes G2-M Cell Cycle Arrest and/or Apoptosis

    Liusheng He;J. X. Yu;Limin Liu;I. M. Buyse

  • A cellular protein that competes with SV40 T antigen for binding to the retinoblastoma gene product

    Shi Huang;Wen-Hwa Lee;Eva Y.-H. P. Lee

  • Impact of DNA extraction method and targeted 16S-rRNA hypervariable region on oral microbiota profiling

    Fei Teng;Fei Teng;Sree Sankar Darveekaran Nair;Pengfei Zhu;Shanshan Li

  • Predictive modeling of gingivitis severity and susceptibility via oral microbiota

    Shi Huang;Rui Li;Xiaowei Zeng;Tao He

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Jian Xu
Jian Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yoshiki Vázquez-Baeza
Yoshiki Vázquez-Baeza University of California, San Diego
Ho-Cheol Kim
Ho-Cheol Kim IBM (United States)
Michael Inouye
Michael Inouye Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego
Heping Zhang
Heping Zhang Inner Mongolia Agricultural University
Jun Yu
Jun Yu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Manuel Perucho
Manuel Perucho Discovery Institute
Eva Y.-H. P. Lee
Eva Y.-H. P. Lee University of California, Irvine

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