Publications

Predicting FOX gene candidates for oxic nitrogen fixation using multi-omic machine learning and comparative bioinformatics

J Young, L Gu, R Zhou*

Scientific Reports, 2026 (Article in Press)

doi:10.1038/s41598-026-41873-w

Secondary Metabolites Predict Diazotrophic Cyanobacteria: A Model-Based Cheminformatic Approach

J Young, T Nawaz, L Gu, R Zhou*

Metabolites 15(9), 562, 2025

doi:10.3390/metabo15090562

Discovery of Photosynthetic Oxic N₂-Fixation in Cyanobacteria Using Wet Lab and Machine Learning Approaches

J Young

Ph.D. Dissertation, South Dakota State University

openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd2/1717

Unicellular Cyanobacteria Exhibit Light-Driven, Oxygen-Tolerant, Constitutive Nitrogenase Activity Under Continuous Illumination

J Young, L Gu, M Hildreth, R Zhou*

bioRxiv, 619353, 2019

doi:10.1101/619353

Harnessing Solar-Powered Oxic N₂-fixing Cyanobacteria for the BioNitrogen Economy

J Young, L Gu, W Gibbons, R Zhou*

Cyanobacteria Biotechnology, Wiley-VCH, pp. 407-439, 2021

doi:10.1002/9783527824908.ch13

Chromosome-level genome assembly of the Chinese three-keeled pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii) provides insights into freshwater adaptation

J Liu, K Zheng, S Liu, L Gu, J Young, Z Wang, Y Qiu, S Gu, L Xiong, R Zhou*, L Nie*

Molecular Ecology Resources (IF=8.678), 22(4):1596-1605, 2022

Active Learning on Protein Language Model Embeddings Accelerates Rubisco Variant Discovery for Desired Traits

J Young, L Gu, R Zhou

In revisions

Predictive Pangenomics Prioritizes Gene Families Associated with Oxic Nitrogen Fixation in Cyanobacteria

J Young, S Aryal, D Nelson, EZ Gnimpieba, R Zhou

In preparation

Crowdsourcing assessment of maternal blood multi-omics for predicting gestational age and preterm birth

AL Tarca, BÁ Pataki, R Romero, et al. (including J Young as consortium author)

Cell Reports Medicine, 2(6), 2021

doi:10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100323