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35. Landscape Expansion Microscopy Reveals Interactions between Membrane and Phase-Separated Organelles

      Y. Zhuang, Z. Zhang, Z. Dai, X. Shi*

      J. Cell Biol. (2026) 225, e202502035 | bioRxiv Preprint (Dec. 13, 2025) | DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202502035

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34. PCM1 coordinates centrosome asymmetry with polarized endosome dynamics to regulate

      daughter cell fate

      X. Zhao*, V. Mouilleau, Y. Wang, A.C. Solak, J.Q. Garcia, X. Chen, X. Shi, C.J. Wilkinson, L.A. Royer*,

      Z. Dong*, S. Guo*

      Nat. Commun, 16, 10728 (2025) | PMID: 41315244 | DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65756-2

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33. CDCP1/mitochondrial Src axis increases electron transport chain function to promote metastasis in

      triple-negative breast cancer

      J.A. Woytash, A.E.Y.T. Lefebvre, Z. Zhang, B. Xu, S.A. Harchenko, H.T. Le, A.R. McColloch, X. Shi,
      M.A. Digman, & O.V. Razorenova*

      British Journal of Cancer, 133, 1265 (2025) | DOI: 10.1038/s41416-025-03163-6

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32. Cationic peptides cause memory loss through endophilin-mediated endocytosis

      E.G. Stokes, J.J. Vasquez, G. Azouz, M. Nguyen, A. Tierno, Y. Zhuang, V.M. Galinato, M. Hui,

      M. Toledano, I. Tyler, X. Shi, R.F. Hunt, J. Aoto, K.T. Beier*

      Nature, 638, 479 (2025) | PMID: 38045269 | DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08413-w 

nuclear speckle, Xiaoyu Shi Lab

31. RBBP6 anchors pre-mRNA 3′ end processing to nuclear speckles for efficient gene expression

      Y. Yoon, E. Bournique, L.V. Soles, H. Yin, H.-F. Chu, C. Yin, Y. Zhuang, X. Liu, L. Liu, J. Jeong, C. Yu, 

      M. Valdez, L. Tian, L. Huang, X. Shi, G. Seelig, F. Ding, L. Tong, R. Buisson, Y. Shi*

      Mol. Cell, 85, 555 (2025) | DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.12.016 

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30. Coaching ribosome biogenesis from the nuclear periphery

      Y. Zhuang, X. Guo, O. Razorenova, C. E. Miles, W. Zhao*, X. Shi*

      (2024) | bioRxiv Preprint download (June 22, 2024) | PMID: 38948754 

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29.  Proximity Labeling Expansion Microscopy (PL-ExM) evaluates interactome labeling techniques

       S. Park, X. Wang, Y. Mo, S. Zhang, X. Li, K.C. Fong, C. Yu, A.A. Tran, L. Scipioni, Z. Dai,

       X. Huang, L. Huang, X. Shi*
       J. Mater. Chem. B, 12, 8335 - 8348 (2024) | bioRxiv Preprint (Nov. 13, 2023) | PMID: 38014020 

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Shi Lab, PL-ExM, interactome, proximity labeling

28. Label-Retention Expansion Microscopy (LR-ExM) for Enhanced Fluorescent Signals using 

      Trifunctional Probes

      Y. Zhuang, X. Shi*

      Curr Protoc. 4 (1), e973 (2024) | PMID: 38265180 

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27. Expansion Microscopy of Ciliary Proteins
      S. Park
, X. Shi*

      Cilia: Methods and Protocols 79-88 (2023)| PMID: 37856018 

      Part of the Methods in Molecular Biology book series (MIMB, volume 2725)

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26. Expansion microscopy: A chemical approach for super-resolution microscopy

      Y. Zhuang, X. Shi*

      Current Opinion in Structural Biology  81, 102614 (2023PMID: 37253290

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25. Label-Retention Expansion Microscopy (LR-ExM) Enables Super-Resolution Imaging and 

      High-Efficiency Labeling

      S. Park, Y. Zhuang, X. Shi*

      JoVE e63793 (2022) PMID: 36314803

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24. Label-retention expansion microscopy

      X. Shi#*, Q. Li#, Z. Dai, A.A.Tran, S. Feng, A.D. Ramirez, Z. Lin, X. Wang, T.T. Chow, J. Chen, 

      D. Kumar, A. McColloch, J.F. Reiter, E.J. Huang, I.B. Seiple*, B. Huang*

      J. Cell Biol. 220 (9), e202105067 (2021) bioRxiv (2019) | PMID: 34228783 

      † image on the table of contents page  | [highlighted by PreLight]

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23. Polarized endosome dynamics engage cytoplasmic Par-3 that recruits dynein during 

      asymmetric cell division

      X. Zhao, J.Q. Garcia, K. Tong, X. Chen, B. Yang, Q. Li, Z. Dai, X. Shi, I.B. Seiple, B. Huang, S. Guo*

      Science Advances 7 (24), eabg1244 (2021) | PMID: 34117063

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22. A ciliopathy complex builds distal appendages to initiate ciliogenesis

      D. Kumar, A. Rains, V. Herranz-Pérez, Q. Lu, X. Shi, D.L. Swaney, E. Stevenson, N.J. Krogan, 

      B. Huang, C. Westlake, J.M. Garcia-Verdugo, B. Yoder, J.F. Reiter*

      J. Cell Biol. 220 (9), e202011133 (2021) | bioRxiv (2021) | PMID: 34241634 

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21. Kinase-mediated RAS signaling via membraneless cytoplasmic protein granules

      A. Tulpule#, J. Guan#, D.S. Neel#, H.R. Allegakoen, Y.P. Lin, D. Brown, Y.-T. Chou, A. Heslin, N. 

      Chatterjee, S. Perati, S. Menon, T.A. Nguyen, J. Debnath, A.D. Ramirez, X. Shi, B. Yang, S. Feng,

      S. Makhija, B. Huang*, T.G. Bivona*

      Cell 184 (10), 2649-2664. e18 (2021) | PMID: 33848463

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20. Neurotoxic microglia promote TDP-43 proteinopathy in progranulin deficiency

      J. Zhang, D. Velmeshev, K. Hashimoto, Y.-H. Huang, J. W. Hofmann, X. Shi, J. Chen, A. M. Leidal,

      J. G. Dishart, M. K. Cahill, K. W. Kelley, S. A. Liddelow, W. W. Seeley, B. L. Miller, T. C. Walther,

      R. V. Farese Jr., J. P. Taylor, E. M. Ullian, B. Huang, J. Debnath, T. Wittmann, A. R. Kriegstein

      & E. J. Huang*

      Nature 588 (7838), 459-465 (2020) | PMID: 32866962 

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19. Nanotopography enhances dynamic remodeling of tight junction proteins through cytosolic 

      complexes

      X. Huang, X. Shi, M.E. Hansen, C.L. Nemeth, A. Ceili, B. Huang, T. Mauro, M. Koval, 

      T.A. Desai* 

      ACS Nano 14 (10), 13192-1320 (2020) | PMID: 32940450

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18.  Deformed alignment of super-resolution images for semi-flexible structures

       â€‹X. Shi, G. Garcia, Y. Wang, J. Reiter, B. Huang*

       PLoS ONE  14 (3), e0212735 (2019) | PMID: 30865666

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17.  Branching ratio measurements of the predissociation of 12C16O by time-slice velocity-map \

       ion imaging in the energy region from 106,250 to 107,800 cm-1. 

       X. Shi#, H. Gao#, Q.-Z. Yin, Y.-C. Chang, R. C. Wiens, W. M. Jackson, C. Y. Ng*

       J. Phys. Chem. A 122 (41) (2018), 8136-8142

       † cover image 

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16.  Local enrichment of HP1alpha at telomeres alters their structure and regulation of telomere 

       protection         

       T. Chow, X. Shi, J.H. Wei, J. Guan, G. Stadler, B. Huang, E. Blackburn*       

       Nat. Commun  9 (1), 3583 (2018) | PMID: 30181605

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15.  Super-resolution microscopy reveals that disruption of ciliary transition zone architecture is a cause of

       Joubert syndrome
       X. Shi
#, G. Garcia#, J. C. Van De Weghe, R. McGorty, G. J. Pazour, D. Doherty, B. Huang*,

       J. F. Reiter*
       Nat. Cell Biol. 19 (10), 1178-1188 (2017). [bioRxiv 2017] | PMID: 28846093
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14.  Branching Ratios in Vacuum Ultraviolet Photodissociation of CO and N2: Implications for 

       Oxygen and Nitrogen Isotopic Compositions of the Solar Nebula

       X. Shi, Q.-Z. Yin, H. Gao, Y. C. Chang, W. M. Jackson, R. Wiensand C. Y. Ng*

       Astrophys. J. 850 (1), 48 (2017)

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13.  Tracking multiple genomic elements using correlative CRISPR imaging and sequential DNA FISH

       J. Guan, H. Liu, X. Shi, S. Feng, B. Huang*

       Biophys. J. 112 (6), 1077-1084 (2017)

       † New and Notable

12.  A High-Resolution Vacuum Ultraviolet Laser Photoionization and Photoelectron Study of the

       Co Atom

       H. Huang, H. Wang, Z. Luo, X. Shi, Y.-C. Chang, C. Y. Ng*

       Astrophys. J. 833 (2), 205 (2016)

11.  Branching Ratio Measurements for Vacuum Ultraviolet Photodissociation of 12C16O

       H. Gao, Y. Song, Y.-C. Chang, X. Shi, Q.-Z. Yin, R. C. Wiens, W. M. Jackson, C. Y. Ng* 

       J. Phys. Chem. A 117 (29), 6185-6195 (2013)

10.  Rovibronically selected and resolved two-color laser photoionization and photoelectron study of 

       cobalt carbide cation

       H. Huang, Y.-C. Chang, Z. Luo, X. Shi, C.-S. Lam, K.-C. Lau, and C. Y. Ng*

       J. Chem. Phys. 138 (9) (2013)

9.    High-level ab initiopredictions for the ionization energy, bond dissociation energies and

       heats of formation of cobalt carbide (CoC) and its cation (CoC+)

       K.-C. Lau, Y. Pan, C.-S. Lam, H. Huang, Y.-C. Chang, Z. Luo, X. Shi, and C. Y. Ng*

       J. Chem. Phys.  138 (9) (2013)

8.    A High-Resolution Photoionization and Photoelectron Study of 58Ni using a Vacuum

       Ultraviolet Laser

       X. Shi, H. Huang, B. Jacobson, Y. C. Chang, Q.-Z. Yin, and C. Y. Ng*

       Astrophys. J. 747 (1), 20 (2012)

7.    Branching Ratio measurements of the Predissociation of 12C16O by Time-Slice Velocity-

       Map Ion Imaging in the Vacuum Ultraviolet region from 108 000 to 110 500 cm−1

       H. Gao, Y. Song, L. Yang, X. Shi, Q.-Z. Yin, C. Y. Ng, and W. M. Jackson*

       J. Chem. Phys. 137, 034305 (2012)

6.    Communication: Branching Ratio measurements in the Predissociation of 12C16O by 

       Time-Slice Velocity-Map Ion Imaging in the Vacuum Ultraviolet region

       H. Gao, Y. Song, L. Yang, X. Shi, Q.-Z. Yin, C. Y. Ng, and W. M. Jackson*

       J. Chem. Phys. 135 (22) (2011)

5.    Rovibronically Selected and Resolved Two-color Laser Photoionization and Photoelectron

       study of Nickel Carbide Cation

       Y. C. Chang, X. Shi, K-C Lau, Q.-Z. Yin, H. T. Liou, and C. Y. Ng*

       J. Chem. Phys. 133 (5) (2010)

4.    High-level ab initiopredictions for the ionization energy, bond dissociation energies and

       heats of formations of Nickel carbide (NiC) and its cation (NiC+)

       K.-C. Lau, Y. C. Chang, X. Shi, C. Y. Ng*

       J. Chem. Phys. 133 (11) (2010)

3.    Comment on ''Experimental test of self-shielding in vacuumultraviolet photodissociation of CO''

       Q.-Z. Yin*, X. Shi, C. Chang, C. Y. Ng

       Science 324, 1516 (2009)

2.    The temporal changes in the emission spectrum of Comet 9P/ Tempel 1 after Deep Impact

       W. M. Jackson, X. Yang, X. Shi, and A. L. Cochran*

       Astrophys. J. 698 (2), 1609 (2009)

1.    Quantum chemical study of cyclic dipeptides

       Y. Zhu, M. Tang*, X. Shi, Y. Zhao

       Int. J. Quantum Chem. 107 (3), 745-753 (2007)

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