Lanying Zeng
@ZengLanying
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Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Texas A&M University
Joined June 2020
Check out this news article highlighting the findings of our Science paper and the next steps. Great collaboration with Junjie Zhang @TAMUBCBP @TAMU_CPT Yiruo Lin @TAMU @MatthiasDKoch1 @Shaevitz @Gitai1 Yinghao Wu @EinsteinMed!.
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AgriLife scientists recently uncovered how certain viruses disable bacteria, offering avenues for combating drug-resistant infections.
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RT @TAMU_CPT: Very excited to announce that the work lead by @ZengLanying and Junjie Zhang is now online in Science!! The paper details th….
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The retractile type IV pilus (T4P) is important for virulence of the opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) phage PP7 binds to T4P and is brought to the...
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Excited to share that our Science paper is online now! Small viruses of bacteria can be used to disarm pathogenic bacteria, for example, phage PP7 to disarm human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa in this paper.
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The retractile type IV pilus (T4P) is important for virulence of the opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) phage PP7 binds to T4P and is brought to the...
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Two postdoctoral positions are immediately available in my lab ( to work on bacteriophages for their biomedical and biotechnology applications. To apply, please submit your CV and contact information of three references to (lzeng@tamu.edu).
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RT @phageassembly: There's just over 2 weeks to get your abstracts in for #PVA2021! Speakers so far include @ZengLanying, @mkrupovic, Kimbe….
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Check out our next step for fighting against bacteria.
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Texas A&M AgriLife Research has received a National Institutes of Health grant to study phages as a therapy for bacterial infection.
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RT @TAMU_CPT: Read the newly funded work from our core faculty members @zenglanying and Junjie Zhang on using phage or phage-based systems….
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Texas A&M AgriLife Research has received a National Institutes of Health grant to study phages as a therapy for bacterial infection.
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RT @TAMU_CPT: Congratulations to @krcham2 Karthik Chamakura's new paper "Rapid de novo evolution of lysis genes in single-stranded RNA phag….
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Nature Communications - Leviviruses are phages with ssRNA genomes that encode a protein (Sgl) that induces host autolysis by interfering with bacterial cell wall synthesis. Identification of sgl...
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Check out the news article highlighting our recent PNAS paper: ssRNA phages can be used to reduce dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes and disarm pathogens.
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A virus can stop bacteria from sharing genes for antibiotic resistance among themselves. This could lead to new ways to treat infections.
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RT @TAMU_CPT: Don't forget to tune in to Jason Gill and Paul Turner today as they talk all things phage therapy:
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Check out our new paper:.ssRNA phage penetration triggers detachment of the F-pilus
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Although the F-specific ssRNA phage MS2 has long had paradigm status, little is known about penetration of the genomic RNA (gRNA) into the cell. Th...
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RT @smoineau: Great international collaboration ! .Congrats, Aurélie, Marie-Agnès, @moira_dion @TCrispr,@COPSAC_com et al !.@NatureComms .h….
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Emerging heterogeneous compartments by viruses in single bacterial cells
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Our new paper about phage compartment, Emerging Heterogeneous Compartments by Viruses in Single Bacterial Cells is published in Nature Communications. Here is the story of Behind the paper.
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Nature Communications - Here, the authors apply live-cell and in situ fluorescence imaging at the single-molecule level to examine lambda DNA replication in single cells, finding that individual...
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