Xuan Zhuang

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Federal Grant PI

Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: Fujian Medical University (2018–2026); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2009–2019); Xiamen University (2006–2025); Peking University (2016–2023); University of Chicago (2018–2020); First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University (2012–2025); First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University (2023); Peking University Third Hospital (2017–2023); State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (2013); Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2024)

18 h-index 67 pubs 1,301 cited

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Xuan Zhuang is an Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, focusing on evolutionary biology and genetics. His research investigates the evolutionary mechanisms behind the development of new genes and protein functions, particularly in fish. Zhuang has received significant federal funding for his work, including three grants totaling over $2 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). These grants support projects aimed at dissecting genetic variation in complex traits, decoding gene-environment interactions, and exploring the origins and evolutionary trajectories of fish antifreeze proteins.

His scholarly output includes numerous publications, with a notable focus on antifreeze proteins in codfishes and cryonotothenioid fishes, as well as population genetics in large yellow croaker. Zhuang's work also extends to other areas, with publications on the NLRP3 inflammasome in oral squamous cell carcinoma and the antihypertensive and antioxidant capacities of peptides from tilapia skin. His research group collaborates with other scientists at the University of Arkansas, including Vinita Lamba and N. Rives. Zhuang's academic profile is further characterized by an h-index of 18 and over 1,300 citations across his 78 publications.

Metrics

h-index: 18
Publications: 67
Citations: 1,301

Positions

Assistant Professor 2021–present

University of Arkansas Department of Biological Sciences ORCID

Selected Publications

A recombinant dilp2GS-rpr donor line for adult-inducible IPC ablation across Drosophila genetic backgrounds (2026)

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
Gene loss under constant cold reveals “natural knockout” loci in Antarctic notothenioid fishes (2026)

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
Outbred Drosophila populations reveal diet-dependent genetic effects on development time (2026)

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
Transposable Elements Facilitate the De Novo Origin of Antifreeze Protein and the Diversification of Its Gene Family in Snailfishes (2026)

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
Disruption of Drosophila melanogaster Larval Locomotion Caused by Silver Ions (2026)

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
An amino acid polymorphism in the membrane progesterone receptor alpha protein is tied to female sexual maturity in the large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) (2025)

Gene DOI OpenAlex
Identification of Salt Tolerance and Stress Response in US Department of Agriculture Tomato Germplasm at the Seedling Stage (2024)

HortScience 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Diverse Origins of Near-Identical Antifreeze Proteins in Unrelated Fish Lineages Provide Insights Into Evolutionary Mechanisms of New Gene Birth and Protein Sequence Convergence (2024)

Molecular Biology and Evolution 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
Assessing the population genetic structure of yellow croaker in China: Insights into the ecological and genetic consequences of artificial breeding on natural populations (2024)

Aquaculture 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
Diverse origins of near-identical antifreeze proteins in unrelated fish lineages provide insights into evolutionary mechanisms of new gene birth and protein sequence convergence (2024)

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Important Role of the Ihh Signaling Pathway in Initiating Early Cranial Remodeling and Morphological Specialization in Cromileptes altivelis (2023)

Animals 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Positive and Relaxed Selective Pressures Have Both Strongly Influenced the Evolution of Cryonotothenioid Fishes during Their Radiation in the Freezing Southern Ocean (2023)

Genome Biology and Evolution 25 citations DOI OpenAlex
Differentiation and Temperature Adaptation of Pampus Echinogaster Based on Genome-Wide SNPs (2022)

Frontiers in Marine Science 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Positive and relaxed selective pressures have both strongly influenced the evolution of cryonotothenioid fishes during their radiation in the freezing Southern Ocean (2022)

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
Propagation of a De Novo Gene under Natural Selection: Antifreeze Glycoprotein Genes and Their Evolutionary History in Codfishes (2021)

Genes 16 citations DOI OpenAlex