Ying Fu Data-verified

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Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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34 h-index 197 pubs 4,180 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Ying Fu is a faculty member at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with a research focus that spans microbial ecology, antibiotic resistance, and the mechanobiology of cellular processes. Fu's work investigates the factors influencing microbial diversity in soil, including the impact of climate warming and nutrient availability, and explores the role of specific metabolites in linking soil microbiomes and plant rhizospheres. This research is supported by multiple federal grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), totaling over $1.4 million, which fund investigations into mechanobiology, cell sorting based on contractility, and the dissection of genetic variation underlying complex traits in model organisms.

Fu has co-authored publications on the evolution of antibiotic resistance in hypervirulent bacterial strains, such as *Klebsiella pneumoniae*, and the identification of resistance mechanisms using advanced technologies like plasmonic nanosensors and machine learning. The researcher's scholarly output includes 197 publications, with an h-index of 34 and over 4,000 citations, indicating a significant contribution to their fields. Collaborations include work with Xiaolun Sun and Tahrir Alenezi from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, among others, highlighting an active research network.

Metrics

  • h-index: 34
  • Publications: 197
  • Citations: 4,180

Selected Publications

  • Recombinant Bile Salt Hydrolase Enhances the Inhibition Efficiency of Taurodeoxycholic Acid against Clostridium perfringens Virulence (2024)
    6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Potent Bile Acid Microbial Metabolites Modulate Clostridium perfringens Virulence (2023)
    8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Vaccines Using Clostridium perfringens Sporulation Proteins Reduce Necrotic Enteritis in Chickens (2022)
    10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Clostridium perfringens-Induced Necrotic Diseases: An Overview (2022)
    33 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Specific Secondary Bile Acids Control Chicken Necrotic Enteritis (2021)
    30 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 5 $1,433,308 total

NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences Contact PI Sep 2025 - Jun 2030

Investigating the mechanobiology of multicellular morphogenesis

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $365,077 R35
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences Contact PI Sep 2025 - Jun 2030

Decoding Gene-Environment Interactions in Complex Traits via Multi-Omics Approaches

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $258,986 R35
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences Contact PI Sep 2023 - Aug 2026

Dissecting cryptic genetic variation underlying complex traits in Drosophila

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $436,326 R15
NIH/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Contact PI Aug 2023 - Jul 2026

Sorting and characterization of mechanically heterogeneous cell populations based on cellular contractility

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering $182,290 R21
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences Contact PI Sep 2022 - Aug 2025

Developing branch stress microscopy for the mechanobiology of 3D morphogenesis and invasive diseases

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $190,629 R21

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