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Zhijian Jake Tu
Researcher at Virginia Tech
Publications - 26
Citations - 3458
Zhijian Jake Tu is an academic researcher from Virginia Tech. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aedes aegypti & Anopheles stephensi. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 26 publications receiving 3002 citations. Previous affiliations of Zhijian Jake Tu include Life Sciences Institute.
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Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector
Vishvanath Nene,Jennifer R. Wortman,Daniel Lawson,Brian J. Haas,Chinnappa D. Kodira,Zhijian Jake Tu,Brendan J. Loftus,Zhiyong Xi,Karyn Megy,Manfred Grabherr,Quinghu Ren,Evgeny M. Zdobnov,Neil F. Lobo,Kathryn S. Campbell,Susan E. Brown,Maria de Fatima Bonaldo,Jingsong Zhu,Steven P. Sinkins,David G. Hogenkamp,Paolo Amedeo,Peter Arensburger,Peter W. Atkinson,Shelby L. Bidwell,Jim Biedler,Ewan Birney,Robert V. Bruggner,Javier Costas,Monique R. Coy,Jonathan Crabtree,Matt Crawford,Becky deBruyn,David DeCaprio,Karin Eiglmeier,Eric Eisenstadt,Hamza El-Dorry,William M. Gelbart,Suely Lopes Gomes,Martin Hammond,Linda Hannick,James R. Hogan,Michael H. Holmes,David M. Jaffe,J. Spencer Johnston,Ryan C. Kennedy,Hean Koo,Saul A. Kravitz,Evgenia V. Kriventseva,David Kulp,Kurt LaButti,Eduardo Lee,Song Li,Diane D. Lovin,Chunhong Mao,Evan Mauceli,Carlos Frederico Martins Menck,Jason R. Miller,Philip Montgomery,Akio Mori,Ana L. T. O. Nascimento,Horacio Naveira,Chad Nusbaum,Sinéad B. O'Leary,Joshua Orvis,Mihaela Pertea,Hadi Quesneville,Kyanne R. Reidenbach,Yu-Hui Rogers,Charles Roth,Jennifer R. Schneider,Michael C. Schatz,Martin Shumway,Mario Stanke,Eric O. Stinson,Jose M. C. Tubio,Janice P. Vanzee,Sergio Verjovski-Almeida,Doreen Werner,Owen White,Stefan Wyder,Qiandong Zeng,Qi Zhao,Yongmei Zhao,Catherine A. Hill,Alexander S. Raikhel,Marcelo B. Soares,Dennis L. Knudson,Norman H. Lee,James E. Galagan,Steven L. Salzberg,Ian T. Paulsen,George Dimopoulos,Frank H. Collins,Bruce W. Birren,Claire M. Fraser-Liggett,David W. Severson +94 more
TL;DR: A draft sequence of the genome of Aedes aegypti, the primary vector for yellow fever and dengue fever, which at approximately 1376 million base pairs is about 5 times the size of the genomes of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae was presented in this paper.
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Sequencing of Culex quinquefasciatus Establishes a Platform for Mosquito Comparative Genomics
Peter Arensburger,Karyn Megy,Robert M. Waterhouse,Robert M. Waterhouse,Jenica L. Abrudan,Paolo Amedeo,Beatriz García Antelo,Lyric C. Bartholomay,Shelby L. Bidwell,Elisabet Caler,Francisco Camara,Corey L. Campbell,Kathryn S. Campbell,Claudio Casola,Marta T Castro,Ishwar Chandramouliswaran,Sinéad B. Chapman,Scott Christley,Javier Costas,Eric Eisenstadt,Cédric Feschotte,Claire M. Fraser-Liggett,Roderic Guigó,Brian J. Haas,Martin Hammond,Bill S. Hansson,Janet Hemingway,Sharon R. Hill,Clint Howarth,Rickard Ignell,Ryan C. Kennedy,Chinnappa D. Kodira,Neil F. Lobo,Chunhong Mao,George F. Mayhew,Kristin Michel,Akio Mori,Nannan Liu,Horacio Naveira,Vishvanath Nene,Vishvanath Nene,Nam P. Nguyen,Matthew D. Pearson,Ellen J. Pritham,Daniela Puiu,Yumin Qi,Hilary Ranson,José M. C. Ribeiro,Hugh M Roberston,David W. Severson,Martin Shumway,Mario Stanke,Robert L. Strausberg,Cheng Sun,Granger G. Sutton,Zhijian Jake Tu,Jose M. C. Tubio,Maria F. Unger,Dana L. Vanlandingham,Albert J. Vilella,Owen White,Jared White,Charles S. Wondji,Jennifer R. Wortman,Evgeny M. Zdobnov,Evgeny M. Zdobnov,Evgeny M. Zdobnov,Bruce W. Birren,Bruce M. Christensen,Frank H. Collins,Anthony J. Cornel,George Dimopoulos,Linda Hannick,Stephen Higgs,Gregory C. Lanzaro,Daniel Lawson,Norman H. Lee,Marc A. T. Muskavitch,Marc A. T. Muskavitch,Marc A. T. Muskavitch,Alexander S. Raikhel,Peter W. Atkinson +81 more
TL;DR: The genomic sequence of C. quinquefasciatus is described, which reveals distinctions related to vector capacities and habitat preferences, and confirmed that inoculation with unfamiliar bacteria prompted strong immune responses in Culex.
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Multi-Platform Next-Generation Sequencing of the Domestic Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo): Genome Assembly and Analysis
Rami A. Dalloul,Julie A. Long,Aleksey V. Zimin,Luqman Aslam,Kathryn Beal,Le Ann Blomberg,Pascal Bouffard,David W. Burt,Oswald Crasta,Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans,Kristal L. Cooper,Roger A. Coulombe,Supriyo De,Mary E. Delany,Jerry B. Dodgson,Jennifer J Dong,Clive Evans,Karin M. Frederickson,Paul Flicek,Liliana Florea,Otto Folkerts,Martien A. M. Groenen,Tim Harkins,Javier Herrero,Steve Hoffmann,Hendrik-Jan Megens,Andrew Jiang,Pieter J. de Jong,Peter K. Kaiser,Heebal Kim,Kyu-Won Kim,Sungwon Kim,David Langenberger,Mi-Kyung Lee,Taeheon Lee,Shrinivasrao P. Mane,Guillaume Marçais,Manja Marz,Manja Marz,A. P. McElroy,Thero Modise,Mikhail Nefedov,Cedric Notredame,Ian R. Paton,William S. Payne,Geo Pertea,Dennis Prickett,Daniela Puiu,Dan Qioa,Emanuele Raineri,Magali Ruffier,Steven L. Salzberg,Michael C. Schatz,Chantel F. Scheuring,Carl J. Schmidt,Steven Schroeder,Stephen M. J. Searle,Edward J. Smith,Jacqueline Smith,Tad S. Sonstegard,Peter F. Stadler,Hakim Tafer,Hakim Tafer,Zhijian Jake Tu,Curtis P. Van Tassell,Albert J. Vilella,Kelly P. Williams,James A. Yorke,Liqing Zhang,Hong-Bin Zhang,Xiaojun Zhang,Yang Zhang,Kent M. Reed +72 more
TL;DR: The combined application of next-generation sequencing platforms has provided an economical approach to unlocking the potential of the turkey genome.
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Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease
Monika Gulia-Nuss,Monika Gulia-Nuss,Andrew B. Nuss,Andrew B. Nuss,Jason M. Meyer,Jason M. Meyer,Daniel E. Sonenshine,R. Michael Roe,Robert M. Waterhouse,David B. Sattelle,José de la Fuente,José de la Fuente,José M. C. Ribeiro,Karyn Megy,Karyn Megy,Jyothi Thimmapuram,Jason R. Miller,Brian P. Walenz,Brian P. Walenz,Sergey Koren,Sergey Koren,Jessica B. Hostetler,Jessica B. Hostetler,Mathangi Thiagarajan,Mathangi Thiagarajan,Vinita Joardar,Vinita Joardar,Linda Hannick,Linda Hannick,Shelby L. Bidwell,Shelby L. Bidwell,Martin Hammond,Sarah Young,Qiandong Zeng,Jenica L. Abrudan,Jenica L. Abrudan,Francisca C. Almeida,Nieves Ayllón,Ketaki Bhide,Brooke W. Bissinger,Elena Bonzón-Kulichenko,Steven D. Buckingham,Daniel R. Caffrey,Melissa J. Caimano,Vincent Croset,Vincent Croset,Timothy P. Driscoll,Timothy P. Driscoll,Don Gilbert,Joseph J. Gillespie,Joseph J. Gillespie,Gloria I. Giraldo-Calderón,Gloria I. Giraldo-Calderón,Jeffrey M. Grabowski,Jeffrey M. Grabowski,David Jiang,Sayed M.S. Khalil,Donghun Kim,Donghun Kim,Katherine M. Kocan,Juraj Koči,Juraj Koči,Richard J. Kuhn,Timothy J. Kurtti,Kristin Lees,Kristin Lees,Emma G. Lang,Ryan C. Kennedy,Hyeogsun Kwon,Hyeogsun Kwon,Rushika Perera,Rushika Perera,Yumin Qi,Justin D. Radolf,Joyce M. Sakamoto,Alejandro Sánchez-Gracia,Maiara S. Severo,Maiara S. Severo,Neal S. Silverman,Ladislav Šimo,Ladislav Šimo,Marta Tojo,Marta Tojo,Cristian Tornador,Janice P. Van Zee,Jesús Vázquez,Filipe G. Vieira,Margarita Villar,Adam R. Wespiser,Yunlong Yang,Jiwei Zhu,Peter Arensburger,Patricia V. Pietrantonio,Stephen C. Barker,Renfu Shao,Evgeny M. Zdobnov,Evgeny M. Zdobnov,Frank Hauser,Cornelis J. P. Grimmelikhuijzen,Yoonseong Park,Julio Rozas,Richard Benton,Joao H. F. Pedra,Joao H. F. Pedra,David R. Nelson,Maria F. Unger,Jose M. C. Tubio,Jose M. C. Tubio,Zhijian Jake Tu,Hugh M. Robertson,Martin Shumway,Martin Shumway,Granger G. Sutton,Jennifer R. Wortman,Daniel Lawson,Stephen K. Wikel,Vishvanath Nene,Vishvanath Nene,Claire M. Fraser,Frank H. Collins,Bruce W. Birren,Karen E. Nelson,Elisabet Caler,Elisabet Caler,Catherine A. Hill +124 more
TL;DR: Insights from genome analyses into parasitic processes unique to ticks, including host ‘questing', prolonged feeding, cuticle synthesis, blood meal concentration, novel methods of haemoglobin digestion, haem detoxification, vitellogenesis and prolonged off-host survival are reported.
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Genome of Rhodnius prolixus, an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection
Rafael D. Mesquita,Raquel J. Vionette-Amaral,Carl Lowenberger,Rolando Rivera-Pomar,Fernando A. Monteiro,Fernando A. Monteiro,Patrick Minx,John Spieth,A. Bernardo Carvalho,Francisco Panzera,Daniel Lawson,André Q. Torres,André Q. Torres,José M. C. Ribeiro,Marcos Henrique Ferreira Sorgine,Robert M. Waterhouse,Michael J. Montague,Fernando Abad-Franch,Michele Alves-Bezerra,Laurence Rodrigues do Amaral,Helena Araujo,Ricardo Nascimento Araújo,Ricardo Nascimento Araújo,L. Aravind,Georgia C. Atella,Patrícia Azambuja,Patrícia Azambuja,Mateus Berni,Paula R. Bittencourt-Cunha,Glória R.C. Braz,Gustavo M. Calderón-Fernández,Claudia M. A. Carareto,Mikkel B. Christensen,Igor Rodrigues da Costa,Samara G. da Costa,Marilvia Dansa,Carlos R. O. Daumas-Filho,Iron F. De-Paula,Felipe A. Dias,George Dimopoulos,Scott J. Emrich,Natalia Esponda-Behrens,Patrícia Fampa,Rita D. Fernandez-Medina,Rodrigo Nunes da Fonseca,Marcio Fontenele,Catrina Fronick,Lucinda Fulton,Ana Caroline P. Gandara,Eloi S. Garcia,Eloi S. Garcia,Fernando A. Genta,Fernando A. Genta,Gloria I. Giraldo-Calderón,Bruno Gomes,Bruno Gomes,Katia C. Gondim,Adriana Granzotto,Alessandra A. Guarneri,Alessandra A. Guarneri,Roderic Guigó,Myriam Harry,Daniel S.T. Hughes,Willy Jablonka,Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly,M. Patricia Juárez,Leonardo Koerich,Angela B. Lange,Jose Manuel Latorre-Estivalis,Jose Manuel Latorre-Estivalis,Andrés Lavore,Gena G. Lawrence,Gena G. Lawrence,Cristiano Lazoski,Claudio R. Lazzari,Raphael R.S. Lopes,Marcelo G. Lorenzo,Marcelo G. Lorenzo,Magda D. Lugon,David Majerowicz,Paula L. Marcet,Marco Mariotti,Hatisaburo Masuda,Karyn Megy,Ana C.A. Melo,Fanis Missirlis,Theo Mota,Fernando G. Noriega,Marcela Nouzova,Rodrigo Dutra Nunes,Raquel L.L. Oliveira,Gilbert Oliveira-Silveira,Sheila Ons,Ian Orchard,Lucia Pagola,Gabriela O. Paiva-Silva,Agustina Pascual,Márcio G. Pavan,Nicolás Pedrini,Alexandre A. Peixoto,Alexandre A. Peixoto,Marcos H. Pereira,Marcos H. Pereira,Andrew Pike,Carla Polycarpo,Francisco Prosdocimi,Rodrigo Ribeiro-Rodrigues,Hugh M. Robertson,Ana Paula Salerno,Didier Salmon,Didac Santesmasses,Renata Schama,Renata Schama,Eloy S. Seabra-Junior,Lívia Silva-Cardoso,Mário A.C. Silva-Neto,Matheus Souza-Gomes,Marcos Sterkel,Mabel L. Taracena,Marta Tojo,Zhijian Jake Tu,Jose M. C. Tubio,Raul Ursic-Bedoya,Thiago M. Venancio,Thiago M. Venancio,Ana Beatriz Walter-Nuno,Derek Wilson,Wesley C. Warren,Richard K. Wilson,Erwin Huebner,Ellen M. Dotson,Pedro L. Oliveira +131 more
TL;DR: The first genome sequence of a nondipteran insect vector of an important human parasitic disease is described, which provides critical information on the physiology and evolution of this important vector species and should be instrumental for the development of innovative disease control methods.