Peer-Reviewed Publications (Selected Publications. Corresponding author is highlighted in bold, * indicates SBU undergraduate students)

1. Matthew Fabian, Min Gao, Xiao-Ning Zhang, Jiangli Shi, Leah Vrydagh, Sung-Ha Kim, Priyank Patel, Anna R Hu*, Hua Lu. (2023) The flowering time regulator FLK controls pathogen defense in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology. 191(4): 2461-2474. DOI:10.1093/plphys/kiad021.

2. Runxuan Zhang, Richard Kuo, Max Coulter, ..., Xiao-Ning Zhang, et al. (2022) A high-resolution single-molecule sequencing-based Arabidopsis transcriptome using novel methods of Iso-seq analysis. Genome Biol. 23, 149. DOI:10.1186/s13059-022-02711-0. 

3. Samuel L. Chen*, Timothy J. Rooney*, Anna R. Hu*, Hunter S. Beard, Wesley M. Garrett, Leann M. Mangalath*, Jordan J. Powers*, Bret Cooper, Xiao-Ning Zhang. (2019) Quantitative proteomics reveals a role for SERINE/ARGININE-RICH 45 in regulating RNA metabolism and modulating transcriptional suppression via the ASAP complex in Arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10:1116. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01116. 

4. Nannan Zhang, Dandan Zhang, Samuel L. Chen*, Ben-Qiang Gong, Yanjun Guo, Lahong Xu, Xiano-Ning Zhang and Jian-Feng Li. (2018) Engineering artificial microRNAs for multiplex gene silencing and simplified transgenic screen. Plant Physiology. 178(3): 989-1001. DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.00828.

5. Xiao-Ning Zhang, Yifei Shi, Jordan Powers*, Nikhil Gowda*, Chong Zhang, Heba Ibrahim, Hannah Ball*, Samuel Chen*, Hua Lu, Stephen Mount. (2017) Transcriptome analyses reveal SR45 to be a neutral splicing regulator and a suppressor of innate immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Genomics. 18:722. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-4183-7.

6. Kevin Cilano*, Zachary Mazanek*, Mahmuda Khan*, Sarah Metcalfe*, Xiao-Ning Zhang. (2016) A new mutation, hap1-2, reveals a C terminal domain function in AtMago protein and its biological effects in male gametophyte development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plos One. 11(2):e0148200. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0148200.

7. Alexandra M. Paz*, Xiao-Ning Zhang. (2016 online, 2018 in print) The GMO Industry: A Neglected Earthly Frontier. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition.13(2):277-288. DOI:10.1080/19320248.2016.1227755.

8. Padmini Srinivasan, Xiao-Ning Zhang, Roxane Bouten, Caren Chang. (2015) Ferret: A sentence-based literature scanning system. BMC Bioinformatics. 16:198. DOI 10.1186/s12859-015-0630-0.

9. Xiao-Ning Zhang, Cecilia Mo*, Wesley M. Garrett, Bret Cooper. (2014) Phosphothreonine 218 is required for the function of SR45.1 in regulating flower petal development in Arabidopsis. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 9:e29134. DOI: 10.4161/psb.29134.

10. Andreas Thor, Philip Anderson, Louiqa Raschid, Saket Navlakha, Barna Saha, Samir Khuller & Xiao-Ning Zhang. (2011) Link prediction for annotation graphs using graph summarization. Proceedings of the International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2011). Bonn, Germany. October 23-27th, 2011. Also appeared in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, Vol.7031/2011, 714-729, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25073-6_45. 

11. Barna Saha, Allison Hoch, Samir Khuller, Louiqa Raschid & Xiao-Ning Zhang. (2010) Dense subgraphs with restrictions and applications to gene annotation graphs. Fourteenth International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOM 2010). Also appears in Research in Computational Molecular Biology, Springer, Vol.6044/2010: 456-472. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12683-3_30. 

12. Xiao-Ning Zhang & Stephen Mount. (2009) Two alternatively spliced isoforms of the Arabidopsis thaliana SR45 protein have distinct roles during normal plant development. Plant Physiol. 150(3): 1-9. DOI:10.1104/pp.109.138180. 

13. Xiao-Ning Zhang, Y. Wu, J. W. Tobias, B. P. Brunk, G. Deitzer & D. Liu. (2008) HFR1 is crucial for transcriptome regulation in the cryptochrome 1-mediated early response to blue light in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plos One. 3(10): e3563. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0003563.

Meeting Presentations (Talks)

- Research Talks

1. Xiao-Ning Zhang. Serine/Arginine-rich 45-mediated transcriptional and splicing regulation in plant immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana. 31st Plant and Animal Genome Conference. San Diego, CA. January 12-17, 2024 (Invited)

2. Xiao-Ning Zhang. Quantitative proteomics reveals tissue-specific preferences for a splicing regulator, SERINE/ARGININE-RICH 45, in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant and Animal Genome Conference XXVIII. San Diego, CA. January 11-15, 2020. (Invited)

3. Xiao-Ning Zhang, Chong Zhang, Jordan Powers, Hua Lu. A splicing activator, SR45, functions as a global suppressor of plant immunity. Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation in Plants Meeting. Austin, Texas. July 14-15, 2016. (Selected) 

4. Xiao-Ning Zhang. High quality RNAs for healthy pollen. 17th Plant Biology Minisymposium, May 26, 2016. (Invited)

5. Xiao-Ning Zhang. Phosphor-regulation induced pre-mRNA splicing via a splicing activator, SR45, during flower development. Plant and Animal Genome XXIII Conference. San Diego, CA. January 10-14th, 2015. (Invited)

6. Xiao-Ning Zhang. A splicing regulator, SR45, plays versatile roles in plant development and environmental responses. 31th Mid-Atlantic Plant Molecular Biology Society Conference. Laurel, MD. August 21st-22nd, 2014. (Invited) 

7. Xiao-Ning Zhang, Cecilia Mo, Steve Mount and Bret Cooper. A Phosphorylation on T218 is required for the distinct function of SR45.1 in the regulation of flower petal development. Plant Biology 2013 Meeting. Providence, RI. July 20th-24th, 2013. (Selected). 

8. Xiao-Ning Zhang, Kevin Cilano, Stephen Mount & Jill Remick. OPEN IMMATURE FLOWER (OIF), a genetic enhancer of SR45, is involved in the regulation of flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Rochester Academy of Science 37th Annual Paper Session. Rochester, NY. November 6th, 2010. (Contributed) 

9. Stephen M. Mount, Amishav Bresler, Kevin P. Cilano, Dionne Rebello & Xiao-Ning Zhang. The open immature flower phenotype in hybrids between the Landsberg erecta and Columbia strains of Arabidopsis thaliana. Mid-Atlantic Plant Molecular Biology Society Conference 2010. Laurel, MD. August 12th-13th, 2010. (Contributed)

- Education Talks

1. Xiao-Ning Zhang. Teaching DNA in our life from K through 12. WNY STEAM Conference. Buffalo, NY. August 6, 2018. (Selected)

2. Xiao-Ning Zhang and Jacqueline Philp. Teaching biotechnology and GMOs to non-science majors in college. STEM Institute. Alfred State College, NY. July 29-31, 2018. (Selected)

3. Rene Hauser, Jacqueline Philp and Xiao-Ning Zhang. No time lost: Integrated lessons. STEM Institute. Alfred State College, NY. July 29-31, 2018. (Selected)