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The Yuan group's research encompasses four major directions: renewable biomaterials, carbon capture and utilization, integrated biorefining, systems and synthetic biology.


For renewable biomaterial, we have pioneered new chemical fractionation and manufacturing technologies along with feedstock design to process lignin into quality carbon fibers, bioplastics, recyclable polymer and biodegradable plastics composites, biodiesel, nanoparticle, asphalt binder modifier and other products. The technology breakthroughs are based on fundamental understanding of structure-function relationship between lignin chemistry and renewable material performance. Furthermore, his team have engineered microorganisms to convert lignin and other waste products into structurally preferred PHA for broad bioplastic applications.


For carbon capture and utilization (CCU), we focused on overcoming the fundamental limits of solar-to-molecule efficiency in the natural photosynthesis system to achieve efficient carbon capture, conversion, and utilization. Our research advances two frontiers. First, we advance the chem-bio hybrid route to by-pass Rubisco carbon fixation with electro- or photo-catalysis to produce biocompatible intermediates for downstream bioconversions. Recent breakthroughs in EMC2+ (Electro-Microbial conversion with C2+ intermediates) system have surpassed the solar-to-molecule energy efficiency in natural photosynthesis by multiple folds, achieving very efficient carbon capture and conversion. Second, we have addressed several major challenges in algal carbon capture and utilization. We have integrated artificial intelligence and synthetic biology to develop continuous algal cultivation technologies achieving the highest reported outdoor productivity. Based on this technology, they are advancing novel CCU platforms for flue gas, direct air capture, and various other CO2 emissions. We also developed auto-sedimentation to reduce the harvest cost substantially.


For integrated biorefining, our team addressed the dilemma of "lignin-first" and "carbohydrate-first" processes and designed novel biorefining procedures to synergistically derive more processable lignin and carbohydrate. Together with the biomaterial design and synthetic biology, these engineering technologies could potentially enable the integrated biorefinery with multiple product streams for profitability and sustainability.


For systems and synthetic biology, Professor Yuan's team advanced the fundamental understanding of photosynthetic carbon repartition from sugar metabolism to terpene biosynthesis. The research has led to the sustainable manufacturing platform for squalene, an essential vaccine adjuvant, cosmetic and nutraceutical product. The research also empowered efficient biomass processing and algal biofuels and bioproduct manufacturing.

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Hiring


The Yuan Research Group is currently seeking a post-doc with experience in synthetic biology, specifically gene cloning and recombinant protein expression. Interested applicants please reach out to Joshua Yuan at joshua.yuan@wustl.edu.

People

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Joshua S. Yuan, Ph.D.
Lucy & Stanley Lopata Professor and Chair, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, The McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
Joshua Yuan serves as the Lucy & Stanley Lopata Professor, the Chair for the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, and the Director of Carbon Utilization Redesign through Biomanufacturing (CURB) NSF Engineering Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis. Previously, he was a faculty member at Texas A&M University since 2008 and was appointed as the Chair for Synthetic Biology and Renewable Products in 2018. He has served as the Director of the Synthetic and Systems Biology Innovation Hub since 2015. Joshua has built a career in developing, disseminating, and implementing sustainability solutions for the future. His research focuses on CO2 utilization, renewable biomaterials, biomass processing, and biorefining, as well as synthetic and systems biology. He has been awarded four U.S. patents and has five pending. He has written more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, published in Joule, Chem, Matter, One Earth, Nature Communications, Green Chemistry, Advanced Sciences, and PNAS, among others. He is now a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Scientists and Postdocs

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    Le Zhou
  • Postdoc Researcher, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Google Scholar
  • Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2022. Research focuses on lignocellulosic biomass biorefinery using green solvents and the development of renewable biomaterials.
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    Weiwei Li
  • Postdoc Researcher, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Google Scholar
  • Ph.D. at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Research focuses on leveraging biomass and microbial processes to engineer high-value carbon materials for applications in environmental remediation and energy conversion and storage.
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    Qikun Hu
  • Postdoc Researcher, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Google Scholar
  • Ph.D. at National University of Singapore, 2020-2024. Research focuses on electroctatlysis of nitrogen and carbon chemistries.

Graduate Students

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    Puneet Dhatt
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Google Scholar
  • B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Michigan in 2021. Research focuses on designing biomimetic materials and leveraging synthetic biological tools for bioproduct synthesis.
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    Yuanhao Liang
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Research focuses on synthetic biology for novel bioconversion pathways.
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    Yanyi Wen
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Second-year Ph.D. student, working on algae-derived materials and functional biomaterial design.
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    Wentao Dai
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Google Scholar
  • B.S. in Environmental Engineering and M.S. in Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.
  • I joined the Yuan Group to explore innovative methods that bridge electrochemical CO2/CO reduction and biomanufacturing, aiming to develop sustainable, practical solutions for real-world applications. Outside the lab, I enjoy flying drones, playing tennis, and working on 3D printing projects.
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    Wei Wei
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Google Scholar
  • B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Wuhan University of Technology in 2022. Joined Yuan Research Group in 2022 pursuing a Ph.D. with research related to electrocatalysis.
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    Alzira Pereia
  • Visiting Student, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Google Scholar
  • B.S. in Biology from the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Brazil, in 2022. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Industrial Biotechnology at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, with research focused on lignin valorization. During her undergraduate studies, she took part in a scientific initiation program in the fields of immunopathology and molecular biology.
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    Isaac Hazlehurst-Johnson
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
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    Haina Lan
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
  • My research focuses on the development of cell-free catalysis systems, functional bio-materials for drug delivery, and the development of value-added bio-products. In my spare time, I like to go hiking, swimming, and play with my cat.
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    Kevin Li
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
  • B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, 2024.
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    Vincent Xu
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis Google Scholar
  • B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, 2024. Research focuses on metabolic modeling and bioprocess engineering for cell-free enzymatic reaction system design, cell-based strain optimization, and enzyme design. Special consideration is taken for utilization of modeling techniques to enhance industrial feasibility of bioprocesses.
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    Corin Huang
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Google Scholar
  • B.S. and M.S. in Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University. Research focuses on synthetic biology and metabolic engineering; more specifically, algae-based biomaterial production and nitrogen fixation processes incorporating with electrocatalyst-based CO2 fixation.

Undergraduate Students

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications (Corresponding or Co-Corresponding author marked with *)

  1. Kainan Chen, Peng Zhang, Yayun Chen, Chengcheng Fei, Jiali Yu, Jiahong Zhou, Yuanhao Liang, Weiwei Li, Sisi Xiang, Susie Y Dai*, and Joshua S Yuan*, Electro-biodiesel empowered by co-design of microorganism and electrocatalysis, Joule, 9, 101769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.10.001
  2. Vincent Xu, Hakyung Lee, Bin Long, Joshua S. Yuan, Yinjie J Tang, MAGMA: Microbial and Algal Growth Modeling Application, New Biotechnology, 85, 16-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2024.11.004
  3. Bin Long, Fuzhong Zhang, Susie Y. Dai, Marcus Foston, Yinjie J. Tang, Joshua S. Yuan*, Bioengineering to empower advanced lignocellulosic biorefinery, Nature Review Bioengineering, 3, 230-244. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44222-024-00247-5
  4. Jinghao Li , Wei Liu, Alex Chang, Zachariah Foudeh, Jiali Yu, Peiran Wei, Kainan Chen, Cheng Hu, Dhatt Puneet, Susie Y. Dai*, and Joshua S. Yuan*, Integrated Design of Multifunctional Reinforced Bioplastics (MReB) to Synergistically Enhance Strength, Degradability, and Functionality, Green Chemistry, 27, 5104-5118. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4GC02440K
  5. Hosea A Santiago-Cruz, Zimo Lou, Jiang Xu, Ryan C Sullivan, Bailey B Bowers, Rachel A Molé, Wan Zhang, Jinghao Li, Joshua S. Yuan, Susie Y Dai, Gregory V Lowry, Carbon Adsorbent Properties Impact Hydrated Electron Activity and Perfluorocarboxylic Acid (PFCA) Destruction, ACS ES&T Engineering Journal, 4, 2220-2233. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.4c00211
  6. Kainan Chen, Zeinab Mraiza, Yunqiao Pu, Jinghao Li, Zhihua Liu, Arthur J Ragauskas, Fujie Zhou, Joshua S. Yuan*, A multi-stream approach for upcycling PET into a biodiesel and asphalt modifier, Polymers, 2024, 16 (6), 796. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16060796
  7. Peng Zhang, Susie Y. Dai, and Joshua S. Yuan*, Improve value for lignin-first strategy: Producing functional molecules from wood biomass. Chem Catalysis, 2023, 3 (10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.checat.2023.100781
  8. Su Sun, Fei Li, Muzi Li, Wenqian Zhang, Zhenxiong Jiang, Honglu Zhao, Yunqiao Pu, Arthur J Ragauskas, Susie Y Dai, Xiaoyu Zhang, Hongbo Yu, Joshua S. Yuan*, Shangxian Xie, Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase synergized with lignin-degrading enzymes for efficient lignin degradation, iScience, 2023, 26, 107870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107870
  9. Jiali Yu, Ugur Uzuner, Bin Long, Zachary Wang, Joshua S. Yuan, Susie Y. Dai, Artificial intelligence-based HDX (AI-HDX) prediction reveals fundamental characteristics to protein dynamics: Mechanisms on SARS-CoV-2 immune escape, iScience, 2023, 26, 106282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106282
  10. Peng Zhang, Kainan Chen, Bing Xu, Jinghao Li, Cheng Hu, Joshua S. Yuan*, and Susie Y. Dai*, Chem-bio interface design for rapid conversion of CO2 to bioplastics in an integrated system. Chem, 2022, 8, 3363-3381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2022.09.005
  11. Joshua S. Yuan*, Matthew J. Pavlovich, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Buxing Han, Biotechnology for a sustainable future: biomass and beyond, Trends in Biotechnology, 2022, 40 (12), 1395-1398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.09.020
  12. Jinghao Li, Cheng Hu, Yunyan Wang, Xianzhi Meng, Sisi Xiang, Christopher Bakker, Katherine Plaza, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Susie Y. Dai, and Joshua S. Yuan*, Lignin molecular design to transform green manufacturing, Matter, 2022, 5, 3513-3529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2022.07.011
  13. Jorge Arreola-Vargas, Bing Xu, Cheng Hu, Xianzhi Meng, Yun-yan Wang, Arthur J Ragauskas, Hugo Oscar Méndez-Acosta, José Antonio Perez-Pimienta, Susie Y Dai, Joshua S Yuan*, Bioconversion of agave bagasse lignin to medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates by Pseudomonas putida, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2022, 10 (48) 15670–15679. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03677
  14. Jinghao Li, Cheng Hu, JorgeArreola-Vargas, KainanChen, Joshua S. Yuan*, Feedstock design for quality biomaterials, Trends in Biotechnology, 2022, 40: 1535-1549. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03677
  15. Zhi-Hua Liu, Bing-Zhi Li, Joshua S. Yuan, and Ying-Jin Yuan, Creative biological lignin conversion routes toward lignin valorization, Trends in Biotechnology, 2022, 40: 1550-1566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.09.014
  16. Jinghao Li, Xiaohan Li, Yabin Da, Jiali Yu, Bin Long, Peng Zhang, Christopher Bakker, Bruce A. McCarl, Joshua S. Yuan & Susie Y. Dai*, Sustainable environmental remediation via biomimetic multifunctional lignocellulosic nano-framework, Nature Communications, 2022, 13: 4368.
  17. Bin Long, Bart Fischer, Yining Zeng, Zoe Amerigian, Qiang Li, Henry Bryant, Man Li, Susie Y. Dai, Joshua S. Yuan*, Machine learning-Informed and synthetic biology-enabled semi-continuous algal cultivation (SAC) to unleash renewable fuel productivity, Nature Communications, 2022, 13: 541.
  18. He Liu, Zhi-Hua Liu, Ren-Kuan Zhang, Joshua S Yuan, Bing-Zhi Li, and Ying-Jin Yuan, Bacterial conversion routes for lignin valorization, Biotechnology Advances, 2022, 108000.
  19. Man Li, Bin Long, Susie Y. Dai, James W. Golden, Xin Wang, and Joshua S. Yuan*, Altered carbon partitioning enhances CO2 to terpene conversion in cyanobacteria, BioDesign Research, 2022, Article ID 9897425.
  20. Shrameeta Shinde, Sonali Singapuri, Zhenxiong Jiang, Bin Long, Danielle Wilcox, Camille Klatt,, J. Andrew Jones, Joshua S. Yuan, Xin Wang, Thermodynamics contributes to high limonene productivity in cyanobacteria. Metabolic Engineering Communications, 2022, e00193.
  21. Bing Xu, Qiang Li, Yuanqiao Pu, Shangxian Xie, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Jorge Arreola-Vargas, Zhi-Hua Liu, and Joshua S. Yuan*, A unique bacterial pelletized cultivation platform in Rhodococcus opacus PD630 enhanced lipid productivity and simplified harvest for lignin bioconversion, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2022, 10, 1083–1092.
  22. Peng Zhang, Susie Y. Dai, Joshua S. Yuan*, Producing the “molecules of life” from carbon dioxide, Chem, 2021, 7, 3200-3202.
  23. Jorge Arreola-Vargas, Xianzhi Meng, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Joshua S. Yuan*, Enhanced medium chain length-polyhydroxyalkanoate production by co-fermentation of lignin and holocellulose fractions, Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 8226–8237.
  24. Zhi-Hua Liu, Naijia Hao, Yun-Yan Wang, Chang Dou, Furong Lin, Rongchun Shen, Renata Bura, David B. Hodge, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Bin Yang, Joshua S. Yuan*, Transforming biorefinery designs with ‘plug-In processes of lignin’ to enable economic waste valorization, Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 3912.
  25. Cheng Hu, Mingzhen Zhao, Qiang Li, Zhihua Liu, Naijia Hao, Xianzhi Meng, Jinghao Li, Furong Lin, Chenxuan Li, Lei Fang, Susie Y. Dai, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Hung-Jue Sue, Joshua Yuan*, Phototunable lignin plastics to enable recyclability, ChemSusChem, 2021, 14, 1-11.
  26. Bo Wang, Yao Xu, Xin Wang, Joshua S. Yuan, Carl H. Johnson, Jamey D. Young, Jianping Yu Comparative analysis of cyanobacteria species reveals a novel guanidine-degrading enzyme that controls genomic stability of ethylene-producing strains. Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 5150.
  27. Qiang Li, Cheng Hu, Mengjie Li, Phuc Truong, Jinghao Li, Hao-Sheng Lin, Mandar Naik, Sisi Xiang, Brian Jackson, Winson Chun-Hsin Kuo, Wenhao Wu, Yunqiao Pu, Arthur Ragauskas, and Joshua S Yuan*, Enhancing multifunctional properties of renewable lignin carbon fiber via defining structure-property relationship using different biomass feedstock, Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 3725
  28. Man Li, Zhi-Hua Liu, Naijia Hao, Michelle L. Olson, Qiang Li, Samarthya Bhagia, Katy Kao, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Shangxian Xie and Joshua S Yuan*, Co-optimization of carbohydrate and lignin processability by biomimicking biomass processing, Frontiers in Energy, 2021, 8, 194.
  29. Qiang Li, Cheng Hu, Mengjie Li, Phuc Truong, Mandar T Naik, Dwarkanath Prabhu, Leo Hoffmann Jr, William L Rooney, Joshua S. Yuan*, Discovering biomass structural determinants defining the properties of plant-derived renewable carbon fiber, iScience, 2020, 23 (8), 101405.
  30. Zhi-Min Zhao, Zhi-Hua Liu, Yunqiao Pu, Xianzhi Meng, Jifei Xu, Joshua S. Yuan, and Arthur J. Ragauskas, Tailoring lignin chemistry and developing fermentation process intensification to enhance biological lignin valorization, ChemSusChem, 2020, 13 (20), 5423-5432.
  31. Isha Kalra, Xin Wang, Marina Cvetkovska, Jooyeon Jeong, William McHargue, Ru Zhang, Norman PA Hüner, Joshua S Yuan, and Rachael M Morgan-Kiss, Chlamydomonas sp. UWO 241 exhibits high cyclic electron flow and rewired metabolism under high salinity, Plant Physiology, 2020, 183 (2), 588-601 .
  32. Shangxian Xie, Su Sun, Furong Lin, Muzi Li, Yunqiao Pu, Yanbing Cheng, Bing Xu, Zhihua Liu, Leonardo da Costa Sousa, Bruce E Dale, Arthur J Ragauskas, Susie Y Dai, Joshua S Yuan*, Mechanism‐guided design of highly efficient protein secretion and lipid conversion for biomanufacturing and biorefining, Advanced Science, 2019, 6(13), 1801980.
  33. Zhihua Liu, N Hao, Somnath Shinde, Yuqiao Pu, Xiaofeng Kang, Arthur J Ragauskas, Joshua S Yuan*, Defining lignin nanoparticle properties through tailored lignin reactivity by sequential organosolv fragmentation approach (SOFA), Green Chemistry, 2019, 21 (2), 245-260
  34. Q Li, M Li, HS Lin, C Hu, P Truong, T Zhang, HJ Sue, Y Pu, AJ Ragauskas, and Joshua S. Yuan* Non-solvent fractionation of lignin enhances carbon fiber performance. ChemSusChem, 2019, 12 (14), 3249-3256.
  35. Zhi-Hua Liu, Rosemary K Le, Matyas Kosa, Bin Yang, Joshua S. Yuan*, Arthur J Ragauskas, Identifying and creating pathways to improve biological lignin valorization, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019, 105, 349-362.
  36. Qiang Li, Cheng Hu, Heidi Clarke, Mengjie Li, Patrick Shamberger, Wenhao Wu, Joshua S. Yuan*, Microstructure defines the electroconductive and mechanical performance of plant-derived renewable carbon fiber, Chemical Communications, 2019, 55 (84), 12655-12658.
  37. Zhi-Hua Liu, Somnath Dattatray Shinde, Shangxian Xie, Naijia Hao, Furong Lin, Man Li, Chang Geun Yoo, Arthur Ragauskas, Joshua S. Yuan*, Cooperative valorization of lignin and residual sugar to polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) for enhanced yield and carbon utilization in biorefineries, Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 2019, 3 (8), 2024-2037.
  38. Zhi-Hua Liu, Naijia Hao, Somnath Shinde, Michelle L. Olson, Samarthya Bhagia, John R. Dunlap, Katy C. Kao, Xiaofeng Kang, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Joshua S. Yuan*, Co-design of combinatorial organosolv pretreatment (COP) and lignin nanoparticles (LNPs) in biorefineries, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2019, 7 (2), 2634-2647.
  39. Xiaolu Li, Yucai He, Libing Zhang, Zhangyang Xu, Haoxi Ben, Matthew J Gaffrey, Yongfu Yang, Shihui Yang, Joshua S Yuan, Wei-Jun Qian, Bin Yang, Discovery of potential pathways for biological conversion of poplar wood into lipids by co-fermentation of Rhodococci strains, Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2019, 12 (1), 60.
  40. Yuqi Guo, Shangxian Xie, Joshua S. Yuan, Katy Kao, Effects of seawater on carotenoid production and lipid content of engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Fermentation, 2019, 5 (1), 6.
  41. Zhangyang Xu, Xiaolu Li, Naijia Hao, Chunmei Pan, Aftab Ahamed, John H Miller, Arthur J Ragauskas, Joshua S. Yuan, Bin Yang, Kinetic understanding of nitrogen supply condition on biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoate from benzoate by Pseudomonas putida KT2440, Bioresource Technology, 2019, 273, 538-544.
  42. Fujie Zhou, Pravat Karki, Shangxian Xie, Joshua S. Yuan, Lijun Sun, Robert Lee, Ryan Barborak, Toward the development of performance-related specification for bio-rejuvenators, Construction and Building Materials, 2018,174, 443-455.
  43. Kristina M. Mahan, Rosemary K. Le, Tyrone Wells Jr., Seth Anderson, Joshua S. Yuan, Ryan J. Stoklosa, Aditya Bhalla, David B. Hodge, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Production of single cell protein from agro-waste using Rhodococcus opacus, Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2018,1-7.
  44. Qiang Li, Mandar T. Naik, Hao-Sheng Lin, Cheng Hu, Wilson K. Serem, Li Liu, Pravat Karki, Fujie Zhou, Joshua S. Yuan*, Tuning hydroxyl groups for quality carbon fiber of lignin, Carbon, 2018, 139, 500-511.
  45. Xujun Chen, Hao Chen, Joshua S. Yuan, Tobias G. Köllner, Yuying Chen, Yufen Guo, Xiaofeng Zhuang, Xinlu Chen, Yong‐jun Zhang, Jianyu Fu, Andreas Nebenführ, Zejian Guo, and Feng Chen, Rice terpene synthase gene OsTPS19 functions as (S)-limonene synthase in planta and its overexpression leads to enhanced resistance to the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2018.
  46. Cheng Zhao, Yong Kyoung Kim, Yining Zeng, Man Li, Xin Wang, Cheng Hu, Connor Gorman, Shiyou Ding, Joshua S. Yuan*, Co-compartmentation of terpene biosynthesis and storage via synthetic droplet, ACS Synthetic Biology, 2018, 7, 774-781.
  47. Zhi-Hua Liu, Shangxian Xie, Furong Lin, Mingjie Jin, Joshua S. Yuan*, Combinatorial pretreatment and fermentation optimization enabled a record yield on lignin bioconversion, Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2018, 11 (1), 21.
  48. Alei Geng, Yanbing Cheng, Yongli Wang, Daochen Zhu, Yilin Le, Jian Wu, Rongrong Xie, Joshua S. Yuan*, Jianzhong Sun, Transcriptome analysis of the digestive system of a wood-feeding termite (Coptotermes formosanus) revealed effective mechanism in biomass degradation, Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2018, 11 (1), 24.
  49. Zhi-Hua Liu, Michelle Olson, Somnath Shinde, Xin Wang, Naijia Hao, Chang Geun Yoo, Samarthya Bhagia, John R. Dunlap, Yunqiao Pu, Katy C. Kao, Arthur J. Ragauskas, h, Mingjie Jin , Joshua S. Yuan*, Synergistic maximization of carbohydrate output and lignin processibility by combinatorial pretreatment, Green Chemistry, 2017, 19, 4939-4955.
  50. Su Sun, Shangxian Xie, Yanbing Cheng, Hongbo Yu, Honglu Zhao, Muzi Li, Xiaotong Li, Xiaoyu Zhang, Joshua S. Yuan*, Susie Y. Dai, Enhancement of environmental hazard degradation in the presence of lignin: a proteomics study, Scientific Reports, 2017, 7 (1), 11356.
  51. Qiang Li, Wilson K. Serem, Yuan Yue, Wei Dai, Mandar T. Naik, Shangxian Xie, Pravat Karki, Li Liu, Hung-Jue Sue, Hong Liang, Fujie Zhou, Joshua S. Yuan*, Molecular weight and uniformity define the mechanical performance of lignin-based carbon fiber, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5 (25), 12740-12746.
  52. Kristina M Mahan, Rosemary K Le, Joshua S. Yuan, Arthur J Ragauskas, A review on the bioconversion of lignin to microbial lipid with oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus, Journal of Biotechnology & Biomaterials, 2017, 7 (02).
  53. Rosemary K. Le, Parthapratim Das, Kristina M. Mahan, Seth A. Anderson, Tyrone Wells, Joshua S. Yuan, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Utilization of simultaneous saccharification and fermentation residues as feedstock for lipid accumulation in Rhodococcus opacus, AMB Express, 2017, 7 (1) 185.
  54. Narangerel Altangerel, Gombojav O. Ariunbold, Connor Gorman, Masfer H. Alkahtani, Eli Borrego ,Dwight Bohlmeyer, Philip Hemmer, Michael Kolomiets, Joshua S. Yuan, and Marlan O. Scully, In vivo diagnostics of early abiotic plant stress response via Raman spectroscopy, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, USA, 2017, 114(13), 3393–3396.
  55. Qiang Li, Shangxian Xie, Wilson Serem, Mandar Naik, Li Liu and Joshua S. Yuan*, Quality carbon fiber from fractionated lignin, Green Chemistry, 2017, 19, 1628–1634.
  56. Shangxian Xie, Qiang Li, Pravat Karki, Fujie Zhou, Joshua S. Yuan*, Lignin as renewable and superior asphalt binder modifier, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5 (4), 2817–2823.
  57. Qiang Li, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Joshua S. Yuan*, Lignin carbon fiber: the path for quality, TAPPI Journal, 2017, 16(03), 107-108.
  58. Shangxian Xie; Qining Sun, Yunqiao Pu, Furong Lin, Su Sun, Xin Wang, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Joshua S. Yuan*, Advanced chemical design for efficient lignin bioconversion, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5 (3), pp 2215–2223.
  59. Hasan Sadeghifar, Tyrone Wells, Rosemary K. Le, Fatemeh Sadeghifar, Joshua S. Yuan, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Fractionation of organosolv lignin using acetone: water and properties of the obtained fractions, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5, 580−587.
  60. Clifford J Unkefer, Richard T Sayre, Jon K Magnuson, Daniel B Anderson, Ivan Baxter, Ian K Blaby, Judith K Brown, Michael Carleton, Rose Ann Cattolico, Taraka Dale, Timothy P Devarenne, C Meghan Downes, Susan K Dutcher, David T Fox, Ursula Goodenough, Jan Jaworski, Jonathan E Holladay, David M Kramer, Andrew T Koppisch, Mary S Lipton, Babetta L Marrone, Margaret McCormick, István Molnár, John B Mott, Kimberly L Ogden, Ellen A Panisko, Matteo Pellegrini, Juergen Polle, James W Richardson, Martin Sabarsky, Shawn R Starkenburg, Gary D Stormo, Munehiro Teshima, Scott N Twary, Pat J Unkefer, Joshua S Yuan, José A Olivares, Review of the algal biology program within the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts, Algal Research, 2017, 22, 187–215.
  61. Yan Shi, Qiang Li, Xin Wang, Shangxian Xie, Liyuan Cai, Joshua S. Yuan*, Directed bioconversion of Kraft lignin to polyhydroxyalkanoate by Cupriavidus basilensis B-8 without any pretreatment, Process Biochemistry, 2017, 52, 238–242.
  62. Rosemary K. Le, Tyron Wells Jr., Parthapratim Das, Xianzhi Meng, Ryan Stocklosa, Adita Bhalla, David B. Hodge, Joshua S. Yuan and Arthur J. Raguaskas, Conversion of corn stover alkaline pre-treatment waste streams into biodiesel via rhodococci, RSC Advances, 2017, 7, 4108-4115.
  63. Xin Wang, Changpeng Xin, Wei Liu, Yi Zheng, Runzhe Li, Susie Y. Dai, Xinguang Zhu, Peter Rentzepis, Joshua S. Yuan*, Enhanced limonene production in cyanobacteria reveals photosynthesis limitations, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, USA, 2016, 113, 14225-14230.
  64. Gaia Pigna, Taniya Dhillon, Elizabeth M Dlugosz, Joshua S Yuan, Connor Gorman, Piero Morandini, Scott C Lenaghan, C Neal Stewart, Methods for suspension culture, protoplast extraction, and transformation of high biomass yielding perennial grass Arundo donax, Biotechnology Journal, 2016, 11, 1657-1666.
  65. Runze Li, Jie Chen, Tom C. Cesario, Xin Wang, Joshua S. Yuan, Peter M. Rentzepis Synergistic reaction of silver nitrate, silver nanoparticles, and methylene blue against bacteria, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 2016, 113, 13612–13617.
  66. Elise van Buskirk, Jin Su, Ian Silverman, Sager Gosai, Brian Gregory, Joshua S. Yuan, Henry Daniell, Terpene metabolic engineering via nuclear or chloroplast genomes profoundly and globally impacts off-target pathways through metabolite signaling, Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2016, 14, 1862–1875.
  67. Xueyan Chen, Ugur Uzuner, Man Li, Weibing Shi, Joshua S. Yuan, Susie Y. Dai, Phytoestrogens and Mycoestrogens Induce Signature Structure Dynamics Changes on Estrogen Receptor α, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2016, 13, 869.
  68. Shangxian Xie, Authur J. Ragauskas, Joshua S. Yuan*, Lignin conversion: opportunities and challenges for the integrated biorefinery, Industrial Biotechnology, 2016, 12, 161-167.
  69. Cheng Zhao, Shangxian Xie, Yunqiao Pu, Rui Zhang, Fang Huang, Arthur J. Ragausaks, Joshua S. Yuan*, Synergistic enzymatic and microbial conversion of lignin for lipid, Green Chemistry, 2016, 18, 1306-1312.
  70. Juan Yu, Yixiang Zhang, Chao Di, Qunlian Zhang, Kang Zhang, Chunchao Wang, Qi You, Hong Yan, Susie Y. Dai, Joshua S. Yuan*, Wenying Xu and Zhen Su, JAZ7 negatively regulates dark-induced leaf senescence in Arabidopsis, Journal of Experimental Botany, 2016, 67: 751-762.
  71. Su Sun, Shangxian Xie, Hu Chen, Xin Qin, Yanbing Cheng, Yan Shi, Susie Y. Dai, Xiaoyu Zhang, Joshua S. Yuan*, Genomic and molecular mechanisms for efficient biodegradation of aromatic dye, Journal of Hazardous Material, 2016, 9, 302:286-295.
  72. Donald R. Ort, Sabeeha S. Merchant, Jean Alric, Alice Barkan, Robert E. Blankenship, Ralph Bock, Roberta Croce, Maureen R. Hanson, Julian M. Hibberd, Stephen P. Long, Thomas A. Mooreo, James Moroney, Krishna K. Niyogi, Martin A. J. Parry, Pamela P. Peralta-Yahya, Roger C. Prince, Kevin E. Redding, Martin H. Spalding, Klaas J. van Wijk, Wim F. J. Vermaas, Susanne von Caemmerer, Andreas P. M. Weber, Todd O. Yeates, Joshua S. Yuan, and Xin Guang Zhu, Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, USA, 2015, 112(28), 8529–8536.
  73. Bo Li, Shan Jianga, Xiao Yua, Cheng Cheng, Sixue Chen, Yanbing Cheng, Joshua S. Yuan, Daohong Jiang, Ping He, Libo Shan, Phosphorylation of trihelix transcriptional repressor ASR3 by MAP KINASE4 negatively regulates Arabidopsis immunity, Plant Cell, 2015, 27(3):839-856.
  74. Shangxian Xie, Xing Qin, Yanbing Cheng, Weichuan Qiao, Su Sun, Scott Sattler, Zhanguo Xin, Susie Y. Dai, Katy Gao, Bin Yang, Xiaoyu Zhang, and Joshua S. Yuan*, Simultaneous conversion of all cell wall components with oleaginous fungi without chemical pretreatment, Green Chemistry, 2015,17: 1657-1667.
  75. Xin Wang, Don Ort, and Joshua S. Yuan*, Photosynthetic terpene hydrocarbon production for fuels and chemicals, Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2015, 13: 137-46.
  76. Aravind Ravindran, Neha Jalan, Joshua S. Yuan, Nian Wang and Dennis C. Gross, Comparative genomics of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strains B301D and HS191 and insights into intrapathovar traits associated with plant pathogenesis, MicrobiologyOpen, 2015, 4(4): 553-573.
  77. Shangxian Xie, Ryan D. Syrenne, Su Sun, Joshua S. Yuan*, Exploration of Natural Biomass Utilization Systems (NBUS) for advanced biofuel--from systems biology to synthetic design, Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2014, 27:195-203.
  78. Yixiang Zhang, Peng Gao, Zhuo Xing, Shumei Jin, Zhide Chen, Lantao Liu, Nasie Constantino, Xingwang Wang, Weibin Shi, Joshua S. Yuan*, and Susie Y. Dai, Application of an improved proteomics method for abundant protein cleanup: molecular and genomic mechanisms study in plant defense, Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 2013, 12(11): 3431-42.
  79. Wusheng Liu, Joshua S. Yuan, and C. Neal Stewart Jr., Advanced genetic tools for plant biotechnology, Nature Review Genetics, 2013, 14, 781–793.
  80. Weibing Shi, Shangxian Xie, Su Sun, Xueyan Chen, Xin Zhou, Lantao Liu, Peng Gao, Nikos C. Kyprides, En-Gyu No, Joshua S. Yuan*, Comparative genomic analysis of the endosymbionts of herbivorous insects reveals eco-environmental adaptations: biotechnology applications. PLoS Genetics, 2013, 9(1): e1003131.
  81. Shangxian Xie, Su Sun, Susie Y. Dai, and Joshua S. Yuan*, Efficient coagulation of microalgae in cultures with filamentous fungi, Algal Research, 2013, 2(1): 28-33.
  82. Aravind Ravindran, Neha Jalan, Joshua S. Yuan, Nian Wang and Dennis C. Gross, Complete genome sequencing and comparative analysis of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strains B301D and HS191, Phytopathology 103 (6), 119.
  83. Nageswara-Rao, M., C. Kwit, S. Agarwal, M.T. Patton, J.A. Skeen, J.S. Yuan, R.M. Manshardt. C.N. Stewart Jr. Sensitivity of a real-time PCR method for the detection of transgenes in a mixture of transgenic and non-transgenic seeds of papaya (Carica papaya L.) BMC Biotechnology, 2013, 13:69.
  84. Yixiang Zhang, Sanmin Liu, Susie Y. Dai, Joshua S. Yuan*, Integration of shot-gun proteomics and bioinformatics analysis to explore plant hormone responses, BMC Bioinformatics, 2012, S15: S8.
  85. Dongxia Yao, Wenying Xu, Joshua S. Yuan, and Zhen Su, Comparative genome analysis and network modeling of NAC transcriptional factors to dissect the regulatory mechanisms for cell wall biosynthesis, BMC Bioinformatics, 2012, S15: S10.
  86. Weibing Shi, Ugur Uzuner, Lingxia Huang, Palmy R Jesudhasan, Suresh D Pillai, Joshua S Yuan*, Comparative analysis of insect gut symbionts for composition–function relationships and biofuel application potential, Biofuels, 2011, 2 (5): 529-544.
  87. Sanmin Liu, Lantao Liu, Ugur Uzuner, Xin Zhou, Manxi Gu, Weibing Shi, Yixiang Zhang, Susie Y. Dai, and Joshua S. Yuan*, HDX-Analyzer: A novel package for statistical analysis of protein structure dynamics, BMC Bioinformatics, 2011, 12: S1: S43.
  88. Joshua S Yuan*, Xinwang Wang, C. Neal Stewart, Biomass feedstock: diversity as a solution, Biofuels, 2011, 2 (5): 491-493.
  89. Joshua S Yuan*, Yinbo Qu, Shizhong Li, C Neal Stewart, US–China collaborative biofuel research: towards a global solution for petroleum replacement, Biofuels, 2011, 2 (5): 487-489.
  90. Yuanchun Shi, Shizhong Li, Joshua S Yuan*, Biomass utilization toward energy independence and sustainable economic development in China, Biofuels, 2011, 2 (5): 501-502.
  91. Weibing Shi, Shi-you Ding, Joshua S. Yuan*, Comparison of insect gut cellulase and xylanase activity across different insect species with distinct food sources, BioEnergy Research, 2011,4: 1-10.
  92. Carl E. Sams, Dilip R. Panthee, Craig S. Charron, Dean A. Kopsell, Joshua S. Yuan， Selenium regulates gene expression for glucosinolate and carotenoid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis, Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 2011, 136(1):23-34.
  93. Danner H, Boeckler GA, Irmisch S, Yuan JS, Chen F, Gershenzon J, Unsicker SB, Köllner TG: Four terpene synthases produce major compounds of the gypsy moth feeding-induced volatile blend of Populus trichocarpa. Phytochemistry, 2011, 72(9):897-908.
  94. Ugur Uzunner, Weibing Shi, Lantao Liu, Sanmin Liu, Susie Y. Dai, Joshua S. Yuan*, Enzyme structure dynamics of xylanase I from Trichoderma longibrachiatum, 2010, BMC Bioinformatics, 11, S6: S12.
  95. Chao Di, Wenying Xu, Zhen Su, Joshua S. Yuan*, Comparative genome analysis of PHB gene family reveals deep evolutionary origins and diverse gene function, 2010, BMC Bioinformatics, 11, S6: S22.
  96. Yanhui Peng, Laura G. Abercrombie, Joshua S. Yuan, R.D. Sammons, Patrick J. Tranel, and C.N. Stewart Jr., Characterization of de novo transcriptome for a non-model plant, Conyza canadensis (horseweed), using GS-FLX 454 pyrosequencing, 2010, Pest Management Science, 66: 1053–1062
  97. Weibing Shi, Jianzhong Sun, Ryan Syrenne, Joshua S. Yuan*, Molecular approaches to study the insect gut symbiotic microbiota at the ‘Omics’ age, 2010, Insect Science, 17: 199-219.
  98. Joshua S. Yuan, Laura L.G. Abercrombie, Yongwei Cao, Matthew D. Halfhill, Xin Zhou, Yanhui Peng, Jun Hu, Murali R. Rao, Gregory R. Heck, Thomas J. Larosa5 R. Douglas Sammons, Xinwang Wang, Priya Ranja, Denita H. Johnson, Phillip A. Wadl, Brian E. Scheffler, Timothy A. Rinehart, Robert N. Trigiano,C. Neal Stewart, Jr., Functional genomics analysis of glyphosate resistance in Conyza canadensis (horseweed), 2010, Weed Sciences, 58: 109-117.
  99. Yixiang Zhang, Peng Gao, Joshua S. Yuan*, Plant internactome and protein-protein interaction network, Current Genomics, 2010, 11: 40-46.
  100. Zhanyou Xu, Dandan Zhang, Jun Hu, Xin Zhou, Xia Ye, Kristen Reichel, Nathan R. Stewart, Ryan D. Syrenne, Xiaohan Yang, Peng Gao, Weibing Shi, Crissa Doeppke, Rob Sykes, Jason Burris, Joe Bozell, Max Z. Cheng, Douglas Hayes, Nikki Labbie, Mark Davis, C. Neal Stewart Jr., Joshua S. Yuan*, Comparative genome analysis of lignin biosynthesis gene families across the plant kingdom, BMC Bioinformatics, 2009, 10, S11: S3.
  101. Joshua S. Yuan, Sari J. Himanen, Jarmo K. Holopainen, Feng Chen, and C. Neal Stewart, Jr. Smelling global warming: changes of ecological function of plant volatile organic compounds, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2009, 24: 323-331.
  102. Xin Zhou, Zhen Su, Doug Rammons, Yanhui Peng, Patrick R. Tranel, C. Neal Stewart Jr., and Joshua S. Yuan*, Novel software package for cross-platform transcriptome analysis (CPTRA), BMC Bioinformatics, 2009, 10, S11: S16.
  103. Trigiano, R.N., X.W. Wang, L.L. Good, D. Panthee, B.E. Scheffler, T.A. Rinehart, D. Johnson, P.A. Wadl, N.R. Stewart, J.S. Yuan, C.N. Stewart, Jr. Microsatellites from Conyza canadensis (horseweed). Molecular Ecology Resources, 2009, 9:1375-1379.
  104. Wayra Navia-Gine, Joshua S. Yuan, Feng Chen, and Kenneth L. Korth, Regulation of an insect-induced E-(beta)-ocimene synthase and other terpene synthases of Medicago truncatula. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2009, 47: 416-425.
  105. Panthee, D.R., J.J. Marois, D.L. Wright, J.S. Yuan, and C.N. Stewart Jr. Differential expression of genes in soybean in response to the causal agent of Asian soybean rust, (Phakopsora pachyrhizi Sydow), is soybean growth stage-specific. 2009, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 118: 359-370.
  106. Joshua S. Yuan, Kelly H. Tiller, Hani Al-Ahmad, Nathan R. Stewart, C. Neal Stewart Jr., Plants to power: Bioenergy to fuel the future, Trends in Plant Sciences, 2008, 13:421-429.
  107. Joshua S. Yuan, Tobias G. Köllner, Greg Wiggins, Jerome Grant, Nan Zhao, Xiaofeng Zhuang, Jörg Degenhardt and Feng Chen Elucidation of the genomic basis of indirect plant defense against insects, Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2008, 3: 720 - 721
  108. Jason Abercrombie, Matthew Halfhill, Priya Ranjan, Murali Rao, Arnold Saxton, Joshua S. Yuan, C. Neal Stewart Jr., Transcriptional profiling of Arabidopsis thaliana grown under arsenate stress reveals antioxidant activity and repression of the phosphate starvation response, BMC Plant Biology, 2008, 8:37.
  109. Joshua S. Yuan, Tobias G. Köllner, Greg Wiggins, Jerome Grant, Jörg Degenhardt, and Feng Chen, Molecular and genomic basis of volatile-mediated indirect defense against insects in rice, Plant Journal, 2008, 55: 491-503
  110. Joshua S. Yuan, David W. Galbraith, Susie Y. Dai, Patrick Griffin, and C. Neal Stewart Jr., Plant systems biology comes of age, Trends in Plant Sciences, 2008, 13: 165-171.
  111. Maria Cekanova, Joshua S. Yuan, Xiuoon Li, and Seung Joon Baek, Gene alterations by PPARγ agonists in human colorectal adenocarcinoma HCT-116 cells. 2008, International Journal of Oncology, 32: 809-819.
  112. Joshua S. Yuan*, Donglin Wang, C. Neal Stewart Jr., Statistical methods for efficiency adjusted real-time PCR quantification, 2008, Biotechnology Journal, 3: 112-123.
  113. Joshua S. Yuan, Nathan R. Stewart, Jason Burris, C Neal Stewart Jr. Statistical methods for transgene detection with real-time PCR, 2007, BMC Bioinformatics, 8, S7: S6.
  114. D.R. Panthee, Joshua S. Yuan, D.L. Wright, J.J. Marois, D. Mailhot and C.N. Stewart Jr., Global gene expression analysis in soybean in response to the causal agent of Asian soybean rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi Sydow), 2007, Functional and Integrative Genomics, 7: 291.
  115. Joshua S. Yuan, Pat Tranel, and C. Neal Stewart Jr., Non-target herbicide resistance: a family business, 2007, Trends in Plant Sciences, 12: 6.
  116. Joshua S. Yuan, Xiaohan Yang, Jinru Lai, Hong Lin, Zong-ming Chen, Hiroyuki Nonogaki, and Feng Chen, Comparative genomic analysis of endo-β-mannanase gene families in Arabidopsis, rice and poplar, 2007, Functional and Integrative Genomics: 7: 1.
  117. Yue Yang, Joshua S. Yuan, Jeannine Ross, Joseph P. Noel, Eran Pichersky and Feng Chen, An Arabidopsis thaliana methyltransferase capable of methylating farnesoic acid, 2006, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 448:123.
  118. Dhar, M.S., Joshua S. Yuan, Sarah B. Elliott and Sommardahl C., A type IV P-type ATPase affects insulin-mediated glucose uptake in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle in mice, 2006, Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 17: 811.
  119. Joshua S. Yuan, Ann Reed, Feng Chen, and C. Neal Stewart Jr., Statistical analysis of real-time PCR data, 2006, BMC Bioinformatics, 7:85.

Book Chapters

  1. Zhihua Liu, Joshua S. Yuan*, 2018, Systems biology analyses of lignin conversion, in Lignin Valorization, The Royal Society of Chemistry. 314-332.
  2. Ryan D. Syrenne, Weibing Shi, C. Neal Stewart Jr., Joshua S. Yuan*, 2014, ‘Omics’ platforms: importance of 21st century genome-enabled technologies, in Seed Developmental Research for Improved Seed Quality and Crop Yield, Springer. 43-57.
  3. Ryan D. Syrenne, Shangxian Xie, Jianzhong Sun, Joshua S. Yuan*, 2013, Reverse design of natural biomass utilization systems for biomass conversion, in Biological Conversion of Biomass for Fuels and Chemicals, The Royal Society of Chemistry. 237-247.
  4. Stewart, C. N., Jr., Y. Peng, L. G. Abercrombie, M. D. Halfhill, M. R. Rao, P. Ranjan, J. Hu, R. D. Sammons, G. R. Heck, P. J. Tranel, Joshua S. Yuan 2010. Genomics of glyphosate resistance. in Glyphosate Resistance in Weeds. Wiley-Blackwell.149-164.
  5. Hu, J., P.J. Tranel, C.N. Stewart, Jr., and Joshua S. Yuan*. 2009. Molecular and genomic mechanisms of non-target site herbicide resistance. In Genomics of Weedy and Invasive Plants, Blackwell Scientific Publishing. 149-161.
  6. Feng Chen, Leland Cseke, Hong Lin, Ara Kirakosyan, Joshua S. Yuan, and Peter Kaufman, 2006, The study of plant natural product biosynthesis in the pre-genomics and genomics Eras, in Nature Products from Plants, CRC Press. 203-220.
  7. Joshua S. Yuan and C. N. Stewart Jr., 2005, Real-time PCR statistics. PCR Encyclopedia 1: 101127-101149.