Publications & Manuscripts

1. Zihan Yang, Lulu Shang. (2026). MANGO: Mapping Multi-cell-type Multi-scale Spatial Relationships in Spatially Resolved Omics. Manuscript in preparation. Poster accepted to STAIX.

   First author. Developed the statistical test and multiscale permutation framework; designed simulation studies and benchmarked performance across 2D and 3D spatial omics datasets.

2. Yuchen Wang, Conor K. Camplisson, Bokai Zhu, Zihan Yang, Yuzhou Chang, Shreyansh Padhy, Alex K. Shalek, Brian J. Beliveau, Sizun Jiang. (2026). ProbeGPT: An Agentic Framework for Spatial Omics Probe Design and Validation. Abstract submitted to NeurIPS. Manuscript in preparation.

   Co-second author. Built automated retrieval workflows and developed the question-generation and benchmarking framework for evaluating user Q&A performance.

3. Xiaoyun Ding, Yuki Ogawa, Victoria L. Palfini, Wei Zhang, Andrew P. Anderson, Lucia Gancedo-Lopez, Zian Liao, Zihan Yang, and collaborators. (2026). Paralemmin 2 is a shared, alternatively-spliced regulator of axon initial segments and paranodal junctions in oligodendrocytes. Submitted to Nature Communications.

   Performed alternative splicing analysis and dimension reduction on a large-scale scRNA-seq dataset.

4. Pengdong Chen, Laura Yee, Zihan Yang, Somereet Nijjer, Evan Siemann. (2026). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and local soil biota influence invasion intensity of Chinese tallow tree. In review, Plant Ecology.

   Quantified arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization frequency through microscopic analysis of plant root samples.