* denotes the papers for which Yun Zhang is a corresponding author.

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Publications 

*    Shen, Y., Zhang, J., Calarco, J.A. and Zhang, Y.  EOL-1, the homolog of the mammalian Dom3Z, regulates olfactory learning in C. elegans. Journal of Neuroscience, in press (2014) .       

*    Allen, E.N., Ren, J., Zhang, Y. and Alcedo, J. The sensory systems: their impact on C. elegans survival. Neuroscience, in press (2014). 

*    Harris, G., Shen, Y., Ha, H-I., Donato, A., Wallis, S., Zhang, X. and Zhang, Y.  Dissecting the signaling mechanisms underlying recognition and preference of food odors. Journal of Neuroscience, 34(28): 9389-403 (2014).

*    Luo, L.^¶, Wen, Q.^¶, Ren, J.^¶, Hendricks, M.^¶, Gershow, M., Qin, Y., Greenwood, J., Soucy, E., Klein, M., Smith, H.K., Calvo, A., Colon-Ramos, D.A., Samuel, A.D. and Zhang, Y.  Dynamic encoding of perception, memory and movement in a C. elegans chemotaxis circuit. Neuron 82(5):1115-28 (2014). ¶: co-first author.

*    Fernandes de Abreu, D.A., Caballero, A., Fardel, P., Stroustrup, N., Chen, Z., et al., Antebi, A., Blanc, E., Apfeld, J., Zhang, Y., Alcedo, J. and Ch’ng, Q.L. An insulin-to-insulin regulatory network orchestrates phenotypic specificity in development and physiology. PLoS Genetics, 10(3):e1004225 (2014).

*    Luo, L., Cook, N., Venkatachalam, V., Martinez-Velazquez, L.A., Zhang, X., Calvo, A.C., Hawk, J., Macinnis, B.L., Frank, M., Ng, J.H., Klein, M., Gershow, M., Hammarlund, M., Goodman, M.B., Colon-Ramos, D.A., Zhang, Y. and Samuel, A.D.  Bidirectional thermotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans is mediated by distinct sensorimotor strategies driven by the AFD thermosensory neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 111(7): 2776-2781 (2014). 

*    Bahrami, A. and Zhang, Y. When females produce sperm: genetics of C. elegans hermaphrodite reproductive choice. Genes, Genomes, Genetics 3(10):1851-1859 (2013).

*    Hendricks, M. and Zhang, Y.  Complex RIA calcium dynamics and its function in navigational behavior. Worm 2(3): e25546 (2013).

*    Chen, Z., Hendricks, M., Cornils, A., Maier, W., Alcedo, J. and Zhang, Y.  Two insulin-like peptides antagonistically regulate aversive olfactory learning in C. elegans.  Neuron 77(3), 572-585 (2013).

*    Qin, Y., Zhang, X. and Zhang, Y.   A neuronal signaling pathway of CaMKII and Gqa regulates experience-dependent transcription of tph-1.   Journal of Neuroscience 33(3): 925-935 (2013).

Lee, H., Crane, M.M., Zhang, Y. and Lu, H. Quantitative screening of genes regulating tryptophan hydroxylase transcription in Caenorhabditis elegans using microfluidics and an adaptive algorithm.  Integrative Biology 5(2): 372-380 (2013).

*    Alcedo, J. and Zhang, Y. Molecular and cellular circuits underlying Caenorhabditis elegans olfactory plasticity. Invertebrate Learning and Memory, Chapter 10, edited by Randolf Menzel and Paul Benjamin, Elsevier, ISBN: B978-0-12-415823-8 (2013). 

*    Hendricks, M., Ha, H-I., Maffey, N. and Zhang, Y. Compartmentalized calcium dynamics in a C. elegans interneuron encode head movement.  Nature 487, 99–103 (2012).  

*    Zhang, X. and Zhang, Y.   DBL-1, a TGF-β, is essential for Caenorhabditis elegans aversive olfactory learning.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 109(42):17081-17086 (2012).

Cornils, A., Gloeck, M., Chen, Z., Zhang, Y. and Alcedo, J. Specific insulin-like peptides encode sensory information to regulate distinct developmental processes.  Development 138(6), 1183-1193 (2011).

*    Ha, H-I., Hendricks, M., Shen, Y., Gabel, C.V., Fang-Yen, C.M., Qin, Y., Colón-Ramos, D.A., Shen, K., Samuel, A.D. and Zhang, Y.  Functional organization of a neural network for aversive olfactory learning in Caenorhabditis elegans.  Neuron 68(6), 1173-1186 (2010). The featured article of the issue.

*    Zhang, X. and Zhang, Y.  Neural-immune communication in Caenorhabditis elegans.  Cell Host & Microbe 5(5): 425-429 (2009).

*    Zhang, Y. Neural mechanisms of Caenorhabditis elegans and pathogenic bacteria interactions. Current Opinion in Microbiology 11(3), 257-261 (2008).

Luo, L., Gabel, C.V., Ha, H-I., Zhang, Y. and Samuel, A.D. Olfactory behavior of swimming C. elegans analyzed by measuring motile responses to temporal variations of odorants.  Journal of Neurophysiology 99(5), 2617-2625 (2008).

Pradel, E.^¶, Zhang, Y. ^¶, Pujol, N., Matsuyama, T., Bargmann, C.I. and Ewbank, J.J.  Detection and avoidance of a natural product from the pathogenic bacterium Serratia marcescens by Caenorhabditis elegans.   Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104(7), 2295-2300 (2007). ^¶: co-first author.

Zhang, Y., Lu, H. and Bargmann, C.I.  Pathogenic bacteria induce aversive olfactory learning in Caenorhabditis elegans.   Nature 438, 179-184 (2005). 

Zhang, Y. and Chalfie, M.  MTD-1, a touch-cell-specific membrane protein with a subtle effect on touch sensitivity.   Mechanisms of Development 119(1), 3-7 (2002).

Zhang, Y., Ma, C., Delohery, T., Nasipak, B., Foat, B.C., Bounoutas, A., Bussemaker, H.J., Kim, S.K. and Chalfie, M.  Identification of genes expressed in C. elegans touch receptor neurons.  Nature 418, 331-335 (2002).