Feiqiao Brian Yu

6.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
36 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Feiqiao Brian Yu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Feiqiao Brian Yu has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Feiqiao Brian Yu's work include Gut microbiota and health (14 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers). Feiqiao Brian Yu is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (14 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers). Feiqiao Brian Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Canada. Feiqiao Brian Yu's co-authors include Bryan D. Merrill, Justin L. Sonnenburg, Dylan Dahan, Erica D. Sonnenburg, William Van Treuren, Stephen R. Quake, Hannah C. Wastyk, Joshua E. Elias, Carlos G. Gonzalez and Dalia Perelman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Feiqiao Brian Yu

36 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Gut-microbiota-targeted diets modulate human immune status

2021 790 citations Hannah C. Wastyk, Gabriela K. Fragiadakis et al. Cell profile →
Single-cell transcriptional diversity is a hallmark of developmental potential

2020 712 citations Gunsagar S. Gulati, Shaheen S. Sikandar et al. Science profile →
Ultra-deep sequencing of Hadza hunter-gatherers recovers vanishing gut microbes

2023 101 citations Matthew M. Carter, Matthew R. Olm et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Feiqiao Brian Yu United States	20	1.9k	363	347	315	284	36	2.9k
Na Li China	30	1.7k 0.9×	367 1.0×	413 1.2×	450 1.4×	348 1.2×	188	3.7k
Mathangi Thiagarajan United States	13	2.1k 1.1×	569 1.6×	257 0.7×	246 0.8×	186 0.7×	18	3.4k
Qiyun Zhu United States	30	2.4k 1.2×	730 2.0×	346 1.0×	331 1.1×	271 1.0×	72	3.9k
Caitlin A. Brennan United States	17	2.4k 1.2×	269 0.7×	421 1.2×	461 1.5×	221 0.8×	19	3.7k
Clarisse Marotz United States	21	2.5k 1.3×	445 1.2×	490 1.4×	338 1.1×	191 0.7×	36	4.2k
Andrew Maltez Thomas Brazil	17	1.8k 0.9×	395 1.1×	403 1.2×	340 1.1×	310 1.1×	28	2.9k
Amrit Singh Canada	13	1.7k 0.9×	206 0.6×	459 1.3×	161 0.5×	173 0.6×	46	3.4k
Linghua Wang United States	29	1.9k 1.0×	154 0.4×	581 1.7×	272 0.9×	244 0.9×	160	3.4k
Ayshwarya Subramanian United States	12	1.8k 0.9×	137 0.4×	419 1.2×	230 0.7×	144 0.5×	16	2.8k
Anita Y. Voigt Germany	17	1.3k 0.7×	193 0.5×	295 0.9×	424 1.3×	203 0.7×	28	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Feiqiao Brian Yu

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Jin, Xiaofan, Alice G. Cheng, Rachael B. Chanin, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive profiling of genomic invertons in defined gut microbial community reveals associations with intestinal colonization and surface adhesion. Microbiome. 13(1). 71–71. 3 indexed citations

Shelton, Amanda N., Feiqiao Brian Yu, Arthur Grossman, & Devaki Bhaya. (2025). Abundant and active community members respond to diel cycles in hot spring phototrophic mats. The ISME Journal. 19(1). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Songnan, Volker Böhnert, Gemini Skariah, et al.. (2023). ENPP1 is an innate immune checkpoint of the anticancer cGAMP–STING pathway in breast cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(52). e2313693120–e2313693120. 33 indexed citations

Olm, Matthew R., Dylan Dahan, Matthew M. Carter, et al.. (2022). Robust variation in infant gut microbiome assembly across a spectrum of lifestyles. Science. 376(6598). 1220–1223. 110 indexed citations

Speth, Daan R., Feiqiao Brian Yu, Stephanie A. Connon, et al.. (2022). Microbial communities of Auka hydrothermal sediments shed light on vent biogeography and the evolutionary history of thermophily. The ISME Journal. 16(7). 1750–1764. 24 indexed citations

Ng, Katharine M., Feiqiao Brian Yu, Bryan D. Merrill, et al.. (2022). The CIAMIB: a Large and Metabolically Diverse Collection of Inflammation-Associated Bacteria from the Murine Gut. mBio. 13(2). e0294921–e0294921. 12 indexed citations

Guthrie, Leah, Sean P. Spencer, Dalia Perelman, et al.. (2022). Impact of a 7-day homogeneous diet on interpersonal variation in human gut microbiomes and metabolomes. Cell Host & Microbe. 30(6). 863–874.e4. 35 indexed citations

Arjes, Heidi A., Jiawei Sun, Hualan Liu, et al.. (2022). Construction and characterization of a genome-scale ordered mutant collection of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron. BMC Biology. 20(1). 285–285. 13 indexed citations

Wastyk, Hannah C., Gabriela K. Fragiadakis, Dalia Perelman, et al.. (2021). Gut-microbiota-targeted diets modulate human immune status. Cell. 184(16). 4137–4153.e14. 790 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lam, Kathy N., Peter Spanogiannopoulos, Margaret Alexander, et al.. (2021). Phage-Delivered CRISPR-Cas9 for Strain-Specific Depletion and Genomic Deletions in the Gut Microbiome. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Lam, Kathy N., Peter Spanogiannopoulos, Margaret Alexander, et al.. (2021). Phage-delivered CRISPR-Cas9 for strain-specific depletion and genomic deletions in the gut microbiome. Cell Reports. 37(5). 109930–109930. 100 indexed citations

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Vasquez, Kimberly S., Lisa Willis, Nate Cira, et al.. (2021). Quantifying rapid bacterial evolution and transmission within the mouse intestine. Cell Host & Microbe. 29(9). 1454–1468.e4. 26 indexed citations

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Gulati, Gunsagar S., Shaheen S. Sikandar, Daniel J. Wesche, et al.. (2020). Single-cell transcriptional diversity is a hallmark of developmental potential. Science. 367(6476). 405–411. 712 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schmidt, Stephanie, Feiqiao Brian Yu, Paul C. Blainey, Andrew P. May, & Stephen R. Quake. (2019). Nucleic acid cleavage with a hyperthermophilic Cas9 from an uncultured Ignavibacterium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(46). 23100–23105. 16 indexed citations

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Berghuis, Bojk A., Feiqiao Brian Yu, Frederik Schulz, et al.. (2019). Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in archaeal phylum Verstraetearchaeota reveals the shared ancestry of all methanogens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(11). 5037–5044. 145 indexed citations

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Schulz, Frederik, Lauren V. Alteio, Danielle Goudeau, et al.. (2018). Hidden diversity of soil giant viruses. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4881–4881. 103 indexed citations

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Gasch, Audrey P., Feiqiao Brian Yu, James Hose, et al.. (2017). Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals intrinsic and extrinsic regulatory heterogeneity in yeast responding to stress. PLoS Biology. 15(12). e2004050–e2004050. 107 indexed citations

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Yu, Feiqiao Brian, Lisa Willis, Rosanna Man Wah Chau, et al.. (2017). Long-term microfluidic tracking of coccoid cyanobacterial cells reveals robust control of division timing. BMC Biology. 15(1). 11–11. 36 indexed citations

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Cerny, Robert, Maria V. Cattell, Tatjana Sauka‐Spengler, et al.. (2010). Evidence for the prepattern/cooption model of vertebrate jaw evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(40). 17262–17267. 77 indexed citations

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Yu, Feiqiao Brian, et al.. (2010). Stiction of parylene C to silicon surface measured using blister tests. 313–316. 1 indexed citations

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