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Mingxu Fang

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2011

Publications

35

Citations

554

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

16

Publishing since 2011

Research summary
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Mingxu Fang's work centers on circadian clocks (biological timekeeping systems) in bacteria, especially cyanobacteria like Synechococcus elongatus, examining how molecular components reconstitute clock function and regulate gene expression, DNA binding, and stress responses. Some publications also address genomics and regulatory proteins in other bacteria such as Rhodobacter capsulatus, and a smaller cluster of unrelated titles concerns semiconductor device engineering, which appears to reflect a shared author name rather than a related research thread. Overall the core biological research focuses on the molecular mechanisms and evolutionary conservation of circadian rhythm-generating systems across prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

Circadian clock mechanismsCyanobacterial molecular biologyBacterial gene regulation and genomicsRedox and stress response regulationComparative and evolutionary biology of clocks

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade, with a dip in the late 2010s, a rebound in 2022 and 2025, and an average of about 3.2 papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.2/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 1 publication192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication212022: 6 publications6222023: 2 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 5 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences×4
  • Nature×2
  • mBio×2
  • Annual Review of Microbiology×2
  • Microbiology Spectrum×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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