Qinnan Yang

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · University of Michigan

Mid career · publishing since 2013Rising activity

Gut microbiota and health Food composition and properties Probiotics and Fermented Foods Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Animal Nutrition and Physiology

Publications

Citations

488

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2013

In context

Among 1,692 mid career Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology PIs within our index

Citations: 488cohort median 809

Publications / year (recent): 4.6cohort median 3.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~8 · 5% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 15 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.6/year recently

Collaborators per year

Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.

Recent publications

Degradation of mucin O -glycans by a human gut symbiont requires a complex enzyme repertoire and promotes colonization
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026
Low biomass bacterial transcriptomics takes shape
Trends in Microbiology · 2025
Genetic variation and historical breeding patterns in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) affect fermentation patterns by the human gut microbiome
Communications Biology · 2025
Genomic co-localization of variation affecting agronomic and human gut microbiome traits in a meta-analysis of diverse sorghum
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · 2024
In Vitro Fermentation of Animal and Plant Protein Isolates by the Human Gut Microbiota Under High and Low Carbohydrate Conditions
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research · 2024
Influence of overcooking on in vitro digestion and fermentation of ground beef and whole wheat bread
Food Research International · 2024
Alkali treatment of maize bran affects utilization of arabinoxylan and other non-digestible carbohydrates by the human gut microbiota in vitro in a dose-dependent manner
Food Hydrocolloids · 2024
The waxy mutation in sorghum and other cereal grains reshapes the gut microbiome by reducing levels of multiple beneficial species
Gut Microbes · 2023
Megasphaera elsdenii, a commensal member of the gut microbiota, is associated with elevated gas production during in vitro fermentation
Gut Microbiome · 2023
P20-025-23 Protection Against Acute Colitis in Human Microbiota Associated Mice Consuming Whole Grain Sorghum Flour Is Not Directly Attributable to Dietary Resistant Starch
Current Developments in Nutrition · 2023
Grain Utilization by the Gut Microbiome as a Human Health Phenotype to Identify Multiple Effect Loci in Genome-Wide Association Studies of Sorghum bicolor
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2023
Genetic analysis of seed traits in Sorghum bicolor that affect the human gut microbiome
Nature Communications · 2022
The Unique Seed Protein Composition of Quality Protein Popcorn Promotes Growth of Beneficial Bacteria From the Human Gut Microbiome
Frontiers in Microbiology · 2022
Near isogenic lines (NIL) of sorghum carrying wild type or waxy alleles of the granule-bound starch synthase (GBSS) gene have distinct effects on human gut microbiome phenotypes and host physiological characteristics
Research Square · 2022
Complex Trait Analysis of Human Gut Microbiome-Active Traits in Sorghum bicolor: a new category of human health traits in food crops
Research Square · 2022

Publishes in

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
Nature Communications×2
Food Research International×2
Frontiers in Microbiology×2
Research Square×2

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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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