Dr. Zhang’s research interests focus on food safety and food microbiology. His research integrates transcriptomics, machine learning, nanotechnology, and biointerface science to study the mechanisms of pathogen persistence. This research will also help to develop new surveillance platforms and intervention strategies to mitigate microbial food safety risks in our food system. Dr. Zhang teaches Advanced Food Microbiology (FOS.6226C).
Dr. Zhang’s research interests focus on food safety and food microbiology. His research integrates microbial omics, machine learning, nanotechnology, and biointerface science to study the mechanisms of pathogen persistence. This research will also help to develop new surveillance platforms and intervention strategies to mitigate microbial food safety risks in our food system. His current research projects include:
- Nondestructive pathogen surveillance using artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled sensor array
- Nanopore transcriptome sequencing as pathogen surveillance and microbial transcriptomics
- Biointerface science and mechanism-based intervention of pathogen biofouling and biofilm
Selected publications:
- Fang, Y., Changavi, A,. Yang, M., Sun, L., Zhang, A., Sun, D., Zhang, B.*, Xu, M. 2022. Nanopore whole transcriptome analysis and pathogen surveillance by a novel solid-phase catalysis approach. Advanced Science. 9, 3, 2103373. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202103373
- Yang, M., Liu, X., Luo, Y., Pearlstein, A., Wang, S., Dillow, H., Reed, K., Jia, Z., Sharma, A., Zhou, B., Pearlstein, D., Yu, H., Zhang, B.* 2021. Paper chromogenic array enabled by machine learning – a tool for nondestructive surveillance and monitoring of viable pathogens in food. Nature Food, 2, 110-117. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00229-5
- Jia, Z., Luo, Y., Pearlstein, A., Wang, D., Sharma, A., Lin S., Block, E., Yang, M., Gu, T., Yu, H., Zhang, B.* 2021. Nondestructive multiplex detection of foodborne pathogens with background microflora and symbiosis using a paper chromogenic array and advanced neural network. Biosensor Bioelectronics. 183, 113209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2021.113209
- Wang, Y., Zhang, B.*, Dodiuk, H., Kenig, S., Barry, C., Ratto, J., Mead, J., Jia, Z., Kaynar, S., Zhang, J. 2021. Effect of protein adsorption on air plastron behavior of a superhydrophobic surface. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13, 48, 58096-58103. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c15981
- Gu, T., Meesrisom, A., Luo, Y., Dinh, Q., Lin, S., Yang, M., Sharma, A., Tang, R., Jia, Z., Zhang, J., Millner, P., Pearlstein, A., Zhang, B.* 2021. Listeria monocytogenes biofilm formation as affected by stainless steel surface topography and coating composition. Food Control. 130, 108275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108275
- Yang, M., Cousineau, A., Liu, X., Luo, Y., Sun, D., Li, S., Sun, L., Xu, M., Zhang, B.* 2020. Direct metatranscriptome RNA-seq and multiplex RT-PCR amplicon sequencing on Nanopore MinION – Promising strategies for multiplex identification of viable pathogens in food. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 514. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00514
Boce Zhang, Ph.D.