1. Wei Liu^#, Shuai Zhang^#, Jie Zhang^#, Zhen Tian, Yuanbo Xue, Ling Yang, Jun Xu^*, Guirong Wang^*. Asymmetric Evolution of Antennal Cell Types Underlies a Derived Ammonia-Sensing Logic for Ecological Adaptation in Bactrocera dorsalis. Advanced Science. 2026, e77168.

2. Jun Xu^{#, *}, Wei Zhang^{#, *}. From fossils to genomes: decoding the insect world. National Science Review. 2025, 12(3):nwaf055.

3. Jun Xu^{#, *}, Ying Liu^{#, *}, Fangying Yang, Yurou Cao, Weihang Chen, Joshua Shing Shun Li, Shuai Zhang, Aram Comjean, Yanhui Hu, Norbert Perrimon^*. Mechanistic characterization of a Drosophila model of paraneoplastic nephrotic syndrome. Nature Communications. 2024, 15(1):1241.

4. Chiwei Xu^{#, *}, Jun Xu^#, Hong-Wen Tang, Jui-Hsia Weng, Maria Ericsson, Jonathan DiRusso, Yanhui Hu, Wenzhe Ma, John M. Asara, Norbert Perrimon^*. A phosphate-sensing organelle regulates phosphate storage and tissue homeostasis. Nature. 2023, 617(7962):798-806

5. Ben Ewen-Campen^#, Haojiang Luan^#, Jun Xu^#, Rohit Singh^#, Neha Joshi, Tanuj Thakkar, Bonnie Berger, Benjamin H White, Norbert Perrimon^*. split-intein Gal4 provides intersectional genetic labeling that is repressible by Gal80. PNAS. 2023, 20(24): e2304730120.

6. Jun Xu^#, Yifang Liu^#, Hongjie Li, Alexander J. Tarashansky, Colin H. Kalicki, Ruei-Jiun Hung, Yanhui Hu, Aram Comjean, Sai Saroja Kolluru, Bo Wang, Stephen R Quake, Liqun Luo, Andrew P. McMahon, Julian A.T. Dow, Norbert Perrimon^*. Transcriptional and functional motifs defining renal function revealed by single nuclear sequencing. PNAS. 2022, 119(25): e2203179119.

7. Jun Xu^{#, *}, Ah-Ram Kim^#, Ross W. Cheloha, Fabian A. Fischer, Joshua Shing Shun Li, Yuan Feng, Emily Stoneburner, Richard Binari, Stephanie E. Mohr, Jonathan Zirin, Hidde Ploegh, Norbert Perrimon^*. Protein visualization and manipulation in Drosophila through the use of epitope tags recognized by nanobodies.eLife. 2022, 11, e74326.

8. Jun Xu^#, Wei Liu^#, Dehong Yang, Shuqing Chen, Kai Chen, Zulian Liu, Xu Yang, Jing Meng, Guanheng Zhu, Shuanglin Dong, Yong Zhang, Shuai Zhan, Guirong Wang^*, Yongping Huang^*. Regulation of olfactory-based sex behaviors in the silkworm by genes in the sex-determination cascade. PLoS Genetics. 2020,16(6): e1008622. 2(12):e628.

9. Jun Xu, Xia Xu, Shuai Zhan, Yongping Huang^*. Genome editing in insects: Current status and challenges. National Science Review. 2019, 6: 399–401.

10. Jun Xu^#, Qinglin Dong^#, Ye Yu, Baolong Niu, Dongfeng Ji, Muwang Li, Yongping Huang, Xin Chen, Anjiang Tan^*. Mass spider silk production through targeted gene replacement in Bombyx mori. PNAS. 2018, 115(35): 8757–8762.

11. Jun Xu, Shuqing Chen, Baosheng Zeng, Anthony A. James, Anjiang Tan^*, Yongping Huang^*. Bombyx mori P-element somatic inhibitor (BmPSI) is a key auxiliary factor for silkworm male sex determination. PLoS Genetics. 2017, 13(1): e1006576.