Pathogens evolve in a complex environment affected not only by host immunity but also by the resident gut microbiota. My research investigates how the tripartite interaction among insect hosts, their gut microbiota, and pathogens influences infection dynamics through apparent competition and immune crosstalk.

Keshavarz, M.*, Franz, M., Xie, H., Zanchi, C., Mbedi, S., Sparmann, S., & Rolff, J. (2025). Immune-mediated indirect interaction between gut microbiota and bacterial pathogens. BMC biology, 23(1), 278. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02399-1

Chen, Y., Wang, L., Guo, Y., Zhang, M., Xie, H., Xia, G., Xu, L., Yang, H., & Shen, Y.* (2025). Preparation of isoquercitrin and rhamnose from readily accessible rutin by a highly specific recombinant α-L-rhamnosidase (r-Rha1). Natural product research, 39(9), 2566–2571. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2024.2303600

Xie, H., Zhang, L., Jing, S., Zhou, J., Wu, Q., Yang, Y., … Yang, H. * (2022). Efficient enzymatic hydrolysis of Protogracillin for clean preparation of Prosapogenin A by response surface methodology optimization. Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 15(3), 837–846. https://doi.org/10.1080/17518253.2022.2138723