- Y. Wu, C. Chen, S. Li. "Development of a suite of activatable plant synthetic promoter systems using a bacterial LysR-type transcriptional regulator FdeR", Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology, 2026.
- J. Han*, E. Parker Miller*, S. Li. "Cutting-edge plant natural product pathway elucidation", Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2024.
- D. A. Specht, T. J. Sheppard, F. Kennedy, S. Li, G. Gadikota, B. Barstow, "Efficient natural plasmid transformation of Vibrio natriegens enables zero-capital molecular biology", PNAS, 2024
- J. Han, & S. Li. "CYP screening for a better terpenoid world". Nature Catalysis, 2023
- Y. Wu*, C. Liu*, A. Koganitsky, F. Gong, S. Li. "Discovering Dynamic Plant Enzyme Complexes in Yeast for Kratom Alkaloid Pathway Identification", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023
- J. Han, S. Li, "De novo biosynthesis of berberine and halogenated benzylisoquinoline alkaloids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae", Communications Chemistry, 2023
- Y. Wu, F. L. Gong, S. Li, "Leveraging yeast to characterize plant biosynthetic gene clusters", Current Opinions in Plant Biology, 2023
- C. Liu, S. Li, "Engineered Biosynthesis of Plant Polyketides by Type III Polyketide Synthases in Microorganisms", Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022
- F. L. Gong, J. Han, S. Li, "MULTI-SCULPT: Multiplex Integration via Selective CRISPR-Mediated, Ultralong Pathway Transformation in Yeast for Plant Natural Product Synthesis", ACS Synthetic Biology, 2022
- Y. Wu, M. N. Chen and S. Li, "De novo biosynthesis of diverse plant-derived styrylpyrones in Saccharomyces cerevisiae", Metabolic engineering communications, 2022
- J. Han, Y. Wu and S. Li, "Engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae to produce plant benzylisoquinoline alkaloids", aBIOTECH, 2021
- T. Franklin, Y. Wu, J. Lang, S. Li, and R. Yang, “Design of polymeric thin films to direct microbial biofilm growth, virulence, and metabolism”, Biomacromolecules. 2021, October 25
- D. Kong*, S. Li* and C. D. Smolke, "Discovery of a previously unknown biosynthetic capacity of naringenin chalcone synthase by heterologous expression of a tomato gene cluster in yeast", Science Advances, 2020, Vol. 6, no. 44, eabd1143
- Y. Li*, S. Li* and C. D. Smolke, “Complete and engineered biosynthesis of noscapine in yeast”, PNAS, 2018, 3922-3931
- S. Li*, Y. Li* and C. D. Smolke, “Strategies for microbial synthesis of high-value phytochemicals”, Nature Chemistry, 2018, 395-404
- S. Li, T. Si and H. Zhao, “Development of a synthetic malonyl-CoA sensor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for intracellular metabolite monitoring and genome-wide screening”, ACS Synthetic Biology, 2015, 4, 1308-1315
- M. Wang, S. Li and H. Zhao, “Design and engineering of intracellular-metabolite-sensing/regulation gene circuits in eukaryotes”, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2016, 113, 206-215
- S. Li*, S. Ha*, H. Kim, J. M. Galazka, J. H. D. Cate, Y. Jin and H. Zhao, “Investigation of the functional role of aldose 1-epimerase in engineered cellobiose utilization”, Journal of Biotechnology, 2013, 10, 1-6
- D. Eriksen, S. Li, H. Zhao, “Pathway engineering as an enabling synthetic biology tool”, Synthetic Biology: Tools and Applications, Elsevier, 2012, 43-62
- S. Li, J. Du, J. Sun, J. M. Galazka, N. L. Glass, J. H. D. Cate, X. Yang and H. Zhao, “Overcoming glucose repression in mixed sugar fermentation by co-expressing a cellobiose transporter and a β- glucosidase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, Molecular Biosystems, 2010, 6, 2129-2213
- J. Du, S. Li and H. Zhao, “Discovery and characterization of novel D-xylose-specific transporters from Neurospora crassa and Pichia stipitis”, Molecular Biosystems, 2010, 6, 2150-2156
