Research Scientist, Center for RNA Molecular Biology

Education: Ph.D.: The Ohio State University, 2004. Postdoc: The Ohio State University, 2005-2008

Email: xxb16

Office Location: Wood Blgd. W106B

Office Phone: 216-368-1072

Office FAX: 216-368-2010

Dr. Bai is a bioinformatics expert. As a critical member of the Genome and Transcriptome Sequencing Core, Dr. Bai servse the CWRU community in assisting with next generation sequencing analysis. Please see www.rnadnaseq.org for more information.

Pubmed Link to Publications

Select Publications

Bai, X., Mamidala, P., Rajarapu, S.P., Jones, S.C., & Mittapalli, O. (2011) Transcriptomics of the bed bug (Cimex lectularius). PLoS ONE 6, e16336. PMCID: PMC21283830 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21283830)

Bai, X., Rivera-Vega, L., Mamidala, P., Bonello, P., Herms, D.A., & Mittapalli, O. (2011) Transcriptomic signatures of ash (Fraxinus spp.) phloem. PLoS ONE 6, e16368. PMCID: PMC21283712 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21283712)

Mittapalli, O., Bai, X., Mamidala, P., Rajarapu, S.P., Bonello, P., & Herms, D.A. (2010) Tissue-specific transcriptomics of the exotic invasive insect pest emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis). PLoS ONE 5, e13708. PMCID: PMC21060843 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21060843)

Bai, X., Zhang, W., Orantes, L., Jun, T.-H., Mittapalli, O., Mian, R., & Michel, A.P. (2010) Combining next-generation sequencing strategies for rapid molecular resource development from an invasive aphid species, Aphis glycines. PLoS ONE 5, e11370. PMCID: PMC20614011 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20614011)

Bai, X., Adams, B.J., Ciche, T.A., Clifton, S., Gaugler, R., Hogenhout, S.A., Spieth, J., Sternberg, P.W., Wilson, R.K., & Grewal, P.S. (2009) Transcriptomic analysis of the entomopathogenic nematode, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora TTO1. BMC Genomics 10, 205. PMCID: PMC19405965 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19405965)

Adhikari, B.N., Lin, C.-Y., Bai, X., Ciche, T.A., Grewal, P.S., Dillman, A.R., Chaston, J.M., Shapiro Ilan, D.I., Bilgrami, A.L., Gaugler, R., Sternberg, P.W., & Adams, B.J. (2009) Transcriptional profiling of trait deterioration in the insect pathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora. BMC Genomics 10, 609. PMCID: PMC20003534 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=20003534)

Bai, X. & Grewal, P.S. (2009) TIGERA: A new tool for Illumina gene expression reads analysis. Proceedings of the Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics, IEEE Computer Society Press, 37-41.

Bai, X., Correa, V.R., Toruno, T.Y., Dreos, R., Ammar, E.-D., Kamoun, S., & Hogenhout, S.A. (2009) AY-WB phytoplasma secretes an effector protein that targets nuclei and alters gene expression of host plant cells. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 22, 18-30. PMCID: PMC19061399 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19061399)

Bai, X., Zhang, J., Ewing, A., Miller, S.A., Radek, A.J., Tsukerman, K, Walunas, T., Lapidus, A., Campbell, J.W., & Hogenhout, S.A. (2006) Living with genome instability: the adaptation of phytoplasmas to diverse environments of their insect and plant hosts. Journal of Bacteriology 188(10), 3682-3696. PMCID: PMC16672622 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16672622)