1. Cortes, M., Lin, Y., Zeng, L.*, and Balázsi, G., From bench to keyboard and back again: a brief history of lambda phage modeling, accepted, Annual Review of Biophysics (2021). * co-corresponding author
2. Costa, T.R.D., Harb, L., Khara, P., Zeng, L., Hu, B., and Christie, P.J. Type IV secretion systems: Advances in structure, function, and activation, Molecular Microbiology (2020)
3. Harb, L., Chamakura, K., Khara, P., Christie, P.J., Young, R., and Zeng, L., ssRNA Phage Penetration Triggers Detachment of the F-pilus, PNAS (2020) News coverage
4. Trinh, J.T. and Zeng, L., “Phage-Phage Interactions” in the book “Biocommunication of Phages”, Springer 2020.
5. Trinh, J.T., Shao, Q., Guan J., and Zeng, L., Emerging Heterogeneous Compartments by Viruses in Single Bacterial Cells, Nature Communications 11, 3813 (2020)
6. Zhang, K., Young, R., and Zeng, L., Bacteriophage P1 does not show spatial preference when infecting Escherichia coli, Virology 542, 1-7(2020)
7. Trinh, J.T. and Zeng, L., Structure Regulates Phage Lysis-Lysogeny Decisions, Trends in Microbiology 27(1), 3-4(2019)
8. Guan, J., Ibarra, D., and Zeng, L., The Role of Side Tail Fibers during the Infection Cycle of Phage Lambda, Virology 527, 57-63(2019)
9. Gordeeva, J., Morozova, N., Sierro, N., Isaev, A., Tsvetkova, K., Matlashov, M., Ivanov, N., Zeng, L., and Severinov, K., BREX System of Escherichia coli Distinguishes Self from Non-Self by Methylation of a Specific DNA Site, Nucleic Acids Research 47(1), 253-265 (2019)
10. Shao, Q., Trinh, J.T., and Zeng, L., High-resolution studies of lysis-lysogeny decision making in bacteriophage lambda,  Journal of Biological Chemistry 294(10), 3343-3349(2019)
11. Shao, Q., Cortes, M., Trinh, J.T., Guan, J., Balázsi, G., and Zeng, L., Coupling of DNA Replication and Negative Feedback Controls Gene Expression for Cell-fate Decisions, iScience 6, 1-12 (2018)
12. Wang, X., Park, S., Zeng, L., Jain, A., and Ha, T., Towards Single-cell Single-molecule Pull-down, Biophysical Journal  115(2), 283-288 (2018)
13. Trinh, J.T., Alkahtani, M.H., Rampersaud, I., Rampersaud, A., Scully, M., Young, R.F., Hemmer, P., and Zeng, L., Fluorescent Nanodiamond-bacteriophage Conjugates Maintain Host Specificity, Biotechnology and Bioengineering 115, 1427-1436 (2018)
14. Cortes, M., Trinh, J.T., Zeng, L., and Balázsi, G., Late-arriving Signals Contribute Less to Cell Fate Decisions, Biophysical Journal 113(9), 2110-2120 (2017)
15. Trinh, J.T. and Zeng, L., Virus Interactions: Competition or Cooperation?, Future Microbiology 12(7), 561-564  (2017)
16. Guan, J., Shi, X., Burgos, R., and Zeng, L., Visualization of Phage DNA Degradation by a Type I CRISPR-Cas System at the Single-cell Level, Quantitative Biology 5(1), 67-75 (2017)
17. Trinh, J.T., Székely, T., Shao, Q., Balázsi, G., and Zeng, L., Cell Fate Decisions Emerge as Phages Cooperate or Compete inside Their Host, Nature Communications 8, 14341 (2017). Natural History magazine, Samplings section. Texas A&M AgriLife Today.
18. Shao, Q., Trinh, J.T., McIntosh, C.S., Christenson, B., Balázsi, G., and Zeng, L., Lysis-lysogeny Coexistence: Prophage Integration during Lytic Development, Microbiologyopen (2016)
19. Fan, X., Duan, X., Huang Q., Zhou, M., Wang, H., Zeng, L., Young, R., and Xie, J., The Global Reciprocal Reprogramming between Mycobacteriophage SWU1 and Mycobacterium Reveals the Molecular Strategy of Subversion and Promotion of Phage Infection, Frontiers in Microbiology 7, article 41 (2016)
20. Fan, X., Yan, J., Xie, L., Zeng, L., Young, R., and Xie, J., Genomic and Proteomic Analyses of Mycobacteriophage SWU1 Isolated from China Soil, Gene 561, 45-53 (2015)
21. Shao, Q., Hawkins, A., and Zeng, L., Phage DNA Dynamics in Cells with Different Fates, Biophysical Journal 108, 2048-2060 (2015)
22. Zeng, L. and Golding, I., Following Cell-fate in E. coli After Infection by Phage Lambda, Journal of Visualized Experiments (56):e3363. (2011)
23. Rothenberg, E., Sepulveda, L.A., Skinner, S.O., Zeng, L., Selvin, P.R. and Golding, I., Single-virus Tracking Reveals a Spatial Receptor-Dependent Search Mechanism, Biophysical Journal 100, 2875-2882 (2011)
24. Zeng, L., Skinner, S.O., Sippy, J., Feiss, M. and Golding, I., Decision Making at a Subcellular Level Determines the Outcome of Bacteriophage Infection, Cell 141(4), 682-691 (2010) Nature Research Highlights
25. Zeng, L., Balachandar, S., Najjar, F. and Fischer, P., Wake Response of a Finite-sized Particle in a Turbulent Channel Flow,  International Journal of Multiphase Flows 36, 406-422 (2010)
26. Zeng, L., Najjar, F., Balachandar, S. and Fischer, P., Forces on a Finite-sized Particle Located Close to a Wall in a Linear Shear Flow, Physics of Fluids 21, 033302 (2009)
27. Zeng, L., Balachandar, S., Fischer, P. and Najjar, F., Interactions of a Stationary Finite-sized Particle with Wall Turbulence,  Journal of Fluid Mechanics 594, 271-305 (2008)
28. Zeng, L., Balachandar, S. and Fischer, P., Wall-induced Forces on a Rigid Sphere at Finite Reynolds Number, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 536, 1-25 (2005)