Winnie Liang
Assistant Professor
Integrated Cancer Genomics/Neurogenomics Divisions
Translational Genomics Research Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Liang received a Bachelor of Science in biological sciences (computational biology option) from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2002, and graduated from Arizona State University's Molecular & Cellular Biology doctoral program in the School of Life Sciences in 2007. Dr. Liang was previously a post-doctoral fellow in TGen's Neurogenomics Division in the lab of Dr. Kendall Jensen. As an Assistant Professor, Dr. Liang has continued Alzheimer's disease research stemming from her graduate and post-doctoral work. Dr. Liang is an Assistant Professor in the Integrated Cancer Genomics and Neurogenomics Divisions and also acts as the Director of the Collaborative Sequencing Center (CSC) at TGen. In 2010, Dr. Liang led the creation of the CSC which acts as TGen's primary next generation sequencing resource.
Research Interest
Alzheimer's disease, Cancer Genomics, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) pathogenesis, neurodegenerative disorder.
Publications
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Long insert whole genome sequencing for copy number variant and translocation detection. Nucleic Acids Research 42(2):e8.
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Simultaneous Characterization of Somatic Events and HPV18 Integration in a Metastatic Cervical Carcinoma Patient Using DNA and RNA Sequencing. Int J Gynecol Canc 24(2):329-38.
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A somatic reference standard for cancer genome sequencing. Scientific Reports 6:24607.
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Phenotypic variability and mTOR pathway gene aberrations in familial tuberous sclerosis. J Ped Neurol (accepted).
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Integrated genomic analyses reveal frequent TERT aberrations in acral melanoma. Gen Research 27(4):524-532.
