Pengyuan Liu, PhD
Research Professor, Physiology
Research Interests
Dr. Pengyuan Liu's research interests are in bioinformatics and genomics of complex diseases. His goals are to utilize multi-omics approaches to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of complex diseases as well as to develop statistical and computational methods for discovery using biomedical big data.
Publication Highlights
Liu P, Wang Y, Vikis H, Maciag A, Wang D, Lu Y, Liu Y, You M*. Candidate lung tumor susceptibility genesidentified through whole-genome association analyses in inbred mice. Nat Genet. 2006; 38: 888-95.PMID: 16862160
Hua X, Xu H, Yang Y, Zhu J, Liu P*, Lu Y*. DrGaP: A powerful tool for identifying driver genes andpathways in cancer sequencing studies. Am J Hum Genet. 2013; 93: 439-51. PMCID: PMC3769934
Han Y#, Yang J#, Qian X, Cheng WC, Liu SH, Hua X, Zhou L, Yang Y, Wu Q, Liu P*, Lu Y*. DriverML: amachine learning algorithm for identifying driver genes in cancer sequencing studies. Nucleic Acids Res.2019; 47(8):e45. PMCID: PMC6486576
Degrees
- 1996 BS - Zhejiang University
- 2002 - Zhejiang University
- 2004 Post-Doctral Statistical Genetics - Washington University
- 2006 Post-Doctoral Statistical Genetics - Wahington University