Yansheng Liu, PhD
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Biography
Dr. Liu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Yale University School of Medicine. He is also a group leader in quantitative proteomics at the Yale Cancer Biology Institute and Yale Cancer Center. Dr. Liu received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011. He then carried out his post-doctoral training at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, under the mentorship of Ruedi Aebersold. In December 2017, Yansheng joined the faculty at Yale and began his independent career. His research program is focused on analyzing protein turnover and post-translational modifications for understanding cancer aneuploidy, cellular signaling transduction, and biodiversity. The Liu Lab also aims to contribute to the development of multiplexed data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry (DIA-MS) approaches. Dr. Liu has received the 2021 ASMS Research Award, HUPO ECR Award (winner), and the 2023 US HUPO Robert J. Cotter Award.
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral fellowshipETH Zurich, Switzerland (2017)
- PhDChinese Academy of sciences, Biomedical Sciences (2011)
- BSBeijing Forestry University (2005)
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Robert J. Cotter Award | US HUPO | 2023 |
| 2021 HUPO Early Career Researcher ECR Manuscript Award (Winner) | The Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) | 2021 |
| Career Enhancement Program (CEP) award | Yale SPORE in Lung Cancer | 2021 |
| Early Career Faculty Award | Annual Meeting, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) | 2021 |
| 2021 ASMS Research Award | American Society for Mass Spectrometry | 2021 |
| Emerging Investigator | Molecular Omics, The Royal Society of Chemistry | 2021 |
| 2021 YCC Pilot Research Grant Award | Yale Cancer Center | 2020 |
| Emerging Investigator | American Society for Mass Spectrometry | 2019 |
| 2019 YCC Pilot Research Grant Award | Yale Cancer Center | 2019 |
| 2018 Pilot Grant Award | Cancer Systems Biology@Yale | 2018 |
Professional Service
| Organization | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|
| ASMS | Abstract Reviewer | 2024 |
| Advisory Board, US HUPO | Member | 2024 - Present |
| HUPO Education & Training Committee | Committee Member | 2022 - Present |
| Proteomics | Special Issue: "PTM and phenotype" | 2021 - Present |
| CASMS | Session Chair | 2020 - Present |
| Review Commons, EMBO | Editorial Advisory Board | 2019 - Present |
| HUPO Awards Committee | Committee Member | 2018 - Present |
| Proteomics-Clinical Applications | Editorial Board Member | 2017 - Present |
| Proteomics | Editorial Board Member | 2017 - Present |
Departments & Organizations
- Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology (BQBS)
- Cancer Signaling Networks
- Center for Biomedical Data Science
- Center for Infection and Immunity
- Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
- Pharmacology
- Primary Faculty
- Yale Cancer Biology Institute
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)