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    Wen-Wei Liao, PhD

    Postdoctoral Associate
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    Biography

    Wen-Wei Liao, born and raised in Taiwan, is a postdoctoral associate in Dr. Ira Hall’s lab at Yale School of Medicine. His work focuses on human pangenomics, structural variant detection, and the development of bioinformatics tools. As a member of the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, he has contributed to building and refining the human pangenome reference, a resource designed to overcome the limitations of traditional linear genome models and advance understanding of genetic variation in health and disease.

    Last Updated on August 31, 2025.

    Appointments

    • Genetics

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      Genetics

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    Education & Training

    PhD
    Washington University in St. Louis, Biology and Biomedical Sciences
    MS
    National Tsing Hua University, Systems Neuroscience
    BS
    National Tsing Hua University, Life Science

    Research

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Wen-Wei Liao's published research.

    Publications

    Featured Publications

    • A draft human pangenome reference
      Liao W, Asri M, Ebler J, Doerr D, Haukness M, Hickey G, Lu S, Lucas J, Monlong J, Abel H, Buonaiuto S, Chang X, Cheng H, Chu J, Colonna V, Eizenga J, Feng X, Fischer C, Fulton R, Garg S, Groza C, Guarracino A, Harvey W, Heumos S, Howe K, Jain M, Lu T, Markello C, Martin F, Mitchell M, Munson K, Mwaniki M, Novak A, Olsen H, Pesout T, Porubsky D, Prins P, Sibbesen J, Sirén J, Tomlinson C, Villani F, Vollger M, Antonacci-Fulton L, Baid G, Baker C, Belyaeva A, Billis K, Carroll A, Chang P, Cody S, Cook D, Cook-Deegan R, Cornejo O, Diekhans M, Ebert P, Fairley S, Fedrigo O, Felsenfeld A, Formenti G, Frankish A, Gao Y, Garrison N, Giron C, Green R, Haggerty L, Hoekzema K, Hourlier T, Ji H, Kenny E, Koenig B, Kolesnikov A, Korbel J, Kordosky J, Koren S, Lee H, Lewis A, Magalhães H, Marco-Sola S, Marijon P, McCartney A, McDaniel J, Mountcastle J, Nattestad M, Nurk S, Olson N, Popejoy A, Puiu D, Rautiainen M, Regier A, Rhie A, Sacco S, Sanders A, Schneider V, Schultz B, Shafin K, Smith M, Sofia H, Abou Tayoun A, Thibaud-Nissen F, Tricomi F, Wagner J, Walenz B, Wood J, Zimin A, Bourque G, Chaisson M, Flicek P, Phillippy A, Zook J, Eichler E, Haussler D, Wang T, Jarvis E, Miga K, Garrison E, Marschall T, Hall I, Li H, Paten B. A draft human pangenome reference. Nature 2023, 617: 312-324. PMID: 37165242, PMCID: PMC10172123, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05896-x.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research

    2025

    • Highly accurate assembly polishing with DeepPolisher
      Mastoras M, Asri M, Brambrink L, Hebbar P, Kolesnikov A, Cook D, Nattestad M, Lucas J, Won T, Chang P, Carroll A, Paten B, Shafin K, Consortium A, Tayoun A, Albracht D, Allen J, Alsheikh-Ali A, Andrews C, Antipov D, Antonacci-Fulton L, Asri M, Ayllon M, Balacco J, Belter E, Bender H, Blair A, Buonaiuto S, Bolognini D, Bonini K, Boucher C, Bourque G, Cao S, Carroll A, Mc Cartney A, Cechova M, Chang P, Chang X, Cheema J, Cheng H, Ciofi C, Cody S, Colonna V, Conwell H, Cook-Deegan R, Diekhans M, Diroma M, Doerr D, Dong Z, Durbin R, Ebler J, Eichler E, Eizenga J, Eskandar P, Ferro E, Fiston-Lavier A, Ford S, Ford W, Formenti G, Frankish A, Freeberg M, Fu Q, Fullerton S, Fulton R, Gao Y, Garcia G, Garcia O, Gardner J, Garg S, Garrison E, Garrison N, Garza J, Ghorbani M, Graves-Lindsay T, Green R, Groza C, Guarracino A, Gymrek M, Haggerty L, Hall I, Hansen N, Hashmi M, Haeussler M, Haussler D, Hebbar P, Heringer P, Hickey G, Hillaker T, Hossain S, Huang N, Hunt S, Hunt T, Jafarzadeh N, Jain N, Jarvis E, Jiang J, LoTempio J, Kenny E, Kim J, Koo B, Koren S, Kremitzki M, Langmead B, Zhuo X, Lawson H, Li D, Li H, Liao W, Lin J, Liu T, Logsdon G, Lorig-Roach R, Loucks H, Loveland J, Lu J, Lu S, Lucas J, Macias-Velasco J, Marin M, Marsico F, Makova K, Markovic C, Marschall T, Martin F, Mastoras M, Mayoud C, McNulty B, Medico J, Menendez J, Miga K, Minkina A, Mitchell M, Mohanty S, Mokrab Y, Monlong J, Moosa S, Moreno-Ochando A, Morishita S, Mudge J, Munson K, Mwaniki N, Nassir N, Natali C, Negi S, Ni L, Novak A, Owa C, Paez S, Paten B, Clawson H, Peano C, Phillippy A, Pickett B, Pignata L, Pisanti N, Porubsky D, Prins P, Radhakrishnan A, Raney B, Rautiainen M, Raveane A, Ren L, Rhie A, Salehi F, Sacco S, Schatz M, Scheinfeldt L, Sehgal A, Seligmann W, Shabani M, Shafin K, Shahatit S, Shemirani R, Shivakumar V, Sinha S, Sirén J, Smeds L, Solar S, Sollitto M, Soranzo N, Stergachis A, Suner M, Suzuki Y, Söylev A, Tierney J, Tomlinson C, Tricomi F, Uddin M, Ungaro M, Varki R, Villani F, Vollger M, Walenz B, Wang C, Wang L, Wang T, Wenger A, Whelan C, Xin Z, Xu Z, Ye K, Yoo D, Zhang W, Zhou Y, Violich I, Zunino G. Highly accurate assembly polishing with DeepPolisher. Genome Research 2025, 35: 1595-1608. PMID: 40389286, PMCID: PMC12212083, DOI: 10.1101/gr.280149.124.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research

    2023

    2018

    • Driver Fusions and Their Implications in the Development and Treatment of Human Cancers
      Gao Q, Liang W, Foltz S, Mutharasu G, Jayasinghe R, Cao S, Liao W, Reynolds S, Wyczalkowski M, Yao L, Yu L, Sun S, Group T, Network T, Caesar-Johnson S, Demchok J, Felau I, Kasapi M, Ferguson M, Hutter C, Sofia H, Tarnuzzer R, Wang Z, Yang L, Zenklusen J, Zhang J, Chudamani S, Liu J, Lolla L, Naresh R, Pihl T, Sun Q, Wan Y, Wu Y, Cho J, DeFreitas T, Frazer S, Gehlenborg N, Getz G, Heiman D, Kim J, Lawrence M, Lin P, Meier S, Noble M, Saksena G, Voet D, Zhang H, Bernard B, Chambwe N, Dhankani V, Knijnenburg T, Kramer R, Leinonen K, Liu Y, Miller M, Reynolds S, Shmulevich I, Thorsson V, Zhang W, Akbani R, Broom B, Hegde A, Ju Z, Kanchi R, Korkut A, Li J, Liang H, Ling S, Liu W, Lu Y, Mills G, Ng K, Rao A, Ryan M, Wang J, Weinstein J, Zhang J, Abeshouse A, Armenia J, Chakravarty D, Chatila W, de Bruijn I, Gao J, Gross B, Heins Z, Kundra R, La K, Ladanyi M, Luna A, Nissan M, Ochoa A, Phillips S, Reznik E, Sanchez-Vega F, Sander C, Schultz N, Sheridan R, Sumer S, Sun Y, Taylor B, Wang J, Zhang H, Anur P, Peto M, Spellman P, Benz C, Stuart J, Wong C, Yau C, Hayes D, Parker J, Wilkerson M, Ally A, Balasundaram M, Bowlby R, Brooks D, Carlsen R, Chuah E, Dhalla N, Holt R, Jones S, Kasaian K, Lee D, Ma Y, Marra M, Mayo M, Moore R, Mungall A, Mungall K, Robertson A, Sadeghi S, Schein J, Sipahimalani P, Tam A, Thiessen N, Tse K, Wong T, Berger A, Beroukhim R, Cherniack A, Cibulskis C, Gabriel S, Gao G, Ha G, Meyerson M, Schumacher S, Shih J, Kucherlapati M, Kucherlapati R, Baylin S, Cope L, Danilova L, Bootwalla M, Lai P, Maglinte D, Van Den Berg D, Weisenberger D, Auman J, Balu S, Bodenheimer T, Fan C, Hoadley K, Hoyle A, Jefferys S, Jones C, Meng S, Mieczkowski P, Mose L, Perou A, Perou C, Roach J, Shi Y, Simons J, Skelly T, Soloway M, Tan D, Veluvolu U, Fan H, Hinoue T, Laird P, Shen H, Zhou W, Bellair M, Chang K, Covington K, Creighton C, Dinh H, Doddapaneni H, Donehower L, Drummond J, Gibbs R, Glenn R, Hale W, Han Y, Hu J, Korchina V, Lee S, Lewis L, Li W, Liu X, Morgan M, Morton D, Muzny D, Santibanez J, Sheth M, Shinbrot E, Wang L, Wang M, Wheeler D, Xi L, Zhao F, Hess J, Appelbaum E, Bailey M, Cordes M, Ding L, Fronick C, Fulton L, Fulton R, Kandoth C, Mardis E, McLellan M, Miller C, Schmidt H, Wilson R, Crain D, Curley E, Gardner J, Lau K, Mallery D, Morris S, Paulauskis J, Penny R, Shelton C, Shelton T, Sherman M, Thompson E, Yena P, Bowen J, Gastier-Foster J, Gerken M, Leraas K, Lichtenberg T, Ramirez N, Wise L, Zmuda E, Corcoran N, Costello T, Hovens C, Carvalho A, de Carvalho A, Fregnani J, Longatto-Filho A, Reis R, Scapulatempo-Neto C, Silveira H, Vidal D, Burnette A, Eschbacher J, Hermes B, Noss A, Singh R, Anderson M, Castro P, Ittmann M, Huntsman D, Kohl B, Le X, Thorp R, Andry C, Duffy E, Lyadov V, Paklina O, Setdikova G, Shabunin A, Tavobilov M, McPherson C, Warnick R, Berkowitz R, Cramer D, Feltmate C, Horowitz N, Kibel A, Muto M, Raut C, Malykh A, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Barrett W, Devine K, Fulop J, Ostrom Q, Shimmel K, Wolinsky Y, Sloan A, De Rose A, Giuliante F, Goodman M, Karlan B, Hagedorn C, Eckman J, Harr J, Myers J, Tucker K, Zach L, Deyarmin B, Hu H, Kvecher L, Larson C, Mural R, Somiari S, Vicha A, Zelinka T, Bennett J, Iacocca M, Rabeno B, Swanson P, Latour M, Lacombe L, Têtu B, Bergeron A, McGraw M, Staugaitis S, Chabot J, Hibshoosh H, Sepulveda A, Su T, Wang T, Potapova O, Voronina O, Desjardins L, Mariani O, Roman-Roman S, Sastre X, Stern M, Cheng F, Signoretti S, Berchuck A, Bigner D, Lipp E, Marks J, McCall S, McLendon R, Secord A, Sharp A, Behera M, Brat D, Chen A, Delman K, Force S, Khuri F, Magliocca K, Maithel S, Olson J, Owonikoko T, Pickens A, Ramalingam S, Shin D, Sica G, Van Meir E, Zhang H, Eijckenboom W, Gillis A, Korpershoek E, Looijenga L, Oosterhuis W, Stoop H, van Kessel K, Zwarthoff E, Calatozzolo C, Cuppini L, Cuzzubbo S, DiMeco F, Finocchiaro G, Mattei L, Perin A, Pollo B, Chen C, Houck J, Lohavanichbutr P, Hartmann A, Stoehr C, Stoehr R, Taubert H, Wach S, Wullich B, Kycler W, Murawa D, Wiznerowicz M, Chung K, Edenfield W, Martin J, Baudin E, Bubley G, Bueno R, De Rienzo A, Richards W, Kalkanis S, Mikkelsen T, Noushmehr H, Scarpace L, Girard N, Aymerich M, Campo E, Giné E, Guillermo A, Van Bang N, Hanh P, Phu B, Tang Y, Colman H, Evason K, Dottino P, Martignetti J, Gabra H, Juhl H, Akeredolu T, Stepa S, Hoon D, Ahn K, Kang K, Beuschlein F, Breggia A, Birrer M, Bell D, Borad M, Bryce A, Castle E, Chandan V, Cheville J, Copland J, Farnell M, Flotte T, Giama N, Ho T, Kendrick M, Kocher J, Kopp K, Moser C, Nagorney D, O’Brien D, O’Neill B, Patel T, Petersen G, Que F, Rivera M, Roberts L, Smallridge R, Smyrk T, Stanton M, Thompson R, Torbenson M, Yang J, Zhang L, Brimo F, Ajani J, Gonzalez A, Behrens C, Bondaruk J, Broaddus R, Czerniak B, Esmaeli B, Fujimoto J, Gershenwald J, Guo C, Lazar A, Logothetis C, Meric-Bernstam F, Moran C, Ramondetta L, Rice D, Sood A, Tamboli P, Thompson T, Troncoso P, Tsao A, Wistuba I, Carter C, Haydu L, Hersey P, Jakrot V, Kakavand H, Kefford R, Lee K, Long G, Mann G, Quinn M, Saw R, Scolyer R, Shannon K, Spillane A, Stretch J, Synott M, Thompson J, Wilmott J, Al-Ahmadie H, Chan T, Ghossein R, Gopalan A, Levine D, Reuter V, Singer S, Singh B, Tien N, Broudy T, Mirsaidi C, Nair P, Drwiega P, Miller J, Smith J, Zaren H, Park J, Hung N, Kebebew E, Linehan W, Metwalli A, Pacak K, Pinto P, Schiffman M, Schmidt L, Vocke C, Wentzensen N, Worrell R, Yang H, Moncrieff M, Goparaju C, Melamed J, Pass H, Botnariuc N, Caraman I, Cernat M, Chemencedji I, Clipca A, Doruc S, Gorincioi G, Mura S, Pirtac M, Stancul I, Tcaciuc D, Albert M, Alexopoulou I, Arnaout A, Bartlett J, Engel J, Gilbert S, Parfitt J, Sekhon H, Thomas G, Rassl D, Rintoul R, Bifulco C, Tamakawa R, Urba W, Hayward N, Timmers H, Antenucci A, Facciolo F, Grazi G, Marino M, Merola R, de Krijger R, Gimenez-Roqueplo A, Piché A, Chevalier S, McKercher G, Birsoy K, Barnett G, Brewer C, Farver C, Naska T, Pennell N, Raymond D, Schilero C, Smolenski K, Williams F, Morrison C, Borgia J, Liptay M, Pool M, Seder C, Junker K, Omberg L, Dinkin M, Manikhas G, Alvaro D, Bragazzi M, Cardinale V, Carpino G, Gaudio E, Chesla D, Cottingham S, Dubina M, Moiseenko F, Dhanasekaran R, Becker K, Janssen K, Slotta-Huspenina J, Abdel-Rahman M, Aziz D, Bell S, Cebulla C, Davis A, Duell R, Elder J, Hilty J, Kumar B, Lang J, Lehman N, Mandt R, Nguyen P, Pilarski R, Rai K, Schoenfield L, Senecal K, Wakely P, Hansen P, Lechan R, Powers J, Tischler A, Grizzle W, Sexton K, Kastl A, Henderson J, Porten S, Waldmann J, Fassnacht M, L. S, Schadendorf D, Couce M, Graefen M, Huland H, Sauter G, Schlomm T, Simon R, Tennstedt P, Olabode O, Nelson M, Bathe O, Carroll P, Chan J, Disaia P, Glenn P, Kelley R, Landen C, Phillips J, Prados M, Simko J, Smith-McCune K, VandenBerg S, Roggin K, Fehrenbach A, Kendler A, Sifri S, Steele R, Jimeno A, Carey F, Forgie I, Mannelli M, Carney M, Hernandez B, Campos B, Herold-Mende C, Jungk C, Unterberg A, von Deimling A, Bossler A, Galbraith J, Jacobus L, Knudson M, Knutson T, Ma D, Milhem M, Sigmund R, Godwin A, Madan R, Rosenthal H, Adebamowo C, Adebamowo S, Boussioutas A, Beer D, Giordano T, Mes-Masson A, Saad F, Bocklage T, Landrum L, Mannel R, Moore K, Moxley K, Postier R, Walker J, Zuna R, Feldman M, Valdivieso F, Dhir R, Luketich J, Pinero E, Quintero-Aguilo M, Carlotti C, Dos Santos J, Kemp R, Sankarankuty A, Tirapelli D, Catto J, Agnew K, Swisher E, Creaney J, Robinson B, Shelley C, Godwin E, Kendall S, Shipman C, Bradford C, Carey T, Haddad A, Moyer J, Peterson L, Prince M, Rozek L, Wolf G, Bowman R, Fong K, Yang I, Korst R, Rathmell W, Fantacone-Campbell J, Hooke J, Kovatich A, Shriver C, DiPersio J, Drake B, Govindan R, Heath S, Ley T, Van Tine B, Westervelt P, Rubin M, Lee J, Aredes N, Mariamidze A, Chen K, Lazar A, Fields R, Wendl M, Van Tine B, Vij R, Chen F, Nykter M, Shmulevich I, Ding L. Driver Fusions and Their Implications in the Development and Treatment of Human Cancers. Cell Reports 2018, 23: 227-238.e3. PMID: 29617662, PMCID: PMC5916809, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.03.050.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research
    • Prenatal Growth Patterns and Birthweight Are Associated With Differential DNA Methylation and Gene Expression of Cardiometabolic Risk Genes in Human Placentas: A Discovery-Based Approach
      Chen P, Chu A, Liao W, Rubbi L, Janzen C, Hsu F, Thamotharan S, Ganguly A, Lam L, Montoya D, Pellegrini M, Devaskar S. Prenatal Growth Patterns and Birthweight Are Associated With Differential DNA Methylation and Gene Expression of Cardiometabolic Risk Genes in Human Placentas: A Discovery-Based Approach. Reproductive Sciences 2018, 25: 523-539. PMID: 28693373, PMCID: PMC6348426, DOI: 10.1177/1933719117716779.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research

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