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Wen-Wei Liao, PhD

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Yale School of Medicine

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Postdoctoral Associate

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

    Postdoctoral Associate
    Primary
    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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