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Liang Zhao

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Bioinformatics· 1 Cancer Biology· 1 Genomics· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1

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Scott GiffordiD· 2 shared Charles S. AbramsiD· 1 shared Chenyu Li· 1 shared Guozhang Tang· 1 shared Hiroaki KajihoiD· 1 shared Hong Zhou· 1 shared Junko SasakiiD· 1 shared Liwei Zhang· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 4/yr

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4 papers

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scCircaSim: A Circadian Simulator for Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics

Chenyu Li, Liwei Zhang, Qian Zhang, Liang Zhao, Xiaoxia Song, Yu Tian, Guozhang Tang, Hong Zhou, Zhibin Wang, Pin Sun

scCircaSim generates circadian single-cell and spatial transcriptomic data with known ground truth to evaluate analysis methods.

bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

Transcriptional Markers of Organic Substrate Utilization in a Marine Bacterium

Samantha Kimberly Cerda, Melanie Cohn, Liang Zhao, Scott Gifford

This study evaluates the reliability of using bacterial transcriptomes to identify organic substrate utilization in a marine bacterium exposed to single or mixed substrates.

bioRxiv · Jun 26, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Quantitative metagenomics reveals fine-scale population dynamics across bacteria, archaea, and microbial eukaryotes in an estuarine-coastal continuum

Liang Zhao, Nathaniel P. Curtis, Ryan W. Paerl, Scott Gifford

This study uses quantitative metagenomics to track microbial population dynamics across estuarine and coastal waters, revealing niche partitioning and ecological interactions.

bioRxiv · May 29, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

PITPβ Drives JAK2 V617F-Mediated Myeloproliferative Neoplasms by Promoting PtdIns(3,4)P2-Dependent AKT Hyperactivation

Nikita Vantsev, Liang Zhao, Shin Morioka, Hiroaki Kajiho, Junko Sasaki, Takehiko Sasaki, Charles S. Abrams, Wei Tong

This study identifies PITPβ as a critical driver of JAK2 V617F-mediated myeloproliferative neoplasms by promoting PtdIns(3,4)P2-dependent AKT hyperactivation, suggesting therapeutic targeting of this pathway.

bioRxiv · Mar 30, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology