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Yiyang Niu

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Cancer Biology· 2 Bioinformatics· 1

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Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 3 Organism:human· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:ATAC-seq· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1

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Ye ZhengiD· 3 shared Aditya Parmar· 1 shared Alex ZeviniD· 1 shared Chun Yin Mak· 1 shared Daniel G CheniD· 1 shared Eric HollandiD· 1 shared Kami AhmadiD· 1 shared Nadiya KhyzhaiD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 3/yr

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Quantifying subcellular organization from localization to co-occurrence with InSpace

Yiyang Niu, Ye Zheng

InSpace quantifies subcellular organization by preserving localization and molecular co-occurrence, revealing spatial programs in B and plasma cells across cancers.

bioRxiv · Nov 2, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology

FFPE-CUTAC: A Single Assay, Multiple Layers

Yiyang Niu, Qunzhi Xu, Chun Yin Mak, Yiling Xu, Aditya Parmar, Alex Zevin, Nadiya Khyzha, Ronald Paranal, Eric Holland, Kami Ahmad, Steven Henikoff, Ye Zheng

FFPE-CUTAC is a new assay for analyzing FFPE tissues that provides regulatory and copy-number profiles, showing robustness over time and compatibility with RNA-seq.

bioRxiv · Sep 22, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology

Single-cell Tree-based Model for Genomic-Disease Association

Zhikang Liu, Yiyang Niu, Tian Le, Daniel G Chen, Yapeng Su, Ye Zheng

scanCT identifies disease-associated genomic feature groups using a tree-based framework applied to single-cell multi-omics COVID-19 data, revealing interpretable marker combinations.

bioRxiv · Jan 2, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics