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Weiwei Dang

Baylor College of MedicineORCID 0000-0002-6931-4636Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genetics· 2 Bioinformatics· 1 Genomics· 1 Systems Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 3 Organism:yeast· 3 Organism:C. elegans· 2 Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1

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Brenna S. McCauley· 2 shared Hao‐Bo GuoiD· 2 shared Hong HQ QiniD· 2 shared Mehran GhafariiD· 2 shared Ruofan YuiD· 2 shared Aashna Lamba· 1 shared Adarsh RajeshiD· 1 shared Adrianna Abele· 1 shared

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Nucleosome stability safeguards cell identity, stress resilience and healthy aging

Hiroshi Tanaka, Brenna S. McCauley, Clara Guida, Xue Lei, Sha Li, Tatiana M. Moreno, K'leigh Guillotte, Zong Ming Chua, Adrianna Abele, Aashna Lamba, Rouven Arnold, Adarsh Rajesh, Marcos G. Teneche, Laurence Haddadin, Anagha J. Deshpande, , Peter D. Adams

The paper shows that reduced nucleosome stability impairs cell identity, stress resilience, and healthy aging across species.

bioRxiv · Sep 17, 2025 · PreprintGenomics

Lysosomes Signal through Epigenome to Regulate Longevity across Generations

Qinghao Zhang, Weiwei Dang, Meng Carla Wang

The paper shows lysosomal pathways influence epigenetic marks in C. elegans, extending lifespan across generations through histone modifications.

bioRxiv · May 21, 2025 · PreprintGenetics

Yeast EndoG prevents genome instability by degrading cytoplasmic DNA

Yang Yu, Xin Wang, Jordan Fox, Ruofan Yu, Pilendra Kumar Thakre, Brenna S. McCauley, Nicolas Nikoloutsos, Qian Li, P. J. Hastings, Weiwei Dang, Kaifu Chen, Grzegorz Ira

The paper investigates the role of yeast EndoG (Nuc1) in preventing genome instability by degrading cytoplasmic DNA and regulating its transfer to the nucleus.

Nature Communications · Sep 3, 2024Peer-reviewedGenetics

Protein interaction probability landscapes for yeast replicative aging

Hao‐Bo Guo, Mehran Ghafari, Weiwei Dang, Hong HQ Qin

The paper introduces a probability landscape approach to analyze gene network changes during yeast replicative aging, revealing distinct roles for essential and hub proteins.

Scientific Reports · Mar 30, 2021Peer-reviewedSystems Biology

Complementary Performances of Convolutional and Capsule Neural Networks on Classifying Microfluidic Images of Dividing Yeast Cells

Mehran Ghafari, Justin Clark, Hao‐Bo Guo, Ruofan Yu, Yu Sun, Weiwei Dang, Hong HQ Qin

This study compares convolutional and capsule neural networks for classifying microfluidic images of dividing yeast cells, finding convolutional networks more accurate overall while capsule networks excel at specific categories.

PLoS ONE · Mar 17, 2021Peer-reviewedBioinformatics