Junwen Wang

Junwen Wang, Ph.D., develops bioinformatics tools, databases and algorithms that allow scientists to annotate genetic variants by analyzing biomedical big data and to construct gene regulatory networks. Dr. Wang is actively collaborating with biologists and clinicians to apply these methodologies to specific diseases for research and clinical treatments. He is currently focusing his research on lung, breast, brain and colon cancers.

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS), next-generation sequencing (NGS) and other high-throughput platforms are generating large amounts of data. A challenge facing researchers is how to efficiently analyze and interpret data, reduce false-positives, link to clinical phenotypes, and unravel underlying molecular mechanisms to ultimately benefit patients. Dr. Wang's strategy is to develop more-reliable computational tools for prediction, followed by experimental validation.

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• MS - Computer Information Technology University of Pennsylvania
• Ph.D. - Fisheries/Food Engineering University of Washington
• ME - Food Engineering Jiangnan University
• BE - Food Engineering Huazhong Agricultural University