LIU LAB @ UChicago – Understanding the genetics of complex diseases and gene regulation

We combine statistical methods and genomic data to understand the genetic basis of complex traits and diseases.

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News! Jan 2025

Jiaming was admitted to the GGSB program at UChicago! He will start his PhD journal in September 2025. Congratulations, Jiaming!

News! Dec 2024

Congratulations, DR. Wang! Lili will join Sasha Gusev’s lab for her postdoctoral training at Dana Faber and Harvard Medical School.

News! Sep 2024

Xuanyao received the UChicago pedagogy 2024 fellowship!

News! August 2022

Lili’s work on trans-PCO is accepted as a PLATFORM TALK in ASHG 2022! Great work, Lili!

News! August 2022

Nikita’s work on identifying trans-regulatory network is accepted as a POSTER presentation at ASHG 2022! Great Work, Nikita!

News! August 2022

Marie’s work on dissecting PRS portability is accepted as a POSTER in ASHG 2022! Great work, Marie!

News! July 2020

Our lab received the NIGMS Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) (R35) to expand our research on studying trans gene regulation and trans regulatory network in human complex traits!

News! Dec 2022

Lili is awared the Nan Xiao Prize for computational reproducibility 2022. Congratulations Lili!

At our lab, no two days are alike – it’s a thrilling place where things constantly evolve and progress! Our team is passionate about uncovering new discoveries that will improve our understanding of complex disease genetics; if you’re interested in helping us on this quest, please feel free to contact us!