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Overview

Qiandong Zeng is affiliated with LabCorp in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Plant Science, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's scholarly output addresses a variety of topics such as:

  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
  • Biomedical and Engineering Education
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Qiandong Zeng has published in several scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • F1000Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Communications Biology
  • Nature Communications

Notable recent publications by Qiandong Zeng include:

  • "The genome of opportunistic fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum carries a unique set of lineage-specific chromosomes" (2020, Communications Biology)
  • "A diploid assembly-based benchmark for variants in the major histocompatibility complex" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "A strategy for building and using a human reference pangenome" (2021, F1000Research)
  • "Clinical characterization of the mutational landscape of 24,639 real-world samples from patients with myeloid malignancies" (2023, Cancer Genetics)
  • "A customized scaffolds approach for the detection and phasing of complex variants by next-generation sequencing" (2020, Scientific Reports)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Stanley Letovsky, Fritz J. Sedlazeck, Chen-Shan Chin, Angela Kenyon, and Marcia Eisenberg, indicating ongoing engagement within a network of researchers focused on genomics and related biomedical fields.

Best Publications

  • Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome.

    Manfred G Grabherr;Brian J Haas;Moran Yassour;Moran Yassour;Joshua Z Levin

  • Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

    Curtis Huttenhower;Curtis Huttenhower;Dirk Gevers;Rob Knight;Rob Knight;Sahar Abubucker

  • Pilon: An Integrated Tool for Comprehensive Microbial Variant Detection and Genome Assembly Improvement

    Bruce J. Walker;Thomas Abeel;Terrance Shea;Margaret Priest

  • A framework for human microbiome research

    Barbara A. Methé;Karen E. Nelson;Mihai Pop;Heather H. Creasy

  • Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium

    Li Jun Ma;H. Charlotte Van Der Does;Katherine A. Borkovich;Jeffrey J. Coleman

  • Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector

    Vishvanath Nene;Jennifer R. Wortman;Daniel Lawson;Brian Haas

  • Evolution of pathogenicity and sexual reproduction in eight Candida genomes.

    Geraldine Butler;Matthew D. Rasmussen;Michael F. Lin;Michael F. Lin;Manuel A. S. Santos

  • Genomic Analysis of the Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea

    Joelle Amselem;Christina A. Cuomo;Jan A. L. van Kan;Muriel Viaud

  • Lifestyle transitions in plant pathogenic Colletotrichum fungi deciphered by genome and transcriptome analyses

    Richard J. O'Connell;Michael R. Thon;Stéphane Hacquard;Stefan G. Amyotte

  • Genome Sequence and Comparative Analysis of the Solvent-Producing Bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum

    J Nölling;G Breton;M V Omelchenko;K S Makarova;K S Makarova

  • A Catalog of Reference Genomes from the Human Microbiome

    Karen E. Nelson;George M. Weinstock;Sarah K. Highlander

  • Comparative Genomics Yields Insights into Niche Adaptation of Plant Vascular Wilt Pathogens

    Steven J. Klosterman;Krishna V. Subbarao;Seogchan Kang;Paola Veronese

  • Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

    Monika Gulia-Nuss;Monika Gulia-Nuss;Andrew B. Nuss;Andrew B. Nuss;Jason M. Meyer;Jason M. Meyer;Daniel E. Sonenshine

  • Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts

    Nicholas Rhind;Zehua Chen;Moran Yassour;Moran Yassour;Dawn A. Thompson

  • Emergence of Epidemic Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcus faecium from Animal and Commensal Strains

    François Lebreton;François Lebreton;Willem van Schaik;Willem van Schaik;Willem van Schaik;Abigail Manson McGuire Manson McGuire;Paul Godfrey

  • Insights into evolution of multicellular fungi from the assembled chromosomes of the mushroom Coprinopsis cinerea (Coprinus cinereus)

    Jason E. Stajich;Jason E. Stajich;Jason E. Stajich;Sarah K. Wilke;Dag Ahrén;Chun Hang Au

  • Analysis of the Genome and Transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii Reveals Complex RNA Expression and Microevolution Leading to Virulence Attenuation

    Guilhem Janbon;Kate L. Ormerod;Damien Paulet;Edmond J. Byrnes

  • Genomic Analysis of the Basal Lineage Fungus Rhizopus oryzae Reveals a Whole-Genome Duplication

    Li Jun Ma;Ashraf S. Ibrahim;Christopher Skory;Manfred G. Grabherr

  • Whole genome deep sequencing of HIV-1 reveals the impact of early minor variants upon immune recognition during acute infection

    Matthew R. Henn;Christian L. Boutwell;Patrick Charlebois;Niall J Lennon

  • Comparative genomic analyses of the human fungal pathogens Coccidioides and their relatives

    Thomas J. Sharpton;Jason E. Stajich;Steven D. Rounsley;Malcolm J. Gardner

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah Young
Sarah Young University of North Georgia
Bruce W. Birren
Bruce W. Birren Broad Institute
Christina A. Cuomo
Christina A. Cuomo Broad Institute
Brian J. Haas
Brian J. Haas Broad Institute
Jennifer R. Wortman
Jennifer R. Wortman Broad Institute
Ashlee M. Earl
Ashlee M. Earl Broad Institute
Joshua Z. Levin
Joshua Z. Levin Broad Institute
Chad Nusbaum
Chad Nusbaum Cellarity
Jason E. Stajich
Jason E. Stajich University of California, Riverside
James E. Galagan
James E. Galagan Boston University

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