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8082
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Overview

Tao Liu is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple scientific fields, with a primary focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these domains, Liu's work extensively covers subfields such as Geophysics and Environmental Chemistry, alongside contributions to Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's main research topics include seismic waves and analysis, methane hydrates and related phenomena, earthquake detection and analysis, and ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics. Additionally, Liu has engaged in advanced proteomics techniques and applications, mass spectrometry techniques and applications, and studies involving RNA modifications and cancer.

Liu has co-authored numerous publications with frequent collaborators including Karin Rodland, Tujin Shi, Yi-Ting Wang, Athena Schepmoes, and Thomas Fillmore. Their work has been published in a variety of venues, with a large number of publications included in OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). Other frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cancer Research, Cancer Cell, and the European Heart Journal.

Some of Liu's recent scientific contributions are:

  • Proteogenomic and metabolomic characterization of human glioblastoma, 2021, Cancer Cell
  • Integrated Proteogenomic Characterization across Major Histological Types of Pediatric Brain Cancer, 2020, Cell
  • High-throughput and high-efficiency sample preparation for single-cell proteomics using a nested nanowell chip, 2021, Nature Communications
  • An Improved Boosting to Amplify Signal with Isobaric Labeling (iBASIL) Strategy for Precise Quantitative Single-cell Proteomics, 2020, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
  • Automated Coupling of Nanodroplet Sample Preparation with Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry for High-Throughput Single-Cell Proteomics, 2020, Analytical Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Proteogenomic characterization of human colon and rectal cancer

    Bing Zhang;Jing Wang;Xiaojing Wang;Jing Zhu

  • Integrated Proteogenomic Characterization of Human High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

    Hui Zhang;Tao Liu;Zhen Zhang;Samuel H. Payne

  • Proteogenomic Characterization Reveals Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Lung Adenocarcinoma

    Michael A. Gillette;Michael A. Gillette;Shankha Satpathy;Song Cao;Saravana M. Dhanasekaran

  • Integrated Proteogenomic Characterization of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma.

    David J. Clark;Saravana M. Dhanasekaran;Francesca Petralia;Jianbo Pan

  • Proteogenomic and metabolomic characterization of human glioblastoma

    Liang-Bo Wang;Alla Karpova;Marina A. Gritsenko;Jennifer E. Kyle

  • Reversed‐phase chromatography with multiple fraction concatenation strategy for proteome profiling of human MCF10A cells

    Yuexi Wang;Feng Yang;Marina A. Gritsenko;Yingchun Wang

  • Proteogenomic Analysis of Human Colon Cancer Reveals New Therapeutic Opportunities.

    Suhas Vasaikar;Chen Huang;Xiaojing Wang;Vladislav A. Petyuk

  • Targeted Peptide Measurements in Biology and Medicine: Best Practices for Mass Spectrometry-based Assay Development Using a Fit-for-Purpose Approach

    Steven A. Carr;Susan E. Abbatiello;Bradley L. Ackermann;Christoph Borchers

  • Reproducible workflow for multiplexed deep-scale proteome and phosphoproteome analysis of tumor tissues by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

    Philipp Mertins;Philipp Mertins;Lauren C. Tang;Karsten Krug;David J. Clark

  • Human Plasma N-Glycoproteome Analysis by Immunoaffinity Subtraction, Hydrazide Chemistry, and Mass Spectrometry

    Tao Liu;Wei Jun Qian;Marina A. Gritsenko;David G. Camp

  • Advances and Challenges in Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics Profiling for Clinical Applications

    Wei Jun Qian;Jon M. Jacobs;Tao Liu;David G. Camp

  • Probability-based evaluation of peptide and protein identifications from tandem mass spectrometry and SEQUEST analysis: the human proteome.

    Wei Jun Qian;Tao Liu;Matthew E. Monroe;Eric F. Strittmatter

  • Utilizing Human Blood Plasma for Proteomic Biomarker Discovery

    Jon M. Jacobs;Joshua N. Adkins;Wei Jun Qian;Tao Liu

  • Ischemia in Tumors Induces Early and Sustained Phosphorylation Changes in Stress Kinase Pathways but Does Not Affect Global Protein Levels

    Philipp Mertins;Feng Yang;Tao Liu;D. R. Mani

  • Proteogenomic Landscape of Breast Cancer Tumorigenesis and Targeted Therapy.

    Karsten Krug;Eric J. Jaehnig;Shankha Satpathy;Lili Blumenberg

  • A proteogenomic portrait of lung squamous cell carcinoma

    Shankha Satpathy;Karsten Krug;Pierre M. Jean Beltran;Sara R. Savage

  • Proteogenomic characterization of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

    Liwei Cao;Chen Huang;Daniel Cui Zhou;Yingwei Hu

  • Proteogenomic insights into the biology and treatment of HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

    Chen Huang;Lijun Chen;Sara R. Savage;Rodrigo Vargas Eguez

  • Proteogenomic Characterization of Endometrial Carcinoma.

    Yongchao Dou;Emily A. Kawaler;Daniel Cui Zhou;Marina A. Gritsenko

  • Evaluation of Multiprotein Immunoaffinity Subtraction for Plasma Proteomics and Candidate Biomarker Discovery Using Mass Spectrometry

    Tao Liu;Wei Jun Qian;Heather M. Mottaz;Marina A. Gritsenko

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard D. Smith
Richard D. Smith Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Wei-Jun Qian
Wei-Jun Qian Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
David G. Camp
David G. Camp Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Karin D. Rodland
Karin D. Rodland Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Ronald J. Moore
Ronald J. Moore Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Marina A. Gritsenko
Marina A. Gritsenko Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Matthew E. Monroe
Matthew E. Monroe Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Daniel W. Chan
Daniel W. Chan Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Steven A. Carr
Steven A. Carr Broad Institute
Rui Zhao
Rui Zhao Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

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