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3690
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1838

Overview

Wei-Jun Qian is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications

Wei-Jun Qian has authored numerous papers, with a selection of recent publications covering diverse themes and appearing in various reputable journals:

  • Single-Cell Characterization of Malignant Phenotypes and Developmental Trajectories of Adrenal Neuroblastoma, 2020, Cancer Cell
  • Tutorial: Best Practices and Considerations for Mass-Spectrometry-Based Protein Biomarker Discovery and Validation, 2021, Nature Protocols
  • Temporal Dynamics of the Multi-Omic Response to Endurance Exercise Training, 2024, Nature
  • Advances and Prospects for the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP), 2023, Nature Cell Biology
  • Late-Life Restoration of Mitochondrial Function Reverses Cardiac Dysfunction in Old Mice, 2020, eLife

The frequent co-authors in their body of work include Yinyin Ye, Kristin Burnum-Johnson, Carrie Nicora, Thomas Fillmore, and Yuqian Gao, reflecting a broad collaborative network.

Publication venues that Wei-Jun Qian has contributed to most often include:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Proteome Research
  • Diabetes
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Nanodroplet processing platform for deep and quantitative proteome profiling of 10-100 mammalian cells.

    Ying Zhu;Paul D. Piehowski;Rui Zhao;Jing Chen

  • Normalization Approaches for Removing Systematic Biases Associated with Mass Spectrometry and Label-Free Proteomics

    Stephen J. Callister;Richard C. Barry;Joshua N. Adkins;Ethan T. Johnson

  • Detection and Imaging of Zinc Secretion from Pancreatic β-Cells Using a New Fluorescent Zinc Indicator

    Kyle R Gee;Zhang-Lin Zhou;Wei-Jun Qian;Robert Kennedy

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

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

  • DAnTE: a statistical tool for quantitative analysis of -omics data

    Ashoka D. Polpitiya;Wei-Jun Qian;Navdeep Jaitly;Vladislav A. Petyuk

  • 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

  • Advances in Proteomics Data Analysis and Display Using an Accurate Mass and Time Tag Approach

    Jennifer S D Zimmer;Matthew E. Monroe;Wei Jun Qian;Richard D. Smith

  • Advancing the sensitivity of selected reaction monitoring-based targeted quantitative proteomics

    Tujin Shi;Dian Su;Tao Liu;Keqi Tang

  • 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

  • Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry-based Quantitative Proteomics

    Fang Xie;Tao Liu;Wei Jun Qian;Vladislav A. Petyuk

  • Antibody-free, targeted mass-spectrometric approach for quantification of proteins at low picogram per milliliter levels in human plasma/serum

    Tujin Shi;Thomas L. Fillmore;Xuefei Sun;Rui Zhao

  • SerpinB1 Promotes Pancreatic β Cell Proliferation

    Abdelfattah El Ouaamari;Ercument Dirice;Nicholas Gedeon;Jiang Hu

  • Advances in targeted proteomics and applications to biomedical research

    Tujin Shi;Ehwang Song;Song Nie;Karin D. Rodland

  • Enhanced Detection of Low Abundance Human Plasma Proteins Using a Tandem IgY12-SuperMix Immunoaffinity Separation Strategy

    Wei Jun Qian;David T. Kaleta;Brianne O. Petritis;Hongliang Jiang

  • Recommendations for the Generation, Quantification, Storage, and Handling of Peptides Used for Mass Spectrometry–Based Assays

    Andrew N. Hoofnagle;Jeffrey R. Whiteaker;Steven A. Carr;Eric Kuhn

  • Improved peptide elution time prediction for reversed-phase liquid chromatography-MS by incorporating peptide sequence information

    Konstantinos Petritis;Lars J. Kangas;Bo Yan;Matthew E. Monroe

  • Clinical Microfluidics for Neutrophil Genomics and Proteomics

    Kenneth T. Kotz;Wenzong Xiao;Wenzong Xiao;Carol Miller-Graziano;Wei Jun Qian

  • Quantitative Proteome Analysis of Human Plasma following in Vivo Lipopolysaccharide Administration Using 16O/18O Labeling and the Accurate Mass and Time Tag Approach

    Wei Jun Qian;Matthew E. Monroe;Tao Liu;Jon M. Jacobs

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard D. Smith
Richard D. Smith Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
David G. Camp
David G. Camp Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Tao Liu
Tao Liu 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
Karin D. Rodland
Karin D. Rodland Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Rohit N. Kulkarni
Rohit N. Kulkarni Harvard Medical School
Rui Zhao
Rui Zhao Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Joshua N. Adkins
Joshua N. Adkins Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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