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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1993 - COPSS Presidents' Award
  • 1986 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Wing Hung Wong is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. The primary area of research centers on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology, genetics, cancer research, artificial intelligence, and oncology as subfields of study.

The main topics of Wong's work cover:

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Genomics and chromatin dynamics
  • Epigenetics and DNA methylation
  • Bioinformatics and genomic networks
  • Genetic associations and epidemiology
  • Cancer genomics and diagnostics
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Wong has published extensively in various venues, frequently appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications
  • Genome Biology

Recent papers include:

  • "scJoint integrates atlas-scale single-cell RNA-seq and ATAC-seq data with transfer learning" (2022) in Nature Biotechnology
  • "Simultaneous deep generative modelling and clustering of single-cell genomic data" (2021) in Nature Machine Intelligence
  • "Nested epistasis enhancer networks for robust genome regulation" (2022) in Science
  • "Chromatin accessibility landscape and regulatory network of high-altitude hypoxia adaptation" (2020) in Nature Communications
  • "Cost-effective methylome sequencing of cell-free DNA for accurately detecting and locating cancer" (2022) in Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors include Qiao Liu, Zhana Duren, Rui Jiang, Alexander E. Urban, and Jingxue Xin.

Among professional recognitions, Wong has received the following awards:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2002)
  • COPSS Presidents' Award (1993)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1986)

Best Publications

  • The calculation of posterior distributions by data augmentation

    Martin A. Tanner;Wing Hung Wong

  • Model-based analysis of oligonucleotide arrays: Expression index computation and outlier detection

    Cheng Li;Wing Hung Wong

  • Classification of human lung carcinomas by mRNA expression profiling reveals distinct adenocarcinoma subclasses

    Arindam Bhattacharjee;William G. Richards;Jane Staunton;Cheng Li

  • An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

    Ian Dunham;Anshul Kundaje;Shelley F. Aldred;Patrick J. Collins

  • Extensive and divergent circadian gene expression in liver and heart

    Kai-Florian Storch;Ovidiu Lipan;Igor Leykin;N. Viswanathan

  • Sequential Imputations and Bayesian Missing Data Problems

    Augustine Kong;Jun S. Liu;Wing Hung Wong

  • Genome-wide expression analysis reveals dysregulation of myelination-related genes in chronic schizophrenia.

    Yaron Hakak;John R. Walker;Cheng Li;Wing Hung Wong

  • Model-based analysis of oligonucleotide arrays: model validation, design issues and standard error application

    Cheng Li;Wing Hung Wong

  • A genomic storm in critically injured humans

    Wenzhong Xiao;Wenzhong Xiao;Michael N. Mindrinos;Junhee Seok;Joseph Cuschieri

  • FoxOs are lineage-restricted redundant tumor suppressors and regulate endothelial cell homeostasis

    Ji Hye Paik;Ramya Kollipara;Gerald Chu;Hongkai Ji

  • An integrated software system for analyzing ChIP-chip and ChIP-seq data.

    Hongkai Ji;Hui Jiang;Wenxiu Ma;David S Johnson

  • p53 and Pten control neural and glioma stem/progenitor cell renewal and differentiation

    Hongwu Zheng;Haoqiang Ying;Haiyan Yan;Alec C. Kimmelman

  • Issues in cDNA microarray analysis: quality filtering, channel normalization, models of variations and assessment of gene effects

    George C. Tseng;Min Kyu Oh;Lars Rohlin;James C. Liao

  • Covariance structure of the Gibbs sampler with applications to the comparisons of estimators and augmentation schemes

    Jun S. Liu;Wing Hung Wong;Augustine Kong

  • Genomic Analysis of Mouse Retinal Development

    Seth Blackshaw;Sanjiv Harpavat;Jeff Trimarchi;Li Cai

  • SeqMap: mapping massive amount of oligonucleotides to the genome

    Hui Jiang;Wing Hung Wong

  • Statistical inferences for isoform expression in RNA-Seq

    Hui Jiang;Wing Hung Wong

  • SMAD4-dependent barrier constrains prostate cancer growth and metastatic progression

    Zhihu Ding;Chang Jiun Wu;Gerald C. Chu;Yonghong Xiao

  • The Multiple-Try Method and Local Optimization in Metropolis Sampling

    Jun S. Liu;Faming Liang;Wing Hung Wong

  • Feature extraction and normalization algorithms for high-density oligonucleotide gene expression array data

    Cheng Li;Wing Hung Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun S. Liu
Jun S. Liu Harvard University
Rui Jiang
Rui Jiang Beijing Jiaotong University
Yi Xing
Yi Xing Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Alexej Abyzov
Alexej Abyzov Mayo Clinic
Yong Wang
Yong Wang Nanjing University
Faming Liang
Faming Liang Purdue University West Lafayette
Mark Gerstein
Mark Gerstein Yale University
Xiaoping Hu
Xiaoping Hu University of California, Riverside
Chen-Yi Lee
Chen-Yi Lee National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Xuegong Zhang
Xuegong Zhang Tsinghua University

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