Shujuan Zhao

Program: Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Current advisor: Sheng Chih (Peter) Jin, PhD

Undergraduate university: Central South University

Enrollment year: 2022

Research summary

Analyzing whole-exome sequencing or whole-genome sequencing data and worked extensively with clinicians and statisticians worldwide to study the genetics and molecular genetic mechanisms for various congenital disorders including Vein of Galen malformations, moyamoya disease, cerebral arachnoid cysts, congenital heart disease, and hydrocephalus.

Graduate publications
Zhao S, Mekbib KY, van der Ent MA, Allington G, Prendergast A, Chau JE, Smith H, Shohfi J, Ocken J, Duran D, Furey CG, Hao LT, Duy PQ, Reeves BC, Zhang J, Nelson-Williams C, Chen D, Li B, Nottoli T, Bai S, Rolle M, Zeng X, Dong W, Fu PY, Wang YC, Mane S, Piwowarczyk P, Fehnel KP, See AP, Iskandar BJ, Aagaard-Kienitz B, Moyer QJ, Dennis E, Kiziltug E, Kundishora AJ, DeSpenza T Jr, Greenberg ABW, Kidanemariam SM, Hale AT, Johnston JM, Jackson EM, Storm PB, Lang SS, Butler WE, Carter BS, Chapman P, Stapleton CJ, Patel AB, Rodesch G, Smajda S, Berenstein A, Barak T, Erson-Omay EZ, Zhao H, Moreno-De-Luca A, Proctor MR, Smith ER, Orbach DB, Alper SL, Nicoli S, Boggon TJ, Lifton RP, Gunel M, King PD, Jin SC, Kahle KT. 2023 Mutation of key signaling regulators of cerebrovascular development in vein of Galen malformations. Nat Commun, 14(1):7452. PMCID: PMC10656524

Wang YC, Wu Y, Choi J, Allington G, Zhao S, Khanfar M, Yang K, Fu PY, Wrubel M, Yu X, Mekbib KY, Ocken J, Smith H, Shohfi J, Kahle KT, Lu Q, Jin SC. 2022 Computational Genomics in the Era of Precision Medicine: Applications to Variant Analysis and Gene Therapy. J Pers Med, 12(2):175

Diab NS, Barish S, Dong W, Zhao S, Allington G, Yu X, Kahle KT, Brueckner M, Jin SC. 2021 Molecular Genetics and Complex Inheritance of Congenital Heart Disease. Genes (Basel), 12(7):1020