User:Sunliang3361

Senior Bioinformatics Scientist at Boston Children's Hospital

He studied bioinformatics and systems biology with a focus on next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis, data visualization and web-based tool development. He has more than 10 years of bioinformatics experience. At Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH), He coordinates bioinformatics projects and helps researchers to investigate bioinformatics questions.

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4sIKudIAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID Profile: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0321-9222

Experience

2019-current, Boston Children's Hospital

2015-2019, Noble Research Institute

EDUCATION

Ph.D., 2010-2015, University of Delaware

PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL ARTICLES ( # Corresponding author)

(Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4sIKudIAAAAJ&hl=en)

1.Juan Manuel Leyva-Castillo, Shih-Ying Wu, Liang Sun, Aviv Regev, Piotr Sliz, Shira Rockowitz and Raif Geha. Single cell transcriptome analysis of mouse skin undergoing acute allergic inflammation elicited by epicutaneous antigen sensitization. (2020). (Manuscript prepared).

2.Du Juan, Lu,Shaoyun; Chai Maofeng, Zhou Chuanen, Sun Liang, Tang Yuhong, Nakashima Jin, Kolape Jaydeep, Wen Zhaozhu, Behzadriad Marjan, Zhong Tianxiu, Zhang Yunwei, Wang Zeng-Yu. Functional Characterization of PETIOLULE-LIKE PULVINUS (PLP) Gene in Abscission Zone Development in Medicago truncatula and its Application to Genetic Improvement of Alfalfa. New Phytologist (2020). IF = 7.433 (Accepted)

3.Tadesse Dimiru, Sun Liang, Wang Hui, Wolabu Tazera, KALVE SHWETA, Zhang Fei, Chen Jianghua, Tadege Million. Fast neutron mutagenesis and whole genome sequencing identified SHRIVELED SEED-mediated copper homeostasis as a key regulator of plant growth and development in sorghum. New Phytologist (2020). IF = 7.433 (Submitted)

4.Liang Sun#, Yingbin Ge, Allen Spark, Zach Robinson, and Elison Blancaflor. "TDNAscan: A Software to Identify Complete and Truncated T-DNA Insertions." Frontiers in Genetics: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Journal 10 (2019):685. IF = 3.52 ( # Corresponding author)

5.Liang Sun#, Sufen Dong, Yingbin Ge, Jose Pedro Fonseca, Zach T. Robinson, Kirankumar S. Mysore, Perdeep Mehta. “DiVenn: an integrated web-based visualization tool for comparing gene lists” Frontiers in Genetics: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Journal 10 (2019). IF = 3.52 ( # Corresponding author)

6.Liang Sun, Upinder S. Gill, Raja Sekhar Nandety, Soonil Kwon, Perdeep Mehta, Rebecca Dickstein, Michael K. Udvardi, Kirankumar S. Mysore, Jiangqi Wen (2019). “Tnt1 insertion is positively correlated with gene methylation in Medicago truncatula” The Plant Journal. IF = 5.99

7.Liang Sun#, et al. "FNBtools: A Software to Identify Homozygous Lesions in Deletion Mutant Populations." Frontiers in Plant Science: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 9 (2018): 976. IF = 4.298 ( # Corresponding author) 8.Liang Sun et al. "WebGIVI: a web-based gene enrichment analysis and visualization tool." BMC Bioinformatics 18.1 (2017): 237. IF = 2.435

9.Liang Sun, Susan J. Lamont, Amanda M. Cooksey, Fiona McCarthy, Catalina O. Tudor, K. Vijay-Shanker, Rachael M. DeRita et al. "Transcriptome response to heat stress in a chicken hepatocellular carcinoma cell line." Cell Stress and Chaperones 20, no. 6 (2015): 939-950. IF = 3.098

10.Gou Jiqing, Chaorong Tang, Naichong Chen, Hui Wang, Smriti Debnath, Liang Sun, Amy Flanagan et al. "SPL 7 and SPL 8 represent a novel flowering regulation mechanism in switchgrass." New Phytologist (2019). IF = 7.43

11.Upinder S Gill, Liang Sun, Sachin Rustgi, Yuhong Tang, Diter von Wettstein, Kirankumar S Mysore, (2018) Transcriptome-based analyses of phosphite-mediated suppression of rust pathogens, puccinia emaculata and Phakopsora pachyrhizi, and functional characterization of selected fungal target genes, The Plant Journal. IF=5.99

12.Sijia Liu, Chunxiang Fu, Jiqing Gou, Liang Sun, David Huhman, Yunwei Zhang* and Zeng-Yu Wang*, (2017) Simultaneous Downregulation of MTHFR and COMT in Switchgrass Affects Plant Performance and Induces Lesion-mimic Cell Death, Frontier in Plant Science 18.1 (2017): 237. IF = 4.298

13.Jiqing Gou, Smriti Debnath, Liang Sun, Amy Flanagan, Yuhong Tang, Qingzhen Jiang, Jiangqi Wen, Zeng‐Yu Wang (2017). From model to crop: functional characterization of SPL8 in M. truncatula led to genetic improvement of biomass yield and abiotic stress tolerance in alfalfa, Plant Biotechnology Journal. IF=7.443

14.Zhu, Yongnan, Sun, Liang et al. PathRings: a web-based tool for exploration of ortholog and expression data in biological pathways." BMC Bioinformatics 16.1 (2015): 1. IF = 2.435

15.Schmid, Michael, Sun, Liang et al. "Third Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes 2015." Cytogenetic and genome research 145.2 (2015): 78-179. IF=1.561

16.Claire D’Andre, H., Paul, W., Shen, X., Jia, X., Zhang, R., Sun, L., & Zhang, X. (2013). Identification and characterization of genes that control fat deposition in chickens. Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 4(1), 43. IF = 2.052

17.Wang Q, Arighi CN, King BL, Sun L, et al. (2012). Community annotation and bioinformatics workforce development in concert–Little Skate Genome Annotation Workshops and Jamborees. Database 2012; IF = 3.974

18.Luo C, Shen X, Rao Y, Xu H, Tang J, Sun L, Nie Q, Zhang X.(2012) Differences of Z chromosome and genomic expression between early- and late-feathering chickens. Molecular Biology Reports. IF = 2.024

19.Rao Y., Sun L., Nie Q., Zhang X., (2011). The influence of recombination on SNP diversity in chickens. Hereditas. IF = 1.118

20.Xu H, Zeng H, Luo C, Zhang D, Wang Q, Sun L, Yang L, Zhou M, Nie Q, Zhang X. (2011) Genetic effects of polymorphisms in candidate genes and the QTL region on chicken age at first egg. BMC Genet. IF = 2.266

21.C. d’Andre Hirwa, W. Yan , P. Wallace , Q. Nie , C. Luo , H. Li , X. Shen , L. Sun , J. Tang ,W. Li, X. Zhu , G. Yang , and X. Zhang. (2010). Effects of the thyroid hormone responsive spot 14α gene on chicken growth and fat traits. Poultry Science. IF = 1.908