Areas of Focus
- DNA damage repair and molecular mechanisms of tumor development
- Molecular mechanisms of virus infection and host cell DNA damage response and repair
- Molecular mechanisms of viral genome stability
Academic Background & Achievements
- Bachelor's Degree: Jilin University, Animal Medicine
- PhD: University of Copenhagen, Molecular Cell and Genetic Medicine
- Published as first or corresponding author in journals like Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Nature Communications
Publications
- Mitotic DNA synthesis in response to replication stress requires the sequential action of DNA polymerases zeta and delta in human cells, Wei Wu, Szymon Aleksander Barwacz, Marisa M. Gonçalves Dinis, Masato T. Kanemaki, Ying Liu, 2022
- RTEL1 Prevents The Pathological Accumulation Of R-Loops At Difficult-To-Replicate Loci In The Human Genome, Wei Wu, Rahul Bhowmick, Ivan Vogel, Özgün Özer, Roshan S. Thakur, Philipp H. Richter, Liqun Ren, Ian D. Hickson, Ying Liu, 2020
- Replication stress activates DNA repair synthesis in mitosis, Sheroy Minocherhomji, Songmin Ying, Victoria A. Bjerregaard, Sara Bursomanno, Aiste Aleliunaite, Wei Wu, Hocine W. Mankouri, Huahao Shen, Ying Liu, Ian D. Hickson, 2015