2013: Selected for the first batch of the Ten Thousand Talents Program
2015: National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
2016: Selected as an Outstanding Academic Leader in Shanghai
2018: Selected as a Leading Talent in Scientific and Technological Innovation by the Ministry of Science and Technology
2019: Newton Advanced Fellowship by the Royal Society
2021: Selected as a Leading Talent in the National Ten Thousand Talents Program
2006-2021: Chinese Academy of Sciences - Various roles including Assistant Researcher, Associate Researcher, Researcher
2009-2018: Principal Investigator, Population Genomics Group
2012-2018: Max-Planck Independent Research Group Leader
2021-Present: Distinguished Professor, Fudan University
2021: Shanghai Bioinformatics Society Outstanding Contribution Award
2020: Journal of Genetics and Genomics Outstanding Editorial Board Member Award
2020: Top Ten Scientific Advances of the Center for Genetic and Developmental Coordination
2020: Top Ten Advances in Chinese Bioinformatics
2020: Top Ten Databases in Chinese Bioinformatics
2018: First Prize in Natural Science by the Ministry of Education (5th contributor)
2015: National Natural Science Second Prize (2nd contributor)
2015: Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 'Youth May Fourth Medal'
2015: Shanghai Genetics Society Outstanding Contribution Award
2013: Excellent Member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (First Session)
2012: Youth Scientist Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2012: Excellent Graduate Thesis Supervisor Award of the Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Eli Lilly and Company
2012: Third Outstanding Young Scientific Talent Award of the Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2012: First Prize in Natural Science by the Ministry of Education (2nd contributor)
2011: Shanghai Science and Technology Star
2011: National Top 100 Excellent Doctoral Dissertations
2009: Sanofi-Aventis-Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences Young Talent Award
2009: Meiji Dairy Life Science Award
2009: Lu Jiaxi Young Talent Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research
Population Genomics Human Genetics Molecular Evolution Bioinformatics Computational Biology
A Pangenome Reference of 36 Chinese populations, Yang Gao, Xiaofei Yang, Hao Chen, Xinjiang Tan, Zhaoqing Yang, Lian Deng, Baonan Wang, Shuang Kong, Songyang Li, Yuhang Cui, Chang Lei, Yimin Wang, Yuwen Pan, Sen Ma, Hao Sun, Xiaohan Zhao, Yingbing Shi, Ziyi Yang, Dongdong Wu, Shaoyuan Wu, Xingming Zhao, Binyin Shi, Li Jin, Zhibin Hu, Chinese Pangenome Consortium (CPC), Yan Lu, Jiayou Chu, Kai Ye, Shuhua Xu, 2023
Expression profiles of East-West highly differentiated genes in Uyghur genomes, Zhilin Ning, Xinjiang Tan, Yuan Yuan, Ke Huang, Yuwen Pan, Lei Tian, Yan Lu, Xiaoji Wang, Ruicheng Qi, Dongsheng Lu, Yajun Yang, Yaqun Guan, Dolikun Mamatyusupu, Shuhua Xu, 2023
PGG.MHC: Toward understanding the diversity of major histocompatibility complexes in human populations, Xiaohan Zhao, Shuhua Xu, Sen Ma, Baonan Wang, Xuetong Jiang, Shuhua Xu, 2022
PGG.SV: a whole-genome-sequencing-based structural variant resource and data analysis platform, Yimin Wang, Yunchao Ling, Jiao Gong, Xiaohan Zhao, Hanwen Zhou, Bo Xie, Haiyi Lou, Xinhao Zhuang, Li Jin, Shaohua Fan, Guo-Qing Zhang, Shuhua Xu, 2022
Lineage-specific positive selection on ACE2 contributes to the genetic susceptibility of COVID-19, Yuwen Pan, Panhong Liu, Fang Wang, Peng Wu, Fanjun Cheng, Xin Jin, Shuhua Xu, 2022
Improved NGS variant calling tool for the PRSS1–PRSS2 locus, Haiyi Lou, Bo Xie, Yimin Wang, Yang Gao, Shuhua Xu, 2022
Genomic diversity and post-admixture adaptation in the Uyghurs, Yuwen Pan, Chao Zhang, Yan Lu, Zhilin Ning, Dongsheng Lu, Yang Gao, Xiaohan Zhao, Yajun Yang, Yaqun Guan, Dolikun Mamatyusupu, Shuhua Xu, 2022
Haplotype-resolved de novo assembly of a Tujia genome suggests the necessity for high-quality population-specific genome references, Haiyi Lou, Yang Gao, Bo Xie, Yimin Wang, Haikuan Zhang, Miao Shi, Sen Ma, Xiaoxi Zhang, Chang Liu, Shuhua Xu, 2022
Genetic connections and convergent evolution of tropical indigenous peoples in Asia, Lian Deng, Yuwen Pan, Yinan Wang, Hao Chen, Kai Yuan, Sihan Chen, Dongsheng Lu, Yan Lu, Siti Shuhada Mokhtar, Thuhairah Abdul Rahman, Boon-Peng Hoh, Shuhua Xu, 2022
Refining models of archaic–modern human admixture in Eurasia with ArchaicSeeker 2.0, Kai Yuan, Xumin Ni, Chang Liu, Yuwen Pan, Lian Deng, Rui Zhang, Yang Gao, Xueling Ge, Jiaojiao Liu, Xixian Ma, Haiyi Lou, Taoyang Wu, Shuhua Xu, 2021
Genetic origins and sex-biased admixture of the Huis, Xixian Ma, Wenjun Yang, Yang Gao, Yuwen Pan, Yan Lu, Hao Chen, Dongsheng Lu, Shuhua Xu, 2021
PGG.Han: The Han Chinese Genome Database and Analysis Platform, Yang Gao, Chao Zhang, Liyun Yuan, YunChao Ling, Xiaoji Wang, Chang Liu, Yuwen Pan, Xiaoxi Zhang, Xixian Ma, Yuchen Wang, Yan Lu, Kai Yuan, Wei Ye, Jiaqiang Qian, Huidan Chang, Ruifang Cao, Xiao Yang, Ling Ma, Yuanhu Ju, Long Dai, Yuanyuan Tang, The Han100K Initiative, Guoqing Zhang, Shuhua Xu, 2020
PGG.SNV: Understanding the evolutionary and medical implications of human single nucleotide variations in diverse populations, Chao Zhang, Yang Gao, Zhilin Ning, Yan Lu, Xiaoxi Zhang, Jiaojiao Liu, Bo Xie, Zhe Xue, Xiaoji Wang, Kai Yuan, Xueling Ge, Yuwen Pan, Chang Liu, Lei Tian, Yuchen Wang, Dongsheng Lu, Boon-Peng Hoh, Shuhua Xu, 2019
Prioritizing natural selection signals from the deep-sequencing genomic data suggests multi-variant adaptation in Tibetan highlanders, Lian Deng, Chao Zhang, Kai Yuan, Yang Gao, Yuwen Pan, Xueling Ge, Yaoxi He, Yuan Yuan, Yan Lu, Xiaoxi Zhang, Hao Chen, Haiyi Lou, Xiaoji Wang, Dongsheng Lu, Jiaojiao Liu, Lei Tian, Qidi Feng, Asifullah Khan, Yajun Yang, Zi-Bing Jin, Jian Yang, Fan Lu, Jia Qu, Longli Kang, Bing Su, Shuhua Xu, 2019
PGG.Population: a database for understanding the genomic diversity and genetic ancestry of human populations, Chao Zhang, Yan Lu, Qidi Feng, Xiaoji Wang, Haiyi Lou, Jiaojiao Liu, Zhilin Ning, Kai Yuan, Yuchen Wang, Ying Zhou, Lian Deng, Lijun Liu, Yajun Yang, Shilin Li, Lifeng Ma, Zhiying Zhang, Li Jin, Bing Su, Longli Kang, Shuhua Xu, 2018
Differentiated demographic histories and local adaptations between Sherpas and Tibetans, Chao Zhang, Yan Lu, Qidi Feng, Xiaoji Wang, Haiyi Lou, Jiaojiao Liu, Zhilin Ning, Kai Yuan, Yuchen Wang, Ying Zhou, Lian Deng, Lijun Liu, Yajun Yang, Shilin Li, Lifeng Ma, Zhiying Zhang, Li Jin, Bing Su, Longli Kang, Shuhua Xu, 2017