2017-Present: Researcher at Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2012-2016: Researcher at CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology
2009-2012: Postdoctoral Researcher at Harvard University
2003-2008: PhD in Human Genetics from University College London
2002-2003: MSc in Anthropology from Durham University
2017-Present - Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
2012-2016 - CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology - Researcher
2009-2012 - Harvard University - Postdoctoral Researcher
Research
Skin Genomics Phenomics
Multi-target landmark detection with incomplete images via reinforcement learning and shape prior embedding, Kaiwen Wan, Lei Li, Dengqiang Jia, Shangqi Gao, Wei Qian, Yingzhi Wu, Huandong Lin, Xiongzheng Mu, Xin Gao, Sijia Wang, Fuping Wu, Xiahai Zhuang, 2023
Scalp hair loss is not random across follicular units: A new insight into human hair ageing, Junyu Luo, Qili Qian, Wenxin Zheng, Ieva Gripkauskaite, Sijie Wu, Min Zhang, Jinxi Li, Bingfei Fu, Ranjit Bhogal, Peter Murray, Matthew Rowson, Bin Li, Xiangyang Xue, Xuelan Gu, Yajun Yang, Li Jin, David Andrew Gunn, Sijia Wang, 2023
Genetic Variants in Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Contribute to Solar Lentigines, Qianqian Peng, Yu Liu, Anke Huels, Canfeng Zhang, Yao Yu, Wenqing Qiu, Xiyang Cai, Yuepu Zhao, Tamara Schikowski, Katja Merches, Yun Liu, Yajun Yang, Jiucun Wang, Yong Zhao, Li Jin, Liang Zhang, Jean Krutmann, Sijia Wang, 2023
Twelve loci associated with bone density in middle-aged and elderly Chinese: the Shanghai Changfeng Study, Hailuan Zeng, Jieyu Ge, Wenjie Xu, Hui Ma, Lingyan Chen, Mingfeng Xia, Baishen Pan, Huandong Lin, Sijia Wang, Xin Gao, 2023
Genetic evidence for facial variation being a composite phenotype of cranial variation and facial soft tissue thickness, Wei Qian, Manfei Zhang, Kaiwen Wan, Yunxia Xie, Siyuan Du, Jiarui Li, Xiongzheng Mu, Jiange Qiu, Xiangyang Xue, Xiahai Zhuang, Yingzhi Wu, Fan Liu, Sijia Wang, 2022
An additional whole-exome sequencing study in 102 panel-undiagnosed patients: A retrospective study in a Chinese craniosynostosis cohort, Jieyi Chen, Ping Zhang, Meifang Peng, Bo Liu, Xiao Wang, Siyuan Du, Yao Lu, Xiongzheng Mu, Yulan Lu, Sijia Wang, Yingzhi Wu, 2022
Analysis of factors influencing skin reactions to sunscreens, skin whitening products, and deodorants: Results from a large-scale patch test dataset in China, Bingjie Li, Ying Cheng, Yimei Tan, Fudi Wang, Weiyi Hu, Xuemin Wang, Wei Liu, Jean Krutmann, Sijia Wang, Ying Zou, 2022
Palmprint Phenotype Feature Extraction and Classification Based on Deep Learning, Yu Fan, Jinxi Li, Shaoying Song, Haiguo Zhang, Sijia Wang, Guangtao Zhai, 2022
Single-cell transcriptomics reveals lineage trajectory of human scalp hair follicle and informs mechanisms of hair graying, Sijie Wu, Yao Yu, Caiyue Liu, Xia Zhang, Peiying Zhu, You Peng, Xinyu Yan, Yin Li, Peng Hua, Qingfeng Li, Sijia Wang, Liang Zhang, 2022
Analysis of factors influencing patch test reactions: Results from a large- population-based study in Chinese, Bingjie Li, Ying Cheng, Yimei Tan, Fudi Wang, Weiyi Hu, Xuemin Wang, Wei Liu, Jean Krutmann, Sijia Wang, Ying Zou, 2022
Genetic variants underlying differences in facial morphology in East Asian and European populations, Manfei Zhang, Sijie Wu, Siyuan Du, Wei Qian, Jieyi Chen, Lu Qiao, Yajun Yang, Jingze Tan, Ziyu Yuan, Qianqian Peng, Yu Liu, Nicolas Navarro, Kun Tang, Andrés Ruiz-Linares, Jiucun Wang, Peter Claes, Li Jin, Jiarui Li, Sijia Wang, 2022
A genome-wide scan on individual typology angle found variants at SLC24A2 associated with skin color variation in Chinese populations, Fudi Wang, Qi Luo, Yan Chen, Yu Liu, Ke Xu, Kaustubh Adhikari, Xiyang Cai, Jialin Liu, Yi Li, Xuyang Liu, Luis-Miguel Ramirez-Aristeguieta, Ziyu Yuan, Yong Zhou, Fu-Feng Li, Binghua Jiang, Li Jin, Andres Ruiz-Linares, Zhaohui Yang, Fan Liu, Sijia Wang, 2022
Limb development genes underlie variation in human fingerprint patterns, Jinxi Li, James D Glover, Haiguo Zhang, Meifang Peng, Jingze Tan, Chandana Basu Mallick, Dan Hou, Yajun Yang, Sijie Wu, Yu Liu, Qianqian Peng, Shijie C Zheng, Edie I Crosse, Alexander Medvinsky, Richard A Anderson, Helen Brown, Ziyu Yuan, Shen Zhou, Yanqing Xu, John P Kemp, Yvonne Y W Ho, Danuta Z Loesch, Lizhong Wang, Yingxiang Li, Senwei Tang, Xiaoli Wu, Robin G Walters, Kuang Lin, Ruogu Meng, Jun Lv, Jonathan M Chernus, Katherine Neiswanger, Eleanor Feingold, David M Evans, Sarah E Medland, Nicholas G Martin, Seth M Weinberg, Mary L Marazita, Gang Chen, Zhengming Chen, Yong Zhou, Michael Cheeseman, Lan Wang, Li Jin, Denis J Headon, Sijia Wang, 2022
A Genome-Wide Association Study Finds Variants at 2p21 Associated with Self-Reported Sensitive Skin in the Han Chinese population, Bingjie Li, Xiyang Cai, Lizhong Wang, Jiarui Li, Ying Zou, Gang Chen, Sijia Wang, 2022
Genetically predicted body composition in relation to cardiometabolic traits: a Mendelian randomization study, Hailuan Zeng, Chenhao Lin, Sijia Wang, Yan Zheng, Xin Gao, 2021
Type 2 diabetes is causally associated with reduced serum osteocalcin: A genome-wide association and Mendelian randomization study, Hailuan Zeng, Jieyu Ge, Wenjie Xu, Hui Ma, Lingyan Chen, Mingfeng Xia, Baishen Pan, Huandong Lin, Sijia Wang, Xin Gao, 2021
A Genome-wide Association Study of Facial Morphology Identifies Novel Genetic Loci in Han Chinese, Yin Huang, Dan Li, Lu Qiao, Yu Liu, Qianqian Peng, Sijie Wu, Manfei Zhang, Yajun Yang, Jingze Tan, Shuhua Xu, Li Jin, Sijia Wang, Kun Tang, Stefan Grünewald, 2021
A custom-designed panel sequencing study in 201 Chinese patients with craniosynostosis revealed novel variants and distinct mutation spectra, Yingzhi Wu, Meifang Peng, Jieyi Chen, Jinlong Suo, Sihai Zou, Yanqing Xu, Andrew O.M.Wilkie, Weiguo Zou, Xiongzheng Mu, Sijia Wang, 2021
A cell-type deconvolution meta-analysis of whole blood EWAS reveals lineage-specific smoking-associated DNA methylation changes, Chenglong You, Sijie Wu, Shijie C Zheng, Tianyu Zhu, Han Jing, Ken Flagg, Guangyu Wang, Li Jin, Sijia Wang, Andrew E Teschendorff, 2020
Identification of factors associated with minimal erythema dose variations in a large-scale population study of 22 146 subjects, Yimei Tan, Fudi Wang, Guobiao Fan, Yan Zheng, Bingjie Li, Ning Li, Yu Liu, Xuemin Wang, Wei Liu, Jean Krutmann, Ying Zou, Sijia Wang, 2020
Genome-wide scan identified genetic variants associated with skin aging in a Chinese female population, Yu Liu, Wenshan Gao, Claudia Koellmann, Sigrid Le Clerc, Anke Huls, Bingjie Li, Qianqian Peng, Sijie Wu, Anan Ding, Yajun Yang, Li Jin, Jean Krutmann, Tamara Schikowski, Jean-Francois Zagury, Sijia Wang, 2019
Genome-wide variants of Eurasian facial shape differentiation and a prospective model of DNA based face prediction, Lu Qiao, Yajun Yang, Pengcheng Fu, Sile Hu, Hang Zhou, Shouneng Peng, Jingze Tan, Yan Lu, Haiyi Lou, Dongsheng Lu, Sijie Wu, Jing Guo, Li Jin, Yaqun Guan, Sijia Wang, Shuhua Xu, Kun Tang, 2018
Genome-wide association studies and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing identify regulatory variants influencing eyebrow thickness in humans, Sijie Wu, Manfei Zhang, Xinzhou Yang, Fuduan Peng, Juan Zhang, Jingze Tan, Yajun Yang, Lina Wang, Yanan Hu, Qianqian Peng, Jinxi Li, Yu Liu, Yaqun Guan, Chen Chen, Merel A. Hamer, Tamar Nijsten, Changqing Zeng, Kaustubh Adhikari, Carla Gallo, Giovanni Poletti, Lavinia Schuler-Faccini, Maria Catira Bortolini, Samuel Canizales-Quinteros, Francisco Rothhammer, Gabriel Bedoya, Rolando Gonzalez-Jose, Hui Li, Jean Krutmann, Fan Liu, Manfred Kayser, Andres Ruiz-Linares, Kun Tang, Shuhua Xu, Liang Zhang, Li Jin, Sijia Wang, 2018
Multiethnic GWAS Reveals Polygenic Architecture of Earlobe Attachment, John R. Shaffer, Jinxi Li, Myoung Keun Lee, Jasmien Roosenboom, Ekaterina Orlova, Kaustabh Adhikari, 23andMe Research Team, Carla Gallo, Giovanni Poletti, Lavinia Schuler-Faccini, Maria Catira Bortolini, Samuel Canizales-Quinteros, Francisco Rothhammer, Gabriel Bedoya, Rolando Gonzalez-Jose, Paige E. Pfeffer, Christopher A. Wollenschlaeger, Jacqueline T. Hecht, George L. Wehby, Lina M. Moreno, Anan Ding, Li Jin, Yajun Yang, Jenna C. Carlson, Elizabeth J. Leslie, Eleanor Feingold, Mary L. Marazita, David A. Hinds, Timothy C. Cox, Sijia Wang, Andres Ruiz-Linares, Seth M. Weinberg, 2017
Indoor PM2.5 exposure affects skin aging manifestation in a Chinese population, Anan Ding, Yajun Yang, Zhuohui Zhao, Anke Huls, Andrea Vierkotter, Ziyu Yuan, Jing Cai, Juan Zhang, Wenshan Gao, Jinxi Li, Manfei Zhang, Mary Matsui, Jean Krutmann, Haidong Kan, Tamara Schikowski, Li Jin, Sijia Wang, 2017
Area of Focus
Data Analysis | Genomics | Computational Biology | Statistical Modeling | Machine Learning | Health Data | Genetic Analysis | Algorithm Development | Biological Data | Research Methodology
Area of Focus
Human Genetic Diversity | Gene-Environment Interaction | Human Phenotype | Origin Of Chinese Culture | Development Of Chinese Culture | Physiological Basis Of Tcm | Molecular Principles Of Medicine | Language Diversity | Human Evolution | Dna Analysis