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Name	Ya-Fei Mao
Contact Information	yafmao@gmail.com
Language ability	English, Chinese, Japanese
Province	Shanghai

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Name

Ya-Fei Mao

Contact Information

yafmao@gmail.com

Language ability

English, Chinese, Japanese

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Faculty	Bio-X Research Institute
Academic Background & Achievements	2010-2014 Bachelor: Nanjing University 2014-2019 Doctorate: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University Postdoctoral Researcher: University of Washington Received National Youth Talent Program (Overseas) Received Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent Program Received Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Special Research Fellowship Received Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program
Awards	National Youth Talent Program (Overseas) Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent Program Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Special Research Fellowship Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Faculty

Bio-X Research Institute

Academic Background & Achievements

2010-2014 Bachelor: Nanjing University
2014-2019 Doctorate: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
Postdoctoral Researcher: University of Washington
Received National Youth Talent Program (Overseas)
Received Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent Program
Received Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Special Research Fellowship
Received Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program

Awards

National Youth Talent Program (Overseas)
Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent Program
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Special Research Fellowship
Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program

Areas of Focus	Mechanisms of structural variation in primate adaptive evolution and human genetic diseases Genomic evolutionary mechanisms of speciation, differentiation, adaptation, and diversification
Publications	Structurally divergent and recurrently mutated regions of primate genomes, Mao, Y., Harvey, W. T., Porubsky, D., Munson, K. M., Hoekzema, K., Lewis, A. P., ... & Eichler, E. E., 2024 A high-quality bonobo genome refines the analysis of hominid evolution, Mao, Y.#, Catacchio, C.R.#, Hillier, L.W., Porubsky, D., Li, R., Sulovari, A., ... & Eichler, E.E., 2021 A complete, telomere-to-telomere human genome sequence presents new opportunities for evolutionary genomics, Mao, Y., & Zhang, G., 2022 Characterization of large-scale genomic differences in the first complete human genome, Yang, X., Wang, X., Zou, Y. ... Mao Y., 2023 The roles of introgression and climate change in the rise to dominance of Acropora corals, Mao, Y., Economo, E.P. , & Satoh, N. , 2018

Areas of Focus

Mechanisms of structural variation in primate adaptive evolution and human genetic diseases
Genomic evolutionary mechanisms of speciation, differentiation, adaptation, and diversification

Publications

Structurally divergent and recurrently mutated regions of primate genomes, Mao, Y.*, Harvey, W. T., Porubsky, D., Munson, K. M., Hoekzema, K., Lewis, A. P., ... & Eichler, E. E.*, 2024
A high-quality bonobo genome refines the analysis of hominid evolution, Mao, Y.#, Catacchio, C.R.#, Hillier, L.W., Porubsky, D., Li, R., Sulovari, A., ... & Eichler, E.E.*, 2021
A complete, telomere-to-telomere human genome sequence presents new opportunities for evolutionary genomics, Mao, Y.*, & Zhang, G., 2022
Characterization of large-scale genomic differences in the first complete human genome, Yang, X., Wang, X., Zou, Y. ... Mao Y.*, 2023
The roles of introgression and climate change in the rise to dominance of Acropora corals, Mao, Y.*, Economo, E.P. *, & Satoh, N. *, 2018

Genomics Primate Evolution Adaptation Genetic Disease Structural Variation Speciation Differentiation Diversification

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