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Ya-Fei Mao
Bio-X Research Institute
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai
Language: English, Chinese, Japanese
Genomics
Primate
Evolution
Adaptation
Genetic
Disease
Structural Variation
Speciation
Differentiation
Diversification
Areas of Focus
- Mechanisms of structural variation in primate adaptive evolution and human genetic diseases
- Genomic evolutionary mechanisms of speciation, differentiation, adaptation, and diversification
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
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
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
