Education:
Fudan University (2003)
Shanghai, China
B.S. - Life Sciences
John Hopkins University (present)
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests:
Human genetics and diseases
Selected Publications:
Gorden NT, Arts HH, Parisi MA, Coene KL, Letteboer SJ, van Beersum SE, Mans DA, Hikida A, Eckert M, Knutzen D, Alswaid AF, Ozyurek H, Dibooglu S, Otto EA, Liu Y, Davis EE, Hutter CM, Bammler TK, Farin FM,
Dorschner M, Topçu M, Zackai EH, Rosenthal P, Owens KN, Katsanis N, Vincent JB, Hildebrandt F, Rubel EW, Raible DW, Knoers NV, Chance PF, Roepman R, Moens CB, Glass IA, Doherty D. CC2D2A is mutated in Joubert syndrome and interacts with the ciliopathy-associated basal body protein CEP290. Am J Hum Genet. 2008 Nov;83(5):559-71. Epub 2008 Oct 23.
Yangfan Liu, Norann A Zaghloul, Nicholas Katsanis. Bardet-Biedl Syndrome, an Oligogenic Disease. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. 2007, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ww.els.net
Gerdes JM, Liu Y, Zaghloul NA, Leitch CC, Lawson SS, Kato M, Beachy PA, Beales PL, DeMartino GN, Fisher S, Badano JL, Katsanis N. Disruption of the basal body compromises proteasomal function and perturbs intracellular Wnt response. Nat Genet. 2007 Nov;39(11):1350-60. Epub 2007 Sep 30.
