Director

Pui-Yan Kwok, M.D., Ph.D.

Distinguished Research Fellow
Academician, Academia Sinica

Specialty:
  1. Human Genetics
  2. Genomics
  3. DNA sequence Variation
  4. Complex Trait Analysis
  5. Pharmacogenetics
  6. Biotechnology

  • University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (1974-1975)
  • B.A.(1977-1979), M.S.(1979-1981), Ph.D.(1979-1985), University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

  • Institute of International Education Direct Placement Scholarship, Hong Kong (1974)
  • Phi Beta Kappa, University of Chicago (1979)

  1. Lam ET, Hastie A, Lin C, Ehrlich D, Das SK, Austin MD, Deshpande P, Cao H, Nagarajan N, Xiao M, and Kwok PY. Genome mapping on nanochannel arrays for structural variation analysis and sequence assembly. Nat Biotechnol. 2012; 30:771-6.
  2. Mak AC, Pullinger CR, Tang LF, Wong JS, Deo RC, Schwarz JM, Gugliucci A, Movsesyan I, Ishida BY, Chu C, Poon A, Kim P, Stock EO, Schaefer EJ, Asztalos BF, Castellano JM, Wyss-Coray T, Duncan JL, Miller BL, Kane JP, Kwok PY, Malloy MJ. Effects of the absence of apolipoprotein e on lipoproteins, neurocognitive function, and retinal function. JAMA Neurol. 2014 Oct 1; 71(10):1228-36. PMID: 25111166.
  3. Watkin LB, Jessen B, Wiszniewski W, Vece TJ, Jan M, Sha Y, Thamsen M, Santos-Cortez RL, Lee K, Gambin T, Forbes LR, Law CS, Stray-Pedersen A, Cheng MH, Mace EM, Anderson MS, Liu D, Tang LF, Nicholas SK, Nahmod K, Makedonas G, Canter DL, Kwok PY, Hicks J, Jones KD, Penney S, Jhangiani SN, Rosenblum MD, Dell SD, Waterfield MR, Papa FR, Muzny DM, Zaitlen N, Leal SM, Gonzaga-Jauregui C. COPA mutations impair ER-Golgi transport and cause hereditary autoimmune-mediated lung disease and arthritis. Nat Genet. 2015 Jun; 47(6):654-60. PMID: 25894502.

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