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Weiqiang
Zhou
, PhD

Associate Scientist

Departmental Affiliations

Primary

Weiqiang Zhou, PhD, develops statistical and computational tools for integrative analysis of large-scale genomic data to study gene regulation in cancer and immune system.

Contact Info

615 N. Wolfe Street, Room E3136
Baltimore
Maryland
21205
US        

Research Interests

genomics; single-cell; bioinformatics; biostatistics; cancer immunotherapy

Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
City University of Hong Kong
2013
BE
South China University of Technology
2008
Overview

My primary research interest is developing statistical and computational tools for integrative analysis of various types of large-scale genomic data. My current research projects include i) predicting chromatin accessibility based on gene expression, ii) developing new tools for integrating single-cell genomic data, and iii) discovering the genomic basis of heterogeneous response to cancer immunotherapy.

Honors & Awards

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Faculty Innovation Fund Award

Select Publications

Selected publications

  • Zhou, W. et al. Genome-wide Prediction of DNase I Hypersensitivity Using Gene Expression. Nature communications 8, 1038 (2017).

  • Ji, Z., Zhou, W. & Ji, H. Single-cell regulome data analysis by SCRAT. Bioinformatics 33, 2930–2932 (2017). [Joint first author]

  • Zhou W, Ji Z, Fang W, Ji H. Global prediction of chromatin accessibility using small-cell-number and single-cell RNA-seq. Nucleic Acids Research 47(19), e121 (2019).

  • Ji Z, Zhou W, Hou W, Ji H. Single-cell ATAC-seq signal extraction and enhancement with SCATE. Genome Biology 21(1), 161 (2020).

  • Ziqi Fu, Monica S Guo, Weiqiang Zhou, Jie Xiao, Differential roles of positive and negative supercoiling in organizing the E. coli genome, Nucleic Acids Research 52(2), 724–737 (2024). [joint corresponding author]

Projects
Big data methods for decoding gene regulation