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Yaning Wu, MD, PhD, FACMG


  • Director, Genetics and Genomics Diagnostic Laboratory, Division of Human Genetics
  • Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

MD: China Medical University, Shenyang, China,

PhD: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX,

Fellowship: Clinical Molecular Genetics and Clinical Cytogenetics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA,

Certifications: American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics in Clinical Cytogenetics and Genomics, 2015; American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics in Clinical Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2017; American Board of Medical Genetics in Clinical Molecular Genetics, 2015

Research Areas

Publications

A de novo SATB2 mutation in monozygotic twins with cleft palate, dental anomalies, and developmental delay. Schwartz, E; Wilkens, A; Noon, SE; Krantz, ID; Wu, Y. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. 2017; 173(3):809-812.

Hearing loss, coloboma and left ventricular enlargement in a boy with an interstitial 10q26 deletion. Ramos, M; Wilkens, A; Krantz, ID; Wu, Y. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics. 2016; 172(2):109-116.

A de novo interstitial deletion of 7q31.2q31.31 identified in a girl with developmental delay and hearing loss. Zhao, J; Noon, SE; Krantz, ID; Wu, Y. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics. 2016; 172(2):102-108.

Drosophila Nipped-B Mutants Model Cornelia de Lange Syndrome in Growth and Behavior. Wu, Y; Gause, M; Xu, D; Misulovin, Z; Schaaf, CA; Mosarla, RC; Mannino, E; Shannon, M; Jones, E; Shi, M; Sehgal, A; Jongens, TA; Krantz, ID; Dorsett, D. PLoS Genetics. 2015; 11(11):e1005655.

Compound heterozygote CDK5RAP2 mutations in a Guatemalan/Honduran child with autosomal recessive primary microcephaly, failure to thrive and speech delay. Li, MH; Arndt, K; Das, S; Weiss, EM; Wu, Y; Gwal, K; Shekdar, KV; Zackai, EH. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. 2015; 167(6):1414-1417.

Clinical, developmental and molecular update on Cornelia de Lange syndrome and the cohesin complex: abstracts from the 2014 Scientific and Educational Symposium. Kline, AD; Calof, AL; Lander, AD; Gerton, JL; Krantz, ID; Dorsett, D; Deardorff, MA; Blagowidow, N; Yokomori, K; Shirahige, K; Zakari, M; Mills, JA; Srivastava, S; Haaland, RE. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. 2015; 167(6):1179-1192.

A Drosophila model for Angelman syndrome. Wu, Y; Bolduc, FV; Bell, K; Tully, T; Fang, Y; Sehgal, A; Fischer, JA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2008; 105(34):12399-12404.

Drosophila klaroid encodes a SUN domain protein required for Klarsicht localization to the nuclear envelope and nuclear migration in the eye. Kracklauer, MP; Banks, SML; Xie, X; Wu, Y; Fischer, JA. Fly. 2007; 1(2):75-85.

Association of alpha 2-macroglobulin polymorphisms and Alzheimer disease in Mainland Han Chinese. Chen, D; Zhang, J-W; Zhang, Z-X; Wu, Y-N; Qu, Q-M. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 2004; 217(1):13-15.

[Apolipoprotein E gene polymorphisms and Alzheimer disease]. Chen, D; Zhang, J-W; Zhang, Z-X; Zhao, H-L; Li, X-Q; Wu, Y-N; Qu, Q-M. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 2003; 30(12):1167-1170.