Dr. Wei Wu
(吳薇)

Former Lab Manager/Assistant Scientist II

EDUCATION:

  • B.S., Biological Sciences, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, 2001
  • Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA, 2007

EXPERIENCE:

  • Lab Manager/Assistant Scientist II, Schnable Lab, Feb 2008-Dec 2012

PUBLICATIONS (11):

* Authors contributed equally to the article
  • Li L, SR Eichten, R Shimizu, KA Petsch, CT Yeh, W Wu, AM Chettoor, SA Givan, RA Cole, JE Fowler, MM Evans, MJ Scanlon, J Yu, PS Schnable, MC Timmermans, NM Springer, GJ Muehlbauer (2014) Genome-wide discovery and characterization of maize long non-coding RNAs. Genome Biol, 15(2): R40.(Selected as an Editors' Choice by MaizeGDB, 07/2014)
    [ Abstract | Full Text PDF | Supplemental Materials | doi:10.1186/gb-2014-15-2-r40 | PMID: 24576388 | Impact Factor: 12.3 | Cited 330 times ]
  • Tang HM*, S Liu*, S Hill-Skinner, W Wu, D Reed, CT Yeh, D Nettleton, PS Schnable (2014) The maize brown midrib2 (bm2) gene encodes a methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase that contributes to lignin accumulation. Plant J, 77(3): 380-392.
    [ Abstract | Full Text PDF | Supplemental Materials | doi:10.1111/tpj.12394 | PMID: 24286468 | Impact Factor: 7.2 ]
  • Liu S, K Ying, CT Yeh, J Yang, RA Swanson-Wagner, W Wu, T Richmond, DJ Gerhardt, J Lai, NM Springer, D Nettleton, JA Jeddeloh, PS Schnable (2012) Changes in genome content generated via segregation of non-allelic homologs. Plant J, 72(3): 390-399.("Recommended" by the Faculty of 1000 Biology)
    [ Abstract | Full Text PDF | Supplemental Materials | doi:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05087.x | PMID: 22731681 | Impact Factor: 7.2 ] Faculty1000 Recommeded Article
  • Li X, C Zhu, CT Yeh, W Wu, EM Takacs, KA Petsch, F Tian, G Bai, ES Buckler, GJ Muehlbauer, MC Timmermans, MJ Scanlon, PS Schnable, J Yu (2012) Genic and nongenic contributions to natural variation of quantitative traits in maize. Genome Res, 22(12): 2436-2444.(Selected as an Editors' Choice by MaizeGDB, 08/2012)
    [ Abstract | Full Text PDF | Supplemental Materials | doi:10.1101/gr.140277.112 | PMID: 22701078 | Impact Factor: 7.0 ]
  • Buggs RJ, S Chamala, W Wu, JA Tate, PS Schnable, DE Soltis, PS Soltis, WB Barbazuk (2012) Rapid, repeated, and clustered loss of duplicate genes in allopolyploid plant populations of independent origin. Curr Biol, 22(3): 248-252.
    [ Abstract | Full Text PDF | Supplemental Materials | doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.12.027 | PMID: 22264605 | Impact Factor: 9.2 | Cited 141 times ]
  • Buggs RJ, L Zhang, N Miles, JA Tate, L Gao, W Wu, PS Schnable, WB Barbazuk, PS Soltis, DE Soltis (2011) Transcriptomic shock generates evolutionary novelty in a newly formed, natural allopolyploid plant. Curr Biol, 21(7): 551-556.
    [ Abstract | Full Text PDF | Supplemental Materials | doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.02.016 | PMID: 21419627 | Impact Factor: 9.2 | Cited 170 times ]
  • Fu Y*, NM Springer*, K Ying*, CT Yeh, AL Iniguez, T Richmond, W Wu, WB Barbazuk, D Nettleton, JA Jeddeloh, PS Schnable (2010) High-resolution genotyping via whole genome hybridizations to microarrays containing long oligonucleotide probes. PLoS One, 5(12): e14178.
    [ Abstract | Full Text PDF | Supplemental Materials | doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014178 | PMID: 21152036 | Impact Factor: 3.7 ]
  • The International Brachypodium Initiative: Principal investigators: JP Vogel ; DF Garvin ; TC Mockler ; J Schmutz ; D Rokhsar ; MW Bevan ; DNA sequencing and assembly: K Barry ; S Lucas ; M Harmon-Smith ; K Lail ; H Tice ; J Schmutz ; J Grimwood ; N McKenzie ; MW Bevan ; Pseudomolecule assembly and BAC end sequencing: N Huo ; YQ Gu ; GR Lazo ; OD Anderson ; JP Vogel ; FM You ; MC Luo ; J Dvorak ; J Wright ; M Febrer ; MW Bevan ; D Idziak ; R Hasterok ; DF Garvin ; Transcriptome sequencing and analysis: E Lindquist ; M Wang ; SE Fox ; HD Priest ; SA Filichkin ; SA Givan ; DW Bryant ; JH Chang ; TC Mockler ; H Wu ; W Wu ; AP Hsia ; PS Schnable ; A Kalyanaraman ; WB Barbazuk ; TP Michael ; SP Hazen ; JN Bragg ; D Laudencia-Chingcuanco ; JP Vogel ; DF Garvin ; Y Weng ; N McKenzie ; MW Bevan ; Gene analysis and annotation: G Haberer ; M Spannagl ; K Mayer ; T Rattei ; T Mitros ; D Rokhsar ; SJ Lee ; JK Rose ; LA Mueller ; TL York ; Repeats analysis: T Wicker ; JP Buchmann ; J Tanskanen ; AH Schulman ; H Gundlach ; J Wright ; MW Bevan ; A Costa de Oliveira ; L da C. Maia ; W Belknap ; YQ Gu ; N Jiang ; J Lai ; L Zhu ; J Ma ; C Sun ; E Pritham ; Comparative genomics: J Salse ; F Murat ; M Abrouk ; G Haberer ; M Spannagl ; K Mayer ; R Bruggmann ; J Messing ; FM You ; MC Luo ; J Dvorak ; Small RNA analysis: N Fahlgren ; SE Fox ; CM Sullivan ; TC Mockler ; JC Carrington ; EJ Chapman ; GD May ; J Zhai ; M Ganssmann ; S Gurazada ; M German ; BC Meyers ; PJ Green ; Manual annotation and gene family analysis: JN Bragg ; L Tyler ; J Wu ; YQ Gu ; GR Lazo ; D Laudencia-Chingcuanco ; J Thomson ; JP Vogel ; SP Hazen ; S Chen ; HV Scheller ; J Harholt ; P Ulvskov ; SE Fox ; SA Filichkin ; N Fahlgren ; JA Kimbrel ; JH Chang ; CM Sullivan ; EJ Chapman ; JC Carrington ; TC Mockler ; LE Bartley ; P Cao ; KH Jung ; MK Sharma ; M Vega-Sanchez ; P Ronald ; CD Dardick ; S Bodt ; W Verelst ; D Inze ; M Heese ; A Schnittger ; X Yang ; UC Kalluri ; GA Tuskan ; Z Hua ; RD Vierstra ; DF Garvin ; Y Cui ; S Ouyang ; Q Sun ; Z Liu ; A Yilmaz ; E Grotewold ; R Sibout ; K Hematy ; G Mouille ; H Höfte ; TP Michael ; J Pelloux ; D O'Connor ; JC Schnable ; S Rowe ; F Harmon ; CL Cass ; JC Sedbrook ; ME Byrne ; S Walsh ; J Higgins ; MW Bevan ; P Li ; TP Brutnell ; T Unver ; H Budak ; H Belcram ; M Charles ; B Chalhoub ; I Baxter « show all participants » (2010) Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon. Nature, 463(7282): 763-768.
    [ Abstract | Full Text PDF | Supplemental Materials | doi:10.1038/nature08747 | PMID: 20148030 | Impact Factor: 64.8 | Cited 1,217 times ]
  • Fu Y, NM Springer, DJ Gerhardt, K Ying, CT Yeh, W Wu, RA Swanson-Wagner, M D'Ascenzo, T Millard, L Freeberg, N Aoyama, J Kitzman, D Burgess, T Richmond, TJ Albert, WB Barbazuk, JA Jeddeloh, PS Schnable (2010) Repeat subtraction-mediated sequence capture from a complex genome. Plant J, 62(5): 898-909.(Epub: 4 Mar 2010; Cover image; Selected by journal editors as a "Featured Article"; Selected as an Editors' Choice by MaizeGDB, 09/2010)
    [ Abstract | Full Text PDF | Supplemental Materials | doi:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04196.x | PMID: 20230488 | Impact Factor: 7.2 | Cited 96 times ]
  • Buggs RJ, S Chamala, W Wu, L Gao, GD May, PS Schnable, DE Soltis, PS Soltis, WB Barbazuk (2010) Characterization of duplicate gene evolution in the recent natural allopolyploid Tragopogon miscellus by next-generation sequencing and Sequenom iPLEX MassARRAY genotyping. Mol Ecol, 19(s1): 132-146.
    [ Abstract | Full Text PDF | doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04469.x | PMID: 20331776 | Impact Factor: 4.9 | Cited 106 times ]
  • Springer NM*, K Ying*, Y Fu, T Ji, CT Yeh, Y Jia, W Wu, T Richmond, J Kitzman, H Rosenbaum, AL Iniguez, WB Barbazuk, JA Jeddeloh, D Nettleton, PS Schnable (2009) Maize inbreds exhibit high levels of copy number variation (CNV) and presence/absence variation (PAV) in genome content. PLoS Genet, 5(11): e1000734.(Selected as an Editors' Choice by MaizeGDB, 12/2009)
    [ Abstract | Full Text PDF | Supplemental Materials | doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000734 | PMID: 19956538 | Impact Factor: 4.5 | Cited 489 times ]