
Longfei Wang
@longfeiwang4
Postdoc @WEHI_research bioinformatics, genetic epidemiology, dementia, Parkinson's disease, mtDNA, rare variant association studies 🌿
ID: 1176273209248772096
23-09-2019 23:12:55
22 Tweet
37 Followers
66 Following

Today we're hosting a Parkinson's disease symposium to foster collaborations with Melbourne-based scientists looking at the causes, diagnosis and effective treatment of #Parkinsons disease Pic: Dr Andrew Evans from The Royal Melbourne Hospital and honorary clinician scientist at WEHI





Did you hear the news? The #GeneticsOfStuttering Study has officially launched in New Zealand! Our UniofOtagoWellington study featured on Seven Sharp last night - check it out below! For more info on the study and to take part, visit geneticsofstutteringstudy.org.au fb.watch/1I7YX2_wE-/


Exciting announcement from Dan Andrews @JaalaPullford today! We're proud to join our collaborators Doherty Institute The Royal Melbourne Hospital @unimelb Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) Burnet Institute CSL to establish an Australian Institute for Infectious Disease here in Melbourne. premier.vic.gov.au/victorian-pled…



Our new publication: UKB.COVID19: an R package for UK Biobank COVID-19 data processing and analysis Longfei Wang et al., published by F1000Research f1000research.com/articles/10-83… We hope it's useful! Work led by Longfei Wang, with help from Vicki Jackson and Liam Fearnley.


A multidisciplinary team led by Melanie Bahlo received a $1 million flagship grant from the Alfred Felton bequest. The four-year funding will support researching the genetic basis of dementia. Read more in Illuminate wehi.edu.au/news/illuminat… #WEHIResearch






A new tool from the Bahlo lab: mitoCN, led by Fei Wang (Longfei Wang). Estimate mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNA-CN) WGS, with GC bias and homology bias adjustment. Enjoy! github.com/bahlolab/mitoCN

We are hiring! We have an exciting opportunity for a bioinformatics post doc to join our ataxia genetics project here at WEHI. Melanie Bahlo More info: seek.com.au/job/70361914