Executive Editor-in-Chief, Global Journal of Genetics

Jin Li, PhD
Professor
Guangzhou Medical University
China

Education

Ph.D. in Genetics, 2007, Cornell University

B.S. in Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, 1998, Tsinghua University

Work Experience 

2017-present, Professor, Guangzhou Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital

2011-2017, Research Scientist, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

2007-2011, Postdoctoral Fellow, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications 

  1. van Ingen G*, Li J*, , Goedegebure A, Li YR, Jaddoe VWV, March ME, Mentch FD, et al., de Jong B, Sleiman PM, van der Schroeff MP, Hakonarson H, Genome-wide Association Study for Acute Otitis Media in Children Identifies Disease Contributing Gene. (*co-first authors) in press, Nature Communication. Nat Commun. 2016 Sep 28;7:12792.
  2. Li J, Wei Z, Chang X, Cardinale CJ, Kim C, Baldassano R, Hakonarson H on behalf of The International IBD Genetics Consortium. Pathway based genome-wide association studies reveal the association between growth factor activity and inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.2016 Apr 21.
  3. Li J, Wei Z, Li YR, Maggadottir SM, Chang X, Hakonarson H, Understanding the genetic and epigenetic basis of common variable immunodeficiency through omics approaches. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2016 Jun 14. pii: S0304-4165(16)30219-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.06.014.
  4. Li J, Maggadottir SM, Hakonarson H, Are genetic tests informative in predicting food allergy? Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2016 Jun;16(3):257-64.
  5. Finkel TH*,Li J*, Wei Z*, Wang W, Zhang H, Behrens EM, Reuschel EL, Sophie M. Limou SM, Wise C, et al.,…, Ellis JA, Hakonarson H, Variants in CXCR4 associate with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis susceptibility, BMC Medical Genetics (*co-first authors) 2016 Mar 22;17:24.
  6. Li J, Wei Z, Hakonarson H. Application of computational methods in genetic study of inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol. 2016 Jan 21;22(3):949-60.
  7. Li YR, Li J, Zhao SD, Bradfield J, Mentch F, Maggadottir MS, Abrams D, Hou C, Abrams DJ, Chang D, Gao FGuo Y, Thomas K, Wei Z, et al…,  Keating B, Hakonarson H.  Meta-analysis of shared genetic architecture across ten pediatric autoimmune diseases.Nature Medicine. 2015 Sep;21(9):1018-27.
  8. Dajani R*, Li J*, Wei Z, Glessner J, Chang X, Hakooz N, Khader Y, Sheshani A, Zandaki D, Hakonarson H. CNV analysis suggests AKNAD1 associated with type-2 diabetes in the Circassian and the Chechan populations of Jordan. (*co-first authors) Scientific Reports2015 Aug 21;5:13391.
  9. Li J, Fung IN, Glessner JT, Wei Z, Mentch FD, Pellegrino R, Kim C, Wang T, Hou C, Chiavacci RM, Thomas KA, Spergel J, Sleiman PMA, Hakonarson H. Copy Number Variations in CTNNA3 and RBFOX1 Associate with Pediatric Food Allergy. Journal of Immunology2015 Aug 15;195(4):1599-607.
  10. Li J, Jørgensen SF, Maggadottir SM, Bakay M, Warnatz K, Glessner J, PandeyR, Salzer  U, Schmidt RE, Perez E, et al., Karlsen TH, Grimbacher B, Hakonarson H, Hammarström L, Ellinghaus E, Association of CLEC16A with human common variable immunodeficiency disorder and role in murine B cells.  Nature Communications, 2015 Apr 20;6:6804.
  11. Maggadottir SM*, Li J*, Glessner JT*, Li YR, Wei Z, Chang X, Mentch FD, Thomas KA, Kim C, Zhao Y, Hou C, et al., Hakonarson H. Rare variants at 16p11.2 are associated with common variable immunodeficiency. (*co-first authors) Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2015 Jun;135(6):1569-77.
  12. Cook-Sather S*, Li J*, Goebel TK, Sussman EM, Rehman MA, Hakonarson H. TAOK3,  a novel GWAS locus associated with morphine sulfate dose requirement and postoperative pain in a pediatric day surgery population. (*co-first authors) Pain. 2014 Sep;155(9):1773-83.
  13. Purkey MT*, Li J*, Mentch F, Grant SFA, Hakonarson H, Toskala E. Genetic variation in genes encoding airway epithelial potassium channels are associated with chronic rhinosinusitis in a pediatric population. (*co-first authors) PLoS One, 2014 Mar 3;9(3):e89329.
  14. Ong BA*, Li J*, McDonough JM, Wei Z, Kim C, Chiavacci R, Mentch F, Caboot JB, Spergel J, Allen JL, Sleiman PMA, Hakonarson H. Gene network analysis in a pediatric cohort identifies novel lung function genes. (*co-first authors) PLoS One, 2013 Sep 2;8(9):e72899.
  15. Glessner JT, Li J, Hakonarson H. ParseCNV integrative copy number variation association software with quality tracking. Nucleic Acids Research. 2013 Mar 1;41(5):e64.
  16. Li J, Glessner JT, Zhang H, Hou C, Wei Z, Bradfield JP, Mentch FD, Guo Y, Kim C, Xia Q, Chiavacci RM, Thomas KA, Qiu H, Grant SF, Furth SL, Hakonarson H, Sleiman PM. GWAS of blood cell traits identifies novel associated loci and epistatic interactions in Caucasian and African-American children. Human Molecular Genetics.2013 Apr 1;22(7):1457-64.
  17. LiJ, Ding Z, Wang Z, Lu JF, Maity SN, Navone NM, Logothetis CJ, Mills GB, Kim  Androgen regulation of 5α-reductase isoenzymes in prostate cancer: implications for prostate cancer prevention. PLoS One. 2011;6(12):e28840.
  18. LiJ, Kim H, Aceto DG, Hung J, Aono S, Kemphues  Binding to PKC-3, but not to PAR-3 or to a conventional PDZ domain ligand, is required for PAR-6 function in C. elegans. Developmental Biology. 2010 Apr 1;340(1):88-98.
  19. LiJ, Kim  Molecular profiles of finasteride effects on prostate carcinogenesis. Cancer Prevention Research (Phila). 2009 Jun;2(6):518-24