Can Yang
Associate Editor, Statistical Genetics and Genomics
Can Yang earned his BS and M.Phil. degrees from Zhejiang University in 2003 and 2006, respectively, and completed his Ph.D. at HKUST in 2011. He then served as a postdoc (2011–2012) and associate scientist (2012–2014) at Yale. In 2017, Dr. Yang joined the Department of Mathematics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he currently holds the position of Dr. Tai-chin Lo Associate Professor of Science. Can and his lab have developed innovative statistical methods and computational tools for large-scale genetic and genomic data analysis.
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A novel tool for QC in long-read genomic data
Sequence composition disentangles contaminants from long-read data sets in a new paper from G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics.
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Hakhamanesh Mostafavi joins GENETICS as Associate Editor
A new associate editor is joining GENETICS in the Genetics of Complex Traits section. We’re excited to welcome Hakhamanesh Mostafavi to the editorial team.
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A tail of three regulatory elements: insights into the structure of C. elegans Raf/LIN-25
A new paper in GENETICS shows the distal tail segment Raf/LIN-45 downregulates signaling and models its function in other Raf proteins.