Ting Wang, PhD

Ting Wang, PhD

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine

Research Interest

Computational genomics and epigenomics. The evolution and adaption of human regulatory networks, with a focus on mobile elements (i.e., transposable elements) and their impact on gene regulation, their genetic and epigenetic control, and their roles in human biology and diseases. In particular, we are studying how DNA methylation changes in transposable elements influence tumorigenesis.

Education

  • 2001: MS, computer sciences, Washington University, St. Louis
  • 2006: PhD, computational biology, Washington University

Training

  • 2006 - 2009: Postdoctoral fellow, computational biology, University of California, Santa Cruz

Selected Research Publications

Leveraging Human Pangenome for Improved Somatic Variant Detection.
  • Fu Q, Xin Z, Miao B, [...] Wang T
  • bioRxiv 2026
An integrated view of the structure and function of the human 4D nucleome.
  • Dekker J, Oksuz BA, Zhang Y, [...] Wang T, [...] Yue F
  • Nature 2026
Unmasked: transposable elements as drivers and targets in cancer.
  • Grinwald MF, Saintilnord WN, Wang T
  • Trends Genet 2026
INSM1 governs a neuronal progenitor state that drives glioblastoma in a human stem cell model.
  • DeSouza PA, Ishahak M, Qu X, [...] Wang T, [...] Kim AH
  • Nat Commun 2025
Non-canonical functions of DNMT3A in hematopoietic stem cells regulate telomerase activity and genome integrity.
  • Xavier Raj I, Kyun Koh W, Harrison J, [...] Wang T, [...] Challen GA
  • Cell Stem Cell 2025
The Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues Network.
  • Coorens THH, Oh JW, Choi YA, [...] Wang T, [...] Vaccarino FM
  • Nature 2025
Charting the regulatory landscape of TP53 on transposable elements in cancer.
  • Qu X, Liang Y, McCornack C, [...] Wang T
  • Genome Res 2025
Exploring the epigenome profiles of repetitive elements with the WashU Repeat Browser.
  • Shen J, Cheng S, Purushotham D, [...] Wang T
  • Genome Res 2025
Regulatory transposable elements in the encyclopedia of DNA elements.
  • Du AY, Chobirko JD, Zhuo X, Feschotte C, Wang T
  • Nat Commun 2024

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