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PROFESSOR | Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Biography
Training Areas: Genetics and Genomic Sciences [GGS]
Education
BS, Fudan University
MS, University at Buffalo
PhD, University of Minnesota Biography
http://research.mssm.edu/fanglab/ Fang Lab @ Mount Sinai,
Computational Systems Biology Functional and comparative epigenomics/genomics Third-generation sequencing (single molecule real-time) Pathogen-host interactions in infectious diseases Mitochondrial DNA modifications in disease & iPSC Genetic interactions in human disease & iPSC Integrative genome-wide association studies Brain imaging genetics, genomics and networks
Awards
2012 Best Dissertation Award University of Minnesota
2010 Young Scientist Award Sage Bionetworks
2010 - 2011 Walter Barnes Lang Fellowship Institute for Engineering in Medicine, University of Minnesota
2010 Best Network Model Award Sage Congress
2007 - 2009 Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Traineeship Mayo Clinic and IBM Research
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Intestinal biomarkers, microbiota composition, and genetic predisposition to inflammatory bowel disease as predictors of Parkinson's disease manifestation
Chai, Z., Ouyang, Y., Debebe, A., Picker, M., Lee, W. J., Fenton, S., Becker-Dorison, A., Augustin-Emmerichs, K., Schwiertz, A., Weber, S. N., Lammert, F., Hu, J., Fang, G., Unger, M. M. & Peter, I., Jun 2025, In: Journal of Parkinson's Disease. 15, 4, p. 766-779 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Long-read metagenomics for strain tracking after faecal microbiota transplant
Fan, Y., Ni, M., Aggarwala, V., Mead, E. A., Ksiezarek, M., Cao, L., Kamm, M. A., Borody, T. J., Paramsothy, S., Kaakoush, N. O., Grinspan, A., Faith, J. J. & Fang, G., Dec 2025, In: Nature Microbiology. 10, 12, p. 3258-3271 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mechanism of DNA degradation by CBASS Cap5 endonuclease immune effector
Rechkoblit, O., Sciaky, D., Ni, M., Li, Y., Kottur, J., Fang, G. & Aggarwal, A. K., Dec 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 1, 5243.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Phenotypic complexities of rare heterozygous neurexin-1 deletions
Fernando, M. B., Fan, Y., Zhang, Y., Tokolyi, A., Murphy, A. N., Kammourh, S., Deans, P. J. M., Ghorbani, S., Onatzevitch, R., Pero, A., Padilla, C., Williams, S. E., Flaherty, E. K., Prytkova, I. A., Cao, L., Knowles, D. A., Fang, G., Slesinger, P. A. & Brennand, K. J., 19 Jun 2025, In: Nature. 642, 8068, p. 710-720 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analytical challenges in omics research on asthma and allergy: A National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases workshop
Bunyavanich, S., Becker, P. M., Altman, M. C., Lasky-Su, J., Ober, C., Zengler, K., Berdyshev, E., Bonneau, R., Chatila, T., Chatterjee, N., Chung, K. F., Cutcliffe, C., Davidson, W., Dong, G., Fang, G., Fulkerson, P., Himes, B. E., Liang, L., Mathias, R. A. & Ogino, S. & 10 others, , Apr 2024, In: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 153, 4, p. 954-968 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access14 Scopus citations
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Researchers from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Report Recent Findings in Science (Critical assessment of intratumor and low-biomass microbiome using long-read sequencing)
Badani, K., Mead, E., Sebra, R., Yong,, R., Deikus, G., Fang, G. & Brody, R.
17/03/26
1 item of Media coverage
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At-home gut microbiome tests grow in popularity, but experts say they’re limited
8/11/25
1 item of Media coverage
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Scientists Develop a Way to Track Donor Bacteria After Fecal Microbiota Transplants
Mead, E., Aggarwala, V., Faith, J., Grinspan, A. M. & Fang, G.
22/10/25 → 23/10/25
8 items of Media coverage
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Researchers create novel method to monitor donor bacteria following fecal microbiota transplants
Mead, E., Aggarwala, V., Faith, J., Grinspan, A. M. & Fang, G.
22/10/25
2 items of Media coverage
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Studies from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Describe New Findings in Bacterial Infections and Mycoses (Long read metagenomics-based precise tracking of bacterial strains and genomic changes after fecal microbiota transplantation)
Mead, E., Aggarwala, V., Faith, J., Grinspan, A. M. & Fang, G.
25/09/25
1 item of Media coverage
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