Dr Jian Zeng
NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
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Researcher biography
Dr Jian Zeng is a statistical geneticist and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) at the University of Queensland (UQ). He received his PhD in animal breeding and genetics at Iowa State University and joined the Program in Complex Trait Genomics (PCTG) at UQ in 2016. His research focuses on the development and application of innovative statistical methods for estimating the genetic architecture and evolutionary signals in complex traits, identifying genetic variants, genes and other molecular intermediates associated with phenotype variation, and predicting trait phenotypes using genome sequence data. In 2019, he was awarded an NHMRC Investigator Emerging Leadership Grant to develop statistical methods and software tools for best predict an individual's disease risk using genomic and omics data. He was an invited speaker at the prestigious Gordon Research Conference in 2019.
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Journal Articles
Costilla, R., Zeng, J., Al Kalaldeh, M., Swaminathan, M., Gibson, J.P., Ducrocq, V. and Hayes, B.J. (2023). Developing flexible models for genetic evaluations in smallholder crossbred dairy farms. Journal of Dairy Science, 106 (12), 9125-9135. doi: 10.3168/jds.2022-23135
Friedman, Clayton E., Cheetham, Seth W., Negi, Sumedha, Mills, Richard J., Ogawa, Masahito, Redd, Meredith A., Chiu, Han Sheng, Shen, Sophie, Sun, Yuliangzi, Mizikovsky, Dalia, Bouveret, Romaric, Chen, Xiaoli, Voges, Holly K., Paterson, Scott, De Angelis, Jessica E., Andersen, Stacey B., Cao, Yuanzhao, Wu, Yang, Jafrani, Yohaann M.A., Yoon, Sohye, Faulkner, Geoffrey J., Smith, Kelly A., Porrello, Enzo, Harvey, Richard P., Hogan, Benjamin M., Nguyen, Quan, Zeng, Jian, Kikuchi, Kazu, Hudson, James E. and Palpant, Nathan J. (2023). HOPX-associated molecular programs control cardiomyocyte cell states underpinning cardiac structure and function. Developmental Cell, 59 (1), 91-107.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.11.012
Li, Jinghui, Zhao, Tianjing, Guan, Dailu, Pan, Zhangyuan, Bai, Zhonghao, Teng, Jinyan, Zhang, Zhe, Zheng, Zhili, Zeng, Jian, Zhou, Huaijun, Fang, Lingzhao and Cheng, Hao (2023). Learning functional conservation between human and pig to decipher evolutionary mechanisms underlying gene expression and complex traits. Cell Genomics, 3 (10) 100390. doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100390
Vilhjalmsson, Bjarni, Zeng, Jian and Wray, Naomi (2023). ADVANCES IN POLYGENIC SCORE METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 75, S29. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.08.062
Wu, Yang, Qi, Ting, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2023). Joint analysis of GWAS and multi-omics QTL summary statistics reveals a large fraction of GWAS signals shared with molecular phenotypes. Cell Genomics, 3 (8) 100344, 100344. doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100344
Sullivan, Patrick F., Meadows, Jennifer R. S., Gazal, Steven, Phan, BaDoi N., Li, Xue, Genereux, Diane P., Dong, Michael X., Bianchi, Matteo, Andrews, Gregory, Sakthikumar, Sharadha, Nordin, Jessika, Roy, Ananya, Christmas, Matthew J., Marinescu, Voichita D., Wang, Chao, Wallerman, Ola, Xue, James, Yao, Shuyang, Sun, Quan, Szatkiewicz, Jin, Wen, Jia, Huckins, Laura M., Lawler, Alyssa, Keough, Kathleen C., Zheng, Zhili, Zeng, Jian, Wray, Naomi R., Li, Yun, Johnson, Jessica ... Zoonomia Consortium§ (2023). Leveraging base-pair mammalian constraint to understand genetic variation and human disease. Science, 380 (6643) eabn2937, 1-12. doi: 10.1126/science.abn2937
Li, Ang, Liu, Shouye, Bakshi, Andrew, Jiang, Longda, Chen, Wenhan, Zheng, Zhili, Sullivan, Patrick F., Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R., Yang, Jian and Zeng, Jian (2023). mBAT-combo: a more powerful test to detect gene-trait associations from GWAS data. American Journal of Human Genetics, 110 (1), 30-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.12.006
Zeng, Jian, Yu, Xiaoyong, Yang, Guoyan and Gui, Haitao (2023). Dynamic Robust Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm Based on Hybrid Strategy. International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research, 14 (1). doi: 10.4018/IJSIR.325006
Qi, Ting, Wu, Yang, Fang, Hailing, Zhang, Futao, Liu, Shouye, Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2022). Genetic control of RNA splicing and its distinct role in complex trait variation. Nature Genetics, 54 (9), 1355-1363. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01154-4
Zhao, Tianjing, Zeng, Jian and Cheng, Hao (2022). Extend mixed models to multilayer neural networks for genomic prediction including intermediate omics data. Genetics, 221 (1) iyac034. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyac034
Ni, Guiyan, Zeng, Jian, Revez, Joana A., Wang, Ying, Zheng, Zhili, Ge, Tian, Restuadi, Restuadi, Kiewa, Jacqueline, Nyholt, Dale R., Coleman, Jonathan R.I., Smoller, Jordan W., Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M. and Wray, Naomi R. (2021). A comparison of ten polygenic score methods for psychiatric disorders applied across multiple cohorts. Biological Psychiatry, 90 (9), 611-620. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.04.018
Sun, Xiwei, Xue, Angli, Qi, Ting, Chen, Dan, Shi, Dandan, Wu, Yang, Zheng, Zhili, Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2021). Tumor mutational burden is polygenic and genetically associated with complex traits and diseases. Cancer Research, 81 (5) canres.3459.2020, 12230-1239. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-20-3459
Zeng, Jian, Xue, Angli, Jiang, Longda, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Wu, Yang, Wang, Huanwei, Zheng, Zhili, Yengo, Loic, Kemper, Kathryn E., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2021). Widespread signatures of natural selection across human complex traits and functional genomic categories. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 1164, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21446-3
Yap, Chloe X., Alvares, Gail A., Henders, Anjali K., Lin, Tian, Wallace, Leanne, Farrelly, Alaina, McLaren, Tiana, Berry, Jolene, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Trzaskowski, Maciej, Zeng, Jian, Yang, Yuanhao, Cleary, Dominique, Grove, Rachel, Hafekost, Claire, Harun, Alexis, Holdsworth, Helen, Jellett, Rachel, Khan, Feroza, Lawson, Lauren, Leslie, Jodie, Levis Frenk, Mira, Masi, Anne, Mathew, Nisha E., Muniandy, Melanie, Nothard, Michaela, Visscher, Peter M., Dawson, Paul A., Dissanayake, Cheryl ... Gratten, Jacob (2021). Analysis of common genetic variation and rare CNVs in the Australian Autism Biobank. Molecular Autism, 12 (1) 12, 12. doi: 10.1186/s13229-020-00407-5
Xue, Angli, Jiang, Longda, Zhu, Zhihong, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2021). Genome-wide analyses of behavioural traits are subject to bias by misreports and longitudinal changes. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 6450, 6450. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20237-6
Xue, Angli, Jiang, Longda, Zhu, Zhihong, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2021). Correction: Genome-wide analyses of behavioural traits are subject to bias by misreports and longitudinal changes. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 988, 988. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21294-1
Wu, Yang, Qi, Ting, Wang, Huanwei, Zhang, Futao, Zheng, Zhili, Phillips-Cremins, Jennifer E., Deary, Ian J., McRae, Allan F., Wray, Naomi R., Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2020). Promoter-anchored chromatin interactions predicted from genetic analysis of epigenomic data. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2061, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15587-0
Revez, Joana A., Lin, Tian, Qiao, Zhen, Xue, Angli, Holtz, Yan, Zhu, Zhihong, Zeng, Jian, Wang, Huanwei, Sidorenko, Julia, Kemper, Kathryn E., Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Frater, Julanne, Eyles, Darryl, Burne, Thomas H. J., Mitchell, Brittany, Martin, Nicholas G., Zhu, Gu, Visscher, Peter M., Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R. and McGrath, John J. (2020). Genome-wide association study identifies 143 loci associated with 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentration. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 1647, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15421-7
Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Zeng, Jian, Sidorenko, Julia, Yengo, Loïc, Moser, Gerhard, Kemper, Kathryn E., Wang, Huanwei, Zheng, Zhili, Magi, Reedik, Esko, Tõnu, Metspalu, Andres, Wray, Naomi R., Goddard, Michael E., Yang, Jian and Visscher, Peter M. (2019). Improved polygenic prediction by Bayesian multiple regression on summary statistics. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 5086, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12653-0
Wang, Huanwei, Zhang, Futao, Zeng, Jian, Wu, Yang, Kemper, Kathryn E., Xue, Angli, Zhang, Min, Powell, Joseph E., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., McRae, Allan F. and Yang, Jian (2019). Genotype-by-environment interactions inferred from genetic effects on phenotypic variability in the UK Biobank. Science Advances, 5 (8) eaaw3538, 1-12. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw3538
Sidorenko, Julia, Kassam, Irfahan, Kemper, Kathryn E., Zeng, Jian, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Montgomery, Grant W., Gibson, Greg, Metspalu, Andres, Esko, Tonu, Yang, Jian, McRae, Allan F. and Visscher, Peter M. (2019). The effect of X-linked dosage compensation on complex trait variation. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 3009, 3009. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10598-y
Luo, Taobo and Zeng, Jian (2019). Minimally invasive lobectomy with neoadjuvant targeted therapy: the Zhejiang Cancer Hospital experience. Journal of Thoracic Disease, 11 (1), 266-269. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.12.100
Xue, Angli, Wu, Yang, Zhu, Zhihong, Zhang, Futao, Kemper, Kathryn E., Zheng, Zhili, Yengo, Loic, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Sidorenko, Julia, Wu, Yeda, eQTLGen Consortium, McRae, Allan F., Visscher, Peter M., Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2018). Genome-wide association analyses identify 143 risk variants and putative regulatory mechanisms for type 2 diabetes. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 2941, 2941. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04951-w
Qi, Ting, Wu, Yang, Zeng, Jian, Zhang, Futao, Xue, Angli, Jiang, Longda, Zhu, Zhihong, Kemper, Kathryn, Yengo, Loic, Zheng, Zhili, eQTLGen Consortium, Marioni, Riccardo E., Montgomery, Grant W., Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., McRae, Allan F. and Yang, Jian (2018). Identifying gene targets for brain-related traits using transcriptomic and methylomic data from blood. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 2282, 2282. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04558-1
Guo, Jing, Wu, Yang, Zhu, Zhihong, Zheng, Zhili, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Zeng, Jian, Robinson, Matthew R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2018). Global genetic differentiation of complex traits shaped by natural selection in humans. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 1865, 1865. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04191-y
Zeng, Jian, de Vlaming, Ronald, Wu, Yang, Robinson, Matthew R., Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Yengo, Loic, Yap, Chloe X., Xue, Angli, Sidorenko, Julia, McRae, Allan F., Powell, Joseph E., Montgomery, Grant W., Metspalu, Andres, Esko, Tonu, Gibson, Greg, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2018). Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits. Nature Genetics, 50 (5), 746-753. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0101-4
Zeng, Jian, Garrick, Dorian, Dekkers, Jack and Fernando, Rohan (2018). A nested mixture model for genomic prediction using whole-genome SNP genotypes. PloS one, 13 (3) e0194683, e0194683. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194683
Cheng, Hao, Kizilkaya, Kadir, Zeng, Jian, Garrick, Dorian and Fernando, Rohan (2018). Genomic prediction from multiple-trait bayesian regression methods using mixture priors. Genetics, 209 (1), 89-103. doi: 10.1534/genetics.118.300650
Wu, Yang, Zeng, Jian, Zhang, Futao, Zhu, Zhihong, Qi, Ting, Zheng, Zhili, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Marioni, Riccardo E., Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., McRae, Allan F. and Yang, Jian (2018). Integrative analysis of omics summary data reveals putative mechanisms underlying complex traits. Nature Communications, 9 (918) 918, 918. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03371-0
Yang, Jian, Zeng, Jian, Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Concepts, estimation and interpretation of SNP-based heritability. Nature Genetics, 49 (9), 1304-1310. doi: 10.1038/ng.3941
Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Robinson, Matthew R., Moser, Gerhard, Zeng, Jian, Beleza, Sandra, Barsh, Gregory S., Tang, Hua and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Inference on the genetic basis of eye and skin color in an admixed population via Bayesian linear mixed models. Genetics, 206 (2), 1113-1126. doi: 10.1534/genetics.116.193383
Heidaritabar, M., Wolc, A., Arango, J., Zeng, J., Settar, P., Fulton, J. E., O'Sullivan, N. P., Bastiaansen, J. W. M., Fernando, R. L., Garrick, D. J. and Dekkers, J. C. M. (2016). Impact of fitting dominance and additive effects on accuracy of genomic prediction of breeding values in layers. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 133 (5), 334-346. doi: 10.1111/jbg.12225
Zeng, Jian, Garrick, Dorian J., Dekkers, Jack C. and Fernando, Rohan L (2016). A nested mixture model for genomic prediction using whole-genome SNP genotypes. Iowa State University Animal Industry Report, 13 (1). doi: 10.31274/ans_air-180814-452
Zhao, Yusheng, Gowda, Manje, Wuerschum, Tobias, Longin, C. Friedrich H., Korzun, Viktor, Kollers, Sonja, Schachschneider, Ralf, Zeng, Jian, Fernando, Rohan, Dubcovsky, Jorge and Reif, Jochen C. (2013). Dissecting the genetic architecture of frost tolerance in Central European winter wheat. Journal of Experimental Botany, 64 (14), 4453-4460. doi: 10.1093/jxb/ert259
Zeng, Jian, Toosi, Ali, Fernando, Rohan L., Dekkers, Jack C. M. and Garrick, Dorian J. (2013). Genomic selection of purebred animals for crossbred performance in the presence of dominant gene action. Genetics Selection Evolution, 45 (1) 11. doi: 10.1186/1297-9686-45-11
Zhao, Yusheng, Zeng, Jian, Fernando, Rohan and Reif, Jochen C. (2013). Genomic prediction of hybrid wheat performance. Crop Science, 53 (3), 802-810. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2012.08.0463
Zeng, Jian, Pszczola, Marcin, Wolc, Anna, Strabel, Tomasz, Fernando, Rohan L., Garrick, Dorian J. and Dekkers, Jack C. M. (2012). Genomic breeding value prediction and QTL mapping of QTLMAS2011 data using Bayesian and GBLUP methods. BMC Proceedings, 6 (S2) S7. doi: 10.1186/1753-6561-6-S2-S7
Conference Papers
Zeng, Jian, Zheng, Zhili, Liu, Shouye, Sidorenko, Julia, Yengo, Loic, Turley, Patrick, Ani, Alireza, Wang, Rujia, Nolte, Ilja, Snieder, Harold, Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi, Goddard, Michael and Visscher, Peter (2023). Leveraging functional genomic annotations and genome coverage to improve polygenic prediction of complex traits within and between ancestries. World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Montreal, ON, Canada, 10 - 14 October 2023. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.08.063
Yao, Shuyang, Harder, Arvid, Darki, Fahimeh, Li, Ang, Zeng, Jian, Nikouei, Kasra, Lundstrom, Johan, Wray, Naomi, Lu, Yi, Sullivan, Patrick and Hjerling-Leffler, Jens (2023). IDENTIFICATION OF CELL TYPES AND CELLULAR DYNAMICS GENETICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH BRAIN DISORDERS AND COGNITIVE TRAITS. World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Montreal Canada, Oct 10-14, 2023. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.08.160
Zeng, Jian, de Vlaming, Ronald, Wu, Yang, Robinson, Matthew R., Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Yengo, Loic, Yap, Chloe X., Xue, Angli, Sidorenko, Julia, Mcrae, Allan F., Powell, Joseph E., Montgomery, Grant W., Metspalu, Andres, Esko, Tonu, Gibson, Greg, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2018). Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits. 48th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Boston MA, United States, 20-23 June 2018. New York, NY United States: Springer New York.
Research Reports
Zeng, Jian, Toosi, Ali, Fernando, Rohan L., Dekkers, Jack C. M. and Garrick, Dorian J. (2013). Genomic selection of purebred animals for crossbred performance in the presence of dominant gene action. Ames: Iowa State University, Digital Repository. doi: 10.31274/ans_air-180814-1249
Deng, Xuemei, Arango, Jesus, Kizilkaya, Kadir, Zeng, Jian, Cai, Weiguo, Fulton, Janet, O'Sullivan, Neil and Dekkers, Jack C.M. (2011). Whole genome association analysis of idiopathic eosinophilic enteritis in brown egg layers. Ames, United States: Iowa State University. doi: 10.31274/ans_air-180814-77