Dr Tian Lin
Principal Research Scientist/Scientific Officer
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
+61 7 334 66369
Publications
Journal Articles
Barker, Lauren F., McRae, Allan F., Yuen, Hok Pan, Henders, Anjali K., Wallace, Leanne M., Lin, Tian, Phassouliotis, Christina, Spark, Jessica, Kerr, Melissa, Byrne, Enda M., Amminger, G. Paul, Nelson, Barnaby, Wray, Naomi R. and McGorry, Patrick D. (2025). White blood cell proportions are associated with response to psychosocial therapy in young people at ultra-high risk for psychosis. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science 100546, 100546. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2025.100546
Crouse, Jacob J., Park, Shin Ho, Mitchell, Brittany L., Byrne, Enda M., Medland, Sarah E., Lin, Tian, Scott, Jan, de Haan, Zsofi, Tonini, Emiliana, Iorfino, Frank, Wray, Naomi R., Martin, Nicholas G. and Hickie, Ian B. (2025). Mental health and sleep correlates of self-reported outdoor daylight exposure in over 13,000 adults with depression. European Psychiatry, 68 (1) e41, 1-34. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2025.20
Walker, Alicia, Karlsson, Robert, Szatkiewicz, Jin P., Thornton, Laura M., Yilmaz, Zeynep, Leppä, Virpi M., Savva, Androula, Lin, Tian, Sidorenko, Julia, McRae, Allan, Kirov, George, Davies, Helena L., Fundín, Bengt T., Chawner, Samuel J. R. A., Song, Jie, Borg, Stina, Wen, Jia, Watson, Hunna J., Munn-Chernoff, Melissa A., Baker, Jessica H., Gordon, Scott, Berrettini, Wade H., Brandt, Harry, Crawford, Steven, Halmi, Katherine A., Kaplan, Allan S., Kaye, Walter H., Mitchell, James, Strober, Michael ... Wray, Naomi R. (2025). Genome-wide copy number variation association study in anorexia nervosa. Molecular Psychiatry, 30 (5) 867, 2009-2016. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02811-2
Crouse, Jacob J., Park, Shin Ho, Byrne, Enda M., Mitchell, Brittany L., Scott, Jan, Medland, Sarah E., Lin, Tian, Wray, Naomi R., Martin, Nicholas G. and Hickie, Ian B. (2024). Patterns of stressful life events and polygenic scores for five mental disorders and neuroticism among adults with depression. Molecular Psychiatry, 29 (9), 2765-2773. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02492-x
Zheng, Zhili, Liu, Shouye, Sidorenko, Julia, Wang, Ying, Lin, Tian, Yengo, Loic, Turley, Patrick, Ani, Alireza, Wang, Rujia, Nolte, Ilja M., Snieder, Harold, Aguirre-Gamboa, Raul, Deelen, Patrick, Franke, Lude, Kuivenhoven, Jan A., Lopera Maya, Esteban A., Sanna, Serena, Swertz, Morris A., Vonk, Judith M., Wijmenga, Cisca, Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R., Goddard, Michael E., Visscher, Peter M., Zeng, Jian and LifeLines Cohort Study (2024). Leveraging functional genomic annotations and genome coverage to improve polygenic prediction of complex traits within and between ancestries. Nature Genetics, 56 (5), 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41588-024-01704-y
Hatton, Alesha A., Cheng, Fei-Fei, Lin, Tian, Shen, Ren-Juan, Chen, Jie, Zheng, Zhili, Qu, Jia, Lyu, Fan, Harris, Sarah E., Cox, Simon R., Jin, Zi-Bing, Martin, Nicholas G., Fan, Dongsheng, Montgomery, Grant W., Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R., Marioni, Riccardo E., Visscher, Peter M. and McRae, Allan F. (2024). Genetic control of DNA methylation is largely shared across European and East Asian populations. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 2713, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47005-0
Chundru, V. Kartik, Marioni, Riccardo E., Pendergast, James G. D., Lin, Tian, Beveridge, Allan J., Martin, Nicholas G, Montgomery, Grant W., Hume, David A., Deary, Ian J., Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R. and McRae, Allan F. (2023). Rare genetic variants underlie outlying levels of DNA methylation and gene-expression. Human Molecular Genetics, 32 (11), 1912-1921. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddad028
Freydenzon, Anna, Nabais, Marta F., Lin, Tian, Williams, Kelly L., Wallace, Leanne, Henders, Anjali K., Blair, Ian P., Wray, Naomi R., Pamphlett, Roger and McRae, Allan F. (2022). Association between DNA methylation variability and self-reported exposure to heavy metals. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 10582, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-13892-w
Hop, Paul J., Zwamborn, Ramona A.J., Hannon, Eilis, Shireby, Gemma L., Nabais, Marta F., Walker, Emma M., van Rheenen, Wouter, van Vugt, Joke J.F.A., Dekker, Annelot M., Westeneng, Henk-Jan, Tazelaar, Gijs H.P., van Eijk, Kristel R., Moisse, Matthieu, Baird, Denis, Al Khleifat, Ahmad, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Ticozzi, Nicola, Ratti, Antonia, Cooper-Knock, Jonathan, Morrison, Karen E., Shaw, Pamela J., Basak, A. Nazli, Chiò, Adriano, Calvo, Andrea, Moglia, Cristina, Canosa, Antonio, Brunetti, Maura, Grassano, Maurizio, Gotkine, Marc ... Brain MEND Consortium (2022). Genome-wide study of DNA methylation shows alterations in metabolic, inflammatory, and cholesterol pathways in ALS. Science Translational Medicine, 14 (633) eabj0264, 1-15. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abj0264
Wang, Xiaotong, Lin, Tian, Yengo, Loic, Sidorenko, Julia, Wray, Naomi R. and Levinson, Douglas F. (2021). Polygenic burden could explain high rates of affective disorders in a community with restricted founder population. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 186 (6), 367-375. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32876
Min, Josine L., Hemani, Gibran, Hannon, Eilis, Dekkers, Koen F., Castillo-Fernandez, Juan, Luijk, René, Carnero-Montoro, Elena, Lawson, Daniel J., Burrows, Kimberley, Suderman, Matthew, Bretherick, Andrew D., Richardson, Tom G., Klughammer, Johanna, Iotchkova, Valentina, Sharp, Gemma, Al Khleifat, Ahmad, Shatunov, Aleksey, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, McArdle, Wendy L., Ho, Karen M., Kumar, Ashish, Söderhäll, Cilla, Soriano-Tárraga, Carolina, Giralt-Steinhauer, Eva, Kazmi, Nabila, Mason, Dan, McRae, Allan F., Corcoran, David L., Sugden, Karen ... BIOS Consortium (2021). Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation. Nature Genetics, 53 (9), 1311-1321. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00923-x
Restuadi, Restuadi, Garton, Fleur C., Benyamin, Beben, Lin, Tian, Williams, Kelly L., Vinkhuyzen, Anna, van Rheenen, Wouter, Zhu, Zhihong, Laing, Nigel G., Mather, Karen A., Sachdev, Perminder S., Ngo, Shyuan T., Steyn, Frederik J., Wallace, Leanne, Henders, Anjali K., Visscher, Peter M., Needham, Merrilee, Mathers, Susan, Nicholson, Garth, Rowe, Dominic B., Henderson, Robert D., McCombe, Pamela A., Pamphlett, Roger, Blair, Ian P., Wray, Naomi R. and McRae, Allan F. (2021). Polygenic risk score analysis for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis leveraging cognitive performance, educational attainment and schizophrenia. European Journal of Human Genetics, 30 (5), 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41431-021-00885-y
Nabais, Marta F., Laws, Simon M., Lin, Tian, Vallerga, Costanza L., Armstrong, Nicola J., Blair, Ian P., Kwok, John B., Mather, Karen A., Mellick, George D., Sachdev, Perminder S., Wallace, Leanne, Henders, Anjali K., Zwamborn, Ramona A. J., Hop, Paul J., Lunnon, Katie, Pishva, Ehsan, Roubroeks, Janou A. Y., Soininen, Hilkka, Tsolaki, Magda, Mecocci, Patrizia, Lovestone, Simon, Kloszewska, Iwona, Vellas, Bruno, Furlong, Sarah, Garton, Fleur C., Henderson, Robert D., Mathers, Susan, McCombe, Pamela A., Needham, Merrilee ... McRae, Allan F. (2021). Meta-analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation identifies shared associations across neurodegenerative disorders. Genome Biology, 22 (1) 90, 1-30. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02275-5
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
Murray, Graham K., Lin, Tian, Austin, Jehannine, McGrath, John J., Hickie, Ian B. and Wray, Naomi R. (2021). Could polygenic risk scores be useful in psychiatry? a review. JAMA Psychiatry, 78 (2), 210-219. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.3042
Crouse, Jacob J., Carpenter, Joanne S., Iorfino, Frank, Lin, Tian, Ho, Nicholas, Byrne, Enda M., Henders, Anjali K., Wallace, Leanne, Hermens, Daniel F., Scott, Elizabeth M., Wray, Naomi R. and Hickie, Ian B. (2021). Schizophrenia polygenic risk scores in youth mental health: preliminary associations with diagnosis, clinical stage and functioning. BJPsych Open, 7 (2) e58, e58. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2021.14
Wray, Naomi R., Lin, Tian, Austin, Jehannine, McGrath, John J., Hickie, Ian B., Murray, Graham K. and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). From basic science to clinical application of polygenic risk scores : a primer. JAMA Psychiatry, 78 (1), 101-109. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.3049
Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Lin, Tian, Al Khleifat, Ahmad, Jones, Ashley R., Opie-Martin, Sarah, Coleman, Jonathan R.I., Shatunov, Aleksey, Sproviero, William, Williams, Kelly L., Garton, Fleur, Restuadi, Restuadi, Henders, Anjali K., Mather, Karen A., Needham, Merilee, Mathers, Susan, Nicholson, Garth A., Rowe, Dominic B., Henderson, Robert, McCombe, Pamela A., Pamphlett, Roger, Blair, Ian P., Schultz, David, Sachdev, Perminder S., Newhouse, Stephen J., Proitsi, Petroula, Fogh, Isabella, Ngo, Shyuan T., Dobson, Richard J.B., Wray, Naomi R. ... Al-Chalabi, Ammar (2020). Genome-wide meta-analysis finds the ACSL5-ZDHHC6 locus is associated with ALS and links weight loss to the disease genetics. Cell Reports, 33 (4) 108323, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108323
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
Nabais, Marta F., Lin, Tian, Benyamin, Beben, Williams, Kelly L., Garton, Fleur C., Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Zhang, Futao, Vallerga, Costanza L., Restuadi, Restuadi, Freydenzon, Anna, Zwamborn, Ramona A. J., Hop, Paul J., Robinson, Matthew R., Gratten, Jacob, Visscher, Peter M., Hannon, Eilis, Mill, Jonathan, Brown, Matthew A., Laing, Nigel G., Mather, Karen A., Sachdev, Perminder S., Ngo, Shyuan T., Steyn, Frederik J., Wallace, Leanne, Henders, Anjali K., Needham, Merrilee, Veldink, Jan H., Mathers, Susan, Nicholson, Garth ... Wray, Naomi R. (2020). Significant out-of-sample classification from methylation profile scoring for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. npj Genomic Medicine, 5 (1) 10, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41525-020-0118-3
Zhang, Qian, Vallerga, Costanza L., Walker, Rosie M., Lin, Tian, Henders, Anjali K., Montgomery, Grant W., He, Ji, Fan, Dongsheng, Fowdar, Javed, Kennedy, Martin, Pitcher, Toni, Pearson, John, Halliday, Glenda, Kwok, John B., Hickie, Ian, Lewis, Simon, Anderson, Tim, Silburn, Peter A., Mellick, George D., Harris, Sarah E., Redmond, Paul, Murray, Alison D., Porteous, David J., Haley, Christopher S., Evans, Kathryn L., McIntosh, Andrew M., Yang, Jian, Gratten, Jacob, Marioni, Riccardo E. ... Visscher, Peter M. (2019). Improved precision of epigenetic clock estimates across tissues and its implication for biological ageing. Genome Medicine, 11 (1) 54, 54. doi: 10.1186/s13073-019-0667-1
Chundru, V. Kartik, Marioni, Riccardo E., Prendergast, James G. D., Vallerga, Costanza L., Lin, Tian, Berveridge, Allan J., SGPD Consortium, Gratten, Jacob, Hume, David A., Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and McRae, Allan F. (2019). Examining the impact of imputation errors on fine-mapping using DNA methylation QTL as a model trait. Genetics, 212 (3), 577-586. doi: 10.1534/genetics.118.301861
Hannapel, David J., Sharma, Pooja, Lin, Tian and Banerjee, Anjan K. (2017). The multiple signals that control tuber formation. Plant Physiology, 174 (2), 845-856. doi: 10.1104/pp.17.00272
Sharma, Pooja, Lin, Tian and Hannapel, David J. (2016). Targets of the StBEL5 transcription factor include the FT ortholog StSP6A. Plant Physiology, 170 (1), 310-324. doi: 10.1104/pp.15.01314
Lin, Tian, Lashbrook, Coralie C., Cho, Sung Ki, Butler, Nathaniel M., Sharma, Pooja, Muppirala, Usha, Severin, Andrew J. and Hannapel, David J. (2015). Transcriptional analysis of phloem-associated cells of potato. BMC Genomics, 16 665. doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-1844-2
Sharma, Pooja, Lin, Tian, Grandellis, Carolina, Yu, Mei and Hannapel, David J. (2014). The BEL1-like family of transcription factors in potato. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65 (2), 709-723. doi: 10.1093/jxb/ert432
Hannapel, David J., Sharma, Pooja and Lin, Tian (2013). Phloem-mobile messenger RNAs and root development. Frontiers in Plant Science, 4 257. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00257
Lin, Tian, Sharma, Pooja, Gonzalez, Daniel H., Viola, Ivana L. and Hannapel, David J. (2013). The impact of the long-distance transport of a BEL1-like messenger RNA on development. Plant Physiology, 161 (2), 760-772. doi: 10.1104/pp.112.209429
Grandellis, Carolina, Giammaria, Veronica, Bialer, Magali, Santin, Franco, Lin, Tian, Hannapel, David J. and Ulloa, Rita M. (2012). The novel Solanum tuberosum calcium dependent protein kinase, StCDPK3, is expressed in actively growing organs. Planta, 236 (6), 1831-1848. doi: 10.1007/s00425-012-1732-9
Banerjee, Anjan K., Lin, Tian and Hannapel, David J. (2009). Untranslated regions of a mobile transcript mediate RNA metabolism. Plant Physiology, 151 (4), 1831-1843. doi: 10.1104/pp.109.144428