The Wang Lab
at the University of Pennsylvania

focuses on the genetics and genomics of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, and informatics and algorithm development for genome-scale experiments.

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2/7/2022
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Carlos Thomas

FILER: a framework for harmonizing and querying large-scale functional genomics knowledge

PNGC is pleased to announce the release of the FILER, a functional genomics repository developed by...
8/18/2021
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PNGC

Alzheimer’s Disease Variant Portal (ADVP): The Newest Curated Population-specific Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Resource

By Fernanda Ruiz, NOVA Research Company Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a devastating disease that affects more...
4/13/2021
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Alexis Lerro

PNGC Co-Director Li-San Wang to Present at the 2021 NIH Alzheimer’s Research Summit

The NIH will host their 2021 Alzheimer’s Research Summit April 19-22. This virtual summit will convene...

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Latest Publications

2024,  
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

Blood-derived mitochondrial DNA copy number is associated with Alzheimer disease, Alzheimer-related biomarkers and serum metabolites

Tong, T., et al.
2024,  
Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Association of common and rare variants with Alzheimer's disease in more than 13,000 diverse individuals with whole-genome sequencing from the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project

Lee, W., et al.

Featured Projects

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NIAGADS

NIA Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease Data Storage Site (NIAGADS) is a genetics data repository set up...

GCAD

NIA Coordinating Genome Center of Alzheimer’s Disease (GCAD) is a five-year/$10.8M U54 Cooperative Agreement/Specialized Center funded...

ACAD

The Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease (ACAD) is an international collaboration with the goal of compiling...