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Heng Li, Ph.D.

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Biography
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Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK09/2009Bioinformatics
Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing, ChinaPhD08/2006Theoretical Biophysics
Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaBSc08/2001Physics
awards and honors
2014 - 2018
Highly Cited Researcher (top 1%)
2012
Benjamin Franklin Award for contributions in Open Source Bioinformatics
2009 - 2010
Newcomb Cleveland Prize for the Most Outstanding Paper published in Science

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  1. U01HG013748 (PATEN, BENEDICT) Sep 23, 2024 - Aug 31, 2027
    NIH
    Tools for comprehensive variant characterization using the pangenome
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  2. U24CA294203 (LI, HENG) Sep 1, 2024 - Aug 31, 2029
    NIH
    Enhancement and further development of informatics methods for long-read cancer sequencing
    Role: Principal Investigator
  3. U01HG010961 (LI, HENG ;PATEN, BENEDICT) Mar 1, 2020 - Feb 29, 2024
    NIH
    The construction and utility of reference pan-genome graphs
    Role: Principal Investigator
  4. U41HG010972 (WANG, TING) Sep 18, 2019 - Jun 30, 2029
    NIH
    The Human Pangenome Reference Consortium Coordination Center
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  5. R01HG010040 (LI, HENG) May 1, 2018 - Feb 28, 2027
    NIH
    Advanced computational methods in analyzing high-throughput sequencing data
    Role: Principal Investigator

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