Boston University · Mathematics & StatisticsThe Heart of Alcohol Lab
Chunyu Liu · Boston, Massachusetts
Research Focus
Dr. Chunyu Liu's lab at Boston University Medical Campus focuses on understanding how alcohol consumption affects cardiovascular disease through a multi-omic approach. They utilize advanced techniques to analyze DNA, RNA, proteins, and metabolites in relation to alcohol use and its health impacts. By identifying molecular markers associated with alcohol intake, the lab aims to uncover pathways that could lead to better prevention and treatment strategies for cardiovascular disease.
alcohol consumptioncardiovascular diseasemulti-omicstranscriptomeproteomemetabolomeDNA methylationcausal relationshipsbiomarker databaseMendelian randomization
Research Aims
5AIM 01Identify alcohol-associated transcriptomic markers
AIM 02Examine the relationship between transcriptomic markers and cardiovascular disease
AIM 03Identify alcohol-associated proteomic and metabolomic markers
AIM 04Examine alcohol-associated DNA methylation markers and CVD
AIM 05Integrate multi-omics data to identify key pathways related to alcohol intake and cardiovascular disease
Skills the Lab Values
DNA methylation analysisRNA sequencingproteomicsmetabolomicsbioinformaticspolygenic risk score constructionnetwork analysisRandom Forest analysisdata integrationhigh-throughput technology
Output against the department
Publications611top 9% of dept.12th of 131
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Citations41ktop 13% of dept.17th of 131
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