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ProfessorBiological SciencesUniversity of Alberta

Gane Wong

Professor

Biological Sciences

Faculty of Science

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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36 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2009.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2009.

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291

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40,375

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Research

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https://sites.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/professor-gane-ka-shu-wong/

Latest papers

PLANeT: Understanding and leveraging the genome of land plants for a sustainable future.
Cell · 2026
Horizontal gene transfer and diploidy illuminate evolution and stress adaptation in oleaginous Scenedesmaceae (Chlorophyta)
Nature Communications · 2026
Single-cell genomic analysis of cancer cells from one treatment-naïve patient with metastatic prostate cancer.
BMC genomic data · 2026

All 291 publications

Latest funding

Role of western-style diet-induced changes in gut microbiota and immune function in the development of colitis
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
$581,799
Interaction of the Microbiome and Genetic Architecture in Chronic Immune Mediated Hepatobiliary Diseases
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
$12,000
Isolation of a novel human retrovirus associated with primary biliary cirrhosis and fulfillment of koch's postulates in vitro
CIHR · 2011 · Co-investigator
$426,221

All 6 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 291 publications.

PLANeT: Understanding and leveraging the genome of land plants for a sustainable future.

Wang L, Amar M, Arbizu CI, Bowman JL, Cannon CH, Cantrill DJ, Cao X, Chen S, Chen X, Chen X, Chong K, Deng X, Weinan E, Guo H, He C, Hollingsworth P, Hu Q, Kong H, Leitch IJ, Li D, Li J, Liu H, Lucas W, Mizrachi E, Rakotoarinivo M, Ren H, Rieseberg L, Ruan J, Scherson R, Schneider H, Soltis DE, Sun H, Silva-Filho MC, Smith S, Twyford A, Usadel B, Van de Peer Y, Van den Berg C, Varshney RK, Viccini LF, Wang Q, Wang XQ, Wang Y, Wendel J, Wing R, Wong GK, Xing Y, Xu X, Yan N, Yang H, Zhang S, Zhu Y, Soltis PS, Weigel D, Huang S

Cell20262 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2026.01.026 PMID: 42066746

Horizontal gene transfer and diploidy illuminate evolution and stress adaptation in oleaginous Scenedesmaceae (Chlorophyta)

Linzhou Li, Hongli Wang, X Chen, Jingmin Kang, Yan Xu, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Maike Lorenz, Thomas Friedl, Christine E Campbell, Cecilia Rad‐Menéndez, Barbara Melkonian, Gane Ka‐Shu Wong, Huan Liu, Ying Gu, Xun Xu, Tong Wei, Michael Melkonian, Sibo Wang

Nature Communications20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71696-2 PMID: 42026074

Single-cell genomic analysis of cancer cells from one treatment-naïve patient with metastatic prostate cancer.

Jovel J, Polzer B, Patterson J, Yong H, Vasquez C, O'keefe S, Pink D, Li G, Fairey A, Adam B, Teitelbaum J, Salimi A, Kirsh S, Alberter B, Lowes L, Carpenter E, Kolinsky M, Zhu Z, Zhou Q, Venner P, Venner C, Williams D, Allan A, Boutros PC, Klein CA, Wong G, Lewis JD

BMC genomic data2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12863-026-01435-5 PMID: 42098607

TransXplorer: an automated translational discovery platform for RNA-seq data

Varinder Madhav Verma, Eponine Oler, Hussain Syed, Scott Han, Mark Berjanskii, Andrew L Mason, David Scott Wishart, Gane Ka‐Shu Wong

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.64898/2026.05.15.724657

Chromosome-level genome assembly of Helichrysum odoratissimum, a medicinal plant from Southern Africa

Ansia van Coller, Victoria Ingle Cole, Sadik Muzemil, Samira Ghoor, Enrico Carlo Roode, Nadia Carstens, Brigitte Glanzmann, Renée Prins, Julian Onyewuonyeoma Osuji, Gane Ka‐Shu Wong, Xun Xu, ThankGod E. Ebenezer, Craig John Kinnear

Scientific Data2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41597-026-08286-w

Recent Update on siRNA Therapeutics

Oluwakemi Ebenezer, Abel Kolawole Oyebamiji, John Oludele Olanlokun, Jack A. Tuszyński, Gane Ka‐Shu Wong

International Journal of Molecular Sciences202554 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/ijms26083456 PMID: 40331977

Chromosome-level genomes of two Bracteacoccaceae highlight adaptations to biocrusts

Hongping Liang, Yan Li Xu, Sunil Kumar Sahu, Hongli Wang, Linzhou Li, Xiayi Chen, Yuying Zeng, Maike Lorenz, Thomas Friedl, Barbara Melkonian, Gane Ka‐Shu Wong, Michael Melkonian, Huan Liu, Sibo Wang

Nature Communications20255 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56614-2 PMID: 39929813

Earth BioGenome Project: the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?

Gane Ka‐Shu Wong

Frontiers in Science2025First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fsci.2025.1671650

Cell State Chaos Underpins the Evolution of SMARCA4-Deficient Dedifferentiated Endometrial Cancer

Mackenzie Brandon‐Coatham, Julia Avian Vassalakis, Hannah Plummer, Jasleen Kaur, Farzaneh Afzali, Zhihua Xu, Guihua Zhang, Jiahui Liu, Wei Wang, Einav Wajsbrot Renert, Tyler T. Cooper, Alan Dimitriev, Cierra Perron, Andrew Garven, S Abebe, David Monty Berman, Amber L. Simpson, Gane Ka‐Shu Wong, Gilles Lajoie, Felix K.F. Kommos, Andreas von Diemlin, Sheela A. Abraham, David J. H. F. Knapp, D. Alan Underhill, Martin Köbel, Cheng Han-Lee, Lynne-Marie M Postovit

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)2025

DOI: 10.64898/2025.12.01.690470

MarkerDB 2.0: a comprehensive molecular biomarker database for 2025

Hayley Jackson, Eponine Oler, Claudia Torres-Calzada, Ray Kruger, Amandeep Singh Hira, Yamilé López‐Hernández, Devanshi Pandit, Jiaxuan Wang, Kellie Yang, Omolola Fatokun, Mark V. Berjanskii, Scott MacKay, Tanvir Sajed, Scott Han, Robyn Woudstra, Gina P. Sykes, Jenna Poelzer, Aadhavya Sivakumaran, Vasuk Gautam, Gane Ka‐Shu Wong, David Scott Wishart

Nucleic Acids Research202423 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae1056 PMID: 39535054

Role of western-style diet-induced changes in gut microbiota and immune function in the development of colitis

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Madsen, Karen L

Keywords: Gut Microbiome; Immune Development; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Western Diet

$581,799

Interaction of the Microbiome and Genetic Architecture in Chronic Immune Mediated Hepatobiliary Diseases

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Team Grant: Health Challenges in Chronic Inflammation Initiative (LOI)

Principal investigators: Mason, Andrew L; Eksteen, Johannes A

Keywords: Autoimmune Hepatitis; Bioinformatics; Genetics; Genome Wide Association Study; Metabolism; Metabolomics; Metagenomics; Primary Biliary Cirrhosis; Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis; Proteomics

$12,000

Isolation of a novel human retrovirus associated with primary biliary cirrhosis and fulfillment of koch's postulates in vitro

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Mason, Andrew L

Keywords: Koch'S Postulates In Vitro; Mitochondria; Primary Biliary Cirrhosis; Retrovirus Infection; Virus Isolation

$426,221

Use of Metagenomic Analysis to Identify Viral Populations in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

SupervisorCIHR2009Fellowship - Priority Announcement - Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Principal investigators: Wang, Weiwei

Keywords: Bioinformatics; Genomics; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Luminex Platform; Metagenomics; Second-Generation Sequencer; Virology; Virome

$45,000

Metagenomic analysis of viral populations in health and chronic disease

Principal investigatorCIHR2009Canadian Microbiome Initiative - LOI

Principal investigators: Mason, Andrew L; Suttle, Curtis; Wong, Gane K

Keywords: Idiopthaic Chronic Disease; Metagenomics; Viral Ecology; Viral Pathogenesis; Viral Phylogenetics; Virome

Creation of the Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre (ATAGC)

Co-investigatorCFI2006Innovation Fund: New Initiatives Fund 2006

Principal investigators: Halloran, Philip

Keywords: Transplantation, graft rejection, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, pathology, computational biology, bioinformatics, diagnostics, health outcomes

$5,064,408

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Gane Wong

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

PLANeT: Understanding and leveraging the genome of land plants for a sustainable future.

Horizontal gene transfer and diploidy illuminate evolution and stress adaptation in oleaginous Scenedesmaceae (Chlorophyta)

Single-cell genomic analysis of cancer cells from one treatment-na&#xef;ve patient with metastatic prostate cancer.

TransXplorer: an automated translational discovery platform for RNA-seq data

Chromosome-level genome assembly of Helichrysum odoratissimum, a medicinal plant from Southern Africa

Recent Update on siRNA Therapeutics

Chromosome-level genomes of two Bracteacoccaceae highlight adaptations to biocrusts

Earth BioGenome Project: the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?

Cell State Chaos Underpins the Evolution of SMARCA4-Deficient Dedifferentiated Endometrial Cancer

MarkerDB 2.0: a comprehensive molecular biomarker database for 2025

Role of western-style diet-induced changes in gut microbiota and immune function in the development of colitis

Interaction of the Microbiome and Genetic Architecture in Chronic Immune Mediated Hepatobiliary Diseases

Isolation of a novel human retrovirus associated with primary biliary cirrhosis and fulfillment of koch's postulates in vitro

Use of Metagenomic Analysis to Identify Viral Populations in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Metagenomic analysis of viral populations in health and chronic disease

Creation of the Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre (ATAGC)

Frequent collaborators

Sean Graham

Michael Deyholos

Andrew Mason

Rowan Sage

John Lewis

Roger Zemp

Dina Kao

Tammy Sage

Robert Gniadecki

Eytan Wine

Jack Tuszynski

Levinus Dieleman

Leo Dieleman

Jacek Tuszynski

Heather Armstrong

Michael Bording-Jorgensen

Leonid Brown

Marc Johnson

Lynne-Marie Postovit

Zhaolei Zhang

Benjamin Adam

Sunita Ghosh

Alyson Kelvin

Single-cell genomic analysis of cancer cells from one treatment-naïve patient with metastatic prostate cancer.