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John Wei

ResearcherPhysicsUniversity of Toronto

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John Wei

Researcher

Physics

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
3 publications in the last five years, latest in 2024.
Principal investigator on 13 research grants (13 NSERC), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Complex Oxides Epitaxial Thin Films Heterostructures Itinerant Magnetism Proximity Effect Pulsed Laser Deposition Scanning Spectroscopic Probes Superoxygenation

Latest papers

Comprehensive whole-genome sequence analyses provide insights into the genomic architecture of cerebral palsy
Nature Genetics · 2024
Gene copy number variation and pediatric mental health/neurodevelopment in a general population.
Human molecular genetics · 2023
Genomic architecture of autism from comprehensive whole-genome sequence annotation
Cell · 2022

All 25 publications

Latest funding

Raising the Quantum Efficiency of High-Tc Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Harnessing the Interplay of Superconductivity and Charge Order in Rare-Earth Doped Cuprates for Josephson Junction Applications
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Novel Phases of Transition-Metal Oxides in Heterostructured and Superoxygenated Thin Films
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$144,000

All 14 grants and awards

25 publications.

Comprehensive whole-genome sequence analyses provide insights into the genomic architecture of cerebral palsy

Fehlings DL, Zarrei M, Engchuan W, Sondheimer N, Thiruvahindrapuram B, MacDonald JR, Higginbotham EJ, Thapa R, Behlim T, Aimola S

Nature Genetics202450 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01686-x

Gene copy number variation and pediatric mental health/neurodevelopment in a general population.

Zarrei M, Burton CL, Engchuan W, Higginbotham EJ, Wei J, Shaikh S, Roslin NM, MacDonald JR, Pellecchia G, Nalpathamkalam T, Lamoureux S, Manshaei R, Howe J, Trost B, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Marshall CR, Yuen RKC, Wintle RF, Strug LJ, Stavropoulos DJ, Vorstman JAS, Arnold P, Merico D, Woodbury-Smith M, Crosbie J, Schachar RJ, Scherer SW

Human molecular genetics2023

DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddad074 PMID: 37154571

Genomic architecture of autism from comprehensive whole-genome sequence annotation

Trost B, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Chan AJS, Engchuan W, Higginbotham EJ, Howe JL, Loureiro LO, Reuter MS, Roshandel D, Whitney J

Cell2022303 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.10.009

Genomic imbalances in the placenta are associated with poor fetal growth.

Del Gobbo GF, Yin Y, Choufani S, Butcher EA, Wei J, Rajcan-Separovic E, Bos H, von Dadelszen P, Weksberg R, Robinson WP, Yuen RKC

Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.)2021

DOI: 10.1186/s10020-020-00253-4 PMID: 33413077

Segregating patterns of copy number variations in extended autism spectrum disorder (ASD) pedigrees

Woodbury‐Smith M, Zarrei M, Wei J, Thiruvahindrapuram B, O'Connor I, Paterson AD, Yuen RKC, Dastan J, Stavropoulos DJ, Howe JL

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics202011 citations

DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32785

A large data resource of genomic copy number variation across neurodevelopmental disorders

Zarrei M, Burton CL, Engchuan W, Young EJ, Higginbotham EJ, MacDonald JR, Trost B, Chan AJS, Walker S, Lamoureux S

npj Genomic Medicine2019191 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41525-019-0098-3 PMID: W2978273148

Genome-wide copy number variant data for inflammatory bowel disease in a caucasian population.

Frenkel S, Bernstein CN, Jin YW, Sargent M, Kuang Q, Jiang W, Wei J, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Scherer SW, Hu P

Data in brief2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104203 PMID: 31338399

Rare copy number variation in extremely impulsively violent males.

Vevera J, Zarrei M, Hartmannová H, Jedličková I, Mušálková D, Přistoupilová A, Oliveriusová P, Trešlová H, Nosková L, Hodaňová K, Stránecký V, Jiřička V, Preiss M, Příhodová K, Šaligová J, Wei J, Woodbury-Smith M, Bleyer AJ, Scherer SW, Kmoch S

Genes, brain, and behavior2019

DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12536 PMID: 30411505

Genome-wide analysis identifies rare copy number variations associated with inflammatory bowel disease.

Frenkel S, Bernstein CN, Sargent M, Kuang Q, Jiang W, Wei J, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Spriggs E, Scherer SW, Hu P

PloS one2019

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217846 PMID: 31185018

Copy number variation in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Zarrei M, Hicks GG, Reynolds JN, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Engchuan W, Pind M, Lamoureux S, Wei J, Wang Z, Marshall CR, Wintle RF, Chudley AE, Scherer SW

Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire2018

DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2017-0241 PMID: 29533680

Raising the Quantum Efficiency of High-Tc Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors

Principal investigatorNSERC2025International - Catalyst - Quantum - G7

Principal investigators: Wei, John

Keywords: Information, computer and communication technologies; Aerospace

$25,000

Harnessing the Interplay of Superconductivity and Charge Order in Rare-Earth Doped Cuprates for Josephson Junction Applications

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Wei, John YT

$25,000

Novel Phases of Transition-Metal Oxides in Heterostructured and Superoxygenated Thin Films

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wei, John

Keywords: complex oxides; epitaxial thin films; heterostructures; superoxygenation; pulsed laser deposition; scanning spectroscopic probes; proximity effect; unconventional superconductivity; itinerant magnetism; topological electronic phases

$144,000

Development of a Superconductor-Based Thermostatic Switch for Space Missions****

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Wei, John

$25,000

Probing magnetic impurities in superconducting thin-film multilayers used for fabrication of quantum processor chips

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Wei, John

$25,000

Repair of Helium-3 Refrigerator for Cryomagnetic Nanoprobe Experiments

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Wei, John

$28,826

Nanoscale Study of Unconventional Superconductivity and Topological Phenomena in Complex Oxide and Intermetallic Materials

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wei, John

$195,000

Single-crystal alignment facility for quantum materials research

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Kim, YoungJune

$61,936

Repair of pulsed laser thin-film deposition system

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Wei, John

$24,925

Nanoscale study of complex oxide & intemetallic materials

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wei, John

$288,950

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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John Wei

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Comprehensive whole-genome sequence analyses provide insights into the genomic architecture of cerebral palsy

Gene copy number variation and pediatric mental health/neurodevelopment in a general population.

Genomic architecture of autism from comprehensive whole-genome sequence annotation

Genomic imbalances in the placenta are associated with poor fetal growth.

Segregating patterns of copy number variations in extended autism spectrum disorder (ASD) pedigrees

A large data resource of genomic copy number variation across neurodevelopmental disorders

Genome-wide copy number variant data for inflammatory bowel disease in a caucasian population.

Rare copy number variation in extremely impulsively violent males.

Genome-wide analysis identifies rare copy number variations associated with inflammatory bowel disease.

Copy number variation in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Raising the Quantum Efficiency of High-Tc Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors

Harnessing the Interplay of Superconductivity and Charge Order in Rare-Earth Doped Cuprates for Josephson Junction Applications

Novel Phases of Transition-Metal Oxides in Heterostructured and Superoxygenated Thin Films

Development of a Superconductor-Based Thermostatic Switch for Space Missions****

Probing magnetic impurities in superconducting thin-film multilayers used for fabrication of quantum processor chips

Repair of Helium-3 Refrigerator for Cryomagnetic Nanoprobe Experiments

Nanoscale Study of Unconventional Superconductivity and Topological Phenomena in Complex Oxide and Intermetallic Materials

Single-crystal alignment facility for quantum materials research

Repair of pulsed laser thin-film deposition system

Nanoscale study of complex oxide & intemetallic materials

Frequent collaborators

Peter Szatmari

Rosanna Weksberg

Evdokia Anagnostou

Gregory Costain

Pingzhao Hu

Lonnie Zwaigenbaum

Brett Trost

Mayada Elsabbagh

Jennifer Crosbie

Maryam Oskoui

Stelios Georgiades

Jessica Brian

Russell Schachar

Abdul Noor

Michael Szego

Kerry Boyd

Ronit Mesterman

Padmaja Subbarao

Jan Willem Gorter

Jason Lerch