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Cheng-Wei Wu
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Research
Latest papers
Discovery of a small peptide that increases yeast lifespan by enhancing the function of APCCdh1 in nondividing quiescent cells.
Genetics · 2026
Exploring bet-hedging in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium with a dual reporter strain.
mSystems · 2026
Requirement of CSR-1 isoforms and catalytic activity for C. elegans lifespan.
microPublication biology · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $12,500
Role of the Integrator complex in cell surveillance and protection to environmental stress in C. elegans
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
- $222,000
Role of the Integrator complex in cell surveillance and protection to environmental stress in C. elegans
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
20 publications.
Discovery of a small peptide that increases yeast lifespan by enhancing the function of APCCdh1 in nondividing quiescent cells.
Harris RE, Postnikoff SD, Shukla NK, Harkness AH, Brooks HM, Khawaja AA, Malo ME, Zapien-Verdugo C, Waddell BM, Wu CW, Harkness TAA
Exploring bet-hedging in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium with a dual reporter strain.
Gerber MI, Sivaranjani M, Vincent K, Jelfimow S, Herman DJ, Palmer MB, Nnajide CR, Sanderson H, Sparrow J, Waddell BM, Dhar N, Wu C-W, White AP
Requirement of CSR-1 isoforms and catalytic activity for C. elegans lifespan.
Waddell BM, Wu CW
Mutant alleles of the Caenorhabditis elegans rde-1 gene identified through chemical mutagenesis of an snRNA misprocessing reporter.
Waddell BM, Wu CW
High-content cell imaging for chemical toxicity screening in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans.
Kardal CJ, Dmytruk SR, Qureshi A, Wu CW
Differential effect of ubiquitous and germline depletion of Integrator complex function on C. elegans physiology.
Waddell BM, Roy AR, Z Verdugo C, Wu CW
Chemical Genetics in C. elegans Identifies Anticancer Mycotoxins Chaetocin and Chetomin as Potent Inducers of a Nuclear Metal Homeostasis Response.
Abraham E, Athapaththu AMGK, Atanasova KR, Chen QY, Corcoran TJ, Piloto J, Wu CW, Ratnayake R, Luesch H, Choe KP
CCR4-NOT complex in stress resistance and longevity in C. elegans.
Wu CW, Tabarraei H
A role for the C. elegans Argonaute protein CSR-1 in small nuclear RNA 3' processing.
Waddell BM, Wu CW
Identification of pararosaniline as a modifier of RNA splicing in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Huynh D, Wu CW
Role of the Integrator complex in cell surveillance and protection to environmental stress in C. elegans
Principal investigators: Wu, ChengWei
Role of the Integrator complex in cell surveillance and protection to environmental stress in C. elegans
Principal investigators: Wu, Cheng-Wei
Keywords: stress biology; rna splicing; c. elegans genetics; heavy metal; snrna; integrator complex; damage sensor; nonsense-mediated decay; stress surveillance; rna interference
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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