Dr Wei-Siang Liau
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Queensland Brain Institute

Book Chapter
Liau, Wei-Siang, Ngoc, Phuong Cao Thi and Sanda, Takaomi (2017). Roles of the RUNX1 enhancer in normal hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis. RUNX proteins in development and cancer. (pp. 139-147) edited by Yoram Groner, Yoshiaki Ito, Paul Liu, James C. Neil, Nancy A. Speck and Andre van Wijnen. Singapore, Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-3233-2_10
Journal Articles
Lau Zajaczkowski, Esmi, Zhao, Qiongyi, Liau, Wei-Siang, Gong, Hao, Umanda Madugalle, Sachithrani, Periyakaruppiah, Ambika, Jane Leighton, Laura, Musgrove, Mason, Ren, Haobin, Davies, Joshua, Robert Marshall, Paul and William Bredy, Timothy (2023). Localised Cdr1as activity is required for fear extinction memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 203 107777, 107777. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2023.107777
Wei, Wei, Zhao, Qiongyi, Wang, Ziqi, Liau, Wei-Siang, Basic, Dean, Ren, Haobin, Marshall, Paul R., Zajaczkowski, Esmi L., Leighton, Laura J., Madugalle, Sachithrani U., Musgrove, Mason, Periyakaruppiah, Ambika, Shi, Jichun, Zhang, Jianjian, Mattick, John S., Mercer, Timothy R., Spitale, Robert C., Li, Xiang and Bredy, Timothy W. (2022). ADRAM is an experience-dependent long noncoding RNA that drives fear extinction through a direct interaction with the chaperone protein 14-3-3. Cell Reports, 38 (12) 110546, 110546. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110546
Liau, Wei-Siang, Samaddar, Sarbani, Banerjee, Sourav and Bredy, Timothy W. (2021). On the functional relevance of spatiotemporally-specific patterns of experience-dependent long noncoding RNA expression in the brain. RNA Biology, 18 (7), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/15476286.2020.1868165
Marshall, Paul R., Zhao, Qiongyi, Li, Xiang, Wei, Wei, Periyakaruppiah, Ambika, Zajaczkowski, Esmi L., Leighton, Laura J., Madugalle, Sachithrani U., Basic, Dean, Wang, Ziqi, Yin, Jiayu, Liau, Wei-Siang, Gupte, Ankita, Walkley, Carl R. and Bredy, Timothy W. (2020). Publisher Correction: Dynamic regulation of Z-DNA in the mouse prefrontal cortex by the RNA-editing enzyme Adar1 is required for fear extinction. Nature Neuroscience, 23 (8), 1034-1034. doi: 10.1038/s41593-020-0669-8
Marshall, Paul R., Zhao, Qiongyi, Li, Xiang, Wei, Wei, Periyakaruppiah, Ambika, Zajaczkowski, Esmi L., Leighton, Laura J., Madugalle, Sachithrani U., Basic, Dean, Wang, Ziqi, Yin, Jiayu, Liau, Wei-Siang, Gupte, Ankita, Walkley, Carl R. and Bredy, Timothy W. (2020). Dynamic regulation of Z-DNA in the mouse prefrontal cortex by the RNA-editing enzyme Adar1 is required for fear extinction. Nature Neuroscience, 23 (6), 718-729. doi: 10.1038/s41593-020-0627-5
Leong, Wei Zhong, Tan, Shi Hao, Ngoc, Phuong Cao Thi, Amanda, Stella, Yam, Alice Wei Yee, Liau, Wei-Siang, Gong, Zhiyuan, Lawton, Lee N., Tenen, Daniel G. and Sanda, Takaomi (2017). ARID5B as a critical downstream target of the TAL1 complex that activates the oncogenic transcriptional program and promotes T-cell leukemogenesis. Genes and Development, 31 (23-24), 2343-2360. doi: 10.1101/gad.302646.117
Liau, W. S., Tan, S. H., Ngoc, P. C.T., Wang, C. Q., Tergaonkar, V., Feng, H., Gong, Z., Osato, M., Look, A. T. and Sanda, T. (2017). Aberrant activation of the GIMAP enhancer by oncogenic transcription factors in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia, 31 (8), 1798-1807. doi: 10.1038/leu.2016.392
Allan, Christopher M., Hill, Shauna, Morvaridi, Susan, Saiki, Ryoichi, Johnson, Jarrett S., Liau, Wei-Siang, Hirano, Kathleen, Kawashima, Tadashi, Ji, Ziming, Loo, Joseph A., Shepherd, Jennifer N. and Clarke, Catherine F. (2013). A conserved START domain coenzyme Q-binding polypeptide is required for efficient Q biosynthesis, respiratory electron transport, and antioxidant function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, 1831 (4), 776-791. doi: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2012.12.007
Liau, Wei-Siang, Nasri, Ubaydah, Elmatari, Daniel, Rothman, Jason and LaMunyon, Craig W (2013). Premature sperm activation and defective spermatogenesis caused by loss of spe-46 function in Caenorhabditis elegans. PloS one, 8 (3) e57266, e57266. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057266
Austin, Misa U., Liau, Wei-Siang, Balamurugan, Krishnaswamy, Ashokkumar, Balasubramaniem, Said, Hamid M. and LaMunyon, Craig W. (2010). Knockout of the folate transporter folt-1 causes germline and somatic defects in C. elegans. BMC Developmental Biology, 10 46. doi: 10.1186/1471-213x-10-46
Lewis, Samantha C., Dyal, Leslie A., Hilburn, Caroline F., Weitz, Stephanie, Liau, Wei-Siang, Lamunyon, Craig W. and Denver, Dee R. (2009). Molecular evolution in Panagrolaimus nematodes: origins of parthenogenesis, hermaphroditism and the Antarctic species P. davidi. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9 (1) 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-15
Gosney, Ryoko, Liau, Wei-Siang and Lamunyon, Craig W. (2008). A novel function for the presenilin family member spe-4: inhibition of spermatid activation in Caenorhabditis elegans. BMC Developmental Biology, 8 44. doi: 10.1186/1471-213X-8-44
Liau, Wei-Siang, Gonzalez-Serricchio, Aidyl S., Deshommes, Cleonique, Chin, Kara and LaMunyon, Craig W. (2007). A persistent mitochondrial deletion reduces fitness and sperm performance in heteroplasmic populations of C. elegans. BMC Genetics, 8 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-8-8