Zhenyu Liu

Professional Experience

• Research Scientist, National Cancer Center / Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 2025-present
  • Department: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology
  • Advisor: Prof. Zhihua Liu and Prof. Yun Zhang
  • Research focus: tumor heterogeneity, spatial omics, tumor microenvironment, cancer immunotherapy

Education

• Ph.D. in Biology, School of Life Sciences / BIOPIC, Peking University, 2021-2025
  • Center for High-Level Talent Cultivation in Biology
  • Research focus: single-cell omics, tumor heterogeneity, epigenetics, gastrointestinal cancer
  • Advisor: Prof. Fuchou Tang
• B.Sc. in Biology, Yuanpei College, Peking University, 2017-2021
  • Undergraduate Research Training Program
  • Research focus: pancreas development, cell fate regulation
  • Academic advisor: Prof. Chengran Xu

Funding

• Young Scientists Fund of BNSF, Beijing Natural Science Foundation. 2025-2027

Selected Publications

1. Liu, Z.†, Hu, Y.†, Xie, H.†, et al. 2024. Single-Cell Chromatin Accessibility Analysis Reveals the Epigenetic Basis and Signature Transcription Factors for the Molecular Subtypes of Colorectal Cancers. Cancer Discovery 14:1082-1105.
2. Liao, Y.†, Liu, Z.†, Zhang, Y.†, et al. 2023. High-throughput and high-sensitivity full-length single-cell RNA-seq analysis on third-generation sequencing platform. Cell Discovery 9:5.
3. Gao, Y.†, Zhang, J.†, Liu, Z.†, et al. 2022. Single-cell Sequencing Reveals Clearance of Blastula Chromosomal Mosaicism in In Vitro Fertilization Babies. Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics 20:1224-1231.

Marks: co-first author†, corresponding author*. See full list of publications in Google Scholar.

Awards and Honors

• Zhang Jingyue Outstanding Graduate Award, Peking University, 2025
• Excellent Graduate, Peking University, 2025
• Doctoral Student Program of the Young S&T Talents Cultivation Project, China Association for Science and Technology, 2025
• National Scholarship, Ministry of Education, 2024
• Academic Innovation Award, Peking University, 2024
• Merit Student Pacesetter, Peking University, 2024
• Merit Student, Peking University, 2023, 2022
• President Scholarship, Peking University, 2023
• Awards for Academic Excellence, Peking University, 2018

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant, Peking University: Freshman Seminar on General (2018 Fall); Current Topics on Genetics (2022 Fall).

Tournaments

• Bronze Medal, “PKU Cup” Table Tennis Championships. Team AAIS-SLS, 2024.
• Gold Medal, “PKU Cup” Table Tennis Championships. Team AAIS-SLS, 2022.
• Silver Medal, “PKU Cup” Table Tennis Championships. Team YPC-GSE, 2021.
• Third Prize, Chinese University Table Tennis Championships, non-professional group. Team PKU, 2019.