Wai Low

Dr Wai Low

Grant-Funded Researcher (C)

School of Animal and Veterinary Science

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

I have more than 10 years post-doctoral experience in academia, mainly in genomics and bioinformatics. I have expertise in analysing genomic data of a diverse range of bovine species such as cattle, water buffalo and gaur, which has resulted more than 50 research publications, including multiple papers in Nature Communications and Nature. I have edited 2 books, authored 2 book chapters and has an international patent. One of my Nature Communications papers described a high-quality water buffalo reference genome that was the most contiguous mammalian reference genome at the time of publication. This paper has received substantial online attention and was featured as a news feed item by the Roslin Institute, a world leader in animal research, and by Pacific Biosciences, a key company innovating in the field of long-read sequencing. I have created the first indicine cattle (Brahman) reference genome and played a key role in the creation of more cattle genomes through my affiliation with the Bovine Pangenome Consortium. Please get in touch with me if you wish to pursue advanced studies in bioinformatics.

I am currently a Bioinformatics Data Scientist at Davies Research Centre, University of Adelaide. My research interests are in the areas of next generation sequencing (NGS) technology, genome assembly, gene annotation, molecular evolution, transcriptomics, comparative genomics and metagenomics. The species I have worked on include fly, worm, human, primate, bacteria, water buffalo and cattle. I have authored/co-authored research articles at internationally recognized, peer-reviewed journals and I have presented my work at numerous international conferences. I am a co-author of two patents related to the important discovery and genomic analyses of a probiotic bacteria. I have also written a practical handbook on NGS and regularly contributing to a bioinformatics website (https://bioinformaticshome.com).

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2024 Dong, T., Harb, S. C., & Puri, R. (2024). To Redo or Not to Redo: The Role of Mitral-Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Prior Failed Mitral Valve Repairs. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(10), 4 pages.
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    2024 Rabiei, M., McAllister, M. M., Gassman, N. R., Lee, K. J., Acton, S., Liebhart, D., . . . Hemmatzadeh, F. (2024). Newcastle Disease Virus Induces Profound Lymphoid Depletion with Different Patterns of Necroptosis, Necrosis, and Oxidative DNA Damage in Bursa, Spleen, and Other Lymphoid Tissues. Pathogens, 13(8), 14 pages.
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    2024 Pandarangga, P., Doan, P. T. K., Tearle, R., Low, W. Y., Ren, Y., Nguyen, H. T. H., . . . Hemmatzadeh, F. (2024). mRNA Profiling and Transcriptomics Analysis of Chickens Received Newcastle Disease Virus Genotype II and Genotype VII Vaccines. Pathogens, 13(8), 23 pages.
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    2024 Kalbfleisch, T. S., McKay, S. D., Murdoch, B. M., Adelson, D. L., Almansa-Villa, D., Becker, G., . . . Rosen, B. D. (2024). The Ruminant Telomere-to-Telomere (RT2T) Consortium. Nature Genetics, 56(8), 1566-1573.
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    2024 Pineda, P. S., Flores, E. B., Villamor, L. P., Parac, C. J. M., Khatkar, M. S., Thu, H. T., . . . Thinh, N. H. (2024). Disentangling river and swamp buffalo genetic diversity: initial insights from the 1000 Buffalo Genomes Project. GigaScience, 13, 14 pages.
    DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC1
    2024 Ren, Y., Khatkar, M. S., MacPhillamy, C., Wang, H., McEwin, R. A., Chen, T., . . . Low, W. Y. (2024). Evaluating the Efficacy of Target Capture Sequencing for Genotyping in Cattle. Genes, 15(9), 16 pages.
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    2024 Low, W. Y. (2024). The case for bovine pangenome. Animal Research and One Health, 2(4), 363-365.
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    2024 MacPhillamy, C., Chen, T., Hiendleder, S., Williams, J. L., Alinejad-Rokny, H., & Low, W. Y. (2024). DNA methylation analysis to differentiate reference, breed, and parent-of-origin effects in the bovine pangenome era. Gigascience, 13, giae061-1-giae061-18.
    DOI Europe PMC1
    2024 Jafari Jozani, R., Khallawi, M. F. H. A., Trott, D., Petrovski, K., Low, W. Y., & Hemmatzadeh, F. (2024). Unravelling Antimicrobial Resistance in Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae: Genetic Mechanisms and Future Directions. Veterinary Sciences, 11(11), 17 pages.
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    2024 Jafari Jozani, R., Khallawi, M. F. H. A., Nguyen, H. T. H., Mohammed, M. H., Petrovski, K., Ren, Y., . . . Low, W. Y. (2024). Phenotypic and Genotypic Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance in Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Isolated from Pigs with Enzootic Pneumonia in Australia. Pathogens, 13(12), 13 pages.
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    2023 Smith, T. P. L., Bickhart, D. M., Boichard, D., Chamberlain, A. J., Djikeng, A., Jiang, Y., . . . Bovine Pangenome Consortium. (2023). The Bovine Pangenome Consortium: democratizing production and accessibility of genome assemblies for global cattle breeds and other bovine species.. Genome biology, 24(1), 139.
    DOI Scopus13 Europe PMC12
    2023 Messele, Y. E., Trott, D. J., Hasoon, M. F., Veltman, T., McMeniman, J. P., Kidd, S. P., . . . Low, W. Y. (2023). Phylogeny, Virulence, and Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Profiles of Enterococcus faecium Isolated from Australian Feedlot Cattle and Their Significance to Public and Environmental Health. Antibiotics, 12(7), 1122.
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    2023 Messele, Y. E., Hasoon, M. F., Trott, D. J., Veltman, T., McMeniman, J. P., Kidd, S. P., . . . Petrovski, K. R. (2023). Correction: Messele et al. Longitudinal Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance among Enterococcus Species Isolated from Australian Beef Cattle Faeces at Feedlot Entry and Exit. Animals 2022, 12, 2690. Animals, 13(16), 2684.
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    2023 MacPhillamy, C., Ren, Y., Chen, T., Hiendleder, S., & Low, W. Y. (2023). MicroRNA breed and parent-of-origin effects provide insights into biological pathways differentiating cattle subspecies in fetal liver. Frontiers in Genetics, 14, 13 pages.
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    2023 Ren, Y., Tseng, E., Smith, T. P. L., Hiendleder, S., Williams, J. L., & Low, W. Y. (2023). Long read isoform sequencing reveals hidden transcriptional complexity between cattle subspecies.. BMC genomics, 24(1), 15 pages.
    DOI Scopus3 Europe PMC4
    2023 Aldersey, J. E., Liu, N., Tearle, R., Low, W. Y., Breen, J., Williams, J. L., & Bottema, C. D. K. (2023). Topologically associating domains in the POLLED region are the same for Angus- and Brahman-specific Hi-C reads from F1 hybrid fetal tissue.. Anim Genet, 54(4), 536-543.
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    2023 Messele, Y. E., Trott, D. J., Hasoon, M. F., Veltman, T., McMeniman, J. P., Kidd, S. P., . . . Low, W. Y. (2023). Phylogenetic Analysis of Escherichia coli Isolated from Australian Feedlot Cattle in Comparison to Pig Faecal and Poultry/Human Extraintestinal Isolates. Antibiotics, 12(5), 895.
    DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC2
    2022 Doan, P. T. K., Low, W. Y., Ren, Y., Tearle, R., & Hemmatzadeh, F. (2022). Newcastle disease virus genotype VII gene expression in experimentally infected birds.. Scientific reports, 12(1), 8 pages.
    DOI Scopus6 Europe PMC2
    2022 Low, W. Y., Rosen, B. D., Ren, Y., Bickhart, D. M., To, T. -H., Martin, F. J., . . . Smith, T. P. L. (2022). Gaur genome reveals expansion of sperm odorant receptors in domesticated cattle.. BMC genomics, 23(1), 15 pages.
    DOI Scopus5 WoS1 Europe PMC1
    2022 Alhamami, T., Low, W. Y., Ren, Y., Taylor, K., Khazandi, M., Veltman, T., . . . Trott, D. J. (2022). Antimicrobial susceptibility and genomic analysis of Histophilus somni isolated from cases of bovine respiratory disease in Autralian feedlot cattle.. Veterinary microbiology, 270, 1-9.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS1 Europe PMC3
    2022 MacPhillamy, C., Alinejad-Rokny, H., Pitchford, W. S., & Low, W. Y. (2022). Cross-species enhancer prediction using machine learning.. Genomics, 114(5), 1-12.
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    2022 Messele, Y. E., Alkhallawi, M., Veltman, T., Trott, D. J., McMeniman, J. P., Kidd, S. P., . . . Petrovski, K. R. (2022). Phenotypic and Genotypic Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance in Escherichia coli Recovered from Feedlot Beef Cattle in Australia. Animals, 12(17), 1-15.
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    2022 Messele, Y. E., Hasoon, M. F., Trott, D. J., Veltman, T., McMeniman, J. P., Kidd, S. P., . . . Petrovski, K. R. (2022). Longitudinal Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance among Enterococcus Species Isolated from Australian Beef Cattle Faeces at Feedlot Entry and Exit. Animals, 12(19), 18 pages.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS2 Europe PMC5
    2021 Abdel-Shafy, H., Deng, T., Zhou, Y., Low, W. Y., & Hua, G. (2021). Editorial: Buffalo Genetics and Genomics.. Front Genet, 12, 820627.
    DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
    2021 Macciotta, N. P. P., Colli, L., Cesarani, A., Ajmone-Marsan, P., Low, W. Y., Tearle, R., & Williams, J. L. (2021). The distribution of runs of homozygosity in the genome of river and swamp buffaloes reveals a history of adaptation, migration and crossbred events.. Genet Sel Evol, 53(1), 1-21.
    DOI Scopus23 WoS14 Europe PMC16
    2021 Pineda, P. S., Flores, E. B., Herrera, J. R. V., & Low, W. Y. (2021). Opportunities and Challenges for Improving the Productivity of Swamp Buffaloes in Southeastern Asia.. Frontiers in genetics, 12, 629861.
    DOI Scopus25 WoS5 Europe PMC4
    2021 Kronenberg, Z. N., Rhie, A., Koren, S., Concepcion, G. T., Peluso, P., Munson, K. M., . . . Kingan, S. B. (2021). Extended haplotype-phasing of long-read de novo genome assemblies using Hi-C.. Nature communications, 12(1), 1935.
    DOI Scopus66 WoS32 Europe PMC57
    2021 Stephenson, T., Speight, N., Low, W. Y., Woolford, L., Tearle, R., & Hemmatzadeh, F. (2021). Molecular Diagnosis of Koala Retrovirus (KoRV) in South Australian Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Animals, 11(5), 1-13.
    DOI Scopus5 WoS3 Europe PMC2
    2021 Liu, R., Tearle, R., Low, W. Y., Chen, T., Thomsen, D., Smith, T. P. L., . . . Williams, J. L. (2021). Distinctive gene expression patterns and imprinting signatures revealed in reciprocal crosses between cattle sub-species. BMC Genomics, 22(1), 1-10.
    DOI Scopus9 Europe PMC6
    2021 Ren, Y., Macphillamy, C., To, T. -H., Smith, T. P. L., Williams, J. L., & Low, W. Y. (2021). Adaptive selection signatures in river buffalo with emphasis on immune and major histocompatibility complex genes.. Genomics, 113(6), 3599-3609.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC4
    2021 Liu, N., Low, W. Y., Alinejad-Rokny, H., Pederson, S., Sadlon, T., Barry, S., & Breen, J. (2021). Seeing the forest through the trees: prioritising potentially functional interactions from Hi-C. Epigenetics & chromatin, 14(1), 1-17.
    DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC3
    2021 Rabiei, M., Low, W. Y., Ren, Y., Cahyono, M. I., Doan, P. T. K., Dharmayanti, I., . . . Hemmatzadeh, F. (2021). Indicators of the molecular pathogenesis of virulent Newcastle disease virus in chickens revealed by transcriptomic profiling of spleen.. Sci Rep, 11(1), 1-14.
    DOI Scopus12 WoS3 Europe PMC8
    2021 Macphillamy, C., Pitchford, W. S., Alinejad-Rokny, H., & Low, W. Y. (2021). Opportunity to improve livestock traits using 3D genomics. Animal Genetics, 52(6), 785-798.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC1
    2020 Rosen, B. D., Bickhart, D. M., Schnabel, R. D., Koren, S., Elsik, C. G., Tseng, E., . . . Medrano, J. F. (2020). De novo assembly of the cattle reference genome with single-molecule sequencing.. GigaScience, 9(3), 9 pages.
    DOI Scopus380 WoS258 Europe PMC281
    2020 Chong, C. W., Alkatheeri, A. H. S., Ali, N., Tay, Z. H., Lee, Y. L., Paramasivam, S. J., . . . Lim, S. H. E. (2020). Association of antimicrobial resistance and gut microbiota composition in human and non-human primates at an urban ecotourism site.. Gut Pathogens, 12(1), 14.
    DOI Scopus17 WoS2 Europe PMC7
    2020 Barbato, M., Reichel, M. P., Passamonti, M., Low, W. Y., Colli, L., Tearle, R., . . . Ajmone Marsan, P. (2020). A genetically unique Chinese cattle population shows evidence of common ancestry with wild species when analysed with a reduced ascertainment bias SNP panel.. PLoS One, 15(4), 1-6.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS5 Europe PMC4
    2020 Low, W. Y., Tearle, R., Liu, R., Koren, S., Rhie, A., Bickhart, D. M., . . . Williams, J. L. (2020). Haplotype-resolved genomes provide insights into structural variation and gene content in Angus and Brahman cattle. Nature communications, 11(1), 1-14.
    DOI Scopus83 WoS60 Europe PMC65
    2020 Nowland, T. L., Torok, V. A., Low, W. Y., Barton, M. D., Plush, K. J., & Kirkwood, R. N. (2020). Faecal microbiota analysis of piglets during lactation. Animals, 10(5), 13 pages.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS5 Europe PMC4
    2020 Rabiei, M., Cahyono, M. I., Doan, P. T. K., Pandarangga, P., Tarigan, S., Indriani, R., . . . Hemmatzadeh, F. (2020). Genome Sequences of Newly Emerged Newcastle Disease Virus Strains Isolated from Disease Outbreaks in Indonesia.. Microbiol Resour Announc, 9(23), 4 pages.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS2 Europe PMC2
    2020 Pandarangga, P., Cahyono, M. I., McAllister, M. M., Peaston, A. E., Tearle, R., Low, W. Y., . . . Hemmatzadeh, F. (2020). Full-Genome Sequences of Two Newcastle Disease Virus Strains Isolated in West Java, Indonesia.. Microbiology resource announcements, 9(24), 2 pages.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS2 Europe PMC3
    2020 Doan, P. T. K., Cahyono, M. I., Rabiei, M., Pandarangga, P., McAllister, M. M., Low, W. Y., . . . Hemmatzadeh, F. (2020). Genome Sequences of Newcastle Disease Virus Strains from Two Outbreaks in Indonesia.. Microbiology resource announcements, 9(23), 3 pages.
    DOI Scopus8 WoS5 Europe PMC6
    2020 Lai, P. -J., Ng, E. -V., Yang, S. -K., Moo, C. -L., Low, W. Y., Yap, P. S. -X., . . . Lai, K. -S. (2020). Transcriptomic analysis of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli K-12 strain in response to Lavandula angustifolia essential oil.. 3 Biotech, 10(7), 1-9.
    DOI Scopus10 WoS7 Europe PMC5
    2020 Ong, J. S., Liu, Y. W., Liong, M. T., Choi, S. B., Tsai, Y. C., & Low, W. Y. (2020). Molecular evolutionary and 3D protein structural analyses of Lactobacillus fermentum elongation factor Tu, a novel brain health promoting factor. Genomics, 112(6), 3915-3924.
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    2020 Ren, Y., Yu, M., Low, W. Y., Ruhlman, T. A., Hajrah, N. H., El Omri, A., . . . Rather, I. A. (2020). Nucleotide substitution rates of diatom plastid encoded protein genes are positively correlated with genome architecture.. Scientific reports, 10(1), 14358.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS5 Europe PMC2
    2020 Rabiei, M., Cahyono, M. I., Doan, P. T. K., Pandarangga, P., Tarigan, S., Indriani, R., . . . Hemmatzadeh, F. (2020). Correction for Rabiei et al., "Genome Sequences of Newly Emerged Newcastle Disease Virus Strains Isolated from Disease Outbreaks in Indonesia".. Microbiol Resour Announc, 9(38), 2 pages.
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    2020 Dutta, P., Talenti, A., Young, R., Jayaraman, S., Callaby, R., Jadhav, S. K., . . . Prendergast, J. G. D. (2020). Whole genome analysis of water buffalo and global cattle breeds highlights convergent signatures of domestication.. Nature communications, 11(1), 1-13.
    DOI Scopus51 WoS28 Europe PMC30
    2020 Nowland, T. L., Torok, V. A., Low, W. Y., Plush, K. J., Barton, M. D., & Kirkwood, R. N. (2020). A Single Faecal Microbiota Transplantation Altered the Microbiota of Weaned Pigs.. Life (Basel, Switzerland), 10(9), 17 pages.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC4
    2019 Liu, R., Low, W. Y., Tearle, R., Koren, S., Ghurye, J., Rhie, A., . . . Williams, J. L. (2019). New Insights into Mammalian Sex Chromosome Structure and Evolution from High-quality Bovine X and Y Chromosome Sequences.
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    2019 Liu, R., Low, W. Y., Tearle, R., Koren, S., Ghurye, J., Rhie, A., . . . Williams, J. L. (2019). New Insights into Mammalian Sex Chromosome Structure and Evolution from High-quality Bovine X and Y Chromosome Sequences.
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    2019 Liu, R., Low, W. Y., Tearle, R., Koren, S., Ghurye, J., Rhie, A., . . . Williams, J. L. (2019). New Insights into Mammalian Sex Chromosome Structure and Evolution from High-quality Bovine X and Y Chromosome Sequences.
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    2019 Low, W. Y., Tearle, R., Bickhart, D., Rosen, B., Kingan, S., Swale, T., . . . Williams, J. (2019). Chromosome-level assembly of the water buffalo genome surpasses human and goat genomes in sequence contiguity. Nature Communications, 10(1), 1-11.
    DOI Scopus108 WoS93 Europe PMC72
    2019 Liu, S., Kang, X., Catacchio, C. R., Liu, M., Fang, L., Schroeder, S. G., . . . Liu, G. E. (2019). Computational detection and experimental validation of segmental duplications and associated copy number variations in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). Functional and Integrative Genomics, 19(3), 409-419.
    DOI Scopus11 WoS6 Europe PMC5
    2019 Liu, Y. W., Ong, J. S., Gan, C. Y., Khoo, B. Y., Yahaya, S., Choi, S. B., . . . Liong, M. T. (2019). Lactobacillus fermentum PS150 showed psychotropic properties by altering serotonergic pathway during stress. Journal of Functional Foods, 59, 352-361.
    DOI Scopus15 WoS10
    2019 Low, W. Y., Tearle, R., Liu, R., Koren, S., Rhie, A., Bickhart, D., . . . Williams, J. (2019). Haplotype-Resolved Cattle Genomes Provide Insights Into Structural Variation and Adaptation.
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    2019 Liu, R., Low, W. Y., Tearle, R., Koren, S., Ghurye, J., Rhie, A., . . . Williams, J. L. (2019). New insights into mammalian sex chromosome structure and evolution using high-quality sequences from bovine X and Y chromosomes.. BMC Genomics, 20(1), 1000.
    DOI Scopus25 WoS20 Europe PMC21
    2018 Tan, H., & Low, W. Y. (2018). Rapid birth-death evolution and positive selection in detoxification-type glutathione S-transferases in mammals. PLoS ONE, 13(12), 1-15.
    DOI Scopus15 WoS8 Europe PMC9
    2017 Davis, G. M., Low, W. Y., Anderson, J. W., & Boag, P. R. (2017). Exploring potential germline associated roles of the TRIM-NHL protein NHL-2 through RNAi screening. G3 : Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 7(10), 3251-3256.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS6 Europe PMC1
    2017 Williams, J., Iamartino, D., Pruitt, K., Sonstegard, T., Smith, T., Low, W., . . . Zimin, A. (2017). Genome assembly and transcriptome resource for river buffalo, Bubalus bubalis (2n = 50). GigaScience, 6(10), 1-6.
    DOI Scopus39 WoS32 Europe PMC24
    2017 Lye, H., Kato, T., Low, W., Taylor, T., Prakash, T., Lew, L., . . . Liong, M. (2017). Lactobacillus fermentum FTDC 8312 combats hypercholesterolemia via alteration of gut microbiota. Journal of Biotechnology, 262, 75-83.
    DOI Scopus56 WoS40 Europe PMC24
    2017 Kanagarajah, R. R., Lee, D. C. W., Lee, D. Z. F., Yusoff, K., Paramasivam, S. J., Low, W. Y., . . . Lim, S. H. E. (2017). Antibiotic profiling of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates in stray canines and felines. Cogent Biology, 3(1), 10 pages.
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    2013 Sengupta, M., Low, W., Patterson, J., Kim, H. -M., Traven, A., Beilharz, T., . . . Boag, P. (2013). ifet-1 is a broad-scale translational repressor required for normal P granule formation in C. elegans. Journal of Cell Science, 126(3), 850-859.
    DOI WoS27 Europe PMC22
    2010 Low, W. Y., Feil, S. C., Ng, H. L., Gorman, M. A., Morton, C. J., Pyke, J., . . . Batterham, P. (2010). Recognition and detoxification of the insecticide DDT by Drosophila melanogaster glutathione S-transferase D1. Journal of Molecular Biology, 399(3), 358-366.
    DOI Scopus66 WoS58 Europe PMC36
    2007 Low, W. Y., Ng, H. L., Morton, C. J., Parker, M. W., Batterham, P., & Robin, C. (2007). Molecular evolution of glutathione S-transferases in the genus Drosophila. Genetics, 177(3), 1363-1375.
    DOI WoS82 Europe PMC71
    2007 Clark, A. G., Eisen, M. B., Smith, D. R., Bergman, C. M., Oliver, B., Markow, T. A., . . . Han, M. V. (2007). Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny. Nature, 450(7167), 203-218.
    DOI Scopus1591 WoS1521 Europe PMC1359
    2005 Low, W. Y. (2005). Homocysteine, Folic Acid and Vitamin C in Young Malaysian Smokers and Non Smokers. Malaysian Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

  • Book Chapters
    Year Citation
    2023 MacPhillamy, C., & Low, W. Y. (2023). Predicting Human Enhancers with Machine Learning. In L. Low, & M. Tammi (Eds.), Practical Bioinformatics for Beginners: From Raw Sequence Analysis to Machine Learning Applications (pp. 223-250). London: World Scientific Publishing Co..
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    2023 Ren, Y., Saidin, A., & Low, W. Y. (2023). Transcriptomics. In Practical Bioinformatics for Beginners: From Raw Sequence Analysis to Machine Learning Applications (pp. 141-163).
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    2019 Ong, C. K., Kwong, Q. B., Ong, A. L., Heng, H. Y., & Low, W. Y. (2019). Pipeline of High Throughput Sequencing. In S. Ranganathan, M. Gribskov, K. Nakai, & C. Schönbach (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (Vol. 3, pp. 144-151). Elsevier.
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    2017 Low, W. L., & Tammi, M. T. (2017). Introduction to next generation sequencing technologies. In W. L. Low, & M. Tammi (Eds.), Bioinformatics: A practical handbook of next generation sequencing and Its applications (pp. 1-21). World Scientific Publishing.
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  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2024 Liu, L., Wang, Z., Phan, M. H., Zhang, B., Ge, J., & Liu, Y. (2024). BPKD: Boundary Privileged Knowledge Distillation for Semantic Segmentation. In Proceedings - 2024 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, WACV 2024 (pp. 1051-1061). Waikoloa, HI, USA: IEEE.
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    2018 Vidovic, S., & An, R. (2018). The influence of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) mutations in gyrA, gyrB, parC and parE on the acquisition of fluoroquinolone and cross-resistances in Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Enteritidis. In Archives of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 04. OMICS Publishing Group.
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    2017 Low, W. (2017). Population entropies estimates of proteins. In Proceedings of the 3rd ISM International Statistical Conference 2016: Bringing Professionalism and Prestige in Statistics, as published in AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 1842 (pp. 1-7). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: American Institute of Physics.
    DOI Scopus1 WoS1

  • Conference Items
    Year Citation
    2022 Messele, Y., Alkhallawi, M., Veltman, T., Trott, D., Mcmeniman, J., Kidd, S., . . . Petrovski, K. (2022). LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN ESCHERICHIA COLI RECOVERED FROM FEEDLOT BEEF CATTLE IN AUSTRALIA. Poster session presented at the meeting of JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE. ELSEVIER SCI LTD.

  • Patents
    Year Citation
    2017 Low, W. Y. (2017). WO 2018/129722 A1, A novel lactic acid bacteria and its applications. Taiwan.

  • Theses
    Year Citation
    2009 Low, W. Y. (2009). Molecular evolution, structure and function of Glutathione S-Transferases in the genus Drosophila. (PhD Thesis, The University of Melbourne).

  • Preprint
    Year Citation
    2024 Kalbfleisch, T., McKay, S., Murdoch, B., Adelson, D., Almansa, D., Becker, G., . . . Rosen, B. (2024). RT2T: A Global Collaborative Project to Study Chromosomal Evolution in the Suborder Ruminantia.
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    2024 Kalbfleisch, T., McKay, S., Murdoch, B., Adelson, D. L., Almansa, D., Becker, G., . . . Rosen, B. (2024). RT2T: A Global Collaborative Project to Study Chromosomal Evolution in the Suborder Ruminantia.
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A case control study to discover systemic gut microbiome changes in spinal muscular atrophy. (2016 - ongoing) Funded by the Malaysian Medical Association Foundation. Role: Principal Investigator

Post-transcriptional gene regulation in RNA-granules (2010 – 2013) Funded by National Health and Medical Research Council. Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow.

Using comparative genomics to identify genes responsible for adaptation to environmental toxins (Discovery Projects) (2005 – 2008) Funded by Australia Research Council. Role: PhD student.

Taught Biostatistics, Genetics and Molecular Evolution to post-graduate students at Perdana University (Sep 2014 – Jan 2017).

Senior Lecturer and Head of Biotechnology undergraduate program at the Manipal International University (Aug 2013 – Sep 2014). Taught Computational Biology and Genetics to undergraduate students and prepared documents in compliance with Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA).

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2023 Principal Supervisor Bovine Pangenome Assembly - establishing reference genomes for different bovine breeds and species Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Paulene Santos Pineda

  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2020 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation in Angus and Brahman Cattle Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Callum Macphillamy
    2019 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli and enterococci isolated from beef cattle Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Yohannes Equar Messele
    2019 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Investigation of the molecular pathogenesis of newly emerged Newcastle disease virus in Indonesia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mohammad Rabiei
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  • Email: wai.low@adelaide.edu.au
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  • Org Unit: School of Animal and Veterinary Science
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