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Hsiao-Mei Liao

Hisao Mei

Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) Research Scientist

Hsiao-Me Liao, PhD, is a Research Scientist in Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, Naval Medical Research Center. She joined the REDI-NET program in April 2021 and led the development of sample processing and testing SOPs as well as the workflow of sequencing data analysis. She completed her PhD training in the field of molecular genetics. During the time as a postdoctoral fellow at US FDA, her research focused on using high-throughput sequencing to identify microbes that affect the safety of human tissue-derived products.  She also utilized the approaches of comparative genomics and transcriptomics and characterized infectious agents such as Zika virus, Epstein-Barr virus, and several bacteria as well as transcriptomic changes in the hosts.

This work is supported by the US Army Medical Research and Development Command under Contract No.W81XWH-21-C-0001, W81XWH-22-C-0093 and HT9425-23-C-0059. The views, opinions and/or findings contained in this report are those of the author(s) and should not be construed as an official Department of the Army or Navy position, policy or decision unless so designated by other documentation.