• Outstanding Student Awards, Hunan University, 1982 and 1983
  
• Graduate Leadership Award, Peking University Graduate Students Association, 1985
  
• Travel Award, University of British Columbia Faculty of Graduate Studies, 1992
  
• Sloan Fellowship, The Third UCLA International School on Molecular Evolution, 1992
  
• Medical Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1995-1997
  
• FRSQ (Fonds de la recherche en sante du Quebec in Montreal, Canada) Scholarship for junior faculty, 1997-2001
  
• Canadian Foundation for Innovation Investigator Award, 1998
  

2000-2001

• GMS 6001 Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences I: One discussion
  
• GMS 6002 Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences II: Two discussions
  

2001-2002

• GMS 6001 Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences I: One discussion
  
• GMS 6002 Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences II: One discussion
  
• GMS 6005 Developmental Biology: One discussion
  
• GMS 6644 Apoptosis: Two lectures and two discussions
  
• GMS 6090 IDP Laboratory Rotation-Rotation 1 (Kim Aiken)
  

2002-2003

• GMS 6001 Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences I: One lecture and three discussions
  
• GMS 6064 Tumor Biology: Two lectures and two discussions
  
• GMS 6090 IDP Laboratory Rotation-Rotation 1 (Ben Sutter)
  
• GMS 6090 IDP Laboratory Rotation-Rotation 3 (Cuong Nguyen)
  

2003-2004

• GMS 6001 Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences I: One lecture and three discussions
  
• GMS 6064 Tumor Biology: Two lectures and two discussions
  
• GMS 6931 Bioethics and Research Integrity: One discussion
  

2004-2005

• GMS 6691 Transcriptional and Translational Control of Cell Growth and Proliferation, Course Director
  

1. Zhao, LY, J Liu, Sidhu*, GS, L Zhao, Y Liu**, and D Liao (2004) Negative regulation of p53 by Daxx and the Involvement of Mdm2 . Under revision for J. Biol. Chem.
2. Sidhu*, GS, LY Zhao, J Liu and D Liao (2004) Essential role of SUMOylation and CRM1-mediated nucleocytoplasmic export of Daxx via nucleolus for Daxx-mediated apoptosis. Under revision for Mol. Cell.
3. Zhao, LY, Y Liu**, NR Bertos, XJ Yang, and D Liao (2003). PCAF is a coactivator for p73-mediated transactivation. Oncogene 22(51): 8316-8329.
4. Zhao, LY, AL Colosimo**, Y. Liu**, Y Wan and D Liao (2003). Adenovirus E1B 55-kilodalton oncoprotein binds to Daxx and eliminates enhancement of p53-dependent transcription by Daxx. J. Virol. 77:11809-11821.
5. Zhao, LY, and D. Liao (2003). Cytoplasmic sequestration of tumor suppressor p53 by adenovirus type 12 E1B 55-kilodalton oncoprotein is required for inhibition of p53-mediated apoptosis. J. Virol. 77:13171-13181.
6. Liao, D and C. Jiang* (2004) Toward an experimental system to study the mechanism of concerted evolution. In Recent Research Developments in Dynamical Genetics, Valerio Parisi, Valeria De Fonzo, and Filippo Aluffi-Pentini, eds., Transworld Research Network (invited article, in press).
7. Liao, D (2003). Concerted evolution, vol. 1, pp. 938-942. (Invited and peer-reviewed article) Nature Encyclopedia of the Human Genome, Cooper, DN, ed., Nature Publishing Group, London, New York and Tokyo.
8. Liu**, Yue, April Colosimo, Xiang-Jiao Yang, and Daiqing Liao (2000). Adenovirus E1B 55 kDa oncoprotein inhibits p53 acetylation by PCAF. Mol. Cell. Biol. 20: 5540-5553.
9. Yu, A., H.-Y. Fan, Daiqing Liao, A. D. Bailey, and A. M. Weiner (2000). Activation of p53, or loss of the Cockayne Syndrome Group B repair protein causes metaphase fragility of human U1, U2, and 5S genes. Mol. Cell 5: 801-810.
10. Liao, Daiqing (1999). Concerted evolution: molecular mechanism and biological implications. Am. J. Human Genet. 64: 24-30 (invited review article).
11. Liao, Daiqing (2000). Gene Conversion Drives Within Genic Sequences: Concerted Evolution of Ribosomal RNA Genes in Bacteria and Archaea. J. Mol. Evol. 51: 305-317.
12. Jiang, Chong and Daiqing Liao (1999). Striking bimodal methylation of the repeat unit of the tandemly repeated human U2 small nuclear RNA genes. Genomics 62: 508-518.
13. Liao, Daiqing, Adong Yu and Alan M. Weiner (1999). Coexpression of the adenovirus 12 E1B 55 kDa oncoprotein and cellular tumor suppressor p53 is sufficient to induce metaphase fragility of the human RNU2 locus. Virology 254: 11-23.
14. Pavelitz, Thomas, Daiqing Liao, and Alan M. Weiner (1999). Concerted evolution of the tandem array encoding primate U2 small nuclear RNA (the RNU2 locus) is accompanied by dramatic remodeling of the junctions with flanking chromosomal sequences. EMBO J. 18: 3782-3792.
15. Liao, Daiqing, Thomas Pavelitz and Alan M. Weiner (1998). Characterization of a novel class of interspersed LTR elements in the primate genomes: structure, genome distribution, and evolution. J. Mol. Evol. 46: 649-660.
16. Liao, Daiqing, Thomas Pavelitz, Judith R. Kidd, Kenneth K. Kidd, and Alan M. Weiner (1997). Concerted evolution of the tandemly repeated genes encoding human U2 snRNA (the RNU2 locus) involves rapid intrachromosomal homogenization and rare interchromosomal gene conversion. EMBO J. 16: 588-598.
17. Liao, Daiqing and Alan M. Weiner (1995). Concerted evolution of the tandemly repeated genes encoding primate U2 small nuclear RNA (the RNU2 locus) does not prevent rapid diversification of the (CT)no(GA)n microsatellite embedded within the U2 repeat unit. Genomics 30: 583-593.

Dr. Liao joined UF faculty in 2000. He was an assistant professor at the University of Sherbrooke, Canada from 1997 to 2000. He conducted his postdoctoral training at Yale University School of Medicine from 1994 to1997 and received his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Canada in 1993, M.S. from Peking University, China in 1986 and B.S. from Hunan University, China in 1983.

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