Yingguang Liu

Dr. Liu’s Classes

• Human Anatomy and Physiology: Study of the structure and functions of the human body.
• Microbiology: An introduction to microorganisms and their interactions with humans.
• Genetics: Flow of genetic information between molecules and generations.
• Biochemistry: An introduction to biochemical molecules and metabolic pathways.
• Cell and Molecular Biology: An introduction to cellular structures and processes on the molecular level.
• Molecular Genetics Research: A project-oriented course studying the structure and function of genes.
• See the catalog for official course descriptions ~ Course Offerings
   

What Dr. Liu Loves about Teaching at Maranatha

“Diversity of academic programs while retaining the distinctive of a Baptist Bible college.”

About Dr. Liu

Yingguang Liu teaches biology on a level that is threatening the neoDarwinian paradigm day in and day out. "The delicate interplay of molecules within biological systems poses the greatest challenge to the gradualistic evolution of Darwinism,” he says. “The cells and molecules declare the glory of their creator." His current research interest is human endogenous retroviruses.

Creation science should include all scientific studies of creation, he says. "My goal is to equip young Christians with the scientific knowledge and skills needed to strengthen their faith in a world of humanistic chauvinism. Good science done by creationists is a testimony to those who accuse fundamentalist Christians of being ignorant or antiscientific. Our students should do well even in secular professions using science and technology."

Dr. Liu's Ministry

Dr. Liu and his family attend Fellowship Baptist Church in Watertown, where he is a hospitality leader and is also currently serving as a deacon.

Dr. Liu’s Publications

Liu, Y., Wen, Y. and Zhang, W. (1995) [Humoral and cellular immune responses against duck hepatitis B virus in its natural host.] Academia Medical Shandong 33(4): 298-301

Liu, Y., and Wang, Y. (1997) [Hepatitis C infection through transfusion of screened plasma.] Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology 7:S179

Liu, Y., and Biegalke, B. (2001) Characterization of a cluster of late genes of guinea pig. Cytomegalovirus. Virus Genes 23(3): 247-256

Liu, Y., and Biegalke, B. (2002) The human cytomegalovirus UL35 gene encodes two proteins with different functions. Journal of Virology 76(5): 2460-2468

Liu, Y., and Moran, B. (2006) Do new functions arise by gene duplication. Journal of Creation 20(2): 82-89

Liu, Y. (2006) Do new molecular functions arise by gene duplication? Occasional Papers of the BSG 8: 12

Liu, Y. (2006) Were retroviruses created good? The Journal of Biblical and Scientific Studies http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n2/were-retroviruses-created-good

Liu, Y. (2008) Endogenous retroviruses: remnants of germline infection or created in the cell? Creation Research Society Quarterly 44(3): 241.

Liu, Y. (2008) Book review: The regulatory genome: gene regulatory networks in development and evolution, by Eric H. Davidson.

Liu, Y. (2008) The immunoglobulin heavy chain gene family and gene duplication. Journal of Creation 22(3): 18-20.

Liu, Y. (2009) Did gene duplication produce gene families? Creation Research Society Quarterly, in print.

Liu, Y. (2009) The origin of retroviruses. Answers Research Journal, in preparation.

Dr. Liu’s Abstracts

Liu, Y., Wen, Y. and Zhang W. (1995) Humoral and cellular immune responses against duck hepatitis B virus in its natural host. 1995 Infectious Disease Conference of Shandong Province. Yantai, Shandong, P.R. China.

Liu, Y. and B. J. Biegalke. Analysis of cytomegalovirus UL35. 24th International Herpesvirus Workshop, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1999.

Liu, Y. and B. J. Biegalke. Analysis of cytomegalovirus UL35. 1999 OBASM meeting, Columbus, Ohio, 1999.

Liu, Y. and B. J. Biegalke. Identification of a new human cytomegalovirus virion protein. 8th International Cytomegalovirus Conference. Monterey, California. 2001.

How Dr. Liu met his wife

We were in the same high school in China. No romance in high school back then, like no smoking in Maranatha. We went to the same city in college and had alumni parties. No romance between us because neither of us were noticeable in parties. We went to another, faraway city for graduate studies. We noticed each other by then because there were just the two of us. Virtually all the other men and women in that city were strangers to us.