Alvin Qin
Leading Computational Biologist
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolAlvin Qin is a leading computational biologist with 13 years of experience translating high-throughput genomics and single-cell data into clinically relevant insights, currently heading genomics at the Broad Institute’s CDS. He holds a PhD in Bioinformatics and has led postdoctoral and independent investigator projects at Massachusetts General Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, producing high-profile translational research on tumor heterogeneity, lineage tracing, and neurogenomic variation. Technically fluent in Python and R, machine learning and deep learning, Alvin builds reproducible pipelines and web-enabled tools for multi-omics integration and large-scale epigenomics. His work spans ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, CUT&RUN, RNA-seq (including single-cell), whole-genome/exome analysis, and MRI-fMRI/DTI statistical studies—an uncommon combination that bridges molecular and imaging data. Passionate about precision medicine, he focuses on deploying clinical bioinformatics to improve patient care while maintaining hands-on involvement in algorithm and workflow development.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology at Tongji University
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (128)
probabilistic-programming10
package-management10
python10
cancer-genomics10
seq10
terra10
density-estimation10
transcriptomics10
genomics10
bayesian-inference10
ord10
wolfram-language10
variational-inference10
rna-velocity10
benchmarking10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
qinqian/GCAP
May 2013 - Oct 2013
Contributions:50 commits in 5 months
qinqian/depmap_omics
Jan 2023 - Sep 2024
What you need to process the Quarterly DepMap-Omics releases from Terra
Contributions:93 pushes, 18 branches in 1 year 8 months
depmapneedomicsterra
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