Baohong Zhang
Scientific Advisor at BioInfoRx, Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBaohong Zhang is a scientific advisor and computational biology leader with 8+ years in data-driven drug discovery and a 25+ year career advancing NGS, omics platforms, and bioinformatics across industry. He has built enterprise-scale FAIR omics data platforms and user-friendly open-source tools (e.g., OmicsView, CellDepot, iTarget) that turn high-dimensional genomics into actionable target hypotheses and self-service analytics for scientists. At Biogen and Pfizer he led cross-functional teams, academic partnerships, and vendor strategies to drive AI/ML-powered integrative analyses, RNA/gene therapy enabling technologies, and translational biomarker systems that accelerated R&D decision-making. Recognized for translating novel NGS technologies into operational pipelines and for a granted patent on vector-integration analysis, he combines deep computational innovation with pragmatic platform delivery. Based in Cambridge, MA, he blends hands-on algorithm development with executive leadership to bridge discovery science and scalable informatics.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Computational Biology, Ph.D. Computational Biology at The Chinese Academy of SciencesBS Electronic Engineering, BS Electronic Engineering at Xi'an Jiaotong University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (28)
single-cell-genomics10
visualization10
high-resolution10
command-line-interface10
seurat10
dot10
plot10
heatmap10
transcriptomics10
svg10
gene-expression10
meta-analysis10
png10
stacked10
single-cell-analysis10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
interactivereport/cellxgene_VIP
May 2020 - Jan 2023
Enables cellxgene to generate violin, stacked violin, stacked bar, heatmap, volcano, embedding, dot, track, density, 2D density, sankey and dual-gene plot in high-resolution SVG/PNG format. It also performs differential gene expression analysis and provides a Command Line Interface (CLI) for advanced users to perform analysis using python and R.
Contributions:12 releases, 134 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 8 months
sankeypythonpublication-quality-plotsvolcanodifferential
interactivereport/RNASequest
Jul 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:1 release, 11 commits, 5 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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