Bitao Qiu
Alexander Von Humboldt Postdoc Fellow at University of Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Other
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Top SchoolBitao Qiu is an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Freiburg with 10 years of experience applying machine learning to large-scale genomic and transcriptomic datasets. Trained as an evolutionary genomicist (PhD, University of Copenhagen), he has led interdisciplinary projects that generated and analyzed over 1,500 individual transcriptomes to dissect caste differentiation in social insects. His work bridges computational prediction and experimental validation, including studies on lncRNAs, gene regulatory networks, social immunity, and epigenomic differences across species. Prior roles at BGI and the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center exposed him to diverse systems from venom genomics to hypoxia responses, sharpening his ability to translate biological questions into robust bioinformatic pipelines. Colleagues rely on him for project management and clear communication between computational and wet-lab teams, and he brings a rare combination of deep evolutionary insight and practical data-science rigor.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Evolutionary genomics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Evolutionary genomics at Københavns Universitet - University of CopenhagenBachelor of Science - BS, Biology, General, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology, General at Sun Yat-sen University
Github Skills (35)
cactus9
genomes9
genome9
bioinformatics9
genomics9
treeview8
ncbi8
structural-variation8
assembler7
tree-structure7
prediction7
notion6
bioconda6
phylogenetics6
pipeline5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
BitaoQiu/ant_brain_comparative
Jan 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:40 commits, 5 PRs, 36 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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BitaoQiu/devo-ants
Sep 2021 - Jul 2022
Contributions:93 commits, 88 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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