Jiyang Yu
Member, Department Of Computational Biology
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolJiyang Yu is a computational biology leader with 11 years of experience bridging translational research and bioinformatics in hospital and pharmaceutical settings, currently serving as Member and Interim Chair in the Department of Computational Biology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He brings deep expertise in oncology, CRISPR, RNAi, and functional genomics honed during a prior senior scientist role at Pfizer and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics from Columbia University. Known for translating complex biological data into actionable insights for precision medicine, he combines wet-lab awareness with strong computational skills rooted in a computer science background from Zhejiang University. Based in Memphis, he has steadily advanced through academic ranks, reflecting both scientific leadership and hands-on technical contribution to pediatric cancer research.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University in the City of New YorkThe University of Hong Kong (HKU)Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Zhejiang University
Github Skills (7)
mutual-information10
r-package6
reverse-engineering5
inference5
network-analysis3
driver3
bayesian-inference2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jyyu/ScreenBEAM
Jul 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:29 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
jyyulab/NetBID
Jan 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:18 pushes in 9 months
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