Liang Xue
Director at Pfizer
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLiang Xue is a proteomics and bioinformatics leader with 8 years of industry experience driving mass spectrometry–based discovery at Pfizer, now modernizing proteomics infrastructure as Director for drug discovery. Trained with a PhD in Biochemistry and an MS in Computer Science, he blends experimental LC‑MS expertise with computational pipeline and machine learning workflow development to scale proteomics data systems. His career spans hands‑on assay design, database and pipeline engineering, and high‑throughput target engagement profiling from academic postdoctoral work to enterprise R&D. Based in Cambridge, he is comfortable translating complex biochemical questions into productionized data workflows that accelerate translational insights. An often‑overlooked strength is his cross-disciplinary fluency—he bridges wet lab nuance and software engineering rigor to deliver robust, reproducible proteomics solutions.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Biology General, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Biology General at University of Science and Technology of ChinaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Biochemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Biochemistry at Purdue UniversityMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Northeastern University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (21)
shotgun8
mass-spectrometry7
bioinformatics5
command-line-interface5
mass5
ms-data4
graphical-user-interface4
sequencing4
pipeline4
user-interface3
search-engine3
issue-tracking3
cross-platform2
nextflow2
data-analysis2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
xuel12/h1permprediction
Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:21 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
xuel12/prosit
Feb 2020 - Mar 2021
Prosit offers high quality MS2 predicted spectra for any organism and protease as well as iRT prediction. When using Prosit is helpful for your research, please cite "Gessulat, Schmidt et al. 2019" DOI 10.1038/s41592-019-0426-7
Contributions:30 pushes in 1 year
doiirtproteasepredictionms2
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