Pengyi Yang
Unit Head, Computational Systems Biology
Australia
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Top SchoolPengyi Yang is a computational systems biology leader with 11 years of experience bridging bioinformatics, AI-driven analysis, and translational stem cell research across academia and institutes in Australia and the US. As Unit Head at the Children's Medical Research Institute and Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, he leads a lab that develops computational approaches to understand cellular systems and publishes tools and code through the pyanglab GitHub repository. His background—PhD in Bioinformatics and an M.Eng. in AI for Bioinformatics—combines rigorous computational training with hands-on experimental collaboration from fellowships at NIH and Garvan. An Early Career Editor for Stem Cell Reports, he brings editorial insight into reproducible computational workflows and a track record of securing competitive fellowships and grants. Notably, his work emphasizes open, reusable software for systems-level biology rather than single-study analyses, reflecting a commitment to community-facing resources.
11 years of coding experience
The University of SydneyMaster of Engineering (M.Eng.), Artificial Intelligence in Bioinformatics, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Artificial Intelligence in Bioinformatics at Southwest University
Github Skills (17)
r-package6
noise5
bioinformatics5
evaluation4
hierarchical4
classification3
cran3
genes3
machine-learning3
seq2
bioconductor2
package-repository1
consensus1
rna-seq1
genomics1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
PYangLab/directPA
Mar 2015 - Nov 2020
Contributions:11 pushes in 5 years 9 months
perturbationpathwaypathway-analysisdesignsbioinformatics
cran/ClueR
Feb 2015 - Sep 2018
Contributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 3 years 8 months
cluecran-rr-packagecranevaluation
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