Qing Zhang
Staff Bioinformatics Scientist
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolQing Zhang is a Staff Bioinformatics Scientist with eight years' experience translating genomics research into practical sequencing and diagnostic solutions, currently supporting assay development at Illumina in Cambridge. Trained at Harvard (MS Computational Biology) and experienced at the Broad Institute and Dana-Farber, Qing has moved pipelines from exome to whole-genome scale, benchmarked somatic variant callers, and applied multi-omics to increase diagnostic yield in rare and undiagnosed disease. Their work spans algorithm development, scalable cloud-based computation, and collaboration with clinical partners and patient alliances to enable pre-PDP projects. A published researcher with a long-standing interest in characterizing genomic variation, Qing pairs rigorous statistical thinking with hands-on engineering to drive translational impact. An unusual personal touch: they cite a philosophy of service and joy on their GitHub, reflecting a collaborative, mission-driven approach to scientific software.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Biological Science, Bachelor's degree Biological Science at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool UniversityMaster of Science - MS Computational Biology and quantitative genetics, Master of Science - MS Computational Biology and quantitative genetics at Harvard University
Github Skills (52)
genome10
sequencing10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
spark-ml9
python-interface9
gatk9
science9
spark8
phasing8
signed-url7
batch7
apache-spark6
assembly6
spectra6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
getzlab/igv_remote
Jul 2019 - Jan 2021
A Python interface for interacting with IGV desktop over a port using IGV batch commands
Contributions:39 commits, 12 PRs, 25 pushes in 1 year 6 months
pythonbatchpython-interfacepython-3desktop
getzlab/igv_gdc_buddy
Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
stream & update gdc signed url to IGV
Contributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 1 year 7 months
golangsigned-urlsignedgdcupdate
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