Wankun Deng
Research Assistant Professor at McGovern Medical School
Houston, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWankun Deng is a Research Assistant Professor and computational biologist with nine years of focused experience in bioinformatics and RNA biology, currently based in Houston and recently appointed at McGovern Medical School. He combines deep academic training (PhD and postdoctoral work) with translational research roles, including leadership as Associate Director of a cancer genomics center at UTHealth. His work integrates multi-omics analyses to trace complex traits in neurodegenerative disease, reflecting a strong signal of interdisciplinary collaboration between genomics and clinical research. Known for turning large, noisy biological datasets into actionable insights, he brings both methodological rigor and a track record of sustained contributions across top research institutions. An understated strength is his continuity across international and US research environments, which helps him bridge diverse teams and datasets to accelerate discovery.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bioinformatics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bioinformatics at Huazhong University of Science and Technology
English
Github Skills (3)
seq10
clip9
bioinformatics8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
wkdeng/scRTE
May 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:4 PRs, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
wkdeng/clam_data
Jun 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:42 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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