Xianjun Dong
Associate Professor
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXianjun Dong is an Associate Professor and computational neuroscientist with 15 years of experience translating large-scale brain omics into biomarkers and mechanistic insight. He leads DongLab and has built and managed bioinformatics teams and hubs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, driving projects like BRAINcode and PREDICT-HD that connect transcriptional regulation, non-coding RNAs, and disease prediction. Comfortable at the interface of data science and neurology, he applies AI and quantitative genomics methods to human brain transcriptomes and their genetic control. A PhD-trained bioinformatician who began by developing web resources and predictive chromatin models during his doctoral and postdoc work, he combines hands-on algorithm development with program leadership and regular community training (weekly Bioinformatics Club). Based in New Haven, he maintains an active lab web presence and GitHub-facing identity as a "computer geek working in brain omics," reflecting a rare blend of engineering fluency and clinical research focus.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Bioinformatics, PhD Bioinformatics at University of Bergen (UiB)Master's Degree Biomedical Engineering, Master's Degree Biomedical Engineering at Southeast UniversityHigh School, High School at Huanggang Middle School
English, Chinese, perl, r, bash, c/c++, Norwegian, python
Github Skills (72)
bedtools10
minhash10
genome10
bam9
genomics9
bioinformatics9
knife9
atom-plugin8
gist7
seq7
wordpress7
imports7
rna-seq6
citations6
favorites6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
sterding/sterding.github.io
Nov 2015 - Jun 2023
Contributions:159 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 7 months
sterding/BRAINcode
Mar 2011 - May 2021
Contributions:135 commits, 47 pushes in 10 years 3 months
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