Xiaojian Qu
Volunteer at Travel Hands
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolXiaojian Qu is a PhD researcher in clinical medicine at Imperial College London with a decade of laboratory experience spanning small-molecule and peptide design, organic synthesis, automated radiosynthesis, and preclinical imaging. Their work bridges medicinal chemistry and nuclear medicine, taking compounds from bench synthesis through in vitro/in vivo evaluation and imaging—demonstrating rare end-to-end expertise in preclinical radiopharmaceutical development. Trained in drug design (UCL MRes) and chemistry with biomedicine (King’s College), Xiaojian combines hands-on techniques like AKTA purification, protein crystallography, and molecular cloning with data analysis and scientific communication. Outside the lab they write popular science and volunteer supporting visually impaired people, reflecting a commitment to public engagement and practical societal impact. Colleagues describe them as methodical and curious, with an appetite for translating radiochemistry advances into healthcare solutions.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Clinical Medicine Research, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Clinical Medicine Research at Imperial College LondonBachelor of Science - BS Chemistry with Biomedicine, Bachelor of Science - BS Chemistry with Biomedicine at King's College LondonUniversity College London
Github Skills (29)
genome10
genomics6
comparative-genomics6
bioinformatics6
xul6
blast6
assembly6
genome-assembly5
perl5
javascript4
nodejs4
ide4
php4
lua4
python4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
quxiaojian/PGA
May 2019 - Oct 2020
Plastid Genome Annotator
Contributions:26 commits, 85 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
chloroplastplastidplastomegenomeannotation
quxiaojian/OGA
Jun 2019 - Oct 2021
Contributions:3 commits, 57 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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