Yizhi Cai
Associate Editor
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolYizhi Cai is a chair professor of synthetic genomics at the University of Manchester with 17 years of experience leading high-impact academic and international consortia, including serving as international coordinator of the $20M Synthetic Yeast Genome Project. He blends deep expertise in synthetic genomics and computational biology with editorial leadership as an Associate Editor at ACS Synthetic Biology and research roles at MIT, the MRC LMB, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute. A serial founder and organizer—from establishing the Edinburgh Genome Foundry to co-chairing the International Synthetic Genome Centre—he excels at translating ambitious multi-institution collaborations into deliverables. His background spans hands-on synthetic genomics training at Johns Hopkins and Virginia Tech to strategic advisory roles with BGI, reflecting a rare combination of bench-level technical skill and large-scale program management. Notably, his career began in computer science and image processing, giving him a distinctive computational lens on genome engineering challenges.
17 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Bioinformatics, Master, Bioinformatics at The University of EdinburghJohns Hopkins UniversityPhD, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, PhD, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at Virginia TechBachelor, Computer Science, Bachelor, Computer Science at Central South UniversityGithub contributions (2)
caiyizhi/jelesko-lab-pathway-db
May 2009 - May 2009
Contributions:15 commits in 6 days
gotgenes/jelesko-lab-pathway-db
Apr 2009 - May 2009
Contributions:43 commits in 1 month
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