Yuan Xue
Bioinformatics Scientist II
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYuan Xue is a bioinformatics scientist with 10 years of experience applying computational biology, machine learning, and quantitative modeling to develop non-invasive cancer diagnostics and optimize genomics assays. Based in Palo Alto, he combines a Stanford Bioengineering PhD and a strong experimental background—single-cell RNA-seq, enzyme kinetics, and assay development—with hands-on data science at ClearNote Health. His academic work produced 10+ publications, including first-author discoveries in antigenic variation and immune cell types, and the recombinant discovery of a cold-active DNA polymerase. Yuan is comfortable bridging wet-lab and computational teams, translating mechanistic insights into robust diagnostic pipelines. Less obvious: he has repeatedly led both computational and biochemical projects, giving him rare expertise in profiling enzyme kinetics alongside population-scale sequencing analyses.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Molecular Biophysics, Molecular Biophysics at UT Southwestern Medical CenterDiocesan Boys' SchoolHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at La Salle Catholic College PreparatoryBachelor of Arts (BA) Biology, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Biology at Reed CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at Stanford University School of EngineeringDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Bioengineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Bioengineering at Stanford University
Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, English
Github Skills (88)
mathjax9
transcriptomics8
firefox-webextension8
bioinformatics8
uml8
jupyter-kernels8
markdown7
single-cell-analysis7
rna-velocity7
jupyter-notebook7
syntax-highlighting7
webextension6
vim6
shortcut6
python6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
xuesoso/SOSODE
Apr 2019 - Sep 2020
Contributions:19 commits, 14 pushes, 1 issue in 1 year 5 months
xuesoso/nheatmap
Mar 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:56 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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