Computational Bioinformatics and Bio-imaging Laboratory (CBIL)


 
 

Internal Use

 

 

Full-Time Faculty

  • Yue Wang , Ph.D., The Grant A. Dove Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of CBIL, AIMBE Fellow (王跃)(格兰特•多弗冠名讲席教授)

  • Jason J. Xuan , Ph.D., Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Associate Director of CBIL, Principal Investigator

  • Guoqiang Yu , Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Assistant Director of CBIL

 
Adjunct/Research Faculty & Staff

  • Habtom W Ressom, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Associate Professor of Oncology at Georgetown University Medical Center: Machine learning for analysis of genomic and proteomics data

  • Guo Zhiqiang (July 2012 - June 2013), Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, School of Information Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology: Image Processing

 
Doctoral Graduate Research Assistant

    GENOMIC AND EPIGENOMIC DATA ANALYSIS (identify genomic, epigenetic, and environment variables)

  • Xiao Wang (doctoral graduate research assistant, Fall 2011 - present)(BS & MS, U of Zhejiang) (e-mail: wangxiao@vt.edu): Analysis of next-gen sequencing data; structure learning for regulatory networks; epigenomic data analysis for cancer research

  • (Dennis) Yi Fu (doctoral graduate research assistant, Fall 2012 - present)(BS&MS; Tsinghua U)(e-mail: yifu@vt.edu): AISAIC-GISMIC, deep phenotyping and integrative association.

  • Qing Sun (doctoral graduate research assistant, Fall 2012 - present)(BS&MS; Tianjin U)(e-mail: qingsun@vt.edu): Genome/pathway-wide detection of interacting genomic/epigenetic loci and environment variables, fMRI-GWAS

  • Yinxue Wang (doctoral graduate research assistant, Fall 2013 - present)(BS; Tsinghua U)(e-mail: TBD): Deep phenotyping and integrative association.

    • SYSTEMS BIOLOGY MODELING (infer how genetic/epigenetic/environment variables affect biological networks and clinical phenotypes)

  • Ye Tian (doctoral graduate research assistant, Fall 2009 - present)(BS&MS; Tsinghua U)(e-mail: tianye@vt.edu): Genotype/phenotype-defined differential dependence network (DDN), identifying condition-specific significant rewiring of dependencies in biological networks (knowledge-guided and multiplatform), nBTL (network Binary Trait Loci, network-attacking mutations), prioritization of networked biomarkers (CPTAC), origin of tumor.

  • (Frank) Jinghua Gu (doctoral graduate research assistant, Fall 2009 - present)(BS, U of Zhejiang; MS, CAS) (e-mail: gujh@vt.edu): Genomic data integration for pathway building

  • Xi Chen (doctoral graduate research assistant, Fall 2011 - present)(BS & MS, HIT) (e-mail: xichen86@vt.edu): Genomic data integration, Bayesian networks, etc.

  • Lulu Chen (doctoral graduate research assistant, Fall 2013 - present)(BS&MS; USTC)(e-mail: luluchen@vt.edu): Multiplatform inference, intra/inter-tumor heterogeneity characterization, dynamic CAM/kDDN for characterizing tumor evolution and tumor-stromal interaction (time causality, cell-cell signaling for coordinating collective processes).

  • (Mike) Yiming Zuo (doctoral graduate research assistant, Fall 2012 - present)(BS, U Zhejiang)(e-mail: zyiming@vt.edu): Biological signaling network inference

  • Yizhi Wang (doctoral graduate research assistant, Fall 2013 - present)(BS&MS, Fudan U)(e-mail: TBD): Multiplatform inference, complex system characterization.

    • GENE EXPRESSION AND PROTEOMICS (analyze gene expression, miRNA, protein expression, and clinical data, and discover molecular markers)

  • Tsung-Heng Tsai (doctoral graduate research assistant, Fall 2009 - present)(MS Tsinghua U)(e-mail: thtsai@vt.edu): LC-MS data alignment using Bayesian approaches, variability assessment for LC-MS experiments.

  • Niya Wang (doctoral graduate research assistant, Fall 2010 - present)(MS; Tsinghua U)(e-mail: wangny@vt.edu): CAM-nICA/nWCA/NMF-MDL for tissue heterogeneity dissection (imaging, mRNA, methylation, protein, CNAs), multiplatform inference.

  • Mohammad R. Nezami Ranjbar (doctoral graduate research assistant, Fall 2010 - present)(MS; Sharif U Technology)(e-mail: nranjbar@vt.edu): Experimental design, quality assessment, data normalization, and data analysis for LC-MS based metabolamics and proteomics with application to biomarker discovery.

  • (Henry) Xu Shi (doctoral graduate research assistant, Fall 2012 - present)(BS, SJTU)(e-mail: xushi@vt.edu): Analysis of next-gen sequencing data, identification of pathway crosstalk in cancer, etc.

  • (Kevin) Minkun Wang (doctoral graduate research assistant, Fall 2012 - present)(BS, USTC)(e-mail: minkunwang@vt.edu): Proteomics data analysis

    • BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING

  • Mohammed Mamdouh Zakaria (doctoral graduate student, Fall 2008 - present): Copy number signal processing and CNV/CNA characterization

 
Part-time & Visiting Graduate Students

  • Xuelin (Nick) Cui (doctoral graduate student, Fall 2013 - present)(BS, Southeast U; MS, Vanderbilt U)(e-mail: xuelincui@gmail.com): Blind source separation, fMRI data analysis, brain network modeling (connectivity).

  • (Jack) Shibiao Wan (visiting doctoral student, Spring 2013 - Summer 2013)(Hong Kong PolyU)(e-mail: jackwan2010@gmail.com): Proteomics data analysis

  • Charles S. Bartlett (part-time doctoral graduate student, Spring 2008 - present): Machine learning theory, recurrent neural networks.

 
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