Ying Zhang, PhD

Informatics Analyst

Email:

zhan2142@umn.edu

Office:

514 Walter Library

Phone:

(612) 624-3737

Brief Bio:

Ying started her research in Bioinformatics at the very beginning of her PhD studies and worked on several great projects, focusing on computational modeling of the GATA-1-related Erythroid regulation. After that, she joined Dr. Eric Harvill’s lab to apply comparative genomics on the understanding of the pathogenesis of B. pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough.

Expertise:

Complex model systems
- Hematopoieses system (human and mouse cell line)
- Human pathogen (bacteria – Bordetellae)
Comparative Genomics analysis
- Genome manipulation, including assembly, annotation and alignment
- Sequence level analysis, including binding site motif discovery, quantifying conservation, repeats identification
- Training models using real-world data
Next-Generation Sequencing technologies: short reads mapping, assembling, and peak calling
Programming Skills: Python, R (statistical) and C, excellence in Galaxy platform
Traditional wet lab technologies: PCR, transient transfection and stable transfection assays, linkage mapping, positional cloning, and sequencing

Education:

PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 2009
University of Science and Technology, China, 2002