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Chao Zhang is an interdisciplinary researcher specializing in Computational Biomedicine within the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine at Boston University. He holds a PhD from the University of Missouri and his research interests center on systems biology, statistics, machine learning, and software engineering, particularly in next-generation sequencing analysis. Dr. Zhang’s current research involves stem cell cancer genomics, including innovative methodologies to manipulate nutrient composition in culture mediums, revealing unexpected effects on pluripotent stem cell states. His significant work on aging neurons and degenerative diseases has led to a novel computational pipeline for unbiased detection of local microbiota from small clinical biopsies. His contributions to microbiome characterization in gastric cancer have been pivotal, showcasing a strong correlation between immune markers and microbiome diversity in tumor microenvironments. He has collaborated extensively with Dr. Lorenz Studer’s laboratory and is actively funded by the American Cancer Society, involved in multi-layer data integration to enhance colorectal cancer diagnostics.
Boston University • Boston, MA
Teaching and conducting research in Computational Biomedicine.
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