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Zhiyuan Hu
Immunology and Metabolion
Wuhan University
Hubei
Language: English, Chinese
Embryology
Cancer
Single-Cell
Multi-Omics
Gene Regulation
Network Analysis
Developmental Biology
Disease Mechanisms
Precision Medicine
Target Discovery
Areas of Focus
- Embryonic development and cancer
- Single-cell multi-omics
- Gene regulatory networks
- Development and disease
Work Experience
- 2020-2020 Postdoctoral Researcher: University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health
- 2021-2023 Postdoctoral Researcher: University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
- 2023-Present Professor: Wuhan University, Medical Research Institute
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011-2015 Bachelor: Peking University, School of Life Sciences
- 2015-2020 DPhil: University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Medicine
Publications
- CIDER: an interpretable meta-clustering framework for single-cell RNA-seq data integration and evaluation, Z. Hu, A. Ahmed, C. Yau, 2021
- The Oxford Classic links epithelial-mesenchymal transition to immunosuppression in poor prognosis ovarian cancers, Z. Hu, P. Cunnea, Z. Zhong, H. Lu, O. Osagie, L. Campo, M. Artibani, K. Nixon, J. Ploski, L. Santana Gonzalez, A. Alsaadi, N. Wietek, S. Damato, S. Dhar, S. P. Blagden, C. Yau, J. Hester, A. Albukhari, E. O. Aboagye, C. Fotopoulou, A. A. Ahmed, 2021
- Subtraction-free and bisulfite-free specific sequencing of 5-methylcytosine and its oxidized derivatives at base resolution, Y. Liu, Z. Hu, J. Cheng, P. Siejka-Zielinska, J. Chen, M. Inoue, A. A. Ahmed, C.-X. Song, 2021
- The repertoire of serous ovarian cancer non-genetic heterogeneity revealed by single-cell sequencing of normal fallopian tube epithelial cells, Z. Hu, M. Artibani, A. Alsaadi, N. Wietek, M. Morotti, T. Shi, Z. Zhong, L. Santana Gonzalez, S. El-Sahhar, M. KaramiNejadRanjbar, G. Mallett, Y. Feng, K. Masuda, Y. Zheng, K. Chong, S. Damato, S. Dhar, L. Campo, R. Garruto Campanile, V. Rai, D. Maldonado-Perez, S. Jones, V. Cerundolo, T. Sauka-Spengler, C. Yau, A. A. Ahmed, 2020
- A pan-cancer genome-wide analysis reveals tumour dependencies by induction of non-sense mediated decay, Z. Hu, C. Yau, A. Ahmed, 2017
Awards
- 2022 Junior Research Fellowship, Wolfson College, University of Oxford
- 2021 NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre Small Grants in Health Sciences
- 2020 WHG Public Engagement Seed Award, University of Oxford
- 2019 AACR-Margaret Foti Scholar-in-Training Award, American Association for Cancer Research
