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Biography
Yi Jin is currently a Senior Research Scientist in the Integrated Diagnostics group in CSIRO. He is a bioinformatician that is at his happiest when analysing next-generation sequencing data, especially DNA methylation and/or long reads. He has a wet lab background, and is glad to be able to program liquid handlers that automates more error-prone, tedious steps away. He is involved in human health projects that focuses on discovering and validating signatures of non-chronic diseases e.g., oesophageal cancer and pan-cancer markers.
He enjoys dealing with anything two-dimensional containing text and numbers. He is an expert in the UNIX command line, and he codes in Python (enthusiastically) and R (grudgingly). He aims to construct meaningful biological interpretations from the data via liberal application of statistics. He also likes good data visualisations--despite his atrocious fashion sense, he has strong opinions on the colours used in graphs. He believes well-composed figures go a long way in swiftly and accurately interpretating the underlying data.
Prior to his current position in CSIRO, his postdoc at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia studied changes in DNA methylation patterns in corals in response to climate change. He graduated with a PhD in Genetics from the University of Cambridge, but has, over the years, swapped the pipette for a keyboard.
Academic Qualifications
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2013
PhD
University of Cambridge -
2008
BA
University of Cambridge
Current Roles
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Senior Research Scientist
CSIRO
Fields of Research
Grants
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Jan 2020-Jun 2022
The CSIRO Stopwatch: a Pan-Animal Epigenetic Clock (Environomics FSP; $581k)
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Jul 2022-Jun 2023
The CSIRO Stopwatch: a Pan-Animal Epigenetic Clock: Reloaded (Environomics FSP; $145k)
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Apr 2022-Mar 2025
Improving the diagnosis of Barrett’s Oesophagus (NMHRC; $1m)
Professional Experiences
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2018-2023
Research Scientist
CSIRO -
2013-2018
Postdoctoral Fellow
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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Publications
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