We are delighted to have invited Professor Pengyi Yang, Associate Professor in the School of Mathematics & Statistics at The University of Sydney, to speak at the seminar “Computational Methods for Cell Identity and Cell-fate Decisions” jointly organised by the Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health (D²4H) and School of Biomedical Sciences, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.

Seminar Details
Date:              June 10, 2025 (Tuesday)
Time:             11:00 am – 12:00 noon (HK Time)
Venue:           Seminar Room 1 – 3, G/F, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Speakers:
Pengyi Yang, Unit Head, Computational Systems Biology, Children’s Medical Research Institute, Charles Perkins Centre; Robinson Fellow and Associate Professor, School of Mathematics & Statistics, The University of Sydney

Abstract:
Advances in single-cell omics and spatial transcriptomics are transforming our ability to decode the molecular programs that govern cell identity and cell-fate decisions. In this seminar, Pengyi will present our research on developing computational methodologies that leverage these data types to uncover molecular networks that underlie cell identity and predict cell-fate decisions.

Biography:
Pengyi Yang is a Robinson Fellow and Associate Professor at The University of Sydney, Australia. He heads the Laboratory of Computational Systems Biology at the Children’s Medical Research Institute. Pengyi conducted his postdoctoral fellowship in Systems Biology Group at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in USA. He subsequently joined the School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sydney, to establish his research program, specialising in developing machine learning and statistical models for characterising molecular networks underlying cell identity for controlling cell-fate decisions.

Registration: https://www.d24h.hk/reg

Your participation would be greatly appreciated. For enquiries, please contact Ms Moon Chow at moonchow@d24h.hk.

We look forward to seeing you at the event.