Ming 'Tommy' Tang - Unleashing the Power of Computational Biology (FODD #13)

Описание: In this talk, Murat speaks with ⁠Ming (Tommy) Tang⁠, Director of Computational Biology at ⁠Immunitas Therapeutics⁠, an immuno-oncology start-up developing novel therapeutics for patients with cancer. 

Tommy is a strong leader and communicator in the field of computational biology. He has dedicated his life's work to accelerating cancer research, with prominent expertise in analysing large-scale bulk sequencing data, single-cell and spatial transcriptomic data and epigenetic data.

Outside of his career at Immunitas, Tommy is a brilliant science communicator and teacher, with various educational streams, including ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠a blog⁠, ⁠a GitHub repository⁠, ⁠a YouTube channel⁠, ⁠a newsletter⁠, as well as authoring his own book, '⁠From Cell Line To Command Line⁠'. He is passionate about teaching biologists the computational skills essential for modern science. 


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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - Childhood and journey to today
3:05 - The transition from wet lab to computational biologist
6:08 - Current work at Immunitas
7:15 - The challenges of switching to computational biology
18:56 - Responsibilities at Immunitas, being a manager
24:53 - Transition from academia to industry
27:35 - AI and ML in genomics and bioinformatics
31:27 - Other career options
32:18 - Data silos and tackling the data issue

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