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General Information

Full Name Ping Luo
Languages English, Mandarin

Experience

  • 2023 - Present
    Bioinformatics Specialist at Dr. Tak Mak's lab
    Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada
    • Analyze single cell RNA sequencing and TCR sequencing data with cutting-edge machine learning models to facilitate immunotherapy.
  • 2019 - 2023
    Postdoctoral Researcher at Dr. Trevor Pugh's lab
    Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada
    • Apply machine/deep learning models to develop cancer diagnosis and treatment strategies.
    • Early diagnose cancer based on cell-free methylated DNA immunoprecipitation-sequencing.
    • Study the tumor microenvironment with single cell/nuclei RNA sequencing.
  • 2023 - Present
    Sessional Lecturer
    Algoma University
    • Instruct lectures (Introduction to Computer Science) and Java programming labs for around 200 undergraduate students.
  • July, 2023
    Teaching Assistant
    Bioinformatics.ca
    • Facilitate students' success in single-cell analysis labs by providing hands-on assistance in resolving errors and delivering explanations for the functions and packages employed.
  • May, 2021
    Guest Lecturer
    Thomson River University, Kamloops, Canada
    • Delivered an impactful talk on the single-cell analysis pipeline.
  • 2017 - 2019
    Teaching Assistant
    University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
    • Help students apply the principles of statics to solve practical problems.

Education

  • 2015 - 2019
    PhD
    University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Identifying disease-associated genes based on artificial intelligence.
  • 2013 - 2015
    MEng
    Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • 3D printed micro stereotactic frame for Deep Brain Stimulation.
  • 2006 - 2010
    BEng
    Hunan University, Changshang, China
    • Computer Science

Academic Interests

  • Cancer diagnosis.
    • Predict cancer by integrating cell-free DNA sequencing data.
  • Cancer treatment.
    • Design new immunotherapies by identifing T cell receptors that recognize tumor antigens based on CITE-seq and TCR sequencing.

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Sci-fi, Hiking, Skiing, Gardening...