Dr. Xie is a professor of
Bioinformatics and Genomics, Zhongshan
Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University,
Guangzhou, China. He also holds an
appointment as Vice Director of National
Institute of Health Data, Sun
Yat-sen University.
Dr.
Xie received two undergraduate degrees
in Applied Computing and Medical Science
in New Zealand and China, respectively.
In 2007, he obtained his Ph.D. in
Computational Systems Biology at Lincoln
University, New Zealand. After three
years of postdoctoral fellowship at
Wilmer Institute of Johns Hopkins
University, he moved to National
Institutes of Health, U.S., first as a
Staff Scientist and then an Investigator
during 2010 to 2013. In October, 2013,
he started his position at Sun Yat-sen
University, leading the Laboratory of
Bioinformatics and Genomics.
Research experience 2013.10 –
Present
Professor in Bioinformatics and Genomics
ZhongShan Ophthalmic Center, National
Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology,, Sun
Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Center for Precision Medicine, Sun
Yat-sen University
2012.09 – 2013.10
Investigator
Division of Cancer Treatment and
Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute,
Shady Groove, MD, USA
2010.08 – 2012.09
Staff Scientist
Center for Human Immunology, National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
2007.09 – 2010.08
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Wilmer Institute, School of Medicine,
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD,
USA
Education
2004.02 – 2007.09
Ph.D. in Computational Systems Biology
Lincoln University, Canterbury, New
Zealand
2002.02 – 2004.01
Bachelor in Applied Computing with First
Class Honours
Lincoln University, Canterbury, New
Zealand
1993.09 – 1998.07
Bachelor in Clinical Medicine
Chongqing University of Medical Science,
Chongqing, China
Research interest
(1) Regulation of Gene
expression
(2) Single cell
sequencing and data analysis
(3) Single molecule
sequencing and data analysis
(4) Deep learning in
biomedicine
Scientific Service
President of Guangdong Society of
Bioinformatics
