Roles and responsibilities
Research Officer
Current research and/or projects
Application and development of bioinformatics and computational biology approaches to investigate the genetic and environmental effects on human complex diseases.
Research and/or project statements
- NRC AI for Design Challenge Program: AI for precision discovery on associations in biological systems, 2020-2023
- NRC AI for Design Challenge Program: AI powered design of stem cell therapy for degenerative muscle diseases, 2021-2023
- NRC Aging in Place Challenge Program: Early detection of cognitive decline using epigenetic biomarkers in peripheral blood, 2021-2024
- NRC Digital Health and Geospatial Analytics Program: Discovery of single-cell omics biomarkers in alveolar macrophages for immunotherapy of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2022-2025
Education
- Ph.D in Operation Research and Management, China Agricultural University
- Visting Ph.D student in Bioinformatics, University of Toronto
- Postdoctoral fellow at McGill University Genome Centre, McGill University
Professional activities/interests
- Bioinformatics | Computational Biology
- Epigenomics | Single Cell Genomics
- Machine Learning and Optimization | Data Science
Key publications
Please refer to my publications on my Google Scholar profile.
Previous work experience
- Research Officer, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada (2018 - present)
- Adjunct Professor, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada (2022 - present)
- Bioinformatics Consultant, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (2016 - 2018)
- Research Assistant Professor, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (2011 - 2013)
Additional links
Xiaojian Shao
Associate Research Officer
Digital Technologies
1200 Montreal Road
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6
Preferred language: English
Telephone: 613-993-5210
Email: Xiaojian.Shao@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
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Expertise
Health, Genomics, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Supervised Learning, Big Data, Genomics, Data Science, Bioinformatics