Zicheng Yu (YC)
PhD student
| Born & raised | Guizhou, China |
| Education & previous employment |
BSc. in Biology with Biotechnology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; MSc. in Translational Neuroscience at Imperial College London, UK. Research Assistant (focused on retina regeneration) at Harvard Medical School, Boston, US; Bioinformatician (focused on cancer genetics) and then Research Supervisor at Geneplus Ltd, Shenzhen, China; Communication Officer Intern at United Nations in Lao PDR (UNDP), Vientiane, Laos. |
| Scientific interests | Genetics, genomics, molecular biology, neuroscience, precision medicine. |
| Outside interests | Squash, badminton, swimming, films, video/board games, jigsaw puzzles. |