Yicheng Qi (祁意城)

I am an undergraduate student studying bioinformatics🧬 at Zhejiang University🇨🇳.

My current research interests include developing algorithms🧑‍💻 for multi/sub-cellular spatial transcriptomics and multi-modality integration.

Outside of academics, I enjoy playing music🎶 and solving Rubik’s cubes. I’m also a big fan of pc games🎮.

The picture on the left is my cat🐱, Coco. He’s way more good-looking than me, so I decided to put him here for everyone’s admiration🐾.

Educations

  • 09/2022 - Present, Undergraduate, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
  • 09/2019 - 06/2022, Shaoxing NO.1 High School, Shaoxing, Zhejiang.

Publications

  • Tian, R., Xue, Z., Chen, Y., Qi, Y., Zhang, J., Yuan, J., Ruan, D., Lin, J., Liu, J., Wang, D., Youqiong, Y., & Liu, W. (2025). “Integrating Cross-Sample and Cross-Modal Data for Spatial Transcriptomics and Metabolomics with SpatialMETA.” Nature Communications.
  • Xue, Z., Wu, L., Bing, G., Tian, R., Chen, Y., Qi, Y., Dong, T., Bai, Y., Yu, Z., He, B., Wang, L., Liu, Z., Yao, J., Lu, L., & Liu, W. (2025). “A pan-disease and population-level single-cell TCRαβ repertoire reference.” Cell Discovery.

Skills

  • Computer Languages: Python, R, Bash, Java, SQL
  • Research skills: Multi-omics data analysis (ST, ChIP-seq, scRNA-seq, …, with python or R), Molecular dynamics simulation (GROMACS), Back-end development (Django, Flask), Machine Learning, Statistics, Scientific illustration (Adobe Illustrator, BioRender)

Honors & Scholarships

  • Zhejiang Provincial Government Scholarship, 2024 – 2025
  • Second-Class Scholarship, Zhejiang University, 2022 - 2024
  • Academic Scholarship, ZJU-UoE Institute, 2022 - 2025
  • Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award, Zhejiang University, 2022 - 2024

Activities

  • GPB Omics & Bioinformatics Frontiers Symposium 2025, Best Poster, 07/2025
  • “ShuWei Cup” Mathematical Contest in Modelling, Meritorious (First-Class prize, Top 5%), 01/2024
  • “HuaShu Cup” Mathematical Contest in Modelling, Second-Class prize, 10/2022