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A running timeline of publications, workshops, awards, and other milestones.

DeepChopper paper published
2026-01-19
ylab-hi/DeepChopper
Genomic Language Model Mitigates Chimera Artifacts in Nanopore Direct RNA Sequencing
Rust
9
1
OctopuSV paper published
2025-10-31
ylab-hi/OctopuSV
Merge and compare structural variants across callers, samples, and platforms. Standardizes BND-heavy output from GRIDSS, SvABA, Sniffles, and more.
Python
48
3
Led a hands-on workshop on testing in Python with pytest
2024-09-11
cauliyang/workshop_next_step_in_python_05052025
HTML
0
2
Led a workshop on visualizing data with Seaborn
2024-09-11
cauliyang/Visualizing-Data-with-Seaborn
Seaborn is a powerful Python library that makes it easy to create informative and attractive statistical graphics. In this workshop, we’ll cover the basics of Seaborn, including how to create different types of plots, customize them, and interpret the results.
HTML
1
0
PxBLAT paper published
2024-06-19
Won first place in the CODEX interactive visualization challenge
2024-04-02
Ran the Mag Mile 5K
AWESOME
Released PxBLAT
2023-06-15
We are happy to release the Python package PxBLAT. There is no intermediate file, no system call, and no format conversion. Instead, there are straightforward and user-friendly APIs, performance boosts, and adequate documentation. Issues and contributions are welcome! https://t.co/fAtgAd7V2b
— Yangyang Li (@yangyangliz5) August 5, 2023
ylab-hi/pxblat
PxBLAT: An Efficient and Ergonomic Python Binding Library for BLAT
C
18
1
Became a PhD candidate
2023-06-15
Become candidate. Next step: the Ph.D. Apply $2500 in OpenAI API successfully. Let's make something cool🦀! pic.twitter.com/UmIIKCydxw
— Yangyang Li (@yangyangliz5) June 16, 2023
Attended the Biological Data Science conference
2022-11-09
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Co-authored paper published
2022-10-31
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Transferred to Northwestern University
2022-06-01
Northwestern University
Became a PhD student
2020-09-01
University of Minnesota
Graduated with a master's degree
2020-06-01
China Agricultural University

DeepChopper paper published

2026-01-19

OctopuSV paper published

2025-10-31

Led a hands-on workshop on testing in Python with pytest

2024-09-11

Led a workshop on visualizing data with Seaborn

2024-09-11

PxBLAT paper published

2024-06-19

Won first place in the CODEX interactive visualization challenge

2024-04-02

Ran the Mag Mile 5K

AWESOME

Released PxBLAT

2023-06-15

Became a PhD candidate

2023-06-15

Attended the Biological Data Science conference

2022-11-09

Co-authored paper published

2022-10-31

Transferred to Northwestern University

2022-06-01

Became a PhD student

2020-09-01

Graduated with a master's degree

2020-06-01

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