From Cell Line to Command Line: My Unexpected Journey to Bioinformatics
Guest Speaker: Dr. Ming Tang
Moderated by Dr. Reza Rawassizadeh, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Monday, 15th September, 2025
Abstract: Dr. Ming will share his journey of learning bioinformatics from scratch, detailing how he transitioned from a wet-lab biologist to a computational biologist. He’ll offer practical tips, learning strategies, and career insights to help you break into the field of bioinformatics.
Bio: Ming Tommy Tang is a computational biologist with over a decade of experience in genomics, epigenomics, and single-cell transcriptomics. He earned his PhD from the University of Florida, trained at MD Anderson, and held non-tenure-track faculty roles at Harvard and Dana-Farber. At AstraZeneca, he leads epigenetics bioinformatics for oncology. A former wet-lab biologist, Tommy is passionate about open science and helping biologists gain computational skills. Learn more at divingintogeneticsandgenomics.com.