Dr Fan Mo
- Senior Research Scientist (Honorary), Vancouver Prostate Centre
- Director, Bioinformatics Core, International Precision Medicine Centre
- Adjunct Senior Scientist, Zhejiang-California International Nanosystems Institute, Zhejiang University, China
- B.Sc. Computer Science, Zhejiang Normal University, China
- Joint Ph.D. student, University of Washington, USA
- Ph.D. Bioinformatics, Zhejiang University, China
Dr. Mo is a bioinformatics and computer scientist with strong background in cancer genomics and biology. His research focuses on computational biology and translational cancer research. He has developed a variety of innovative algorithms to improve data interpretation for high-throughput experiments including MS/MS proteomics and various applications of next-generation sequencing. He has explored in depth the biology of aggressive prostate tumors and discovered robust prognostic biomarkers for primary prostate tumors by conducting integrated analysis of multi-dimensional data on genome, transcriptome, microRNA and proteome.
Dr. Mo established an analytical pipeline for the VPC’s personalized oncology project, which has become a successful practice of precision medicine. He is leading a strong bioinformatics team in Zhejiang-California International Nanosystems Institute of Zhejiang University to support various research and translational projects to promote the development of precision medicine in China.
- Associate Members