🧬 Biology Scientist & HFSP Fellow | AI-Driven Biological Research
John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
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While RNA sequences may appear random to the human eye, I believe with this powerful AI tool, we can uncover more fascinating rules hidden within nucleotides. Thanks for the support from Prof. @YiliangDing, Prof. Li and Prof. zhang and @Wenqing_sun9297 @zongyun @XiaofeiYang14
NEWS - Breakthrough AI model can translate the language of plant life
Plant RNA-FM, a pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI) model able to understand the genetic “language” pattern of plants, has been launched @YiliangDing @UniofExeter
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Thanks for the invitation! I will present our latest research on using foundation model to understand RBP recognition rules. @slcuplants @CambridgeRNA
Don't miss the first session of this Cambridge RNA Club course!!
21 Oct, 4:30 PM, Sanger Building @CamBiochem
Talks from Haopeng Yu (@Sainsbury Lab) and Ainan Geng (@ChemCambridge ) on RNA-binding protein recognition and thermodynamic prediction of RNA activity.
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Don't miss the first session of this Cambridge RNA Club course!!
21 Oct, 4:30 PM, Sanger Building @CamBiochem
Talks from Haopeng Yu (@Sainsbury Lab) and Ainan Geng (@ChemCambridge ) on RNA-binding protein recognition and thermodynamic prediction of RNA activity.
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Cool, an open-source gene annotation model
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#EESRNA Day 1 at EMBL Heidelberg: bumped into Prof. Chuan He 😊, geeked out over the DNA-helix building😃, and got fooled by “beef burger and chicken breast” that was fully vegan , surprisingly delicious though 😋 @EMBLEvents
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Nice group, fantastic topic, highly recommended!
A very nice and cool PhD project in my group on "WHERE DOES RNA GO IN THE COLD? VISUALISING COOLAIR RNA INSIDE PLANT CELLS"
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Welcome to join my group! Fully funded DTP PhD at @slcuplants Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University. Use AI foundation models to decode the regulatory grammar of plant cell identity. Open to international students. Deadline 8 Dec 2026.
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Five wonderful years at @JohnInnesCentre. Thank you @YiliangDing , @CarolineDeanLab and @KeLi for your support and guidance, and to the whole lab and all my friends across JIC/TSL. Thanks to Yiliang for organising such a lovely send-off. Now on to the next adventure 💪
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pleased to post our preprint on an R gene to potato leaf roll virus (PLRV) cloned from Solanum andigena. PLRV is now a major problem for seed potato producers throughout northern Europe. biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…. Thanks @RobertHeal19 for completing and to all coauthors
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Different types of foundation models are now emerging across plant biology: genomic, protein, single-cell, and imaging. In the future, these models will become more accessible to every plant scientist, accelerating the pace of scientific discovery. @JohnInnesCentre @slcuplants
Foundation models are transforming plant biology across genomes, phenotypes and AI agents
#TansleyInsight by Haopeng Yu @HaopengYu
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Delighted to take part in the Gatsby Summer School as a speaker and tutor. Sharing how we're using AI in plant science, but the real highlight was meeting so many bright young minds genuinely excited about plant biology. @GatsbyPlantScEd @JohnInnesCentre
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Can't wait to see powerful open-source models applied in plant science! No more worrying about black-box APIs or unpublished results leaking. And even better, we can fine-tune on our own data to meet plant-specific research needs.
Exciting news: GLM-5.2 (Max) ranks #2 in Code Arena: Frontend, with +29pt over Claude Opus 4.7 (Thinking) and only behind Fable 5! GLM-5.2 is the best open model vs Kimi-K2.6 and Minimax-M3 by a large margin.
- #2 React and #4 HTML sub-leaderboards
- Ranks as the top model in nearly all sub categories: Brand & Marketing, Reference-Based Design, Data & Analytics, Consumer Product, Gaming, and Simulations.
Congrats @Zai_org for the incredible milestone!
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When it comes to plant biology abbreviations, even for Fable, it’s hard to answer without any context😑 BTW, Fable may have detected a "security issue" of this question, so it switched automatically😅.
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An AI coding agent can help you churn out a 'large language model', but you still need to judge what it's actually producing. This course couldn't have come at a better time.
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🧬 Don't miss our next #NorwichRNAClub seminar! Join us 6 May 2026 at UEA for two cutting-edge talks on AI siRNA design (Dr. Yueying Zhang, JIC) and metabolic regulation of nucleic acid processes (Dr. Katarzyna Hencel, UEA). All Welcome! ☕🍪🎉
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Big congratulations to my postdoc Ran on receiving Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship! Well done 👍 @JohnInnesCentre
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Ever heard of foundation models but not sure where to start? 🤔 We wrote a review for RNA biologists, no AI background required 😊 Everything explained through RNA biology examples you already know 🧬 @YiliangDing
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Our PlantScience.ai is finally out after two year! This is the one more step towards "Virtual Plants" Thanks to all the supports from the scientists @JohnInnesCentre @TheSainsburyLab! @HaopengYu
PlantScience.ai: An LLM-Powered Virtual Scientist for Plant Science #resource #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-plant/ful…
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PlantScience.ai: An LLM-Powered Virtual Scientist for Plant Science #resource #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-plant/ful…
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