About me

I'm a computational scientist, who loves improving people's lives using data.


Qualifications

Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Illumina

Bioinformatics Scientist, Engine Biosciences

Ph.D in Computational Biology, Duke-NUS Medical School


General Interests

  • Genomics
  • Machine Learning
  • Cloud Computing
  • Transition from Academia to Industry
  • Languages

Research

PhD work

  • Novel Oncogenic long non-coding RNAs in Asian Gastric Tumors
  • Intra-tumoral heterogeneity in Asian Colorectal Tumors

Industry research work

  • Discovery of combinatorial genetic targets for treatment of diseases using high throughput CRISPR-screens and Machine Learning

For the full list of papers, see my Google Scholar profile.

"Global expression analysis coupled with experimental knockdowns identify oncogenic lncRNAs and peptides in gastric cancer." (in preparation)
Y.Suzuki, .., S.G.Rozen.

"Multiregion ultra‐deep sequencing reveals early intermixing and variable levels of intratumoral heterogeneity in colorectal cancer. "Molecular Oncology, 11(2):124-139 (2016)
Y.Suzuki, ..., I.B.Tan.

"A functional network of gastric-cancer-associated splicing events controlled by dysregulated splicing factors." NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 2(2): lqaa013 (2020)
S.Cheng, D.Ray, R.Lee, K.B.Naripogu, P.Yusoff, P.Goh, Y.Liu, Y.Suzuki, ..., S.G.Rozen

"Aristolochic acids and their derivatives are widely implicated in liver cancers in Taiwan and throughout Asia." Science Translational Medicine, 9(412) (2017)
A.Ng, S.L.Poon, M.N.Huang, J.Q.Lim, A.Boot, W.Yu, Y.Suzuki,.., S.G.Rozen.

"High-depth sequencing of over 750 genes supports linear progression of primary tumors and metastases in most patients with liver-limited metastatic colorectal cancer. "Genome Biology, 16(1):32 (2015)
I.B.Tan, S. Malik, K. Ramnarayanan, D. L. Ho, J. McPherson, Y.Suzuki, ... P. Tan.

"Adaptation of pandemic H2N2 influenza A viruses in humans." Journal of Virology, 89(4) (2014)
U. Joseph, Y. Suzuki, ..., G. J. D. Smith.


Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

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