Research Fellow · Singapore

Shaopeiwen Luo, PhD

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🎓 Duke-NUS Medical School · IBM Programme

I develop analysis pipeline, computational methods and machine learning models to integrate multi-omics data — single-cell RNA-seq, metabolomics, and proteomics — for biomarker discovery and disease mechanism research. My work spans brain development, Autism, and stem cell biology.

Shaopeiwen Luo

Research Interests

Multi-Omics Integration
Transcriptomics Metabolomics Proteomics Genomics
Single-Cell RNA-seq
Atlas Integration Cell Fate Transition GRN
Machine Learning for Biomedicine
Virtual Cell Modeling Disease Modeling
Disease Mechanisms
Autism Neural Developmental Disorders
CRISPR & Functional Genomics
gRNA Library Screening High Throughput Validation
Clinical Application
Biomarker Discovery Disease Prevention Drug Development

News & Updates

2026 🤖 Developing RegStatusNet, an AI model for cell regulatory status prediction combining transcriptomics and metabolomics signals.
Nov 2025 Published Microproteins Simba1 and Simba2 activate Wingless signaling during the reactivation of neural stem cells in Drosophila in Nature Communications
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Selected Publications

2025-2026
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Manuscript in preparation
Cell Type Classification Pipeline for Neural Stem Cell Identification in Human Brain Single-Cell RNA-seq atlas
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Manuscript under review
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Nature Communications
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Jiaen Lin, Qiannan Deng, Hongyan Wang, et al.
2020-2024
Nature Communications
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Science Advances
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Full publication list → Google Scholar

Experience

2025 – Present
Research Fellow
Duke-NUS Medical School · Singapore
Multi-omics integration, CRISPR gRNA library screening, machine learning models for disease marker discovery. PI: Prof. Hongyan Wang.
2020 – 2025
PhD Student
Duke-NUS IBM Programme · Singapore
Single-cell and bulk RNA-seq pipelines, and Microprotein research in brain development and neural stem cell biology.

Education

2020 – Aug 2025
PhD, Integrated Biology and Medicine
Duke-NUS Medical School
Graduated August 2025. Research on neural stem cell biology and multi-omics.
Before 2020
Bachelor Degree
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience.

Skills & Tools

Languages
PythonRBash
Single cell transcriptomics
scRNA-seq analysis Spatial Omics data integration
Multi-omics
Proteomics ChIP-seq analysis Metabolomics Bulk RNA-seq
Machine Learning
MLPCNN GNN Transformer
HPC computing
GitLinux/HPCSnakemake
Molecular biology
Fly Genetics Confocal imaging Western Blot Cell Culture

Contact

I'm open to collaborations in multi-omics data integration, AI/ML for biomedical research, and translational studies. Feel free to reach out for research discussions or potential positions.

📍 Singapore