Yong Hou

Dr. Yong Hou was trained as Ph.D. in bioinformatics at Copenhagen University and now works as the General manager of MGI Europe and Africa. He is also an adjunct Research Scientist at The University of the Chinese Academy of Science and Zhengzhou University.

With a strong background in next-generation sequencing and data analysis and interpretation, especially in single-cell analysis and cancer research, Dr. Hou published more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers in journals including Cell, Nature, Nature Biotechnology, and Nature Communications and is listed as the co-inventor of more than 30 of patents in genomics area. Dr. Hou has granted more than 20 million RMB from national or local funding agencies to investigate the clinical application of next-generation sequencing on cancer diagnosis. Dr. Hou is invited as guest editor for the Journal of Clinical and Translational Medicine on Clinical Bioinformatics Session, and reviewer of Scientific Reports, BMC Bioinformatics, and Cell Biology and Toxicology.