Hi! I am Xuting Zhang, a sophomore at Westlake University, advised by Prof. Jianyang Zeng. Previously, in my freshmen year, I was lucky to work under the supervision of Prof. Fajie Yuan for developing large-scale protein language models and Prof. Yanxiao Zhang for aging research by analyzing single cell RNA-seq data of mice.
I mainly focus on the intersection of machine learning and biology in a broad scope. My research focuses on machine learning for biology, particularly developing multi-omics models, protein language models, and applications in protein interactions and design.
Research Interests:
- Single-cell Omics Integration and Machine Learning
- Protein Language Modeling
- Computational Protein Design and Structure Prediction
📖 Educations
- 2023.07 - Present, Undergraduate in Biological Science, School of Life Science, Westlake University.
- 2025.08 - 2025.12, Visiting International Student, Duke University
🔥 News
- 2023.07: 🎉🎉 I got accepted to Westlake University as a sophomore in high school.
📝 Manuscripts
ProTrek: Navigating the Protein Universe through Tri-Modal Contrastive Learning Jin Su †, Yan He †, Shiyang You †, Shiyu Jiang ‡, Xibin Zhou ‡, Xuting Zhang, Yuxuan Wang, Igor Tolstoy, Hongyuan Lu, Xing Chang, Fajie Yuan. bioRxiv, 2024, (In Submission). Online Server
SaprotHub: Making Protein Modeling Accessible to All Biologists Jin Su, Zhikai Li, Chenchen Han, Yuyang Zhou, Yan He, Junjie Shan, Xibin Zhou, Xing Chang, Shiyu Jiang, Dacheng Ma, Xuting Zhang, The OPMC, Martin Steinegger, Sergey Ovchinnikov, Fajie Yuan. bioRxiv, 2024, (In Submission). GitHub | OPMC
💻 Internships
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2024.09 - Present Research Intern at AICB Lab, School of Engineering, Westlake University, advised by Prof. Jianyang Zeng
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2024.06 - 2024.09 Research Intern at Computational and Functional Genomics Lab, School of Life Science, Westlake University, advised by Prof. Yanxiao Zhang
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2024.01 - 2024.09 Research Intern at Lab for Representation Learning, School of Engineering, Westlake University, advised by Prof. Fajie Yuan
🎖 Honors and Awards
- 2024.10 Outstanding Undergraduate Second-Class Scholarship (Top 15%), Westlake University
- 2024.10 Exploration Award (For Undergraduate Academic Innovation), Westlake University
- 2024.08 Gold Medal (Protein Design Track), SynBio Challenges, Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology
- 2024.06 Best Project Award (Group Leader), CST1000: Introduction to Computer Programming, Westlake University
💬 Talks
- 2024.08, “Predict Mutational Effect with Protein Language Model”, Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology
🏃 Miscellaneous
In my free time, I enjoy hiking, traveling, and photography. My favorite musician is JJ Lin. I am also very interested in finance and economics. I once traveled to Nagasaki, Japan, during a regular semester’s weekend.
