Songqi Duan (ๆฎตๆพๅฒ) ยท aka zerostwo
Trying to understand biology, one cell (and one bug) at a time.
I'm a PhD student at City of Hope, working in Ma Lab.
I spend my days somewhere between the wet lab and the terminal โ exploring the immune system, analyzing single-cell data, building computational tools, and occasionally breaking things in the name of science.
Biology is complicated. My code doesn't have to be. (Although sometimes it is.)
- ๐ฌ Computational Immunology โ Exploring immune cell diversity, especially ILCs and NK cells.
- ๐งฌ Single-cell & Spatial Omics โ Building cell atlases and mapping immune cells across tissues and diseases.
- ๐งช Experimental Biology โ Studying how immune cells interact and respond to environmental signals.
- ๐ป Open Source โ Building tools, automating workflows, and making bioinformatics a little less painful.
- ๐ค AI for Biology โ Exploring how machine learning can help us understand complex biological systems.
- I like turning complicated biological questions into computational problems.
- I believe a good visualization is worth a thousand lines of code.
- I open-source things, break things, and sometimes even fix them.
- My experiments have taught me that cells don't always read the protocol.
- I spend an unreasonable amount of time making UMAPs look pretty.
At home, my research is closely supervised by three highly qualified individuals.
Three furry supervisors. Zero publications. Unlimited authority.
| Name | Official Title | Qualifications |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ถ Timi | Chief Mouse Hunter | Schnauzer. Actually catches mice. No training required. |
| ๐ Piggy | Chief Mischief Officer | Cow cat. Cute face, suspicious intentions. |
| ๐ Grogu | Princess of the Force | Elegant little sister. Big ears, bigger presence. |
Timi catches mice. I study mice. Somehow, he's the expert.
๐ Classified: Project 02 โ The Secret Lab
Project: ZERO TWO
Classification: TOP SECRET
Principal Investigator: Undisclosed (probably Piggy)
After extensive observations and several uncontrolled experiments, the following conclusions have been reached:
- ๐ถ Timi controls the perimeter. All mice must be approved by him.
- ๐ Piggy is the mastermind. If something falls off a table, it was probably an experiment.
- ๐ Grogu hears everything. Nothing escapes those ears.
- ๐จโ๐ป Songqi writes the code, cleans the mess, and pays the bills.
๐ GROGU
Supreme Royalty
|
๐ PIGGY
Chaos Director
|
๐ถ TIMI
Head of Security
|
๐จโ๐ป SONGQI
Unpaid Intern
| Hypothesis | Observation | Conclusion |
|---|---|---|
| Timi is a good boy | Confirmed | p < 0.001 |
| Piggy is innocent | Insufficient evidence | Reject H0 |
| Grogu is a princess | Universally accepted | No further testing needed |
| Songqi owns the house | Not supported | Further investigation required |
Final conclusion: The humans were never in charge.
May the paws be with you.
Secret access code: MOO-02
- ๐ Website: songqi.org
- ๐ป GitHub: @zerostwo
- ๐ฌ Ask me about: Bioinformatics, immunology, open-source projects, or why my cats run the lab.
๐ป One last thing...
$ whoami
songqi / zerostwo
$ cat lab_config.txt
PI: Piggy
Co-PI: Grogu
Security: Timi
Intern: Songqi
$ run_experiment --expect reproducibility
Warning: Biology has other plans.
$ git status
On branch figuring-it-out
Your research is a work in progress.
$ echo "May the cells be with you."
May the cells be with you.Made with curiosity, caffeine, and occasional interference from three furry supervisors. ๐พ
In the lab, I study cells.
At home, I'm being studied by two cats and a dog.