Principal investigator

Lab director

Biography

Dr. Yin Shen received his Ph.D. from Huazhong Agricultural University. He is currently an Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor in the Department of Biomedical Information Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Anhui Medical University.

His research focuses on deep-learning algorithm development, computational biology, and biomedical big-data analysis, with emphasis on gene regulation and 3D chromatin architecture. He has published more than 10 SCI papers in journals including Science Advances, Briefings in Bioinformatics, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, npj Systems Biology and Applications, and BMC Genomics, and serves as PI of a National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Science Fund project.

Official profile (School of BME): bme.ahmu.edu.cn | CV updated May 2026

Education and appointments

2022.09 - present
Anhui Medical University | School of Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor | Master's Supervisor | Dept. of Biomedical Information Engineering
2016.09 - 2022.07
Huazhong Agricultural University | College of Informatics Ph.D. in Science
2012.09 - 2016.07
Anhui Normal University | School of Life Sciences B.Sc.

Research areas

M.Sc. recruitment majors: electronic information / biomedical engineering / intelligent medical engineering / computer science or biology-related fields.

  • Deep-learning algorithm development - methods and computational tools for gene regulation and 3D chromatin architecture
  • Biomedical big-data analysis - multi-omics mining of key regulatory factors and biomarkers in complex disease
  • Medical AI applications - deep learning for medical diagnosis, biomedical imaging, and precision medicine

Research funding

2024.01 - 2026.12
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Science Fund Principal Investigator
Completed
Key Research Project, Anhui Provincial Department of Education Principal Investigator | completed
2022.12 - 2027.12
Anhui Medical University Talent Introduction / Ph.D. Startup Fund Principal Investigator

Teaching and mentoring

As first supervising faculty, has guided undergraduate students to awards including a National Third Prize in the National Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Innovation Design Competition and a Gold Award in the Anhui Provincial College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, among other national and provincial honors. Mentors undergraduate and graduate students in 3D genomics, deep-learning methods, and biomedical big-data analysis.

Selected publications

Full list: Publications. Code: Software.

  1. Shen Y, et al. TransSE... IEEE TCBB, 2026.
  2. Wang S, et al., Shen Y. UniChrom... BMC Genomics, 2026.
  3. Chen T, et al., Shen Y. CT-TADB... npj Syst Biol Appl, 2026.
  4. Wang S, et al., Shen Y. ETNet... Brief Bioinform, 2025.
  5. Shen Y, et al. CharID... Brief Bioinform, 2022.
  6. Shen Y, Chen LL, Gao J*. CharPlant... GPB, 2021.
Current students

Graduate students

Master's students currently in the lab or incoming.

Tong Chen

M.Sc. student | Class of 2024

Research interests: 3D genomics and deep learning

Jie Gao

M.Sc. student | Class of 2025

Research interests: 3D genomics and deep learning

Mingyang Ma

M.Sc. student | Class of 2026 (incoming)

About to enroll | Research interests: to be confirmed

Recruitment

The lab continuously recruits undergraduate and master's students. Please send a CV to shenyin@ahmu.edu.cn.

Address: Shangxue West Building, Room 524, East Campus, Anhui Medical University, Yaohai District, Hefei, Anhui, China | 230032

Alumni

Where they went

Former students and next steps after graduation from the lab.

Shuaibing Wang

M.Sc. | Class of 2023 | Graduated

Next step: Ph.D. student at Hefei University of Technology.