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Sehyun Oh

Assistant Professor

Dr. Oh transitioned from bench research in DNA repair and telomere maintenance to bioinformatics science. She developed a novel approach for efficient public database searches and transfer learning during postdoctoral work. Her current focus includes creating harmonized omics databases and machine learning tools while working to lower barriers across disciplines.

Education

  • PhD in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
  • BS in Biological Sciences, Seoul National University

Research Interests

Bioinformatics; Cancer Genomics; Metagenomics; Natural Language Processing; Database design and development; Transfer Learning; R/Bioconductor software development; Interdisciplinary research; Cloud computing

Publications