Xiaoran Zhou

The IBG-4 (Bioinformatics) division of the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences develops and applies methods and algorithms to achieve a fundamental understanding of high-dimensional data and processes in the bioeconomy/life sciences and to understand, predict and optimize the biological functions of molecules, genes and enzymes for breeding and for industrial and pharmaceutical applications, also on the basis of their structures. IBG-4 has a focus on omics/data-based bioinformatics on plant data storage, the evaluation of new genome analysis methods, and the integration, interpretation, and visualization of high-dimensional omics data from the field of bioeconomy and plant science. More information here

Xiaoran Zhou is a data science researcher specializing in data management software development and deployment, including tools like DataPLAN, MARS, elab2arc, and CPlantBox. Driven by the belief that reusable data is fundamental to a mechanistic understanding of plants, Xiaoran’s work bridges advanced software solutions with cutting-edge plant science research.