Hello, I’m

Zibin Zhao

I’m a Bioengineering PhD student at HKUST, in Hsing Lab. My research is in molecular diagnostics and computational biology.

I also write code and make small applications. This is where I keep my papers, research tools, and the things I make outside the lab.

The spiral galaxy in Singularity, captured from the application
Singularity A browser experiment

Things I’ve made

CasMD
Tools for preparing protein and nucleic acid molecular dynamics simulations.
Medit
A journal with daily reflection and small grounding exercises.
DL-SELEX
Code for structure-enhanced deep learning in aptamer selection.
Yaos
Medicine Buddha readings, a seasonal calendar, and daily reflection.
All projects

Recent papers

  1. Nature Biotechnology · 2026

    DNA-guided CRISPR–Cas12a effectors for programmable RNA recognition and cleavage
  2. Nature Communications, 17, 8376 · 2026

    Thermodynamically programmed one-pot CRISPR platform for point-of-care SNP genotyping
  3. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 26(6) · 2025

    Structure-enhanced deep learning accelerates aptamer selection for small molecule families like steroids
Full publication list

Outside the lab: trains, games, music, and design.A little more about me

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