Kejun “Albert” Ying, Ph.D.
keying@stanford.edu | kying0@uw.edu albert-ying 0000-0002-1791-6176 kejunying.com
Studying aging at the intersection of biology and AI
Education & Professional Training
Stanford University & University of Washington
Postdoctoral Researcher, Tony Wyss-Coray’s Lab & David Baker’s Lab (co-mentorship)
de novo
Harvard University
Ph.D., Biological Science in Public Health
rst causality-enriched aging clock current largest biological age database and agentic
system (ClockBase, 2.5M+ samples) rst foundation model for the DNA methylome (MethylGPT)
Harvard University
M.S., Computational Science Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Visiting Student, Integrative Biology
Sun Yat-Sen University
B.S., Life Science
Professional Experience
Stanford University & University of Washington
Protein Design for Aging Postdoctoral Researcher, Wyss-Coray’s Lab & Baker’s Lab
Visiting Scholar, Wyss-Coray’s Lab & Baker’s Lab
Avinasi Labs
Decentralized longevity data collection Co-founder
Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Biological Aging Graduate Researcher, Vadim Gladyshev’s Lab
Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital
RNA Modications Graduate Researcher (Rotation), Eric Greer’s Lab
Harvard Medical School
Cell Reprogramming Graduate Researcher (Rotation), David Sinclair’s Lab
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
mTORC1 Graduate Researcher (Rotation), Brendan Manning’s Lab
Undergraduate Research
Sun Yat-Sen University Telomere & Telomerase
University of Edinburgh Population genetics
University of Washington Acarbose & Rapamycin
Buck Institute for Research on Aging Senolytics
University of California, Berkeley SIRT7
Sun Yat-Sen University Telomere & DNA Methylation
Grants
Using causal aging biomarkers and protein design to develop novel anti-aging interventions
Transition to Aging Research for Predoctoral Students
perfect 10
Publications
Selected Publications & Preprints
Ying, K.,
A Unied Framework for Systematic
Curation and Evaluation of Aging Biomarkers Nature Aging (in press)
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Lymphatics 3
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Nature Reviews Genetics
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Nature Communications 15
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Nature Aging (February Cover)
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Communications Medicine 1
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bioRxiv
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bioRxiv
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bioRxiv
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ClockBase : A comprehensive platform for biological
age proling in human and mouse bioRxiv
Other Publications
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Nature Medicine
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GeroScience
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Nature Aging
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Cell Metabolism
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PNAS Nexus 3
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Aging 16
Biomarkers of Aging Consortium
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Nature Aging
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Nature Aging 4
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Nature Communications 15
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Nature Aging
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Nature
Medicine
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Nature Aging
Biomarkers of Aging Consortium
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Cell 186
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Molecular Cell 83
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Nature Metabolism 5
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The EMBO Journal 41
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Circulation 145
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Nature Communications 12
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Protein & Cell 10
Other Preprints
Ying, K.,
An
unbiased comparison of 14 epigenetic clocks in relation to 10-year onset of 174 disease outcomes in 18,859 individuals
medRxiv
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Graph Neural Networks in Modern
AI-aided Drug Discovery arXiv
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bioRxiv
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bioRxiv
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bioRxiv
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bioRxiv
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Epigenetic proling
and incidence of disrupted development point to gastrulation as aging ground zero in Xenopus laevis bioRxiv
Patents
K. Ying Provisional Patent Application
K. Ying WO2024039905A2
Software and Database
MethylGPT
Biolearn
ClockBase
Presentations
Oral Presentations
Keystone Symposia: Aging: New Frontiers in Rejuvenation and Gerotherapeutics
MethylGPT: A Foundation Model for the DNA Methylome
Biomarkers of Aging Symposium
Standardization of aging biomarkers and BoA challenge
Harvard GRIP Presentations
Causal Aging Biomarker enpowers Unbiased Anti-Aging Therapy Screening
4th TimePie Longevity Forum
Causal Aging Biomarker as a Tool for Unbiased Anti-Aging Therapy Screening
Global Congress on Aesthetic and Anti-Aging (GCAA2023)
Causal Aging Biomarker as a Tool for Unbiased Anti-Aging Therapy Screening
10th Aging Research and Drug Discovery conference (ARDD2023)
Causal Epigenetic Age Uncouples Damage and Adaptation
AGE 2023 51st Annual Meeting
Causal Epigenetic Age Uncouples Damage and Adaptation
Broad Institute MPG Retreat
Causal Epigenetic Age Uncouples Damage and Adaptation
Harvard GRIP Presentations
Causal Epigenetic Age Uncouples Damage and Adaptation
Targeting Metabesity 2022
Causal Epigenetic Age Uncouples Damage and Adaptation
GSA 2021 Annual Scientic Meeting
Genetic and phenotypic evidence for causal relationships between aging and COVID-19
Invited Talks
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
MethylGPT and Causality-enriched Epigenetic Clock
The Alliance for Longevity Initiatives Scientist Spotlight
Episode 14: Albert Ying
BioAge Seminar
Ageome: Biological age with higher-dimensionality
MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit Seminar
Epigenetic Clocks and Mendelian Randomization
NIA EL Projects Joint Meeting
Aging Clocks
Biomarkers of Aging Challenge
Update Webinar with Foresight
Everything Epigenetics
Causal Epigenetic Age Uncouples Damage and Adaptation
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Causal Aging Biomarker as a Tool for Systemic Anti-Aging Therapy Screening
Everything Epigenetics
Causal Epigenetic Age Uncouples Damage and Adaptation
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Causal Aging Biomarker as a Tool for Systemic Anti-Aging Therapy Screening
Peking University
Causal Aging Biomarker and ClockBase
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Causal Epigenetic Age Uncouples Damage and Adaptation
Foresight Institute
Genetic Variation, Aging & Relationship to COVID-19 | Joris Deelen, Albert Ying
Honors
Seminalist
Best Poster Award
Best Poster Award
Hackathon Winner
Yan-Sen Honor School Program
Yan-Sen Scholarship
Professional Experience
Service & Leadership
Core Member
Organizer
President
Organizing Committee Member
Organizing Committee Member
Teaching & Mentoring
Mentor
Instructor
Students Supervised
Predoctoral Students
Journals Reviewed
Nature Aging Nature Communications BMC Nephrology Lipids in Health and Disease Clinical Proteomics
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Scientic Report
References
Dr. Tony Wyss-Coray
Dr. David Baker
Dr. Vadim Gladyshev
Dr. Steve Horvath
Dr. David Sinclair
Dr. Matt Kaeberlein
