Payton Yau
Payton (Tung On) Yau is a Computational Scientist and the creator of OptSurvCutR, an R package for optimizing biomarker cutpoints in survival analysis.
With a dual background in Molecular Biology (PhD) and Computer Science (BSc), Payton specialises in bridging the gap between complex biological data and reproducible software solutions. His work focuses on:
Tool Development: Building robust R packages for biomarker discovery and genomic epidemiology.
One Health: Previously the Lead Bioinformatician for the UK Crop Microbiome CryoBank.
Open Science: Advocating for reproducible pipelines and open-access data standards.
Currently, he is a Lecturer & Research Mentor at LSST in London, exploring the intersection of Public Health surveillance and open-source software.
Events
| Title | Day | Room | Track | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning Talks |
Saturday | K.4.601 | Bioinformatics & Computational Biology | 18:40 | 19:00 |