Wenbin Wei

Dr. Wenbin Wei is an Experimental Officer (Bioinformatics) in the Department of Biosciences at Durham University. He has 21 years of bioinformatics experience, specializing in next-generation sequencing analysis. He manages the Bioinformatics Facility and teaches courses such as BIOL40715: Bioinformatics and Data Science and BIOL50315: Bioinformatics. His research focuses on applying bioinformatics to biological and biomedical problems, including plant biology, cancer biology, and infectious diseases like leishmaniasis.

Education and Affiliations:

• Affiliation: Experimental Officer (Bioinformatics), Durham University

Research Interests:

• Analysis of next-generation sequencing data
• Bioinformatics applications in plant and biomedical research
• Systems biology approaches to understand complex biological systems

Publications:

Dr. Wei has authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers with an h-index of 45. His work spans diverse fields including plant root regeneration mechanisms, cancer immunology, and drug discovery for parasitic diseases. Recent trends in his articles include leveraging bioinformatics to decode genetic networks in plants and elucidating molecular pathways in oncogenesis and immune evasion.

Awards and Esteem Indicators:

• Over 100 peer-reviewed journal papers (2025)
• h-index of 45 (2025)

Advising & Grants:

Supervises students in data science and biology research projects. Active in grant-funded initiatives involving bioinformatics applications in health and agriculture.

Labs and Teams:

Manages the Bioinformatics Facility at Durham University, supporting interdisciplinary research projects across biology and medicine.