🙋🏼About Me

Hello! I am Pinglu Zhang (张平路), a master’s student at the    Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences (IFFS), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) (电子科技大学，基础与前沿研究院), majoring in Computer Science and Technology.

I am also part of a joint training program (联合培养) at the    Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Quzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) (电子科技大学，长三角研究院).

I am conducting research on Sequence Alignment at the Malab laboratory under the supervision of Prof. Quan Zou (邹权教授). My work focuses on developing multiple sequence alignment for large-scale data, mulitiple genome alignment, centromere region alignment, and related topics .

Researchers interested in collaboration are welcome to contact me at pingluzhang@outlook.com.

🔥 News

• 2024.09.08:  🎉🎉 New Homepage was released!

📝 Publications

Selected Publication

Bioinformatics 2024

FMAlign2: a novel fast multiple nucleotide sequence alignment method for ultralong datasets

Pinglu Zhang, Huan Liu, Yanming Wei, Yixiao Zhai, Qinzhong Tian, Quan Zou*

Bioinformatics, 2024, CCF-B, IF2023=4.4, Q1.

Paper  Code  

• FMAlign2 is an improved MSA method that uses a suffix array and vertical division strategy to align ultralong sequences in parallel.
• FMAlign2 reduces processing time while maintaining accuracy, handling sequences up to billions in length efficiently.

Other Publications

• PS-mixer: A polar-vector and strength-vector mixer model for multimodal sentiment analysis, H Lin^†, P Zhang^†, J Ling, Z Yang*, LK Lee, W Liu. Information Processing & Management, 2023, CCF-B, IF2022=8.6, Q1.  Paper  Code  

• TPMA: A two pointers meta-alignment tool to ensemble different multiple nucleic acid sequence alignments, Y Zhai, J Chao, Y Wang, P Zhang, F Tang*, Q Zou*. PLOS Computational Biology, 2024, CCF-B, IF2023=3.8, Q1.  Paper  Code  

• Application and Comparison of Machine Learning and Database-Based Methods in Taxonomic Classification of High-Throughput Sequencing Data, Q Tian, P Zhang, Y Zhai, Y Wang*, Q Zou*. Genome Biology and Evolution, 2024, IF2023=3.2, Q2.  Paper  Code  

• TCM@MPXV: A Resource for Treating Monkeypox Patients in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xin Zhang, Feiran Zhou, Pinglu Zhang, Quan Zou* and Ying Zhang*. Current Bioinformatics, 2024, IF2023=2.4, Q2.  Paper

🎖 Honors and Awards

• 2023.09 The First Prize (Ranked 1st Overall) in the CBC Data Challenge (CBC数据挑战赛全国一等奖).

📖 Educations

• 2023.09 - (now): Master, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences (IFFS), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) (电子科技大学，基础与前沿研究院).   

• 2024.06 - (now): Master (Joint Program), Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Quzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) (电子科技大学，长三角研究院).   

• 2019.09 - 2023.06: Bachelor, School of Computer Science, Guangdong University of Technology (GDUT) (广东工业大学，计算机学院).