Research Assistant · The University of Hong Kong
Connecting genomic variation
to the traits it shapes.
I study the genetics of wheat and pea, and build tools that turn genomic data into biological insight.
Research thread
01 / Research
My contribution
I co-led genomics pipelines and haplotype–phenotype analyses to identify genes and alleles underlying Mendel’s pea traits.
My work also integrated transcriptome, methylation and RT-PCR evidence for gene discovery.
Cong Feng, Baizhi Chen, Julie Hofer, Yan Shi, Mei Jiang, Bo Song, Hong Cheng, et al.
23 April 2025 · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08891-6
My contribution
I co-led variant discovery for 1,051 Watkins accessions and developed LD-based haplotype and NAM-GWAS workflows.
Population structure, NAM imputation and TagSNP design.
Watkins & Worldwide Wheat G2BShifeng Cheng, Cong Feng, Luzie U. Wingen, Hong Cheng, Andrew B. Riche, Mei Jiang, Michelle Leverington-Waite, et al.
632, 823–831 · DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07682-9
My contribution
I developed HAPPE to make population haplotypes easy to analyse, visualise and share in editable Excel tables.
Scientific software I developed and maintain.
Explore the source codeHAPPE: a tool for population haplotype analysis and visualization in editable Excel tables.
Cong Feng, Xingwei Wang, Shishi Wu, Weidong Ning, Bo Song, Jianbin Yan and Shifeng Cheng.
13, 927407 · DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.927407
Amber N. Hafeez, Laetitia Chartrain, Cong Feng, et al.
Petros P. Sigalas, Peter R. Shewry, Andrew Riche, Luzie Wingen, Cong Feng, et al.
Tom O’Hara et al. · Co-author: Cong Feng.
Djivan Prentout, Olga Razumova, Bénédicte Rhoné, Hélène Badouin, Hélène Henri, Cong Feng, Jos Käfer, Gennady Karlov and Gabriel A. B. Marais.
02 / Build
HAPPE brings haplotype analysis into editable Excel tables, so researchers can inspect variants, discuss patterns and work with the results.
| Sample | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | A | A | G | G | C | T | T | A |
| B | A | A | G | G | C | T | T | A |
| C | G | G | A | A | C | T | T | A |
| D | G | G | A | A | T | C | C | G |
| E | A | A | G | G | T | C | C | G |
| F | G | G | A | A | T | C | C | G |
Variant discovery
& quality control
LD-based matrices
& NAM imputation
NAM-GWAS & interactive
Manhattan plots
Working toolkit
Shared infrastructure
I developed the Global Grain Genomics Research Program portal as part of my work on shared resources for crop genomics.
Visit the platformRelated to my wheat and pea research;
I contributed to these data portals.
Website creation: Zejian Huang.
03 / Background
2015 — present
Sep 2015 — Jul 2019
B.S. in Bioinformatics
A foundation in genetics, statistics, mathematics and genomics, alongside self-directed programming study.
Genetics, statistics & code
Jun — Aug 2018
Shenzhen
Bioinformatics Engineer Intern
De novo genome assembly for Lycium ruthenicum and L. barbarum, and pipeline development for cysteine-rich peptide analysis.
Genome assembly → computational pipelines
Jul 2019 — Jan 2026
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences · Shenzhen
Bioinformatics Engineer / Assistant Researcher
Wheat and pea population genomics, gene discovery, analytical workflows and research tools.
Genomic variation → trait interpretation → research tools
Late Jan 2026 — present Current
Research Assistant
Continuing in computational biology, with an emerging interest in AI-enabled biology and agentic scientific systems.
Genomics & genetics → exploring AI for biology
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Biology, code
and the next question.