Shaobo Zhang is a Senior Staff Bioinformatics Scientist at Illumina, specialising in computational biology, spatial omics and bioinformatics. His work focuses on
developing computational approaches for spatial transcriptomics, image analysis and multi-omics data interpretation.​
His research integrates spatial molecular profiling, imaging and computational methods to better characterise cellular organisation and tissue architecture. He is particularly interested in developing scalable analysis approaches that transform complex spatial and multi-omic datasets into meaningful biological insights and enable a deeper understanding of human tissues.