01 / Profile

Researcher & open-source developer

Yibin Zhou

I investigate how cellular states and spatial context shape tissue biology. I also build reproducible tools to make complex data easier to study.

Portrait of Yibin Zhou
AffiliationFudan University
LocationShanghai, China
Focus

Skin biology · cancer immunology · disease mechanisms

Methods

Single-cell · multi-omics · machine learning

Practice

R · Python · reproducible research

02 / Research

Biology in context.

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    Cellular states

    How do cellular states emerge, persist, and change in healthy and diseased skin?

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    Cancer immunology

    How do tumour and immune cells reshape one another across space and time?

  3. 03

    Disease transitions

    Which molecular programmes connect tissue organisation with disease progression?

03 / Publications

Publications

2026

Frontiers in Pharmacology · Original Research

Loss of the translational repressor 4E-BP1 promotes skin carcinogenesis

Yibin Zhou, Hanyu Dou, Yifeng Liu, Juan Wang, Xiaolei Ding, and Taomin Huang

Loss of 4E-BP1 increased papilloma burden, keratinocyte proliferation, and tumour vascularisation in a mouse model of skin carcinogenesis.

2025

Antibiotics · Article

Clinical Characteristics, Pathogen Distribution, and Factors Affecting Visual Outcomes of Pediatric Post-Traumatic Endophthalmitis

Xiaoxia Li, Yibin Zhou, Zhi Chen, Xiuwen Zhang, Zimei Zhou, Maureen Boost, Taomin Huang, and Xingtao Zhou

A clinical study of paediatric post-traumatic endophthalmitis examining patient characteristics, pathogen distribution, and factors associated with visual outcomes.

04 / Projects

Tools & spaces

R packages

03 items
GitHubR.02

evanverse

Utilities for analysis, statistics, and visualisation.

GitHubR.03

biopalette

Image-inspired palettes for biomedical visualisation.

Writing & notes

02 items
EssaysW.01

Cell by Cell

Long-form writing on science, software, and ideas.

ReferenceW.02

Logbook

Practical notes, references, and working material.