1. ‣Talks:

  2. •Li, Y. (2014) New computational methods to the roles of miRNAs in cancer, The Donnelly Seminar Series, The Donnelly Centre (CCBR), University of Toronto

  3. •Li, Y. (2014) ORF-GL2 Meeting Report on RIP-Seq analysis, The Donnelly Centre (CCBR), University of Toronto

  4. •Li, Y. (2013) ORF-GL2 Meeting Report on RIP-Seq analysis, The Donnelly Centre (CCBR), University of Toronto

  5. •Li, Y. (2012) Computational Identification of Protein-Associated Functional Noncoding RNA from High-throughput Sequencing Data. Presented to Dr. Xiaohua Shen’s laboratory members at Tsinghua University and to Zhao’s laboratory members at Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

  6. •Li, Y. (2012) ORF-GL2 Meeting Report on RIP-Seq analysis and colorectal cancer projects, The Donnelly Centre (CCBR), University of Toronto

  7. •Li, Y. (2011) An Integrative Computational Approach to Elucidate Protein- Associated Non-coding RNA Regulators using High-throughput Sequencing Data. One-hour oral technical report at the ORF-GL2 Meeting, Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research (CCBR), University of Toronto

  8. •Li, Y. (2011) RIP-Seq Analysis and Preliminary Results. One-hour oral technical report at the ORF-GL2 Meeting, The Donnelly Centre (CCBR), University of Toronto

  9. •Li, Y., Kusalik, A., Trost, B. (2009) Machine-learning and Infectious Disease Research. This invited talk was delivered at the Research Alliance for the Prevention of Infectious Disease (RAPID) Annual General Meeting in Saskatoon

  10. •Li, Y. (2009) Machine-learning using Antibody Profiles. Individual presentations to group leaders Drs. Sylvia van den Hurk, Volker Gerdts, Scott Napper, and Volker Gerdts’s re- search team from Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) for potentialcollaboration, University of Saskatchewan


  1. ‣Posters:

  2. •Li, Y., Liang, C., Wong, KC, Jin, K., and Zhang, Z. (2014) Inferring probabilistic miRNA-mRNA interaction signatures in cancers: a role-switch approach. Poster for ISMB 2014 - International Society for Computational Biology at Boston (poster.pdf)

  3. •Li, Y., Goldenberg, A., Wong, KC., Zhang Z. (2013). A probabilistic approach to explore human miRNA targetome by integrating miRNA-overexpression data and sequence information. (poster.pdf)

  4. •Li, Y., Zhao, D., Greenblatt, J., and Zhang, Z. (2012) RIPSeeker: a statistical package for identifying protein-associated transcripts from RIP-Seq experiments. Poster presented at Scientific Advisory Board Meeting at The Donnelly Centre (CCBR) & at International Conference of System Biology (ICSB) 2012, Hart House, University of Toronto. (poster.pdf)

  5. •Li, Y., Zhao, D., Greenblatt, J., and Zhang, Z. (2011) Constructing Protein- RNA Interactome using RIP-Seq. Poster presented in McGill-Toronto Computation Molecular and System Biology Retreat held at the McGill University. (poster.pdf)

  6. •Arsenault, R. J., Li, Y., Griebel, P., Potter, A., Babiuk, L., Kusalik, A., and Napper, S. (2010) Prion Signaling in Human Neuronal Cells. Poster presented at PrP Canada PrioNet Conference in Ottawa.

  7. •Li, Y., Pajon, R., Bickis, M., and Kusalik, A. (2009) Comparisons of Machine- Learning Methods to Predict Diagnostic Values for Leprosy Infection Based on Protein Microarray Data. Poster presented at the NSERC USRA 2009 Poster Competition held at the University of Saskatchewan. (poster.pdf)