PHARMACY · COMPUTATION · RESEARCH SOFTWARE

Connecting peptide evidence to computational discovery.

My doctoral research focuses on developing machine-learning methods and research tools for therapeutic peptides, bringing together literature evidence, traceable data and molecular representations. My work combines computational research with full-stack software development.

Expected PhD completion June 2027

01 / Research

Three connected lines of research

From finding evidence in papers to organising peptide data and building predictive tools.

Explore my research ↗
01 / Evidence miningUnder review
PepMinerva — Recovering peptide evidence from the literature

PepMinerva

A literature-mining agent that connects peptide activity records to their source evidence.

Literature mining / LLM workflows↗
02 / Data infrastructureIn preparation
PepDiana — Organising therapeutic peptide knowledge

PepDiana

A therapeutic peptide database connecting records, activity observations and source provenance.

Data provenance / Database / API↗
03 / Predictive modellingAccepted
Bilingua-DPP-IV — Learning from sequence and molecular representations

Bilingua-DPP-IV

A bimodal predictor for DPP-IV inhibitory peptides, accompanied by a research web service.

ESM-C / Uni-Mol2↗

02 / RESEARCH + ENGINEERING

Research that becomes usable software.

Beyond model development, I build the interfaces, APIs and computing workflows that make research accessible. I have three years of experience administering laboratory computing infrastructure and managing more than 20 research websites and services.

Python / PyTorchWeb / APILinux / Slurm
About & CV ↗

03 / Publications

Selected publications

All publications ↗
2026Accepted

Bilingua-DPP-IV: A bimodal fusion convolutional neural network model for prediction of dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitory peptides

Zhixing Zhang, Qiule Yu, Chen Yang, Hao Duan, Jiaojiao Fang, Jiahao Xu, Changda Gong, Weihua Li, Guixia Liu, Yun Tang

ChemMedChem

Accepted on 11 October 2026; not yet published online.

2026Under review

PepMinerva: an evidence-grounded agent for extracting experimentally validated therapeutic peptide activities from full-text literature

Zhixing Zhang, Chen Yang, Qiule Yu, Hao Duan, Jiaojiao Fang, Jiahao Xu, Weihua Li, Guixia Liu, Yun Tang

Protein Science

2024Published

MedChatZH: A tuning LLM for traditional Chinese medicine consultations

Yang Tan†, Zhixing Zhang†, Mingchen Li†, Fei Pan, Hao Duan, Zijie Huang, Hua Deng, Zhuohang Yu, Chen Yang, Guoyang Shen, Peng Qi, Chengyuan Yue, Yuxian Liu, Liang Hong, Huiqun Yu, Guisheng Fan, Yun Tang

Computers in Biology and Medicine · 2024;172:108290.

Co-first author, listed second

Publication status as of 17 October 2026.

04 / Get in touch

Let’s discuss research.

I am interested in research in computational design of molecules, therapeutic peptides or proteins. I welcome enquiries about research, collaboration or employment opportunities.

2145573258@qq.com