Wei Ding is a Head of Bioinformatics and Data Science, Alexion AstraZeneca at AstraZeneca. They possess expertise in bioinformatics, genomics, biomarkers, proteomics, biomarker discovery and 27 more skills. Colleagues describe them as "In my collaborations with Wei, I have known him to be an innovative and self-motivated scientist. From his first week at Schering-Plough’s Bioinformatics team where he took on a critical task in customizing a C code base containing over 1 million lines of code, to his experimenting with predictive algorithms, everything he brought to the table contributed to our research effort and ultimately candidate recommendations. Wei brings to the table the greatest skill set of all, his ability to think!", "I worked with Wei on several projects over a five year period while in the pharmaceutical industry. Wei is very familiar with the drug development process, with good awareness of both scientific and market-based considerations. Wei has a deep understanding of modern algorithms/approaches to transcriptomic analysis, proteomics, metabolomics, analysis of genetic polymorphisms, sequence annotation, and analysis of high-throughput screening data. He also has broad general understanding of statistics and machine-learning algorithms. Wei is a very capable software developer, who is proficient at integrating the use of S-Plus/R, Perl, JavaScript, C/C++, HTML, XML, and a variety of SQL flavors for data integration, analysis, as well as user interface development. Wei routinely works in both Windows and Unix/Linux environments, and with stand-alone, client/server, as well as distributed processing systems. He works very hard, is an innovative thinker, has exacting standards, but also has an easy-going, positive personality that makes him a good leader, team-member, and generally a pleasure to work with. Wei excels at organizing large complex projects, interacting with stakeholders, and managing his work-group's time-line. I unhesitatingly recommend Wei for management, consulting, or research positions in the pharmaceutical, diagnostic, or broader biotechnology fields.", and "I worked together with Wei in Bioinformatics for nearly 15 years at Schering-Plough and Merck. I found Wei to be a personable and talented scientist. He is a hard worker with deep technical expertise. He is a patient instructor and is sought out for advice by his peers. Wei joined a nascent bioinformatics group in the early days of its adoption in pharmaceutical research. He expanded on his strong background in crystallography and structural biology to become proficient in statistical analysis of a wide variety of OMICs Human and model organism data. A team player that excels in multidisciplinary teams, Wei developed and refined new techniques for data analysis and biomarker discovery, applying them to a broad range of fields including antiviral, antifungal, respiratory, oncology, and cardiovascular therapy. He is adept in the application of transcript profiling and genome sequence data for optimization of monoclonal antibody production in Chinese Hamster Ovary cells. Given Wei’s depth and breadth of experience he will be an asset to a scientific research based organization and I recommend him highly without reservation."