Sizhen Li
Computational Scientist Lead Sanofi
Sizhen Li is a Computational Scientist Lead at Sanofi, specializing in computational biology with a focus on mRNA vaccine design and RNA structure prediction. She earned her PhD in Computer Science from Oregon State University in 2020, where her research focused on algorithms for RNA structure prediction. Dr. Li has published in leading journals including PNAS and Nucleic Acids Research. Her work bridges computational methods and translational applications in RNA biology and mRNA therapeutics
Seminars
Monday 20th July 2026
Evolving the mRNA Alphabet: Foundational Models for Vaccine Design & Optimization
12:00 pm
- Highlighting key foundational mRNA language models
- Illustrating end-to-end mRNA vaccine optimization
- Discussing De novo mRNA vaccine design
