Dr Yinyin Yuan joined the ICR in 2012 as the leader of the Computational Pathology and Integrative Genomics team. Currently, her team is part of the Centre for Evolution and Cancer and the Division of Molecular Pathology. Her team develops computational approaches to study tumours as evolving ecosystems by fusing digital pathology, bioinformatics and ecological statistics.

Her research focuses on the emerging concept that tumours are complex, evolving ecosystems with dynamic crosstalk among cancer, immune and normal cells. Studying the complex relationships between cancer cells and their natural habitats allows for development of new and effective therapeutic interventions, analogous to draining the swamps to help eradicate malaria.