Jensen Luo

I study living systems—and build tools to see what they are doing.

Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IRE) at HKUST · Currently at ETH Zürich. Research, software, community work, and small useful experiments.

Current work qPCR visualization tool Open the tool

About

I like the moment when a biological question becomes something I can design, build, test at the bench, and take apart with code.

That curiosity has taken me from wet-lab work and circuit design with HKUST iGEM to building tools for phage Tn-Seq experiments. Outside the lab, I care about sustainability, community work, and making technical ideas easier to share. I also build software simply to solve a problem, learn something new, or see where an idea goes.

Projects

Things I build for research, everyday problems, and curiosity.

See everything on GitHub
Project 01

QuantStudio Processing

A local qPCR workspace for tidying QuantStudio exports.

Project 02

phage Tn-Seq visualization

A Python tool for visualizing transposon insertion sites and phage Tn-Seq data.

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Musings

Half-formed thoughts, pinned here.

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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

— Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love (1973)

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If a model is trained so that it must lie or remain silent in the face of certain facts, then it has already been structurally compromised in its most fundamental quality: honesty—and honesty is the foundation of every other value.

— Claude (2026)

Experience

Learning, building, and helping.

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  • Research Intern

    Klompe Lab, ETH Zürich · May–Aug 2026

  • Biology (Mobility)

    ETH Zürich · Feb–Aug 2026

  • External Secretary

    33rd HKUSTSU Executive Committee · Jan 2025–Mar 2026

  • Circuit Design Leader

    HKUST iGEM · Wet Lab + Circuit Design · 2025

  • Ambassador for Community Engagement

    HKUST Connect · Sep 2024–May 2025

  • Biochemistry and Cell Biology (International Research Enrichment)

    HKUST · Hong Kong · 2023–present