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Camilla Pang

Camilla Pang

British computational biologist

Camilla Sih Mai Pang (born February 1992) is a British computational biologist,[2] writer, and autism advocate. In 2020, she was awarded the Royal Society Prize for Science Books for her memoir, Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships.[3]

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Early life and education

Pang has said that she was not a typical child, and evaluated her early friendships in terms of computer code.[4] At the age of eight Pang was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, and asked her mother whether there was an instruction manual for life.[5][6] Pang attended Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire.[7] She studied mathematics, physics, biology and art for GCE Advanced Level.[7] Pang joined the University of Bristol as an undergraduate student, where she specialised in biochemistry. She earned a PhD in computational biology at University College London where her research was supervised by Christine Orengo.[1][8][9][10]

Career

After earning her doctorate, Pang joined a pharmaceutical company[clarification needed] as a postdoctoral researcher.[11] Her research considers the computational model of disease in an effort to identify new pharmaceutical options for neurological diseases.[12]

In 2020 Pang released her first book, Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships.[3] The book explores what it means to be human, discussing social etiquette, relationships and perfectionism.[3]

Alongside her scientific research, Pang looks to inspire young people to study science.[13] She has spoken openly about her neurodiversity, and campaigned for increased awareness of autism amongst young women.[12][14]

Awards and honours

Pang was awarded the Royal Society Prize for Science Books in 2020[15][16] for her memoir Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships.[3]

Personal life

At the age of twenty six, Pang was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).[17]

References

  1. [1]
    Pang, Camilla Sih Mai (2018). Developing a computational approach to investigate the impacts of disease-causing mutations on protein function. ucl.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University College London. OCLC 1063745930. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.747644. Free access icon
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    Camilla Pang publications from Europe PubMed Central
  3. [3]
    Pang, Camilla (2020). Explaining humans : what science can teach us about life, love and relationships. London: Viking. ISBN 978-0-241-40960-2. OCLC 1143733972.
  4. [4]
    Hewitson, Jessie. "Explaining Humans by Camilla Pang review — 'a stranger in my own species'". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. [5]
    Commons, Jess (19 February 2018). "How Autism Helped Me Understand The Human Brain". refinery29.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  6. [6]
    "The Artists of Data Science - Camilla Pang, PhD". theartistsofdatascience.fireside.fm. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Dr Camilla Pang (IG 2005 – 2010)". wycliffe.co.uk. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  8. [8]
    Ashford, Paul; Pang, Camilla S. M.; Moya-García, Aurelio A.; Adeyelu, Tolulope; Orengo, Christine A. (2019). "A CATH domain functional family based approach to identify putative cancer driver genes and driver mutations". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 263. Bibcode:2019NatSR...9..263A. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36401-4. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6343001. PMID 30670742.
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    Patani, Harshnira; Bunney, Tom D.; Thiyagarajan, Nethaji; Norman, Richard A.; Ogg, Derek; Breed, Jason; Ashford, Paul; Potterton, Andrew; Edwards, Mina; Williams, Sarah V.; Thomson, Gary S.; Pang, Camilla S.M.; Knowles, Margaret A.; Breeze, Alexander L.; Orengo, Christine; Phillips, Chris; Katan, Matilda (2016). "Landscape of activating cancer mutations in FGFR kinases and their differential responses to inhibitors in clinical use". Oncotarget. 7 (17): 24252–24268. doi:10.18632/oncotarget.8132. ISSN 1949-2553. PMC 5029699. PMID 26992226.
  10. [10]
    Lam, S. D.; Bordin, N.; Waman, V. P.; Scholes, H. M.; Ashford, P.; Sen, N.; van Dorp, L.; Rauer, C.; Dawson, N. L.; Pang, C. S. M.; Abbasian, M.; Sillitoe, I.; Edwards, S. J. L.; Fraternali, F.; Lees, J. G.; Santini, J. M.; Orengo, C. A. (2020). "SARS-CoV-2 spike protein predicted to form complexes with host receptor protein orthologues from a broad range of mammals". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): 16471. Bibcode:2020NatSR..1016471L. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-71936-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 7536205. PMID 33020502.
  11. [11]
    "Camilla". lightyearfoundation.org. Lightyear Foundation. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  12. [12]
    "The way people process information can change day to day, which can feel creative, but also chaotic". autism.org.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  13. [13]
    team, Code8. "Camilla Pang". Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD) Literary Agents. Retrieved 3 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. [14]
    "Explaining Humans w/ Dr. Camilla Pang". FUTURES Podcast. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  15. [15]
    "Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  16. [16]
    Anon (2020). "Explaining Humans". royalsociety.org. Royal Society. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  17. [17]
    "Camilla Pang on how science guides her life". BBC Science Focus Magazine. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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