Patents by Inventor ZHIZHUO ZHANG

ZHIZHUO ZHANG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240110238
    Abstract: As described below, disclosed herein are methods of analyzing DNA methylation in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and genomic DNA (gDNA) from sequencing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yaping LIU, Manolis KELLIS, Viktor ADALSTEINSSON, Zhizhuo ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11875876
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel 5? UTR sequences that can be used to control gene expression in various contexts. Also disclosed herein are methods of engineering 5? UTR sequences and methods and kits for screening 5? UTR sequences for a property of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Timothy Kuan-Ta Lu, Manolis Kellis, Jicong Cao, Eva Maria Novoa Pardo, Zhizhuo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11788135
    Abstract: As described below, disclosed herein are methods of analyzing DNA methylation in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and genomic DNA (gDNA) from sequencing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yaping Liu, Manolis Kellis, Viktor Adalsteinsson, Zhizhuo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11593512
    Abstract: Described herein are a secure system for sharing private data and related systems and methods for incentivizing and validating private data sharing. In some embodiments, private data providers may register to selectively share private data under controlled sharing conditions. The private data may be cryptographically secured using encryption information corresponding to one or more secure execution environments. To demonstrate to the private data providers that the secure execution environment is secure and trustworthy, attestations demonstrating the security of the secure execution environment may be stored in a distributed ledger (e.g., a public blockchain). Private data users that want access to shared private data may publish applications for operating on the private data to a secure execution environment and publish, in a distributed ledger, an indication that the application is available to receive private data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Zhizhuo Zhang, Manolis Kellis, Dianbo Liu, Anne Kim, Lauren Huang, Sandeep Nuckchady
  • Publication number: 20210174909
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in some embodiments, techniques for using generative machine learning models to generate new functional protein sequences based on an input protein structure, such that the new functional protein sequences are structurally similar to the input protein structure but have new and diverse protein sequences. The techniques described herein may be used alone, or in conjunction with structural prediction algorithms and/or to generate diversified gene libraries in directed evolution techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Homodeus, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Rothberg, Zhizhuo Zhang, Spencer Glantz
  • Publication number: 20210174903
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, methods for enhanced protein structure prediction using protein homology discovery and constrained distograms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Protein Evolution Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Rothberg, Brian Reed, Eric Kauderer-Abrams, Zhizhuo Zhang, Mohammad Moghadamfalahi
  • Publication number: 20200395099
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and techniques for identifying polypeptides using data collected by a protein sequencing device. The protein sequencing device may collect data obtained from detected light emissions by luminescent labels during binding interactions of reagents with amino acids of the polypeptide. The light emissions may result from application of excitation energy to the luminescent labels. The device may provide the data as input to a trained machine learning model to obtain output that may be used to identify the polypeptide. The output may indicate, for each of a plurality of locations in the polypeptide, one or more likelihoods that one or more respective amino acids is present at the location. The output may be matched to an amino acid sequence that specifies a protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Quantum-Si Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Meyer, Brian Reed, Zhizhuo Zhang, Sabrina Rashid, Bradley Robert Parry
  • Publication number: 20200202038
    Abstract: Described herein are a secure system for sharing private data and related systems and methods for incentivizing and validating private data sharing. In some embodiments, private data providers may register to selectively share private data under controlled sharing conditions. The private data may be cryptographically secured using encryption information corresponding to one or more secure execution environments. To demonstrate to the private data providers that the secure execution environment is secure and trustworthy, attestations demonstrating the security of the secure execution environment may be stored in a distributed ledger (e.g., a public blockchain). Private data users that want access to shared private data may publish applications for operating on the private data to a secure execution environment and publish, in a distributed ledger, an indication that the application is available to receive private data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Zhizhuo Zhang, Manolis Kellis, Dianbo Liu, Anne Kim, Lauren Huang, Sandeep Nuckchady
  • Publication number: 20200066375
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel 5? UTR sequences that can be used to control gene expression in various contexts. Also disclosed herein are methods of engineering 5? UTR sequences and methods and kits for screening 5? UTR sequences for a property of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Timothy Kuan-Ta Lu, Manolis Kellis, Jicong Cao, Eva Maria Novoa Pardo, Zhizhuo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190177792
    Abstract: As described below, disclosed herein are methods of analyzing DNA methylation in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and genomic DNA (gDNA) from sequencing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: YAPING LIU, MANOLIS KELLIS, VIKTOR ADALSTEINSSON, ZHIZHUO ZHANG