Prof' Yakhini’s research focuses on the applications of statistics and data science in molecular biology. He pioneered the bioinformatics practice at Agilent Laboratories in 1997 and in following years recruited, trained and worked with top scientists and students at Agilent and at the Technion, leading to significant commercial and scientific achievements.
At Agilent Prof' Yakhini developed data analysis methods for Agilent’s early generation microarrays and later for Agilent’s commercially successful array CGH technology. His data analysis methods work, focused on molecular measurement, led to more Agilent products, as well as to significant scientific studies and publications. In recent years Prof' Yakhini worked on design and data analysis to enable the efficient and effective use of synthetic DNA and on other aspects of synthetic biology. Work from Prof' Yakhini’s academic research group includes the development of statistical methods to analyze ranked lists as employed, for example, in the popular analysis tool GOrilla. The group also participated in several successful collaborations, applying advanced data analysis approaches in the context of advanced molecular biology studies.