User:Wenjun Shao
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Contact Info
- Wenjun Shao
- Peking University
- Room2043 Dorm47 Peking University Beijing 100871 P.R.China
- Beijing, China
- hellowendy01@gmail.com
- Email me through OpenWetWare
I work in the CBI at Peking University. I learned about OpenWetWare from From others, and I've joined because I am a member of the iGEM 2008 Peking University Team.
Education
- 2009, BSc, Biological Science, School of Life Sciences, Peking University
- 2009, BSc, Statistics (Second Major), School of Mathematics, Peking Univeristy
Academic Research
2006.04-Present Centre of Bioinformatics, Peking University, China (Advisor: Prof. Liping Wei) Project: The origin and evolution of significant viral protein family
- Clustered studied protein family with home-made program using Perl
- Phylogenic analysis and syntenic comparative genomic approach to prove horizontal gene transfer
- Parameter adjustment for maximum-likelihood analysis to search for positive selective sites
- Preparing the manuscript to submit
2007.11-2008.11 Peking University iGEM Team, Peking University China-MIT U.S. Project: A genetic circuit to direct evolution of proteins in vivo
- Genetic circuit construction: achieved flexible ligation into hAID and lexA to form fusion protein
- Yeast Screening: continuous culture to select functional Gal4 with His resistance
- Modeling: co-design metabolic and evolution model to simulate and predict the efficiency of our systems
- Wiki webpage construction and maintenance
2008.04 Paris/Beijing Course-workshop Creating Interdisciplinary Research Projects
- Discussed membrane reconstruction and potential medical applications of engineered E.coli
- Co-presentation for 'powerful E.coli' project
- Discussed modern techniques for the handicap and participated
2008.09-Present Centre of Bioinformatics Peking University, China (Advisor: Prof. Louis Tao)
- Senior Thesis Project: network modeling and analysis
- Reviewing the neural circuit model for decision making
Awards
2007.02 Peking University Undergraduate Research Endowment from SINO CAPITAL
EDUCATION FOUNDATION (SCEF) 25/16,000
2007.09 Peking University May-fourth Scholarship 5%
2006.09 Peking University Kwang-Hua Scholarship 5%
2004.10 1st prizes in China National Mathematics Olympiad in Senior (CNMO)
2004.08 1st prizes in Chinese Girls' Mathematics Olympiad (CGMO)
Extracurricular activities
2008.10.19 Beijing International Marathon-Half Marathon
Successfully finished, achieving a time of 2 hours 4 minutes 15 seconds
2008.08 Volunteer of Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games
2008.05 Selected to EFPL-Summer Research program 30/200 worldwide
2005.10- 2006.07 Students’ Union in School of Life Sciences , Peking University
Research interests
- Mathematical and Computational Biology
- Systems Biology, Network Evolution
- Genetic Dynamics
- Cancer Research
My interest: Applying bioinformatics, statistical, and other mathematical methods to quantify and establish simple but effective models to understand complex biological system and to provide predictions for hypothesis-driven biological science; marrying bench work to address fundamental medical problems, such as cancer and mental disorder.
Publications
Preparing an article on protein evolution to submit currently
Useful links
- Introductory tutorial
- OpenWetWare help pages
- Peking Wiki is established.
