User:Wenjun Shao
Contact Info
- Wenjun Shao
- Peking University -> UC.Berkeley
- Room2043 Dorm47 Peking University Beijing 100871 P.R.China (expired)
- Email me through OpenWetWare
I worked in the CBI at Peking University. I learned about OpenWetWare from From others, and I've joined because I was 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
- 2009-present, PhD candidate in UC. Berkeley MCB program
Academic Research
2006.04-2009.06 Centre of Bioinformatics, Peking University, China (Advisor: Prof. Liping Wei) Project: The origin and evolution of significant viral protein family
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
2008.04 Paris/Beijing Course-workshop Creating Interdisciplinary Research Projects
2008.09-2009.06 Centre of Bioinformatics Peking University, China (Advisor: Prof. Louis Tao)
2009.09-present Graduate student in Molecular and Cell Biology program in UC.Berkeley | Adam Arkin Lab
Awards and Scholarships
2009.08 Reshetko Family Scholarship
2007.02 Peking University Undergraduate Research Endowment from SINO CAPITAL
EDUCATION FOUNDATION (SCEF)
2007.09 Peking University May-fourth Scholarship
2006.09 Peking University Kwang-Hua Scholarship
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
- Genome Research
- Systems Biology
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
Useful links
- Introductory tutorial
- OpenWetWare help pages
- Peking Wiki is established.
