Engineer Engineering

NING XU

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Philadelphia, PA, 19104 Email: abmt5r@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2010

M.E. in Biomedical engineering

GPA: 3.6

University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

2007

M.S. in Biology

GPA: 3.6

University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

2004

B.S. in Biology

GPA: 3.5

SKILLS

Biology Skills:

Cell culture; PCR; Northern/Southern, Western blots; HPLC, ELISA; SDS gel

electrophoresis; Sample preparation and testing

Genetic engineering skills:

DNA/RNA analyses; plasmid sub-cloning; restriction digest analysis; transfection

techniques; cell-based assay running;

Biostatistics Skills

Exceptional analytical and quantitative abilities; Experience in large-scale dataset

manipulation and maintenance;

Solid clinical data analysis method utilizing statistical methods: multivariate

analysis, linear model and survival analysis

Software Skills

Expertise with MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and broad range of statistical software:

SAS, R, JMP, SPSS

Personal Skills

Excellent communication skills with clinical and patients, highly responsible and

detail- oriented

KEY COURSES

Engineering:

Cell Biology, Drug Discovery, Engineering Biotechnology, Biomaterials,

Neuropharmacology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Immunology, Microbiology

Statistics:

Biostatistical Method and Data Analysis (I, II), Advanced Statistics for Biologist,

Statistical Modeling

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2008-2009

Conducted research on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC) differentiation, looking for

approaches to engineer MSC for therapeutic applications

Responsible for tissue culture, engineer genetically modified Mesenchymal stem cell

using molecular cloning techniques, and reporter Gene Assays

Significantly improved detection of cell differentiation by coupling fluorescent

proteins to specific promoters

University of Science and Technology of China, China

2005-07

Recruited experiment subjects and coordinated their activities for psychological

research on brain acoustic signaling

Performed designed visual/acoustic psychological testing of experimental participants;

Kept accurate and efficient data documentation; Interpreted and analyzed patients'

database; Prepared and assisted with reports and presented result in team meeting;

Troubleshoot experiment procedures and proposed solutions for experiments design

University of Science and Technology of China, China

2004

Applied RNA interference technique to knock down target gene in neuronal cells for

potential therapeutic approaches of Alzheimer's Disease

Animal(Mouse) handling and dissection; sample preparation, utilized RT-PCR and ELISA

to test RNAi efficacy

Chinese Academy of Science, National Key Laboratory of Stem Cell, China

Summer, 2004

Maintained human embryonic stem cell line culture, Performed in vitro characterization

of human embryonic stem cell for growth kinetic and differentiation potential

Liaised with medical research collaborators at hospitals and universities

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

2009-2010

Clinical Data Analysis Project: set up prediction model and investigate prognostic

factors on breast cancer by reviewing breast cancer cases registered in National

Cancer Institute(NCI)

Method: Mixed model, Multivariate Analysis, Linear regression, Logistic regression

modeling, Survival analysis

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