Shuyang (Esther) Wu

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Daly City, CA 94015 ac06zw@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

* *****’ experience in biomedical research and data analysis

Experience in NGS analysis, predictive modeling, natural language processing, AWS etc.

Work well independently and on team projects, fast learner.

Proficient computer skills including Python, R, Java, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Git, C++, Matlab and MS office

EXPERIENCE

Bioinformatics Analyst Intern at Genentech, Oncology Biomarker Development 6/2017 – present

Analyzed RNA-seq data, Mass Spec data, Chip-Seq data and FACS data with R and Flowjo.

Pathway analysis with IPA, GSEA and Advaita

Visualized the results and drafted manuscript for publication

Research Assistant at Mark Whipple’s lab, University of Washington 10/2015 – 12/2016

Extracted and prepared gene expression profile data and cancer prognosis data of the patients using Python

Developed machine learning models for cancer metastasis including Hidden Markov Model and Bayesian Network using R

Visualized the results and developed a medical decision support application using R Shiny

Improved prediction accuracy compared to the existing model and clinicians’ current method of decision-making

Research Assistant at Annie Chen’s lab, University of Washington 12/2016 - - present

Developed machine learning and statistical models for Intellicare Apps usage pattern discovery using Python

Analyzed and extracted topics from patients’ posts from the Intellicare Apps using Python

Found associations between patients’ recovery from depression and Apps usage, topics of the posts and demographic information

Visualized the usage pattern and topics extracted from patients’ posts for clustered groups of patients with D3.js

Developed a python web application using Angular.js, Cherrypy, Jinja2, MySQL

Research Assistant at Lu Bai’s lab, Pennsylvania State University 5/2012 – 5/2015

Skills: FACS, Tissue Culture, Time-lapse microscopy, Yeast/bacteria Transformation, Immunofluorescence Microscopy, PCR/Inverse PCR/RT q-PCR, site directed mutagenesis, sequence analysis, protein expression and purification, etc.

Accomplished a project studying the expression variations of co-regulated divergent gene pairs

Investigated the potential cause of the unexpected outcomes from transposon mutagenesis

Analyzed time-lapse microscopy results for a project studying the mechanism of divergent transcription

Assisted in the project studying the position effect on gene expression in yeast genome

Provide basic technical support such as making medium, autoclave glassware, etc.

EDUCATION

University of Washington - Seattle 2015- present

Master of Science, Biomedical and Health Informatics GPA:3.74

The Pennsylvania State University 2011-2015

Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology GPA:3.90

Nutritional Science, Minor

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

“A Bayesian Network Model of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Incorporating Gene Expression Profiles” MedInfo 2017.

“Coordinated Markov Modeling of Cancer Metastasis from Multiple Primary Sites” APAMI 2016.

“Regulation of Cell-to-Cell Variability in Divergent Gene Expression” Nature Communication.

GRANTS, HONOR AND AWARDS

Dean’s list 2011-2015

Recipient of Undergraduate Research Award from Eberly College of Science: 2013 fall, 2014 fall

Member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi as part of the top 10 percent of seniors: 2015

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