my CV - Jue Wang
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my CV - Jue Wang
JUE WANG 200 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115 [email protected] EDUCATION 2016 (anticipated) Ph.D. Systems Biology, Harvard University 2009 A.B. Chemical and Physical Biology, Harvard College Magna cum laude. Minor in Computer Science. RESEARCH 2010-present Physiology and genetics of sugar preference in natural yeast isolates Ph.D. thesis (anticipated). Advisor: Michael Springer. Investigating how cells integrate multiple nutrient signals to control growth, using natural variation in yeast sugar utilization as a model. Found a tradeoff across diverse yeast strains between growth in a preferred sugar and transition to growth on nonpreferred sugars. Ongoing work to determine the genetic basis and molecular mechanism of this natural variation. 2008-2009 Culturability of soil bacterial isolates Undergraduate thesis. Advisor: Roy Kishony. Measured the fraction of soil bacterial isolates that are viable under laboratory conditions, using time-lapse microscopy and viability staining. Found many isolates that form microscopic colonies but stop growing before reaching macroscopic size. 2004-2005 Sensitivity of metal oxide surfaces in detecting nitric oxide High school research. Advisors: Brian Frederick & Francois Amar, University of Maine. Analyzed how the detection sensitivity of WO3 thin-films to NOx gases depends on the size and density of gold nanoparticle catalysts on the surface, using computational simulations. Determined parameters for optimal sensing. PUBLICATIONS Wang J., Atolia E., Hua B., Savir Y., Escalante-Chong R., Springer M. (2015) Natural Variation in Preparation for Nutrient Depletion Reveals a Cost-Benefit Tradeoff. PLoS Biology. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002041. Escalante-Chong R., Savir Y., Carroll S. M., Ingraham J. B., Wang J., Marx C. J., Springer M. (2015) Galactose metabolic genes in yeast respond to a ratio of galactose and glucose. PNAS 112(5): 1636-1641. Marquardt S., Escalante-Chong R., Pho N., Wang J., Churchman L. S., Springer M., Buratowski S. (2014) A chromatin-based mechanism for limiting divergent noncoding transcription. Cell 157: 1712–23. AWARDS 2011 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2007 Herchel Smith Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship PRESENTATIONS Mar. 2015 Departmental Seminar, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Japan Invited talk: “How do cells make decisions? The yeast glucose-galactose circuit as a model for cellular responses to complex environments.” Mar. 2015 13th International Student Seminar, Kyoto University, Japan Invited talk: “The costs and benefits of microbial procrastination.” Feb. 2015 q-Bio Winter, Hawaii Talk: “The costs and benefits of microbial procrastination.” 2014 Systems Biology Departmental Seminar, Harvard Medical School Talk: “The costs and benefits of microbial procrastination.” 2005 American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, San Diego Talk: “Modeling the role of spillover and diffusion in nitric oxide detection by gold nanoparticles on WO3 sensors” TEACHING & MENTORING 2014 Summer 2013-2014 2013 Spring 2012 Mentored undergraduate researchers Jacquelyn Zehner Esha Atolia: 2nd author on our PLoS paper; now PhD student at Stanford CSB. Kevin Parker Neurobiology 306qc: Quantitative Methods for Biologists Teaching assistant and curriculum writer for 2 sessions of a 1-week “bootcamp” to teach basic programming and data analysis to biologists. SCIENTIFIC SERVICE 2011-present Software & Web Development, Springer Lab Created and maintain MATLAB software for flow cytometry data analysis (https://github.com/springerlab/Flow-Cytometry-Toolkit), the Springer lab website (http://springerlab.org), and various strain/plasmid databases for common lab use. 2013, 2014 Retreat Planning Committee, Harvard Systems Biology Worked with 5 other students to plan our annual PhD program retreat. Invited outside speakers and organized discussion panels on scientific and careerrelated topics. WORK EXPERIENCE 2009-2010 Web developer & Social Media Manager, Science / AAAS Web programming (PHP, Python, Movable Type), graphic design, Twitter, Facebook, for Science’s online news portal. 2008-2009 Media Editor, Harvard International Review Elected head of a staff of 5-10 designers to produce figures and page layouts for a student-run quarterly magazine with circulation of 30,000. REFERENCES Michael Springer Assistant Professor, Dept. of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School 200 Longwood Avenue Warren Alpert Building Boston, MA 02115 [email protected] (617) 432-7391 Roy Kishony Professor, Faculty of Biology and Life Sciences & Engineering, Technion, Israel; Visiting Professor, Dept. of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School Christopher J. Marx Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences & Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies, University of Idaho 200 Longwood Avenue Warren Alpert Building Boston, MA 02115 [email protected] (617) 432-6390 134 Gibb Hall, 875 Perimeter Drive MS 3051 Moscow, ID 83844-3051 [email protected] (208) 885-8594