Shirley Wu
Computational Biology graduate from Brown University, currently pursuing Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics at Stanford.
| Headline: | Innocent Bystander |
| Website: | http://shirleywho.wordpress.com |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Education, Food and Drink, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Media |
| Location: | San Francisco bay area |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Career advice, Employment opportunities, Finding mentors, Helping friends, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities |
| Schools: | Brown University, Stanford University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Open Science workshop |
| Position: | Co-chair |
| Time period: | January 2008 - December 2008 |
| Description: | • Initiated a proposal for a session on Open Science to the 2009 Pacific Symposium on
Biocomputing conference and co-chaired the workshop. • Successfully secured a $5K grant from Burroughs Wellcome Fund. |
| Employer: | Stanford Biomedical Informatics program |
| Position: | Student representative |
| Time period: | December 2005 - November 2007 |
| Description: | • Presented student concerns to executive committee, organized social activities, and
participated in student admissions decisions. |
| Employer: | The Venture Consortium |
| Position: | Web and print design intern |
| Time period: | May 2004 - July 2004 |
| Description: | • Crafted a consistent and appealing brand identity through web and print materials. |
| Employer: | Princeton University |
| Position: | Research Assistant |
| Time period: | June 2002 - August 2002 |
| Description: | • Developed software for visualizing genetic motifs in yeast. |
| Employer: | XenoBiotic Laboratories Inc. |
| Position: | Laboratory assistant |
| Time period: | May 2001 - July 2001 |
| Description: | • Performed biological sample collection, purification, and data analysis for pre-clinical
drug metabolism studies. |
| Employer: | Automated Function Prediction satellite meeting |
| Position: | Program committee member |
| Time period: | March 2008 |
| Description: | • Evaluated submissions for talks and provided feedback for authors. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2003 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Biomedical Informatics, PhD |
| University: | Brown University |
| Time period: | 1999 - 2004 |
| Degree: | Computational Biology, BSc |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | • Saunders N, Beltrão P, Jensen L, Jurczak D, Krause R, Kuhn M, Wu S. (2009)
Microblogging the ISMB: A New Approach to Conference Reporting. PLoS Comput Biol 5 (1): e1000263. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000263 • Halperin I*, Glazer DS*, Wu S*, Altman RB. (2008) The FEATURE framework for protein function annotation: modeling new functions, improving performance, and extending to novel applications. BMC Genomics, 9(Suppl 2):S2. *Contributed equally. •Wu S, Liang MP, Altman RB. (2008) The SeqFEATURE library of 3D functional site models: comparison to existing methods and applications to protein function annotation. Genome Biology, 9:R8. •Wu S, Altman RB. “Automated function prediction: a comparison of SeqFEATURE to other methods and applications to structural genomics.” (2007) Talk presented at the NLM Informatics Training Conference, Stanford University, CA. • Guney I, Wu S, Sedivy JM. (2006) Reduced c-Myc signaling triggers telomereindependent senescence by regulating Bmi-1 and p16INK4a. PNAS, 103(10):3645-3650. |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Athletic
1999-present Competitive Nationals-level Ultimate Frisbee player • Captained high school, college, and club teams. • Placed 1st at the World Ultimate Frisbee Championships as part of the USA Junior Women’s team in 2000. • Placed 1st at the College Women’s Championships in 2005. • Placed 1st at the Club Championships in 2006, 5th in 2007, and 3rd in 2008. • Volunteered as a coach teaching basic skills and teamwork to 6th-8th grade students at East Palo Alto Charter School from 2006-2007. Artistic •Won the Nature “Get a Senior Scientist Blogging Challenge” in January 2009. • Enjoy designing websites and graphics, baking bread, and reading. |
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Yammer
Yammer is a tool for making companies and organizations more productive through the exchange of short frequent answers to one simple question: What are you working on?
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YouNoodle
YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.
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23andMe
23andMe, the startup widely known as the company whose founder is the wife of Sergey Brin, has plans to make the human genome searchable
