Gangwu Mei

3822 Ruth St. Houston, TX 77004
Phone & Fax: (713)-526-1268
Email: gmei@bayou.uh.edu
URL: http://www.uh.edu/~gmei

Objective

A full-time position that can utilize and enhance my skills in the field of Bioinformatics or Computer Science.

Education

M. S. University of Houston (Houston,TX)
Department of Biology & Biochemistry
Major: Bioinformatics (Expected: December 1998)

 

B. S. NanKai University (Tianjin, P.R.China)
Department of Biology
Bachelor of Biology (Graduated: July 1992)
Major: Molecular Biology

Experience

Research Assistant (June 1997 -- Present)
University of Houston Department of Biology and Biochemistry
Dr. Susan Hardin's Lab

  • Coding and developing a computer program for Octamer Sequencing Technology. Octamer Sequencing Technology, OST, is a method of DNA sequencing using single octamer oligonucleotides to primer cycle sequencing reactions. Octamer oligonucleotide primers are predicted automatically, using quality information associated with each base call. The secondary structure of template DNA is also considered to select the primer for next primer walking. The code is written in ANSI C and run in UNIX system.
  • Using ABI 377 to sequence a particular gene with Big Dye. Familiar with the sequencing procedure and sequence analyzing software such as Sequencher, BLAST, OLIGO, GCG.

Teaching Assistant (September 1996 -- June 1997)
University of Housotn, Department of Biology & Biochemistry

  • Gained excellent communication skills and the ability to teach and solve problems.
 

Information Systems Analyst (December 1995 -- August 1996)
Kraft Foods (Tianjin) Inc. (Tianjin, P.R.China)

  • Utilized information systems to integrate the management of the production,sales,distribution, accounting and financial system.
  • Designed, tested and maintained the MS Access database.
  • Acted as a liaison between Chinese and American Employees.

Computing Skills

Operating System: Windows 95, Windows NT, Macintosh, UNIX

Languages: C, C++, Visual C++, Perl, Java(learning), SQL, SQL/Plus, PL/SQL, Visual Basic, VB Script, HTML.

Applications: MFC, COM(learning),CORBA(Learning), Oracle, MS Access, GCG, Entrez, BLAST, FASTA

References

Available upon request

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