Contact Information

Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, Bioinformatics 359
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28223
Phone: (704)687-7492
Fax:      (704)687-8667
Email: jguo4"AT"uncc"DOT"edu

Education

Ph.D.    2001, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky
M.S.      2002, Computer Science, University of Kentucky
M.S.      1993, Biochemistry, Nankai University (P.R. China)
B.S.      1990, Biochemistry, Nankai University (P.R. China)

Research Interests

Protein structure prediction, Protein-DNA interactions, Alternative Splicing, Oxidative Stress Regulatory Pathway

Work Experience

2007-         :       Assistant Professor, Bioinformatics Research Center
                            Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics
                            University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2004-2007:        Research Assistant Scientist, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
                             Biology, University of Georgia
2003-2007:        Group Leader, Computational Structure Biology Group, Computational
                             Systems Biology, University of Georgia
2001-2004:        Postdoctoral Research Associate, Life Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National
                             Laboratory and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
                             University of Georgia (lab moved from ORNL to UGA in 2003)
1995-2001:        Research Assistant, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry,
                             University of Kentucky
1993-1995:        Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nankai University,
                             Tianjin, China
1990-1993:        Research Assistant, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
                             Nankai University, Tianjin, China

Professional Activities

Member, Program Committee: IJCBS 2009
Member, Program Committee: BIOTECHNO 2008
Co-organizer, Workshop on Alternative Splicing at the 2007 Life Sciences Society
                Computational Systems Bioinformatics Conference (CSB2007)
Member, Program Committee: BIBM 2007  BIBM 2008 BIBM 2009
Member, Program Committee: BIBE 2007
Member, Program Committee, Travel Fellowship: ISMB/ECCB 2007
Member, Program Committee: ISBRA 2007  ISBRA 2008
Member, Program Committee: IWBRA 2005  IWBRA 2006
Referee Services:
               Current Protein and Peptide Science, Bioinformatics, FASEB Journal
               Frontiers in Bioscience, Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
               Journal of Molecular Biology, Mathematical Biosciences
               Protein Engineering, Design and Selection
               Bioinformatics Conferences, CSB 2003-2006, GIW2007

Teaching

"Computational Structural Biology", ITSC8202/BINF6202, UNC Charlotte, 2009-
"Statistics for Bioinformatics", ITSC8200/BINF6200, UNC Charlotte, 2008-
"Advanced High-throughput Biological Data Analysis", BCMB/MIBO 8211, UGA, 2007
"Computational Methods in Bioinformatics", BCMB 8210, University of Georgia, 2004-2006
"Protein Structure Prediction", IOB Summer School, University of Georgia, 2005, 2007
"From Sequence to Structure: Protein Structure Prediction", CSB2004 Tutorial, Stanford, 2004
"Biotechnology", Nankai University, China, 1994
"Biochemistry Lab", Course Organizer/Instructor, Nankai University, China, 1993, 1994