童维

Wei Tong, Ph.D.

Assistant professor of bioinformatics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Bioinformatics, Plant systems biology

EDUCATION

09/1996 � 07/2000  B.S., Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Science, Central China Normal University (CCNU), Wuhan, China

09/1996 � 07/2000  B.S., Computer Software & Application, Department of Information Technology, CCNU, Wuhan, China

09/2005 � 01/2013  Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Systems Biology field), Beijing Institute of Genomics (BIG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China

Dissertation: Integrative Analysis of Metabolic Network Modeling and Proteome in Thermophile

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

09/2000 � 01/2002 Research Assistant and Team Leader, Data Processing, Bioinformatics Department, Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), CAS, Beijing, China. Mainly involved in data processing, genome assembly and annotation, and took part in the Human Genome Project, and Rice Genome Project.

02/2002 � 03/2003 Group Leader, Comparative Genomics, Bioinformatics Department, BGI, CAS, Beijing, China. Mainly involved in comparative genomics for rice subspecies, pig ESTs analysis.

03/2003 � 10/2004  System Analyst, Software Environment, Bioinformatics Department, BGI, CAS, Beijing, China. Mainly involved in the construction and management of bioinformatics software environment; SARS genomes assembly and analysis; the rice complete genome project; protein analysis in silicon.

11/2004 � 08/2005  Group Leader, Proteome Bioinformatics Group, Proteomics Department, BGI, CAS, Beijing, China. Mainly involved in the construction of the proteome bioinformatics platform, processing of mass spectrometry data, and data analysis in the Human Liver Proteomics Project.

05/2013 � current  Assistant professor, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University

Current research: comparative genomics among wheat, Brachypodium distachyon and rice etc.; systems biology of plant development and resistance.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Tong W, Chen Z, Cao Z, Wang Q, Zhang J, et al. (2013) Robustness Analysis of Constraint-Based Metabolic Model Links Cell Growth and Proteomics of Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis under Temperature Perturbation. Mol. BioSyst. 9 (4): 713-722

5. Qian Z, Wang QH, Tong W, Zhou CQ, Wang QA, et al. (2010) Regulation of Galactose Metabolism through the HisK:GalR Two-Component System in Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis. Journal of Bacteriology 192: 4311-4316.

8. Yu J, Wang J, Lin W, …, Tong W, …, Yang H. (2005) The Genomes of Oryza sativa: A history of duplications. Plos Biology 3: 266-281.

9. Tong W. (2004) Analyzing the biology on the system level. Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics 2: 6-14.

11. Yu J, Hu SN, Wang J, …, Tong W, …, Yang H. (2002) A draft sequence of the rice genome (Oryza sativa L. ssp indica). Science 296: 79-92.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Plant Science, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University

3 Taicheng Rd, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, 712100

Email: tongw~at~nwsuaf.edu.cn (replacing ~at~ with @)