Chen Man Yun Wu

Project Title "Unlocking Alcatraz"
Sunnyvale, CA
May 2012 to Mar 2013
Lead Artist
Anmol Movies
San Jose, CA
Jan 2012 to Mar 2012
VFX Artist
Various companies
Tokyo, JP
Nov 2007 to May 2010
English Instructor
Aramark
Irvine, CA
Mar 2004 to Jul 2006
Restaurant Server

The Art Institute of California
Sunnyvale, CA
Aug 2010 to Mar 2013
Bachelor of Science in Art
University of California
Irvine, CA
Aug 2002 to Jun 2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Cinematography

Hard Surface and Organic Modeling, Digital Sculpting, Texturing, Lighting, Visual Effects, High to Low Poly Baking, 3D Animation, Drawing / Fine Art, Java Scripting, Python Scripting, Team Player, Goal-oriented

Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Children's Hospital Boston

Jan 2008 to 2000
Research associate
City of Hope Graduate School of Biological Sciences

Jan 2002 to Jan 2008
Graduate researcher

City of Hope Graduate School of Biological Sciences
Duarte, CA
Jun 2008
Ph.D. in Developmental Neurobiology
University of Science and Technology of China
Jun 2002
B.S. in Biology

Cell biology: bacterial cell culture, mammalian cell culture (cell line and primary neuron), cell-based assays (transfection, reporter assays, pharmacological assays), immunocytochemistry Microscopy: light microscopy, fluorescent microscopy, confocal microscopy, 2-photon microscopy, image analysis (imageJ, ImagePro, NeuroMath) Molecular biology: DNA and RNA extraction, PCR, RT-PCR, cloning and subcloning, plasmid construction, southern blot Biochemistry: protein assays, co-immunoprecipitation, SDS-PAGE, western blot, protein purification Histology and histopathology: RNA in situ hybridization, whole mount immunohistochemistry, section immunohistochemistry (paraffin section, vibratome section, cryo-section) Animal-related techniques: mouse surgery, in utero electroporation, intraperitoneal and subcutaneous injection, mouse behavior testing, colony management

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Sep 2013 to 2000
Staff Scientist
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Nov 2008 to 2000
Research fellow
City of Hope Graduate School of Biological Sciences

Sep 2002 to Jun 2008
Graduate research assistant

City of Hope Graduate School of Biological Sciences
Duarte, CA
Jun 2008
Ph.D. in Developmental Neurobiology
University of Science and Technology of China
Hefei, CN
Jun 2002
B.S. in Biology

Molecular biology: DNA and RNA extraction, PCR, RT-PCR, q-PCR, cloning and subcloning, plasmid construction, southern blot Cell biology: bacterial cell culture, mammalian cell culture (cell line and primary), cell-based assays (transfection, reporter assays, pharmacological assays), immunocytochemistry Microscopy: light microscopy, live cell imaging, fluorescent microscopy (Olympus, Nikon), confocal microscopy, 2-photon microscopy (Zeiss), image analysis Histology and histopathology: RNA in situ hybridization, whole mount immunohistochemistry, section immunohistochemistry (paraffin section, vibratome section, cryo-section) Biochemistry: protein assays, co-immunoprecipitation, SDS-PAGE, immunoblotting (Western blot, Southern blot), protein purification Animal-related techniques: mouse surgery, tissue collection, microdissection, in utero electroporation, intraperitoneal and subcutaneous injection, mouse behavior testing, colony management Data analysis and interpretation: MS Office, GraphicPad Prism, ImageJ, ImagePro, Nikon element, NeuroMath