CV

CURRICULUM VITAE

STACY HUNG

stacy.hung@utoronto.ca

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy
2007-present, University of Toronto
Discipline: Molecular Genetics / Bioinformatics
Supervisor:  John Parkinson
Description:  Metabolic network analysis of apicomplexan parasites

Honours Bachelor of Science
2002-2007, University of Waterloo
Discipline: Biology and Bioinformatics
Conferred with Distinction

PUBLICATIONS

Raja, F., Hung, S., On, T., Wasmuth, J., and Parkinson, J.  “Flux Balance Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum: Insights into a parasite’s metabolism.” Genome Biology.  In Review.

Hung, S. and Parkinson, J. (2011) “Post-genomics Resources and Tools for Studying Apicomplexan Metabolism.” Trends In Parasitology 27(3):131-40.

Hung, S., Wasmuth, J., Sanford, C., and Parkinson, J.  (2010) “DETECT-–a Density Estimation Tool for Enzyme ClassificaTion and its application to Plasmodium falciparum.” Bioinformatics 26, 1690-1698.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Reconstructing the metabolic network: A probabilistic approach to improve enzyme prediction. (2008) Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference, Colorado.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Hung, S., Grigg, M.E., Parkinson, J.  Targeting de novo pantothenate biosynthesis for drug development against toxoplasmosis, 11th International Congress on Toxoplasmosis, Ottawa, Canada (2011).

Hung, S., Wasmuth, J., Parkinson, J.  Resources and tools for studying apicomplexan metabolism, Molecular Parasitology Meeting, Woods Hole, Massachusetts (2010).

Hung, S., Wasmuth, J., Parkinson, J.  Reconstructing the metabolic network: A probabilistic approach to improve enzyme prediction, Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference, Colorado (2008).

Hung, S., On, T., Parkinson, J.  “Metabolic network analysis of apicomplexan parasites and gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum to find novel drug targets”, Canadian Biomedical Computing Student Conference, Toronto (2008).

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

Bader, G., Hui, S., Hung, S., Dharsee, M., Ivan, I., Reva, B., Tonikian, R, Zhang, Y., Sander, C., Boone, C., Sidhu, S.  “Predicting protein-protein interactions from the genome,”  The Biology of Modular Protein Domains, Seefeld, Austria (2007).

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Bioinformatics Research (Apr. 2007 – Aug. 2007)
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

  • Assessed predictive capacity of protein-protein interaction prediction tool, BRAIN
  • Compiled comprehensive list of WW domains in human
  • Mapped genes from novel fly pathway to human, mouse, worm, and zebrafish
  • Developed interaction networks using Cytoscape

Bioinformatics Software Developer (May 2006 – Aug. 2006)
Sanofi Pasteur, Toronto, Ontario

  • Developed visualization tools for creating custom report images, performing pairwise analysis of genome sequences, plotting GC skew, and displaying protein features based on structural, domain, and sequence annotation information
  • Assessed user needs to design, implement, test, and deploy Antigen Report Creator (ARC) software that couples Java user interface to VBA-directed generation of standardized reports in Word and PowerPoint
  • Constructed schema and MySQL database to house antigen-specific information

Bioinformatics Research (Jan. 2005 – Apr. 2005 and Sept. 2005 – Dec. 2005)
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

  • Implemented novel visualization tools in Java for interpreting and analysing gene expression data
  • Introduced and undertook the design, documentation, and implementation of a Java software interface for visualizing hierarchical pathology data
  • Replicated computational component of experiment requiring the development of comparative approaches in Java, R, and SQL to identify putative dioxin response elements in human, mouse, and rat genomic sequences
  • Handled SQL queries for modifications and maintenance to Oracle database
  • Performed DNA gels for primer detection and restriction enzyme verification experiments

Research Assistant (May 2004 – Aug. 2004)
Aventis Pasteur, Toronto, Ontario

  • Developed an MS Access database to house organism-specific information on patent and genomic annotation sequences
  • Wrote Visual Basic macros in MS Excel and shell scripts in UNIX to solve biological problems with protein and DNA sequences
  • Conducted customer inquiries by utilizing BLAST and information from an MS Access database

Water Quality Analyst (Sept. 2003 – Dec. 2003)
Grand River Conservation Authority, Cambridge, Ontario

  • Compiled and organized water quality data utilizing MS Access and Excel to prepare Grand River Simulation Model input files
  • Analysed and interpreted water quality data by employing specialty software to evaluate simulation model outputs

AWARDS

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2011)
Hospital for Sick Children Research Training Competition Scholarship (2010)
Best Poster, University of Toronto, Collaborative Program in Genome Biology and Bioinformatics annual retreat (2010)
Graduation with Distinction, University of Waterloo (2007)
Imperial Oil Higher Education Award (2002- 2007)

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Let’s Talk Science outreach program (2009-present)
Instructor, Toronto MaRS Discovery Team, International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM) (2008-present)
Saturday Morning tutoring program (2008-present)
SciHigh outreach program (2007-present)
TA for Human Genetics (2008)
Swimmer for top female relay team, University of Toronto Triathlon (2008)