Rong Chen

Research Interests

In my PhD, I have been focusing on understanding the following questions: 1. Phase transition of fully-hydrated lipid bilayers. 2. Self-assembly of antimicrobial peptides such as cyclotides into membranes.

In addition to membrane-protein biophysics, I am also interested in understanding medicinal research such as clinical trials from statistical perspective. I am very intersted in statistical modeling.

I will be finishing my PhD in 2011. I am looking for a statistical position in a public health or a clinical research context. Ultimately I want to teach Biostatistics and write textbooks for the next-generation.

Education

Master of Medicine (Biostatistics) Xi'an Jiaotong University [1], China (Sep 2004 to Jul 2007)

Bachelor of Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Xi'an Jiaotong University [2], China (Sep 1999 to Jul 2004)

Statistcal Skills

I have good knowledge in the following statistical methods.

1. Sample size estimation and power analysis by using available equations as well as modeling approaches.

2. Randomization/sampling techniques.

3. General/generalized linear model for uncorrelated data.

4. General/generalized linear mixed model for correlated such as longitudinal data.

5. Bayesian modeling.

6. Missing data imputation techniques.

Computer Skills

1. SAS9 for comprehensive statistical analysis. I am a certified advanced programmer for SAS9Verify.

2. Matlab and Tcl for scientific computing. Matlab is a very handy tool for statistical modeling. I have been using Tcl extensively together with VMD for constructing molecular systems and analysing data trajectories in my PhD peojects.

3. SQL and Visual Basic for database design. I attended a Database Theory course in 2005 and spent quite a lot of time using SQL and VB 6.0 to sucessfully design and implement a Simplified Library Database Management Sysgem.

Publications

1. Chen, R., Yan, H., Zhao, K.-N., Martinac, B., and Liu, G.B. (2007) Comprehensive analysis of prokaryotic mechanosensation genes: their characteristics in codon usage. DNA Sequence, 18(4):269-78.

2. Liu, G.B., Yan, H., Jiang, Y.F., Chen, R., Pettigrew J.D. and Zhao K.-N. (2005) The Properties of CpG islands in the Promoter Regions of Human and Mouse Immunoglobulin (Ig) Genes. Gene, 358: 127-138

Contact Details

Mr. Rong Chen

Molecular Biosciences Building (#76)

School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences

The University of Queensland

Qld 4072, Australia

Email: r.chen@uq.edu.au