Welcome to Shaoyu Li's Homepage : Curriculum Vitae
 
 
  --Contact Information--

 

   
A401 Wells Hall
Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University
  East Lansing, Michigan, 48824
  Email: lishaoyu AT stt dot msu dot edu
  Phone: (517) 285-5081
 
 
  --Reseach Interests--
 
  -Statistical genetics, gene-gene interaction, genomewide association study, genomewide rare variants detection
  -Statistical genomics, eQTL mapping, microarray data analysis, systems biology, gene set enrichment analysis, genetic network inference
  -Bayesian statistical method and its application in gene expression data analysis
   
  --Education--
   
-Dual major PhD candidate in Statistics and Quantitative Biology, Michigan State University, expected in 2011
  -Master, Department of Mathematics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. 2003-2006
  -B.S., Department of Mathematics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. 1999-2003
   
  --University experience--
   
-Fall 2010 Teaching Assistant, Recitation Instructor of STT 200
-Summer 2010 Independent Instructor of STT 200
-Spring 2010 Research Assistant
  -Fall 2009 Teaching Assistant, Recitation Instructor of MTH 112
  -Summer 2009 Research Assistant
  -Spring 2009 Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant
  -Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Spring 2008 Research Assistant
  -Fall 2007,Summer 2007, Spring 2007 Teaching Asssitant, Recitation Instructor of STT 200
  -Spring 2007, Teaching Assistant, Recitation Instructor of STT 201
  -Fall 2006, Teaching Assistant, Recitation Instructor of STT 315
   
  --Publications and working papers--
   
Invited Book Chapters
  1. Cui, Y.H., G.X. Li, S.Y. Li and R.L. Wu. (2010) Designs for Linkage Analysis and Association Studies of Complex Diseases. In: Statistical Methods in Molecular Biology (Eds.: H. Bang, X.K. Zhou, H.L. Van Epps and M. Mazumdar) Humana Press.
   
Peer-referred journal Articles
2. Li, S.Y., B. Williams and Y.H. Cui (2011) A combined p-value approach to infer pathway regulations in eQTL mapping. Statistics and Its Interface (in press)
  3. Li, S.Y., Q. Lu and Y.H. Cui. (2010) A systems biology approach for identifying novel pathway regulators in an eQTL mapping study. Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics 20(2): 373¨C400.
  4. Li, S.Y., Q. Lu, W. Fu, R. Romero and Y.H. Cui. (2009) A regularized regression approach for dissecting genetic conflicts that increase disease risk in pregnancy. Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology. Vol. 8 : Iss. 1, Article 45.
  5. Cui, Y.H., S.Y. Li, and G.X. Li, (2008) Functional Mapping Imprinted Quantitative Trait Loci Underlying Developmental Characteristics. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling 5:6.
  6. Li, S.Y., C.H. Liu, (2006) Empirical Bayesian Estimator for the parameter of the linear exponential model. Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology 34: 3 (English Abstract)
   
Working papers
  7. Li, S.Y. and Y.H Cui, Gene-centric gene-gene interactions: a model-based kernel machine method. (submitted)
8. Li, S.Y. and Y.H. Cui, A gene-centric approach for detecting gene-gene interactions in case-control studies. (in progress)
  9. Li, S.Y. and Y.H. Cui. Comparison of statistical methods for genome-wide rare variants detection.(in progress)
  10. Li, S.Y. and Y.H. Cui. A gene-centric epistasis analysis identified novel gene-gene interactions associated with responses to small-molecule drugs in yeast. (in progress)
   
  --Conference experience--
   
-(Poster) Systems Biology Symposium, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Oct. 2010
  -(Poster) "A kernel machine method for gene-centric gene-gene interaction", Quantitative Biology Initiative graduate student poster session, East Lansing, MI, August 2010
-(Invited speaker) "Kernel machine methods in eQTL mapping", ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium, Indianapolis, IN, June 2010
-(Contributed speaker) "Enriching our knowledge in gene regulation via eQTL mapping: a combined p-value approach", ENAR Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2010
-(Poster) "A systems biology approach for identifying novel pathway regulators in eQTL mapping", Quantitative Biology Initiative Symposium, East Lansing, MI, August 2009
  -(Committee selected student talk) "A systems biology approach for identifying novel pathway regulators in eQTL mapping", Growth Factor and Signal Transduction Symposium (on Systems Biology:  Integrative, Comparative, and Multi-scale Modeling), Iowa State University, June 2009
  -(Contributed speaker) "A regularized regression approach for dissecting genetic conflicts that increase disease risk in pregnancy", ENAR Spring Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 2009
-3rd Midwest Statistics Research Colloquium, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, March 26-27, 2010
  -Midwest Conference on Mathematical Methods for Images and Surfaces, East Lansing, MI, April 18-19, 2009
  -Midwest Conference on System Biology, East Lansing, MI, Oct. 27-Oct. 28, 2007
 
  --Academic awards--
   
  -Summer Research Fellowship, The college of Natural Science, Michigan State University (May-August, 2010)
  -Graduate Student travel Award, Michigan State University (March, 2010)
  -Travel grant, Growth Factor and Signal Transduction Symposium (on Systems Biology:  Integrative, Comparative, and Multi-scale Modeling), Iowa State University (June, 2009)
  -Travel Award (Stapleton Fund), Michigan State University (March, 2009)
  -Graduate Research Fellowship award, Quantitative Biology Initiative, Michigan State University (2008-2009)
  -QB Recruiting Cash Award, Quantitative Biology Initiative, Michigan State University (2008)
  -Summer Research Fellowship, The College of Natural Science, Michigan State University (May-August, 2008)
  -Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarships, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (2003-2006)
  -Scholarships for Academic Excellence, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (2000-2003)
 
      --Professional Membership--
     
      -East Northern American Region/International Biometric Society (2010-)
    -American Statistical Association (2010-)
      -International Chinese Statistical Association (2010-)
    -Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2008-)
     
      --computer skills--
       
    -Statistical software: R/S-Plus, SAS SPSS and Mintab
      -Data and file rocessing: Excel, Perl and Latex
      -Operation System: Unix and Windows
      -Language: C and Fortran