ABOUT ME

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4344-6822

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DESIGNATION

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Nov 2016-present           The Singapore Immunology Network, A*STAR, Singapore

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Sep 2017-Sep 2018        SPRING T-Up secondment to ACM Biolabs

 

Jun 2017-Jun 2018          NUS Pharmacy Final Year Project Co-Supervisor                              

 

 

 

POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING

 

 

May 2015-Nov 2016      The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)-Grenoble

                                          Advisor: Imre Berger

                                          Collaborators: Guy Schoehn (Institut de Biologie Structurale, IBS) and Lukáš Maršálek (Eyen SE)

                                                       

 

May 2013-Apr 2015      University of Pennsylvania and Perelman School of Medicine

                                         Title:  Application of the Entropy Meter in New Protein Systems and Protein Dynamic Evolution of RnaseH

                                         Advisor: Joshua A. Wand

                                         Collaborator: Susan Marqusee (University of California, Berkeley)

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Aug 2012-Apr 2013       Nanyang Technological University of Singapore

                                         Title: NMR and X-ray Studies of ATPases, ATP synthases and Malaria Proteins

                                         Advisor: Gerhard Gruber

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

 

2007-Feb 2012             National University of Singapore                                            Ph.D.

                                        Medicinal Chemistry Program

                                        Advisor: Yang Daiwen

                                        Collaborators: Christoph Winkler (NUS), Kunchithapadam Swaminathan (NUS) and Liang Zhao-Xun (NTU)

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2003-Jun 2007             National University of Singapore                                            B.Sc.                              

                                       Applied Chemistry Program (Drug Option)

                                       Advisor: Stephan Jaenicke

 

 

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

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2019                            Best Mentor in A*STAR Research Attachment Programme

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2018                            Singapore Biodesign Finalist (Formerly Singapore-Stanford Biodesign)

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2017                            SPRING T-Up Secondment Recipient

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2016                            Latin America Science & Innovation Fund (through the British Council) Recipient

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2013                            A*STAR International Fellowship

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2012                           EMBL-Interdisciplinary PostDoc (Marie Curie Actions) Fellowship Finalist

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2007                           National University of Singapore Research Scholarship

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2003                           Starr Foundation Scholarship

 

 

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PATENT

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2020                          High yield production and use of enzymatic-exchangeable peptide MHC-I I single chain trimer tetramer.

Patent No. WO/2020/226570.

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PUBLIC OUTREACH

 

 

2015                          The "Marching Gaggle" photo was selected for the EMBL calender 2016 to support the Syrian refugees (click)

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2008-2010                Lead Student Coordinator, BASF Kids' Lab, Singapore

 

2009-2010                SCIENTIA Project Mentor, National University of Singapore High School

 

2006                          Intern, Merck & Co., Singapore

 

2002-2007               Volunteer, Riding for the Disabled Association, Singapore