Analysed and optimised current lab protocols to improve the efficiency of high
throughput screening of field samples
• Developed standard operation procedures to ensure safe operation of lab
instruments
• Liaising with product suppliers to purchase assets and consumables for
laboratory use
• Successfully executed arbovirus vector surveillance through high throughput
screening of over 23,000 mosquito field samples using real time RT-qPCR
• Successfully identified more than 20,000 field caught mosquitoes up to species
level through morphological means
• Performed nucleic acid (DNA/RNA) purification, extraction, and sequencing of
over 100 field samples
• Planned and implemented field work operations and logistics to facilitate the
collection of field samples
• Volunteered to support the quality control and field surveillance of Project
Wolbachia, a nation-wide dengue prevention initiative, through screening over
2000 samples of production and field samples using RT-qPCR
• Collaborated with the Vector Borne Diseases Control Department to plan and
automate mosquito screening protocols for Wolbachia quality control

Research Highlights 2016 – 2021
• Successfully cloned over 10 recombinant genes using PCR techniques
• Developed and executed protocols to produce over 10 novel recombinant
proteins using HPLC AKTA systems (affinity, ion-exchange, gel-filtration)
• Successfully designed and performed transfection of recombinant genes into
insect cell lines for protein expression
• Successfully expressed and purified over 10 recombinant proteins using
bacterial and baculovirus insect cell culture systems
• Investigated novel protein-ligand binding kinetics using ligand binding assays
such as Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC) and Microscale Thermophoresis
(MST) methods
• Improved productivity and scalability of 5 low yield proteins through protein
sequence design
• Resolved and analysed 3 novel molecular structure of recombinant proteins
through X-ray crystallography
• Screened more than 1200 chemical compounds as potential drug candidates
to inhibit protein function in vitro
Graduate Researcher 2016 – 2021
• Collaborated with graduate researchers from molecular biology and
biochemistry laboratories to co-author two peer-reviewed research articles.
Both articles have been published under PLOS Biology and Journal of
Biological Chemistry.
• Guided 2 penultimate year students with their thesis writing, both of whom
scored an “A” grade.
• Distilled key insights from journals and research data for monthly presentations
to Principal Investigators, Postdoctoral Fellows, and graduate researchers
• Analysed scientific literature on fungal infection, cell adhesion and DNA repair
to guide research direction and generate new hypothesis