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PhD biomedical scientist with 12 years experience in literature search, experimental design and scientific writing

Profile Summary

I am a PhD biomedical scientist with 12 years research experience in both academia and biotech industry. Currently I am working my own biotech business idea at the start-up accelerator Entrepreneur First, and also doing some consulting projects for Biotech Connection Singapore. My strongest expertise is in literature research, due diligence, scientific consulting and science writing/editing Key achievements: - 10 publications (including 3 first-author publications) in peer-reviewed journals - Wrote research proposal that was awarded the NSF fellowship (126,000 USD) - Gave >15 oral/poster presentations at international conferences and university seminars Key experience: - Research experience in the fields of neuroscience, stem cells, molecular biology and developmental biology - Performed due diligence, market analysis and technical evaluation for biotech startups - Wrote and edited science articles for the general public

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Biology/Life Sciences
• ★ Research
• ☆ Developmental Biology
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Cancer Research
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Newswriting

Research Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Work Experience

Founder in residence

Entrepreneur First

January 2020 - Present

Consulting Lead

Biotech Connection Singapore

December 2019 - Present

Research Fellow

Nanyang Technological University

October 2018 - October 2019

Postdoctoral Fellow

Boston Children's Hospital

September 2017 - June 2018

Intern - Neuroimmunology

Biogen

June 2017 - August 2017

Graduate Researcher

Boston Children's Hospital

October 2011 - May 2017

Business Development Intern

Raqia (Harvard Biotech Incubator)

January 2016 - July 2016

Editing Board/Writer/Lecturer

Science in the News

October 2012 - January 2014

Research Specialist

Cellular Dynamics International

June 2009 - June 2011

Associate Research Specialist

University of Wisconsin - Madison

September 2007 - May 2009

Education

PhD - Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Harvard University

August 2011 - May 2017

Bachelor of Science - Genetics, Bacteriology

University of Wisconsin - Madison

September 2003 - May 2007

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2019). A concerted metabolic shift in early forebrain alters the CSF proteome and depends on MYC downregulation for mitochondrial maturation . Development.

(2018). Mice Expressing Myc in Neural Precursors Develop Choroid Plexus and Ciliary Body Tumors . The American Journal of Pathology.

(2018). Downregulation of ribosome biogenesis during early forebrain development . eLife.

(2016). Transcriptomic Characterization of SF3B1 Mutation Reveals Its Pleiotropic Effects in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia . Cancer Cell.

(2015). Progressive Differentiation and Instructive Capacities of Amniotic Fluid and Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteomes following Neural Tube Closure . Developmental Cell.

(2015). Spatially Heterogeneous Choroid Plexus Transcriptomes Encode Positional Identity and Contribute to Regional CSF Production . Journal of Neuroscience.

(2014). Cell cycle-linked MeCP2 phosphorylation modulates adult neurogenesis involving the Notch signalling pathway . Nature Communications.

(2013). Feasting in fresh water: impacts of food concentration on freshwater tolerance and the evolution of food × salinity response during the expansion from saline into fresh water habitats . Evolutionary Applications.

(2011). Loss of activity-induced phosphorylation of MeCP2 enhances synaptogenesis, LTP and spatial memory . Nature Neuroscience.

(2011). Efficient Feeder-Free Episomal Reprogramming with Small Molecules . PLoS ONE.