pei xiang hor

Senior Research Officer

Singapore

About

I have a strong interest in biology especially in the field of virology, immunology and infectious disease. During my undergraduate studies, I have experience in working in research and diagnostic labs. I have worked on studies on the replication of norovirus and also done many mammalian virus diagnostic test. I had perform and succeeded in isolation of several virus isolation using cell culture and embryonated eggs.

Experience

  • A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs - ID Labs (5 yrs 4 mos)
    • Senior Research Officer
      Apr 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

    • Research Officer
      Apr 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

      - handle administrative duties such as procurement, good receiving using SAP. - safety representative, handling inventories, risk assessments. - work on Malaria (i.e. plasmodium berghei, plasmodium falciparum) and coronavirus (i.e. SARS-Cov2) - perform immunisation and infection experiments on mice. - perform in-vivo and ex-vivo imaging of mice using IVIS spectrum. - perform blood and organ sample processing on mice - perform human blood sample processing - perform serological assays for surveillance of COVID-19 using flow cytometry (i.e. BD LSRII, Cytoflex LX) - perform immunophenotyping of mice using flow cytometry (i.e. BD fortessa)

  • Research Officer at Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), A*STAR
    Aug 2018 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    • Handle administrative duties such as procurement, inventory (e.g. Chemicals, Samples), lab maintenance • Assist various research fellows with their project • Perform molecular laboratory techniques (e.g. Zymolyase DNA extraction, convention/ real time PCR, gel electrophoresis, ELISA, yeast/blood cultures) for different projects • Perform husbandry of the laboratory mice colonies to ensure constant mice stock for the lab • Able to operate Tecan Evo robotics to perform serial dilutions, qPCR and spotting assays for yeast (e.g. C. albicans) • Analysis of Next Generation Sequences using Lasergene SegMan Pro, NBCI Blast • Analysis of data (e.g. qPCR, spotting assays) and plotting of graph using R and prism

  • Intern at Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore
    Jan 2018 - Jun 2018 · 6 mos

    - Handle with mammalian viruses such as BTV, Hep E, CIV, EIV, SIV - Perform sample processing (e.g. organs and swabs) in preparation for virus detection - Perform virus isolation using cell cultures and embryonated eggs (AC, IV and CAM route) for further sequencing and to be used as positive controls - Perform daily cell culture maintenance - Perform molecular laboratory techniques (e.g. extraction, convention/ real time PCR, gel electrophoresis, ELISA) for diagnostic testing - Analysis of Next Generation Sequences using NBCI Blast, Bioedit, Cluster Omega - Develop SOP for experiments conducted for diagnostic testing

  • Temporary Administrative Assistant at Teknor Apex Asia Pacific
    Dec 2013 - Jun 2014 · 7 mos

    My responsibilities include filing and data entry. Issuing orders made my customers from either local or overseas.