Ping Jing Toong

MB/PhD Student @University of Cambridge | Department of Genomics Medicine

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

About

MB/PhD Student at University of Cambridge, Department of Genomics Medicine I am a medical student at Gonville and Caius College. I completed my Bachelor of Arts with the Department of Pathology in Cancer and Genetic Disease. Having completed 3 years of preclinical medicine and 1 year of clinical medicine, I am now intercalating a PhD in Genomics Medicine (Nik-Zainal Lab). My PhD focuses on mutational signatures in cancer, WGS and genomics, DNA repair pathway deficiencies, and identifying new biomarkers for clinical applications. I am funded by the Cambridge Trust Scholarship, Rosetrees Trust, and the School of Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Experience

  • PhD Graduate Student at University of Cambridge
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    PhD student in the Department of Genomics Medicine working on somatic mutations in cancer, aetiology and clinical applications of mutational signatures.

  • Part II Research Student at Early Cancer Institute, University of Cambridge
    Oct 2023 - Apr 2024 · 7 mos

    Research Student at Dev Lab in Early Cancer Institute Investigated molecular activity of combination therapy (AR and PARP inhibitor) on prostate cancer Examined transcriptome-wide analysis of treatment effects across cell cycles and DNA damage response Conducted viability assay, FACS, cell culture of LNCaP prostate cancer cell line, qPCR, RNA-seq

  • Singapore Medical Society of the United Kingdom (SMSUK) at Singapore Medical Society of the United Kingdom (SMSUK)
    Mar 2022 - Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Advisory Committee Vice President (Events) Organized multiple conferences, career talks, social events, dinners. Created grassroots events. Led events committee and was part of steering committee Events Officer

  • Clinic Assistant at The Clinic Group
    Jun 2022 - Sep 2022 · 4 mos

    Registered patients, dispensed medication, claimed insurances, filed PO and deliveries Worked as clinic assistant helping with medical checkups and general consultations

  • Research Intern at A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Jul 2021 - Oct 2021 · 4 mos

    Research student at the Bioinformatics Institute ASTAR Programmed with Python to identify conserved euchromatic and heterochromatic regions Conducted 3D reconstructions of nuclear architecture of COVID-19 and control patients with SEP and VMD, working with Hi-C data Published on anosmia in olfactory sensory neurons infected with SARS-CoV2 virus