Saiji Uehara

A*STAR PhD Candidate | CD8+ T Cells | SINGA & AMA Awards | Imperial College London BSc–1st Class Hons & Dean’s List Prize

Singapore

About

I aspire to make key biomedical discoveries and translate them into novel therapeutic, prophylactic and biomarker developments, ultimately contributing to advancing human health and well-being.

Experience

  • PHD Student at A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs - ID Labs
    Aug 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

    • Focus: ▪︎ CD8+ T cells ▪︎ Metabolism and mitochondria ▪︎ Epigenetics ▪︎ Vaccine adjuncts ▪︎ Host-directed therapy ▪︎ Flow cytometry ▪︎ Mouse models ▪︎ Sequencing • Supervisor: Dr Amit Singhal (Bacterial Immunopathology Lab)

  • Undergraduate Researcher at Imperial College London
    Mar 2024 - Jun 2024 · 4 mos

    Supervised by Dr Matthew Child Human immune recognition of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii

  • Undergraduate Researcher at Imperial College London
    Jun 2023 - Sep 2023 · 4 mos

    Supervised by Prof Teresa Thurston Investigated the interplay between innate immunity and Burkholderia thailandensis—a Gram-negative bacteria used as a surrogate for B. pseudomallei that causes melioidosis in humans

  • Clinical Research Associate (CRA) Intern at Linical
    Sep 2022 - Sep 2022 · 1 mo

    ● Trained to evaluate clinical trial procedures and perform source data verification ● Effectively collaborated in a team and conducted root cause analysis to tackle the low patient recruitment rate in a Japanese university hospital ● Delivered a proposal presentation to the division manager