Jessica X.

Singapore, Science & Policy | Asst Head @ NRF, Human Health & Potential (HHP)

Singapore

About

Experience

  • Assistant Head, Human Health and Potential at National Research Foundation Singapore
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Shaping Singapore’s national strategies for human health and potential.

  • Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) (Singapore)
    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      Jan 2023 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Investigating selective vulnerability in a human midbrain organoid model of Parkinson’s disease using single-cell and spatial transcriptomic technologies.

    • PhD Student
      Jan 2019 - Dec 2022 · 4 yrs

      Thesis title: Modeling Parkinson’s disease using human pluripotent stem cell-derived midbrain-like organoids. Advisor: Prof Ng Huck Hui

  • Graduate Student, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology (DSCB) Program at University of California, San Francisco
    Sep 2016 - Aug 2018 · 2 yrs

    Investigating resistance to Alzheimer’s Disease using human iPSC-derived neurons. PI: Prof Yadong Huang. MSc awarded in 2018.

  • Intern at A*ccelerate
    Jul 2016 - Sep 2016 · 3 mos

  • Research Officer at Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR Singapore
    Jul 2015 - Jun 2016 · 1 yr

    Morphogen tagging and transport. PI: Dr Lim Xinhong