Yu Yuan Tew

Final Year Biological Science with Second Major in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology Undergraduate | NTU ASEAN Scholar

Singapore, Singapore

About

Experience

  • Undergraduate Researcher at Nanyang Technological University Singapore
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    Final Year Project Title: Development of Bispecific Antibody-Drug Conjugate for Dual Targeting of EGFR and HER3

  • Medical Technologist Intern (Genomics) at Labcorp
    Jan 2025 - May 2025 · 5 mos

  • Undergraduate Researcher at Nanyang Technological University Singapore
    Aug 2023 - Jun 2024 · 11 mos

    URECA Project Title: Development of New Programmable RNA Editing Tools Supervised by Assoc. Prof Tan Meng How and Mr. Chee Jiunn En, aiming to discover a better version of adenosine deaminase acting on RNA (ADAR) from different animals to enhance the RNA editing capabilities using a variant system of RNA editing for programmable A to I replacement version 2 (REPAIRv2). The editing action on catenin beta 1 (CTNNB1) gene is achieved by targeted deamination of adenosine of mRNA responsible for specific position of amino acids.

  • Private Tutor at Self-employed
    Feb 2022 - Dec 2022 · 11 mos

    Tutored more than 40 juniors from my previous high school in the subjects Biology and Chemistry for Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) before entering university until the end of 2022. Provided key tips for scoring well in exam, emphasizing deep comprehension on critical concepts rather than memorizing.