Resume / CV

Profile

Final year PhD candidate at Nanyang Technological University, with a focus on neuroscience and computational biology. Interdisciplinary researcher with experience in biochemistry, molecular biology, and neuroimaging. Personal interest in scientific communication and in mentoring future scientists.

Education

PhD, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore (Jan 2021–current)

  • Interdisciplinary Graduate Programme in Neuroscience
  • Expected graduation: Mid 2025 (awaiting thesis defence in July 2025).

Bachelor of Science, National University of Singapore (NUS) (Aug 2016–Apr 2020)

  • Bachelor of Science (Honours with Distinction) with Major in Life Sciences and Specialisation in Biomedical Sciences.

Publications

PhD Project (Jan 2021–current)

Oh, S. L., Zhou, M., Chin, E. W. M., Amarnath, G., Cheah, C. H., Ng, K. P., Kandiah, N., Goh, E. L. K., & Chiam, K.-H. (2022). Alzheimer’s Disease Blood Biomarkers Associated With Neuroinflammation as Therapeutic Targets for Early Personalized Intervention. Frontiers in Digital Health, 4, 875895. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2022.875895
Oh, S. L.*, Chen, C.-M.*, Wu, Y.-R.*, Valdes Hernandez, M., Tsai, C.-C., Cheng, J.-S., Chen, Y.-L., Wu, Y.-M., Lin, Y.-C., & Wang, J.-J. (2021). Fixel-Based Analysis Effectively Identifies White Matter Tract Degeneration in Huntington’s Disease. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.711651 (*Shared first authorship)
Oh, S. L.*, Cheng, L. Y.*, J Zhou, J. F., Henke, W., & Hagen, T. (2020). Galactose 1-phosphate accumulates to high levels in galactose-treated cells due to low GALT activity and absence of product inhibition of GALK. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 43(3), 529–539. https://doi.org/10.1002/jimd.12198 (*Shared first authorship)

Skills

  • R: Conducted bioinformatics analyses of data from bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing, single-cell ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, and statistical analyses using R packages and pipelines.
  • Python: Analysed single-cell RNA sequencing data and conducted in silico gene perturbation using CellOracle library in Python.
  • Command line tools: Familiarity with Unix command line tools for data pre-processing and analysis.
  • Spoken and written languages: Native or bilingual proficiency in English and Mandarin (spoken and written) and limited working proficiency in French.