Young Scientists’ Symposium 2025

13 Mar 2025



  • Poster Merit Award Winners - Phang Yong Hui Josiea (front row, second from left), Tan Wei Jun Ryan (backmost), and Chan Sok Yee Belicia (rightmost)
  • Lightning Talk Merit Award winner - Chan Sok Yee Belicia (leftmost)
  • Oral presentation Distinction Award winner - Peddibhotla Lalitha Anjali
  • SAS teams and their supervisors

Nineteen teams from the School of Applied Science (SAS) showcased their Final Year Project (FYP) and Internship work at the Young Scientists’ Symposium 2025, presenting to peers from other Polytechnics as well as researchers from local universities. The event featured a total of 60 posters and five oral presentations contributed by the five Polytechnics.

The Young Scientists’ Symposium 2025 was organised by the Singapore Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SSBMB), with strong support from Science Centre Singapore and the Department of Biochemistry, NUS. 

Congratulations to all the award winners!

  Project title Student name    RP Supervisor/LO  External Supervisor
Oral presentation Distinction
Award
 
Developing an Accessible Diagnostic Platform Using a Nanomaterials Approach 
Peddibhotla Lalitha Anjali 
(Diploma in Biomedical Science)
 

Janaki Shah
Institute of Digital Molecular Analytics and Science (IDMxS) 
 
Joseph B. Degrandchamp 
 
Poster Merit Award Characterizing iRPE from Stargardt Patient iPSCs and Optimizing AAV Transduction 
Tan Wei Jun Ryan 
(Diploma in Biomedical Science)
 
Ma Zhen
IMCB
 
Animesh Banerjee
Su Xinyi
Investigating the Role of Placenta in the Maternal-Fetal Transmission of Mental Health Risk 
Phang Yong Hui Josiea
(Diploma in Biomedical Science)
 
Tan Shixiong 
A*STAR Institute for Human Development and Potential 
 
Yong Ee Juen Hannah 
 
Investigating the Antimicrobial Activity of Andrographis paniculata (AP) (Burm. f.) Nees 
Chan Sok Yee Belicia 

(Diploma in Biomedical Science)

(Additional lightning talk Merit Award)
Tan Yong Hua 
SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Biodiversity Medicine 
 
Hong Jing Han, 
Tan Mien Lin