{"id":6229,"date":"2024-10-10T17:41:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T09:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/?page_id=6229"},"modified":"2026-07-02T17:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T09:18:13","slug":"vsorrent-our-people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/the-sorrentino-laboratory\/vsorrent-our-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Our People"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6229\" class=\"elementor elementor-6229\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d2e511 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d2e511\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbb3cb1\" data-id=\"fbb3cb1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a9cc4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0a9cc4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1983\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/06\/possible-cover-image-for-my-lab-page.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9196\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/06\/possible-cover-image-for-my-lab-page.png 1983w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/06\/possible-cover-image-for-my-lab-page-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/06\/possible-cover-image-for-my-lab-page-1024x409.png 1024w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/06\/possible-cover-image-for-my-lab-page-768x307.png 768w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/06\/possible-cover-image-for-my-lab-page-1536x614.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1983px) 100vw, 1983px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf539d8 elementor-nav-menu--stretch elementor-nav-menu__align-justify elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet elementor-nav-menu__text-align-aside elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"cf539d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;full_width&quot;:&quot;stretch&quot;,&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;fas fa-caret-down\\&quot; 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font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Vincenzo Sorrentino<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Assistant Professor,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-SG\" lang=\"EN-SG\"> Department of Biochemistry\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1185413721\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{218}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-SG\" lang=\"EN-SG\">Healthy Longevity\u202fTranslational\u202fResearch Program\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"893122229\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{224}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-SG\" lang=\"EN-SG\">Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-SG\" lang=\"EN-SG\">National University of Singapore<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vincenzo-sorrentino-b723091b\/\">Vincenzo Sorrentino<\/a> is an Italian-born scientist in the fields of aging, mitochondrial biology and neuromuscular degeneration. After his PhD with honors obtained<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\"> <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">at the University of Amsterdam in medical biochemistry, he carried his postdoctoral research in Prof. Johan Auwerx\u2019s lab at the EPFL in Switzerland. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\">From 2019 till 2022, he took a role as Group Leader at the Nestl\u00e9 Institute of Health Sciences in Switzerland, to lead research focused on integrating basic discoveries on natural bioactives that modulate NAD<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\">+<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\">, mitochondria and protein homeostasis with their possible translation into clinical applications. Currently, he is Assistant Professor and launched his research lab at the NUS with the Healthy Longevity Translational Research Program, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">His work on mitochondria and NAD<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">+<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\"> metabolism in Alzheimer\u2019s disease and muscle aging has resulted in his <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\">discoveries appearing in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\">Nature <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\">(2017), <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\">Cell Reports<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\"> (2021) and just recently with the discovery of trigonelline as a novel NAD+ precursor, in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\">Nature Metabolism<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\"> (2024).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bffdf10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bffdf10\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-89579a1\" data-id=\"89579a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3dce3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d3dce3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db5197d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db5197d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #003d7c; 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font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Sanjay Kumar<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Research Fellow<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-SG\" lang=\"EN-SG\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"893122229\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{224}\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sanjay-kumar-511bb632\/\">Sanjay<\/a> graduated from Regional Center for Biotechnology (India) with Ph.D. in Biotechnology with a bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s in Botany and Biotechnology. Following his PhD, he joined Mayo Clinic, Florida as a Research fellow in 2021 and where he explored the role of selective autophagy in neurodegenerative diseases. In 2022-2023, he served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at UMass Chan Medical School, Massachusetts. Currently, he works as a research fellow at Prof. Vincenzo&#8217;s lab, where he works to understand the complexity of proteostasis in the context of aging and related disorders utilizing cellular and animal models. Beyond the lab, he enjoys badminton and cooking spicy cuisine.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-181678f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"181678f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-950cd57\" data-id=\"950cd57\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38a12b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"38a12b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/Khalisah.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6237\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/Khalisah.jpg 470w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/Khalisah-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18a09b6\" data-id=\"18a09b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91c8c16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91c8c16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Khalisah Yusri<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Research Assistant<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/khalishah-yusri\/\">Khalishah<\/a> graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry in 2016. After working in a biotechnology company for 3 years in Malaysia, she pursued her Masters of Medical Science in Universiti Malaya, investigating hypoxia and lung cancer. In 2023 she joined VS Lab as a Research Assistant, focusing on NAD+ precursors to combat liver aging. Khalishah aims to continue her academic career through pursuing a PhD at VS Lab. Beyond the lab, she loves bodybuilding and hiking.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d1db94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d1db94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb5fee7\" data-id=\"bb5fee7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25696dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25696dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Picture3-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8792\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Picture3-1.jpg 470w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Picture3-1-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7121bdd\" data-id=\"7121bdd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d608ad0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d608ad0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Sandra Jose<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Ph.D. Candidate<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sandra-jose-nus\/\">Sandra<\/a> graduated from Vel\u2019s University, India with a bachelor&#8217;s in technology in Biotechnology in 2021. During her bachelor&#8217;s she started exploring the possibilities of computational biology in the field of drug discovery and worked as a project assistant in bioinformatics at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati and IIT Roorkee for the subsequent years. Presently, she is a doctoral student at Prof. Vincenzo&#8217;s lab, striving to innovate targeted proteolysis approaches that can enhance overall lifespan and well-being. In addition to her lab works, she has a passion for public speaking and diary writing. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-636dcfa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"636dcfa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c536453\" data-id=\"c536453\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e40ab1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e40ab1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/WQY.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6239\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/WQY.jpg 460w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/WQY-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/WQY-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b023f0b\" data-id=\"b023f0b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c182c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46c182c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Wang Qingyun<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Ph.D. Student<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/qingyun-wang-0a45a82b8\/\">Qingyun<\/a> graduated from Southwest Medical University with a bachelor&#8217;s degree in medicine, then obtained his medical master&#8217;s degree from Nanjing Medical University. During that time, he joined Professor Chen&#8217;s group at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), studying the mechanisms of aging-related diseases such as osteoarthritis and spinal degeneration. Currently, he is a doctoral student under the supervision of Professors Jan Gruber and Vincenzo, exploring novel drugs and longevity genes in multiple animal models. He likes spicy food; Mala hot pot is his favourite.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0423b70 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0423b70\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a9cb91\" data-id=\"9a9cb91\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ca1c82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ca1c82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"317\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/karen.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6240\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/karen.png 317w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/karen-293x300.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ba0f81\" data-id=\"1ba0f81\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e8101b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e8101b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Karen Vermeulen<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Ph.D. Student<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/karen-vermeulen\/\">Karen<\/a> graduated from Leiden University and Delft University of Technology with a joint BSc degree in Life Science and Technology, then she obtained her MSc degree in Life Science &amp; Technology from Leiden University in 2024. Currently, she is a doctoral student under the supervision of Professors Noam Zelcer and Vincenzo via his VIDI NOW grant. Based in the group of Medical Biochemistry the Amsterdam UMC (The Netherlands), she is exploring mitochondria homeostasis in Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Beyond the lab, she loves reading and hiking.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d7782d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d7782d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4aac7e6\" data-id=\"4aac7e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc8a217 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dc8a217\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/QZ-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6243\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/QZ-1.png 460w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/QZ-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/QZ-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b32b81\" data-id=\"9b32b81\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42f6ca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42f6ca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Qing Zhang<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Ph.D. Candidate<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/qing-zhang-1a68972bb\/\">Qing<\/a> graduated from Zhejiang University with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Throughout her academic journey, she explored a wide range of research areas, including cancer development and cancer immunotherapy. She directly started her PhD study after BSc and currently she is a doctoral student in Prof. Vincenzo\u2019s lab, exploring the additional regulation mechanisms of NAD+ metabolism in mitochondrial bioenergetics using bioinformatics and wet lab techniques.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f9a5db5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9a5db5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8fb41cf\" data-id=\"8fb41cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2da1c8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2da1c8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"444\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/TT-e1769582021351.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6249\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/TT-e1769582021351.jpg 444w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/TT-e1769582021351-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/TT-e1769582021351-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8739724\" data-id=\"8739724\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c904e6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c904e6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Trina Tan<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Ph.D. Student<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tantrina\/\">Trina<\/a> graduated from the National University of Singapore with a BSc (Hons) in Life Sciences in 2024. In her undergraduate years, Trina explored various research labs in different fields such as microbiology and synthetic biology. She was inspired in the labs she worked in to pursue research. She is now a doctoral student supervised by Vincenzo characterizing a novel NAD+ metabolite and its possible applications in aging bioloy. Outside of the lab, she enjoys looking at flowers and being in nature.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4cc0763 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4cc0763\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ef5daf\" data-id=\"7ef5daf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6142e4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6142e4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/AC-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6248\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/AC-1.png 481w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/AC-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/AC-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1050a81\" data-id=\"1050a81\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f3b64d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f3b64d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Ashley Chow<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Research Assistant<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ashmuttoncurry\/\">Ashley<\/a> graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2022 with a BSc (Hons) in Life Sciences, and a Minor in Forensic Science. Initially considering a career in the Police Force, her interest shifted to research after a seven-month long internship at MSD Animal Health Pte Ltd, where she worked with a team to develop fish vaccines. With a referral from MSD, she spent a year as a Research Assistant at Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, optimising and developing qPCR assays for detecting pathogens in Asian Sea Bass. Presently, she obtained a Master of science in research in Prof. Vincenzo\u2019s lab, investigating combinatorial approaches to increase NAD+ precursors stability. Outside the lab, she is an active member of the NUS Korean Cultural Interest Group Dance Team. Cartooning and vlogging are her hobbies.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed542bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed542bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-320b4b6\" data-id=\"320b4b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09176b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"09176b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Jing-Nian.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8799\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Jing-Nian.jpg 400w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Jing-Nian-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebe1953\" data-id=\"ebe1953\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4dc743 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4dc743\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Jiang Nian<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Visiting Scholar<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Jiang Nian comes from Zunyi Medical University, China. Her research began with studies on the anti-cancer properties of natural substances and has since expanded to investigate their effects on aging, leading to a growing interest in aging biology and health. In 2025, she joined the Vincenzo\u2019s Lab as a visiting researcher for 1 year with a prestigious CSC scholarship. Beyond the lab, she enjoys hiking and has a fondness for spicy food.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-020137f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"020137f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5eec668\" data-id=\"5eec668\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6c76af elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a6c76af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Yujie.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8798\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Yujie.png 400w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Yujie-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Yujie-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1b8271\" data-id=\"b1b8271\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c1587f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c1587f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Zheng Yujie<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">MSc Student<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yujie graduated from Zhejiang University with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Basic Medical Sciences. During her undergraduate years, she explored the role of the gut-brain axis in Parkinson\u2019s disease and the effects of specific gut microbiota. She is currently pursuing a Master of Science by Research in Prof. Vincenzo\u2019s lab, investigating mitochondrial energy deficit models in <em>Caenorhabditis elegans.<\/em> Outside of the lab, she enjoys reading and hiking.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb28799 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb28799\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3dcae5b\" data-id=\"3dcae5b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-448da7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"448da7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Chris-Bong.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8797\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Chris-Bong.png 400w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Chris-Bong-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Chris-Bong-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-892b92f\" data-id=\"892b92f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4c8674 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4c8674\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Christopher Bong<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">UROPS Student<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Christopher is a third-year undergraduate at the National University of Singapore pursuing a BSc in Life Sciences. Prior to his Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme in Science (UROPS) project, he explored research areas including skin aging in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, therapy-induced senescence, and wound healing. Through these experiences, he has developed a strong interest in longevity research and is now investigating longevity mechanisms using <em>Caenorhabditis elegans<\/em> as a model organism under the supervision of Wang Qingyun and Vincenzo. Outside the lab, he enjoys running.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba832a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba832a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ddae58\" data-id=\"7ddae58\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d22a75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d22a75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Zitong.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8796\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Zitong.jpg 400w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Zitong-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-614314a\" data-id=\"614314a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9139acc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9139acc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Yu Zitong<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">UROPS Student<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Yu Zitong is a second-year undergraduate at the National University of Singapore majored in Life Science. Prior to this Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme in Science (UROPS) project, he investigated interplay between TFEB nuclear translocation and cellular metabolism under nutrient stress in mammalian cell lines. This experience helped him develop a strong interest in cellular metabolism and ageing and carry his internship under the supervision of Ashley Chow and Vincenzo. Outside the lab, he enjoys reading and playing card games.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb7e10b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb7e10b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c545743\" data-id=\"c545743\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2309e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d2309e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Ryan.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8795\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Ryan.png 400w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Ryan-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44fe227\" data-id=\"44fe227\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eda36b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eda36b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Ryan Singh<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">UROPS Student<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Ryan Singh is a second-year undergraduate at the National University of Singapore, majoring in Life Sciences. He is currently working on his Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme in Science (UROPS) project which involves conducting in silico research using molecular dynamics simulation and virtual screenings for different proteins related to aging, done under the supervision of Sandra Jose and Vincenzo. Beyond the lab, Ryan enjoys running and reading.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39ab2a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39ab2a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce31cdb\" data-id=\"ce31cdb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff05c0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff05c0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Syakirah.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8794\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Syakirah.png 400w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Syakirah-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Syakirah-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad9f66f\" data-id=\"ad9f66f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f525b8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f525b8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Syakirah Binti Jamaludin<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">FYP Student<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Syakirah is a fourth-year Life Sciences major with a minor in Management at the National University of Singapore. She is currently conducting her honours thesis under the supervision of Ms Khalishah Yusri, investigating the therapeutic potential of NAD\u207a modulation in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease using cell culture models. Through her project, she is gaining experience in experimental design, cellular assay optimisation, and data analysis related to metabolic dysfunction and ageing. She is interested in healthy ageing and longevity research and is motivated by the translational potential of therapeutics aimed at improving metabolic health and healthspan. Beyond the lab, she enjoys creating and selling her art, scuba diving, and immersing herself in nature.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c4f0dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c4f0dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58c0d64\" data-id=\"58c0d64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb79899 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb79899\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Rory-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8800\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Rory-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Rory-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/01\/Rory-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-496b0b6\" data-id=\"496b0b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fea337 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fea337\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Rory Moore<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">FYP Student<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Rory is a fourth-year undergraduate completing his bachelor\u2019s in Biological and Biomedical Sciences at the National University of Singapore as a part of the joint degree program with the University of Dundee. He is currently conducting his honours project, under the mentorship of Khalishah Yusri, investigating the therapeutic potential of NAD\u207a precursors on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in vivo with mice. Through his project, he has developed a strong interest in health and longevity research and its potential to improve lives in the future. Beyond the lab, he enjoys working out and reading.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87735a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87735a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad4e83a\" data-id=\"ad4e83a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-393e0a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"393e0a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a5f9bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a5f9bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 18pt;\">Previous Members<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11ad25d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11ad25d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d2a5df\" data-id=\"8d2a5df\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b84aca4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b84aca4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/lyx.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6250\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/lyx.jpg 474w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/lyx-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/lyx-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b709e1\" data-id=\"3b709e1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d04258a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d04258a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Lim Yu Xin<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">FYP Student<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Yu Xin graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2024 with a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science. During her final year project in VS Lab, she explored the effects and possible underlying mechanisms of trigonelline treatment on ageing in <i>Caenorhabditis elegans<\/i>. Beyond the lab, Yu Xin loves listening to and playing music of various genres and languages and is particularly devoted to expanding her postage stamp collection during her travels.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9eb1bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9eb1bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9dfc60\" data-id=\"a9dfc60\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c7fe4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0c7fe4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/sarah-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6252\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/sarah-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/sarah-1-288x300.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee4c8eb\" data-id=\"ee4c8eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a60a5dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a60a5dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Sarah Qistina<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">UROPS Student<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Sarah Qistina is a third-year undergraduate at the National University of Singapore, pursuing her BSc in Life Sciences with a second major in Public Health. During her third year, Sarah joined Professor Vincenzo\u2019s lab as part of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROPS). Her project under Professor Vincenzo strived to induce and characterize senescence-like hallmarks in mouse embryonic fibroblasts using anticancer drugs bleomycin, palbociclib, and doxorubicin. Beyond the lab, Sarah serves as the NUS Public Health Club president and actively participates in and organizes initiatives that advocate for and contribute to better health outcomes among diverse populations. She also enjoys spending time with her two cats.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60b08b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60b08b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de486e4\" data-id=\"de486e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e595d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e595d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/fbq.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6253\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/fbq.jpg 457w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/fbq-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e04e268\" data-id=\"e04e268\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2d21e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2d21e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"451634462\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{204}\"><span style=\"color: #003d7c; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Fan Binqian<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1402137943\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{210}\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" lang=\"EN-GB\">UROPS Student<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><div style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><p paraid=\"1484019569\" paraeid=\"{aba5bec8-5c6d-44c5-bf83-e113d1ed5261}{234}\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Binqian is a third-year undergraduate student at the National University of Singapore, pursuing a BSc in Life sciences with a minor in pharmaceutical science. She joined Professor Vincenzo\u2019s lab during her third year as part of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme in Science (UROPS), studying NAD<sup>+<\/sup> metabolism and assisting in establishing an <i>in vitro<\/i> cellular senescence model using mouse embryonic fibroblasts. 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