Kia Joo Puan
Medicine
Chemical Computing Group
Japan
Biography
Research Scientist Company NameSingapore Immunology Network Dates EmployedMay 2009 – Present Employment Duration8 yrs 8 mos Location8A Biomedical Grove, IMMUNOS Bldg Optmization of the Treg clinical trial Cohort-based study using systems biology to understand complex diseases (incl. allergic diseases and infections) and signaling pathway Multi-color panel design for immunophenotyping and human stem cells characterization Assay developments Research Fellow Company NameNational Cancer Centre Singapore Dates EmployedMar 2005 – May 2009 Employment Duration4 yrs 3 mos Location11 Hospital Drive, Singapore 169610 Setting up of flow cytometry plaform Immunophenotyping and functional characterization of gamma-delta T cells in healthy donors and nasopharyngeal carcinoma using flow cytometry Characterization of the cancer stem cells in breast cancer patients Postdoctoral Fellow Company NameThe University of Iowa Health Care Dates Employed2000 – 2004 Employment Duration4 yrs LocationDepartment of Internal Medicine Purification and isolation of nonpeptide antigens for human gamma-delta T cells using anion exchange HPLC and ion-pairing reversed phase HPLC Identification of metabolic genes involved in the biosynthesis of isoprenoid compounds in bacteria using transponson-mediated mutagenesis Develop the bacterial vaccines that stimulate human gamma-delta T cells Established the human SCID-beige mouse model for the expansion of gamma-delta T cells
Research Interest
Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
