Researcher

Siwy Ling Yang

Senior Scientist

A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS)

Siwy Ling Yang is currently a Senior Scientist at the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) under Yue Wan’s laboratory. She obtained her PhD degree in plant pathology from the University of Florida, US, in 2013 by studying the stress signalling, pathogenicity and development of Alternaria alternata in citrus. She joined A*STAR in 2014 at the A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (A*STAR IMBC) to study human fungal pathogen Candida albicans biology under Yue Wang. Since 2017, she has transitioned into the field of RNA genomics and structure under Dr. Wan Yue’s (GIS) supervision. Her current research focus is on functional RNA structures and their roles in cellular biology regulation.

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