Biography:
Originally from Myanmar, Sai Yan is a fourth-year PhD candidate at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from NTU as a graduate of the CN Yang Scholar’s Program. He has co-authored a 2021 publication on integrating real-time data analysis into automatic tracking of social insects and has now turned his research focus to infectious diseases microbiology. He recently received second runner-up at the NTU Three Minute Thesis Competition, and the People’s Choice Award at the Singapore 3MT Meet 2025, reflecting strong skills in scientific communication and public speaking.
Title : Targeting vitamins B1, B3 and B5 metabolism reduces streptococcus pneumoniae virulence in a murine influenza co-infection model