UNESCO- L’ORÉAL INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS

RECIPIENT IN YEAR 2010

TAN YIFEN

PhD student
School of Biological Sciences
Universiti Sains Malaysia

 Winning Project :

Her research project is to study the function of small noncoding RNAs expressed during the biofilm formation phase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen which commonly resides in soil and water that causes severe infection in imuno-compromised patients. The outcome of this molecular study will provide a foundation beneficial to future studies in developing antimicrobial drugs for human healthcare concern. read more>>