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RNA Leaders APAC

Until RNA Leaders APAC

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October 15-16, 2025
Marina Bay SandsSingapore

Wan Yue
Executive Director, Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) at A*STAR
Speaker

Profile

Yue WAN is the Executive Director of the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), A*STAR.She received her B.Sc. in Cell Biology and Biochemistry from the University of California,San Diego, and earned her Ph.D. in Cancer Biology from Stanford University under thementorship of Dr. Howard Y. Chang. During her Ph.D., she developed the first highthroughputmethod for genome-wide RNA structure probing.Yue is a recipient of the A*STAR National Science Scholarship (NSS-PhD) and has beenrecognized internationally as a Branco Weiss Fellow (Society in Science), EMBO YoungInvestigator, and CIFAR-Azrieli Global Scholar. She was recently elected as an EMBOAssociate Member in recognition of her research excellence and outstandingachievements in the field of RNA. Her accolades also include the Young Scientist Award,the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science and Singapore National Fellowship.Most recently, Yue participated in the international Wellcome Leap RNA Readiness andResponse program. Her research focuses on understanding the functions of RNAstructures and advancing novel RNA-based vaccines and therapeutics.

Agenda Sessions

  • RNA Secondary Structures: Connecting Viral Genomes to mRNA Therapeutics

    12:50pm