Welcome!
The Undergraduate Research Coordinating team (UGRC) from the Office of the Provost cordially invites all who are involved with education at NUS to our UROP+REx Conference 2025 which will take place on 22nd January 2025 at the Medicine+Science Library.
Why take part in UROP+REx Conference 2025?
As a UGRC organised conference which is led by the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, the UROP+REx Conference is a platform of encouragement and motivation for aspiring student researchers who are committed to NUS undergraduate research to network and learn from each other. It offers an opportunity for NUS undergraduate students to discuss their perspectives with fellow undergraduates and accomplished researchers as they continue to explore new innovations and approaches towards research learning.
UREC2025 Programme Schedule
0830-0900 | Registration |
0900-0905 | Opening Remarks A/P Daniel PS Goh (Associate Provost, Undergraduate Education) |
0905-0930 | Keynote Presentation Dr Mathew Mathews (Principal Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies) Title: From Curiosity to Impact in the Research Journey |
0930–1150
| Oral Presentation Session 1
OPA1: Vicelya Visakha Title: Reflections of my First Research Experience
OPA2: Hari Haran Raja Thevar Title: Repurposing Anti-Psychotic Drugs to Enhance Autophagy for Geroprotection
OPA3: Asiyah Yusuff Title: Unmasking the Mysterious Pathogen – Blastocystis Subtype 7 Isolates through Transcriptomics
OPA4: Dai Kexin Title: Metabolic Enzymes and the DNA Damage Response
OPA5: Ang Ler Shan Title: The Role of Yellow Gene in Pieris Canidia Wing Color
OPA6: Saumya Shah Title: Data-Driven & Physics-Informed Machine Learning
OPA7: Wang Silang Title: “What’s this?”: Understanding User Interaction Behaviour with Multimodal Input Information Retrieval System |
1150-1300 | Lunch
Interactive Booths Conservation 360° Dr Ethos |
1300-1400 | Oral Presentation Session 2
OPB1: Alpha Ho Ee Heng Title: Effect of Three Cooking Methods on the Quality and Nutritional Profile of Mung Bean-based Abalone Alternatives
OPB2: He Yiyang Title: From Singapore with Love: How to Gen-Zs in Singapore Find, Build and Maintain Romance?
OPB3: Ziv Ng Tian Fu Title: Ethnic Identity and its Impact on Receptivity Towards Language Labels and Message Framing |
1400-1440 | Elevator Pitch Individual 2-minute elevator pitch by poster presenters |
1440-1600 | Poster Session
P1: Joseph Samuel Oxley Title: How Artefacts Think About Nature: Species Concepts in Artificial Neural Networks’
P2: Rachel Eng Li Wen Title: Impact Investment in Southeast Asia
P3: Tung Sze Lin Title: Cognitive Processes Underlying Anhedonia
P4: Firdaus Moner Title: Navigating the Judicial System in Singapore
P5: Lim Jun Ting Lionel Title: Role of Religion in Rehabilitation and Desistance Amongst Ex-Offenders in Singapore
P6: Devina Calista Samzaeren Title: On the Order of a Markov Chain Model for Generating DNA Sequences
P7: Choi Seung Eun Title: Controlled Polyrotaxane synthesis by Macrocyclic Ring-opening Metathesis Polymerization
P8: Aiden Chan Title: Robot-Assisted High-Throughput Screening to Identify Synergistic Pairs of Commercial Antibiotics and Anti-Microbial Conjugated Oligoelectrolytes (COEs) against Klebsiella Pneumoniae and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
P9: Florentiana Yuwono Title: Improving Universal Manipulator Interface’s Action Precision and Robustness for Complex, Real-World Environments
P10: Li Zizhen Title: Discovering Winning Strategies in Sports through Advanced Data Mining and Video Analytics
P11: Mohamed Bilal Title: Portable Magnetic System for Mechano-Activated Cell Therapy in Accelerated Diabetic Wound Healing
P12: Huang Yuxin Title: Association of mitochondrial aerobic metabolism pathway gene expression and pancreatic adenocarcinoma progression: an observational TCGA study
P13: Low Jeen Liang Title: Bioelectric Disinfection in the Hospital Water Environment: A Multi-Phase Study
P14: Marcia Zhang Title: Investigating the role of ACY3 in pancreatic β-cell biology
P15: Wesley Leong Title: Validating Stathmin-2 as a Therapeutic Target for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells-derived Motor Neurons
P16: Austin Neville Chea Jun Jie Title: Develop a Mitochondrial Membrane Potential Phenotyping Assay for Plasmodium Falciparum Dormant Stages
P17: Kodiattu Jacob Lizza Title: Cracking the Code: Transcriptomic characterization of Blastocystis ST4
P18: Simran Khatri Title: Engineering IscB-Omega RNA: Towards Efficient and Targeted Genome Editing
P19: Sharron Soo Title: Understanding the Role of Tumour-Microenvironment in Drug Resistance using Breast Cancer Organoid-Immune Co-Cultures P20: Nguyen Canh Quan Title: Understanding Mechanisms of Therapy Resistance in Glioblastoma using Patient-Derived Gliomapsheres
P21: Chee Koi Jun Title: A Song of Ice and Orioles: An Investigation into the Behaviour and Bioacoustics of Black-Naped Orioles |
1600-1630 | Tea Break |
1630-1700 | Panel Discussion 1 Impact of Digital Transformation in Research |
1700-1730 | Panel Discussion 2 Women in HASS and STEM: Addressing Challenges and Building Opportunities |
1730-1800 | Prize Presentation Best Oral Presentation Award Best Poster Presentation Award Best Participant Award
Closing Remarks |
1800 | End of Conference |