The Pharmacological Society of Singapore (PSS) congratulates the winning presenters at the Graduate’s Academic Progress in Pharmacology (GAPP) Annual Meeting 2025. The meeting was hosted by the Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS (NUS Medicine), in collaboration with the Pharmacological Society of Singapore (PSS) on 21 February 2025.
The meeting featured outstanding talks by highly talented undergraduate and postgraduate students and postdoctoral research fellows. Although all the speakers shared excellent presentations on exciting advances in their research, the judges could only select two exceptionally outstanding winners in each category.
Best Undergraduate Presentation | |
Nguyen Canh Quan | “Decoding Therapy Resistance in Glioblastoma: Insights from Matched Primary-Recurrent Patient-Derived Gliomaspheres” |
Sim Mingyee | “Investigation of role of STAT3 on Tumour Progression and Initiation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma” |
Best Graduate Presentation | |
Melissa Tan | “Extracellular vesicles mediate safe delivery of nucleic acids to the central nervous system for gene therapy via intrathecal administration” |
Goh Shiqing, Grace | “Reprogramming tumour-immune microenvironment (TIME) of nasopharyngeal carcinoma to improve immunotherapy response” |
Best Postdoctoral Presentation | |
Dr Joyce Chong Rui Fen | “Clinical utility of plasma P-tau217 in identifying abnormal brain amyloid burden in an Asian cohort with high prevalence of concomitant cerebrovascular disease” |
Dr Dexter Thng | “Clinical utility of plasma P-tau217 in identifying abnormal brain amyloid burden in an Asian cohort with high prevalence of concomitant cerebrovascular disease” |

Congratulations to all the winners!
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