Arron Tan

EDUCATION

College / University

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biological Sciences, 2^nd Major in Structural Biology

Country

Singapore

Lab Experience

Protein expression and purification, Molecular Dynamics simulations and analysis, Proteomic and scRNA data analysis, Cell culture and assays

Projects / Research

2025 – 2026: Expression and purification of dmATP8B protein for CryoEM structure determination, followed by in silico MD analysis and in vitro functional assays (NTU)
2024 – 2025: Bioinformatic analysis of brain vessels from CADASIL mouse models (Karolinska Institutet)
2023 – 2024: Drug discovery in tropical plants with in vitro assays (Nanyang Biologics)

Scholarships / Awards

2025:	John Cheung Overseas Attachment Award
2025:	Nasser Saddique Student Travel Award
2025:	SISEU Education award
2025:	Scholarship from Karolinska Institute
2024:	NTU President Research Scholar

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

We have long known that membrane lipid compositions undergo significant changes during key biological processes such as development and aging, learning and neurodegeneration, diet changes and metabolic disease. Recently with more sensitive MS methods and time resolved CryoET, we are now able to get a more accurate picture of these changes. I am interested in elucidating this interplay between membrane alterations and neuropathologies through a combination of CryoET, lipidomic profiling, and other methods; solving which may lead to new lipid targeted therapeutic strategies.