Viet Duc Ho
EDUCATION
College / University
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Highest Degree
Bachelor of Science
Major Subjects
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Country
Vietnam
Lab Experience
Cell culture, Molecular cloning, PCR, qPCR, RT-PCR, siRNA synthesis via IVT, bacterial transformation and transfection, chromatography, cancer spheroid and organoid culture, assembloid research, image analysis, immunostaining, transcriptome analysis, zebrafish handling, head-fixed zebrafish larvae behaviour assay, soft and light lithography, organ-on-chip fabrication, coding in Python and R.
Projects / Research
- 2022 – 2023: Intern, “Forward Swim Strike and Suction Strike in head-fixed larvae zebrafish”, Julia Semmelhack Group, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- 2024: Intern, “Benchmarking Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Features of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cell Lines for on-chip culture”, Stephanie Descroix Group, Curie Institut, PSL University
- 2023 – 2025: Intern / thesis, “Establishment of a vascularized glioblastoma-on-chip system for elite immune cells selection”, Angela Wu Group, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Scholarships / Awards
| 2025 – 2026: | Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School |
| 2024: | Reach Out Award by the Hong Kong SAR Government |
| 2021 – 2025: | Hong Kong SAR Government Scholarship on Outstanding Performance |
| 2021 – 2024: | Dean’s List |