Fong Kuan Wong Ph.D.
Presidential Fellow (Research)
Research Experience
2020–
Presidential Fellow
University of Manchester
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2015–2020
Postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Oscar Marín
King's College London
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2014–2015
Wrapping up postdoc in the lab of Wieland B. Huttner
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
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2010–2014
PhD project in the lab of Wieland B. Huttner
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
2006–2010
Research Associate
GlaxoSmithKline (Singapore)
Education
2010–2014
Technische Universität Dresden
Ph.D. in the lab of Wieland B. Huttner
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2008–2010
National University of Singapore
MSc
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2002–2006
National University of Singapore
Biomedical Sciences (Hons)
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Awards and Fellowships
2020-2025
Medical Research Council Career Development Award
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2020-2023
Presidential fellowship (University of Manchester)
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2018
FEBS-IBRO/PERC travel award
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2017–2019
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship
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2016–2017
Long-Term EMBO fellowship
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2016
KCL Public engagement grant
2013
DIGS-BB travel award
2010–2014
DIGS-BB Fellowship
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2010
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Excellence Science Award
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2008
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Excellence Science Award (Silver)
2000–2001
Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) scholarship for A-Levels
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