Dear Tipvadee
In the lead up to our prominent 2nd Annual Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Asia Congress we interviewed Swaine Chen, Singapore NRF Fellow from the National University of Singapore and Genome Institute of Singapore. In his research, Swaine is taking an evolutionary approach to integrate high throughput sequencing technologies into the daily life of microbiologists. As a model, he is using urinary tract infection caused by Escherichia coli. Swaine will be presenting 'Understanding Sequence Variation and Function of fimS, a Crucial Regulatory Element of UPEC Virulence, Through Mutagenesis and Next-Generation Sequencing’ at the 2nd Annual Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Asia Congress.