Summary of Research Activities: Thanks to the UROP Sponsorship, this experience provided me with the chance to summarize and to share our most recent ndings in the UROP project with professionals in the related elds from all over the world. The Q&A session after the oral presentation enabled me to exchange ideas with the professionals. Positive and constructive feedback was received in the Q&A session. Aside from giving the presentation, I also attended different focus sessions, received fascinating talks from the Nobel laureates on the prize-winning topics and visited the exhibition, where exhibitors were showcasing their latest products including the rst quantum computer at a conference. This was a perfect time for me to explore the diversity in the scienti c research and to learn more about some of the cutting-edge technologies, which aroused my curiosity in different research areas. CHEUNG Ho Tin Major : PHYS & CHEM Supervised by : Prof. WONG Michael Kwok Yee / PHYS Conference : American Physical Society's March Meeting 2024 Venue : Minneapolis, USA Duration : March 3–8, 2024 Summary of Research Activities: World-class researchers and scholars were gathered to share the latest innovations in the eld of bio-health, including but not limited to AI & Digital Healthcare and microbiome-based drug development. During the convention, we presented our project Triple the mRNA Vaccine Ef cacy via Tailored Tail Sequence. We substitute the natural adenosine(A)-only tails with cytidine(C)-containing tails to enhance the stability and protein production ef ciency of the mRNA vaccine. Besides presenting our project, we exchanged ideas with fellow UST teams as well as researchers from other institutions, such as AI-assisted medical care by CHA University. We also attended a talk by Moderna on mRNA engineering for mRNA-based therapeutics. It was quite inspiring as I learned the details of codon prediction/optimization as another approach to improve the performance of mRNA vaccines in addition to our method. FU Lala Major : BIOT Supervised by : Prof. KUANG Becki Yi / CBE Conference : BIO Korea 2024 International Convention Venue : Seoul, South Korea Duration : May 8–10, 2024 UROP Research Travel Sponsorship (by alphabetical order of student’s surname) viii
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