I am a Year 3 student from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, currently studying Biomedical Science, specializing in biomedical research. Over the course of years in Ngee Ann, I have gradually gained interest in the field of microbiology, and have always wanted to do laboratory-based research work. I am glad to have joined Assistant Professor Xue Li Guan’s laboratory for my FYP-linked internship, working on Mycobacterium bovis BCG, a surrogate for M. tuberculosis. I hope to be able to gain further insight to the field of microbiology and infection biology. Other than laboratory work and research, I am also interested in Muay Thai.