Dr. Yee-Joo Tan obtained a Ph.D. degree from the University of Cambridge in 1997. She is currently an associate professor at the Infectious Diseases Translational Research Program and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Her research interests mainly include the characterization of newly emerged viruses and hepatitis viruses, the development of antibodies for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, and protein engineering.