Nayab Qureshi
Joined Global Talent Mentoring in May 2022
Pakistan | Hong Kong SAR China
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Nominated by HKAGE
Specific Research Interest

Biotech­nol­o­gy | Bio­med­i­cine | CRISPR/Cas | Genome Edit­ing | Onco­bi­ol­o­gy | Stem Cell Biol­o­gy | Bio­med­ical Chemistry

I Love My STEMM Subject Because

I am moti­vat­ed to keep learn­ing new things in med­i­cine. Addi­tion­al­ly, I want to con­tribute to reduc­ing the risks that can­cer pos­es to our lives.

Activities and Recognitions
  • Sus­tain­abil­i­ty Out­reach Intern, The Hong Kong Uni­ver­si­ty of Sci­ence and Tech­nol­o­gy (since 2024) 
  • Under­grad­u­ate research assis­tant at The Hong Kong Uni­ver­si­ty of Sci­ence and Tech­nol­o­gy (since 2023) 
  • Blog Writer at Mom, I’m Study­ing! — HKUST News­pa­per Club, Hong Kong (since 2023) 
  • Head of Media at Women in Sci­ence and Engi­neer­ing Club, The Hong Kong Uni­ver­si­ty of Sci­ence and Tech­nol­o­gy (since 2023) 
  • Sil­ver Award at the HKUST X Sow Asia Social Good Entre­pre­neur­ship Case Com­pe­ti­tion, The Hong Kong Uni­ver­si­ty of Sci­ence and Tech­nol­o­gy (2023)
  • Intern­ship at Dr. Bessie F. Lawrence Inter­na­tion­al Sum­mer Sci­ence Insti­tute (ISSI), Weiz­mann Insti­tute of Sci­ence, Israel (2023)
  • Bach­e­lor stu­dent in Biotech­nol­o­gy and Busi­ness at the Hong Kong Uni­ver­si­ty of Sci­ence and Tech­nol­o­gy (since 2022)
  • 1st run­ner-up Hong Kong Schools Speech Fes­ti­val (Eng­lish), Hong Kong (2021)
  • 2nd run­ner-up at Qian­hai-Guang­dong-Hong Kong-Macau-Tai­wan Youth Inno­va­tion and Entre­pre­neur­ship Com­pe­ti­tion, Hong Kong (2020)
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