CV Science

Saw-See Hong PhD Virology

Course and current status

Degrees

B.Sc. (First class Honours) Microbiology, National University of Singapore (1986). 

Ph.D. (Virology), National University of Singapore (1989). 

Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon (2005).

Fellowships

French Agency for AIDS Research (Agence National de Recherche sur le Sida, ANRS).

French Medical Research Foundation (Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale, FRM).

French Foundation for Cystic Fibrosis (Vaincre La Mucoviscidose, VLM).

Present Position

INSERM CR1, Senior Research Associate,  

Unit of Viral Infections and Comparative Pathology,

UMR 754 UCBL-INRA-EPHE, 

University of Lyon 1, France.

Scientific summary

Research Areas

My research interest is in virology, covering different aspects, (i) the structure, function and assembly of viral capsid proteins and virus-host interactions, (ii) the design of novel antivirals and (iii) the design of retroviral-like particles (VLP) for diagnostics.