WeiKeong Ooi

WeiKeong Ooi

Medical Technologist

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Scientist | Immunochemistry | PK/PD

  • Education

    • SMK Bagan Jaya

      2007 - 2012
      Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 10 A (10 subjects)

      Activities and Societies: Secretary of Karate-do club Treasurer of Club of Arts

    • Chung Ling (National Type) High School 鍾靈(國民型)中學

      2013 - 2014
      Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) Chemistry and Biology CGPA: 3.84/ 4.00

      Activities and Societies: Vice president of Club of Mathematics and Science

    • Universiti Sains Malaysia

      2015 - 2019
      Bachelor of Science - BS Forensic Science Cgpa 3.80/ 4.00 (First class honours)

      Activities and Societies: President of Forensic Science Student Association (FOSSA) President of Forensic Science Exhibition 2018 "Now You See Me 2018" Head of department (Technical) of Chinese Cultural Night 2017 Head of department (Technical) of Buddhist Student Society

  • Experience

    • New Medical Laboratory

      Aug 2019 - Jun 2020
      Medical Technologist

      - Responsible for performing various diagnostic tests for analyzing patient samples, method transfer (bridging study), method validation, external quality assessment program (EQA)- Other tasks: Safety officer, fire warden, trainer, procurement and inventory - Domain expertise: hematology (FBC, ESR, ABO blood group typing), immunology (ELISA, syphilis RPR card test, TTPA test, Dengue test), microbiology (urinalysis, occult blood test)

    • Prestige Biopharma Group (Prestige Biopharma / Prestige Biologics)

      Oct 2020 - Jul 2021
      Research Assistant

      Primarily involved in the development of 6 mAbs pipelines: - Responsible for conducting method validation, biocomparability, characterisation, forced degradation studies in compliance with EMA/FDA regulatory requirements for dossier submission, formulation, non-clinical and clinical phase submission, process validation, long term stability testing - Other responsibilities: Procurement and budgeting, drafting scientific reports and SOPs, data analysis and troubleshooting, training interns and juniors- Expertise in ligand binding assays (biolayer interferometry/Octet, ELISA), cell based assay (anti-proliferation, migration, ADCC, ADCP, CDC), maintenance of cancer cell lines, SDS-PAGE Western Blot Show less

    • NalaGenetics

      Aug 2021 - May 2023
      Research Officer cum Medical Technologist

      Primarily involved in development of 3 personalized genomic assays (pharmacogenomics and lcWGS):- Responsible for optimization, method validation, method transfer, stability studies as well as testing clinical samples (incl EQA and PT) in compliance with ISO15189 - Other responsibilities: Lab safety officer, fire warden, first aider, trainer, procurement and inventory, data analysis and troubleshooting- Domain expertise: Nucleic acid extraction, qPCR, library preparation, NGS (lcWGS) Show less

    • Labcorp

      May 2023 - now
      Scientist
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • CERT First Aider (BFA with CPR and AED) Course

      Singapore First Aid Training Centre Pte Ltd
      Sept 2022
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to WeiKeong Ooi
      First Class Honours - Aug 2020 CGPA: 3.80/4.00
    • Awarded to WeiKeong Ooi
      Dean's List Sem 8 Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus Jul 2019 CGPA: 3.86/4.00
    • Awarded to WeiKeong Ooi
      Dean's List Sem 7 Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus Mar 2019 CGPA: 3.93/ 4.00
    • Awarded to WeiKeong Ooi
      Dean's List Sem 6 Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus Jul 2018 CGPA: 3.89/ 4.00
    • Awarded to WeiKeong Ooi
      Dean's List Sem 5 Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus Feb 2018 CGPA: 4.00/ 4.00
    • Awarded to WeiKeong Ooi
      Dean's List Sem 4 Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus Aug 2017 CGPA: 3.72/ 4.00
    • Awarded to WeiKeong Ooi
      Dean's List Sem 2 Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus Aug 2016 CGPA: 3.84/ 4.00
    • Awarded to WeiKeong Ooi
      Dean's List Sem 1 Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus Apr 2016 CGPA: 3.67/ 4.00