Marcus Ting

Experience

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  National Heart Center Singapore

  Apr 2019 - Jun 2019

  Temp Patient Service Assistant

  • Facilitated assessment of patients prior to consultations• Assessed patients’ vitals• Accumulated teamworking skills and calm mindset

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  National University of Singapore

  Sept 2019 - Aug 2021

  • Picked up vast experiences in planning diet interventions study designs and parameters• Handled multiple blood and stool sample processing diligently and independently• Independently prepared the clinical trial food for subjects • Ensured timely delivery of expected tasks and project deadlines • Managed data cleaning and analysis using GraphPad Prism • Piloted a more efficient method to explain the study design and requirements to subjects• Assisted with proximate analysis sample preparation Show less

  • Research Assistant Intern for Translational Nutrition Research at National University of Singapore

    May 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Production Manager / Production Director, 22nd and 23rd XQRJ The Dream Composition

    Sept 2019 - May 2021
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  Nestlé

  Dec 2021 - Jun 2022

  Biotransformation R&D Intern

  • Planned trials and ran them independently or with a team • Conducted multitude of assays: bicinchoninic acid assay (BCA), Bradford assay, non-interfering protein assay, D-glucose assay (GOPOD), L-arabinose/D-galactose assay, mixed-linked beta glucan assay, α-amylase activity assay • Operated a wide variety of equipment for analysis: benchtop refractometer, rheometer, viscometer, 96-well plate spectrophotometer, halogen moisture analyser • Independently ran the following benchtop processing equipment: spray dryer, freeze dryer, rotary evaporator, centrifuge, microfuge and homogeniser • Modified existing data collection methods to quicken the process flow• Gained a deep understanding of plant-based materials' behavior with addition of various enzymes• Conducted simple internal tastings for prototypes• Oversaw the scaling up of successful benchtop prototypes to the pilot plant• Took charge of the enzymatic processing for some plant-based ingredients with an aim to improve stability in beverage applications• Conducted multitple enzymatic trials on malt-line products Show less

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  National University of Singapore

  Aug 2022 - Jul 2023

  Carried out and modified high moisture extrusion trials using various plant proteins and microalgaeInvestigated processing methods to convert microalgae biomass into a more usable form Thesis title: Development of extruded meat analogues using plant proteins and Auxenochlorella protothecoides biomass with techno-functionality characterization of raw materials

  • Student Researcher

    May 2023 - Jul 2023

  • Food Science and Technology - Final Year Project (Hons)

    Aug 2022 - May 2023