Mengyu Hu

• R package Design and Analysis

A internship in Biometry hub and learn how to use R to design and analysis data. Using 2 months to conducted field trials with canola samples and applied statistical modelling methods to study multifaceted phenotypic data in a controlled environment.

• Fabry disease diagnosis

I interned in SA pathology laboratory( located in Woman and Children hospital) for 6 months, and my research topic was Fabry disease, a rare genetic disease caused by a mutation in the GLA gene, which leads to a deficiency of the enzyme α-galactosidase A (α-Gal A).

The diagnostic process is roughly as follows: Using Enzyme Activity Assay. Target Measure α-Gal A enzyme activity in blood (plasma, leukocytes, or dried blood spots). Low or absent enzyme activity in males with classic Fabry disease. Females may have normal or near-normal activity due to random X-chromosome inactivation.