Kan Yu
Kan Yu is a PhD candidate at the University of Western Australia's School of Biomedical Sciences and the Marshall Centre, specializing in microbiology and infectious diseases. His doctoral research focuses on understanding bacterial-bacterial interactions in the upper respiratory tract during infancy, aiming to inform strategies for preventing respiratory infections.
Kan has received several accolades, including the Australian Research Training Program Scholarship and the University Postgraduate Award in 2022, the AusBiotech Research Student Day Pass Award in 2022, the Shellam Fund for Research in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in 2024, and the ASM WA Branch Student Travel Award in 2025 .
Kan Yu's interdisciplinary expertise bridges computational biology, microbiome research, and public health, contributing to advancements in infectious disease understanding and prevention.
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