This is the first year that the National University of Singapore is hosting 15 scholars from around the world for the Amgen Scholars Program. We are very proud to have these bright young individuals working intensively for 2-months on exciting projects with leading teams of researchers from the department of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, Pharmacology, and Physiology. The experiences gained from this program would be highly valuable to their consideration about graduate studies and a research career.