
Scope
The Technical Committee for Biotechnology and Laboratory Testing (TC-BTLT) develops, reviews and promotes standards and any related standardisation activities through identification of standardisation needs and gaps in the areas of:
- Bioprocessing, bio-banking, and bioinformatics;
- Laboratory testing, including laboratory medicine, medical device testing, and in vitro diagnostic test systems.
Working Groups
The Technical Committee for Biotechnology and Laboratory Testing oversees the following working groups in the development of standards and participation in international standardisation activities within the respective domains.
Biotechnology
NMWG for ISO/TC 276
including SC 1 Analytical Methods
Medical laboratories and in vitro diagnostic systems
NMWG for ISO/TC 212
Forensic sciences
NMWG for ISO/TC 272
Validation of miRNA diagnostics
WG-656
Specifications for BSL-3 facilities
WG-696
Assessment of antimicrobial protection
WG-705
FMT Processing
WG-TBD
NGS Applications
PTC-25725
Technical Committee Composition

Dr Adrian YEO
Chair
Dr YEO is currently the Lead of
Cluster Ops & Admin Centre at
Singapore Polytechnic, with extensive experience in biotechnology and laboratory testing. He is serving on this Technical Committee for a third term.

Dr CHENG He
Deputy Chair
Dr Cheng, MiRXES’ Vice President of Research and Development, leads the company’s mission to address global healthcare challenges through innovation.
This is his first term serving on the Technical Committee.
Members in alphabetic order of surnames:
| Kenneth Chung Jin Wei | Team Science & Technology Agency (HTX) |
| Ms Sylvia Gan Bong Hwa | The Experimental Drug Development Centre (EDDC) – A*STAR |
| Assoc Prof Ge Ruowen | National University of Singapore (NUS) |
| Ms Rufaihah Abdul Jalil | Temasek Polytechnic (TP) |
| Mr Gary Khoo Soo Hean | Hummingbird Bioscience |
| Dr Lau Quek Choon | Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) |
| Dr Lee Yong Jian | Charles River Endotoxin and Microbial Detection Singapore Pte Ltd |
| Assoc Prof Sierin Lim | Nanyang Technological University (NTU) |
| Dr Eugenia Ong Ziying | Viral Research and Experimental Medicine Centre @ SingHealth Duke-NUS (ViREMiCS) |
| Mr Louis Ong | Acumen Research Laboratories Pte Ltd |
| Mr Zaccheus Peh / Mr Norizhar Bin Mohamed Zakaria | inReste Pte Ltd |
| Ms Panneer Selvi | Diagnostics Development Hub (DxD Hub), A*STAR |
| Dr Shirlena Soh Wee Ling | Association of Biomedical Laboratory Professionals Singapore (ABLPS) |
| Dr Sun Cuilian | Health Sciences Authority (HSA) |
| Dr Tan Tuan Lin | Singapore Polytechnic (SP) |
Standards
The Technical Committee for Biotechnology and Laboratory Testing oversees these national standards, published through the adoption of international standards or the development of standards in collaboration with industry experts.





