The Singapore Fish Breeding and Immunisation Centre or SFBIC,
is Teo Way Yong'scentre of excellence where state-of-the-art cutting edge technologies are applied to fish to create super healthy fishes that are free from diseases caused by protozoa, bacteria and viruses.

Since its inception in 1999, the centre has been successfully vaccinating its fish with itsinnovative and revolutionary "multi-component" oral vaccine, which incorporates "recombinant vaccines" created with the help of proprietary biotechnology. The beautyof these multi-component vaccines is that they are able to protect fishes from any kind of bacteria, protozoa or virus.....beautiful technology, isn't it?


The Lab
Welcome to The Lab, a virtual peek into the research and development lab of TWY.

This is the very same lab the world's first oral, multi-component vaccine against common tropical fish diseases was born.

In 1999, TWY received a Singapore Government grant to jointly develop with National University of Singapore a single vaccine that could fight against common tropical fish diseases. The creation of the
vaccine spanned 4 years, and employed DNA technology.

Today, the lab continues to pursue excellence in ornamental fish research by embarking on various projects. One of its activities is the regular submission of scientific papers. So far it has published one paper in an international journal:  Hedge A.et al (2003). Nodavirus infection infreshwater ornamental fish guppy, Poecilia reticulata-comparative characterization andpathogenicity studies. Archives of Virology
(2003)148:575-586.

It is currently submitting the following papers to other international journals:

1.Lim SY et al. Preliminary characterization and immunological studies on guppy (Poecilia reticulata) reovirus. Aquaculture (submitted).

2. Seng EK et al. Development of a rapid, sensitive and specific diagnostic essay for fish Aquareovirus based on "RT-PCR". Journal of Virology Methods (submitted).

3. Sim SH et al. Effect of threadfin aquareovirus (TFV) recombinant proteins on the resistance of guppy (Poecilia reticulata) to guppy aquareovirus (GPV) infection. Aquaculture (submitted)

TWY has also just created some new and innovative fish care and fish feedproducts. (Highlights of products to be featured here).

The Lab is currently developing a breeding protocol to upscale its production of vaccinatedlivestock. It is also extending it's vaccination program to fish other than guppies, likeplaty, sword-tail, goldfish, fancy carp and many other freshwater and marine fish.

For further updates on TWY's latest research and development project, and the latest discoveries in
terms of technologies and breeding techniques, stay tuned to The Lab.