NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering

Research Projects by Clusters

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Bioengineering Infocommunications Research Structural and Chemical Biology
Bioinformatics Lipidomics Structural and Chemical Sciences
Cancer Research Manufacturing Technology Systems Biology
Cell and Molecular Biology Materials Science and Engineering  
Cognitive Neuroscience Molecular Epidemiology  
Computational Science and Engineering Molecular Genetics / Genomics  
High Performance Computing Molecular Medicine  
Data Storage Technologies Nanoscience  
Development Biology Nanobiotechnology  
Drug Development Neurobiology  
Electrophysiology Nutrition  
Environment (Endocrine Disrupters) Stem Cell Biology  
Immunology /  Infectious / Infammatory Diseases Stem Cells/ Tissue Engineering  

 

Cancer Research top

Molecular Basis for Androgen Receptor Antagonism in Prostate Cancer Therapy.

 

Cell and Molecular Biology top

Developing chemical biology tools for studies of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) and their substrates both in vitro and in vivo.


Ligand Identification for Orphan Nuclear Receptors TLX and PNR.


Molecular Basis for Androgen Receptor Antagonism in Prostate Cancer Therapy.


Orthogonal protein labeling methods based on sortase-mediated transpeptidation.

 

Cognitive Neuroscience top

Cognitive Neuroscience of Sleep Deprivation; brain aging

 

Development Biology top

Small fish as models to study embryonic development and human diseases.

 

Drug Development top

Ligand Identification for Orphan Nuclear Receptors TLX and PNR.


Molecular basis for regulation of estrogen-dependent breast cancer cell proliferation by Epimedium prenylflavonoids.

 

Environment (Endocrine Disrupters) top

Origin and Effect of Sex Hormone Disrupting Chemicals in Singapore's Seawater.

 

Immunology /  Infectious / Infammatory Diseases top

Class I MHC tetramers with conditional ligands that are focused on HLA polymorphisms prevalent in Asia.


Role of NK cells and NKG2D in chemotherapy of cancer.


Structural and interaction studies of proteins from bacterial Type III secretion system


The role of the DNA damage response in the regulation of the tumor-associated antigen 1 (CD155) expression.

 

Infocommunications Research top

Music Information Retrieval for Healthcare Applications.

 

Lipidomics top

Computational Lipid Biology.


Immortalisation of human Meibomian gland derived cells for the purpose of lipid replacement therapy in dysfunctional tear syndrome.


Lipid Profiles.


Lipidomics of signaling pathways associated with FcggRs and FcgRIIa receptors.


Novel chemical biology approaches for generation of inositol lipids.


Phospholipids metabolism, lipid droplets and obesity.


Role of protein and lipid signaling in connection to autophagy.


Understanding and Controlling Protein Anchoring in Health and in Parasitic Diseases.

 

Molecular Genetics / Genomics top

Ligand Identification for Orphan Nuclear Receptors TLX and PNR.


Molecular Basis for Androgen Receptor Antagonism in Prostate Cancer Therapy.

 

Molecular Medicine top

Ligand Identification for Orphan Nuclear Receptors TLX and PNR.

 

Nanobiotechnology top

Development of drug targets for bone diseases.


Investigation of the health-risk of nanomaterials.

 

Nutrition top

Assessment of iron requirements in major Asian ethnicities by stable isotope techniques.


Deciphering of the iron isotope message in human blood.


Exploration of calcium isotope effects as a possible tool for studying calcium metabolism in humans.

 

Structural and Chemical Biology top

Developing chemical biology tools for studies of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) and their substrates both in vitro and in vivo.
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