Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK
Fellow, NUS Teaching Academy
Core member, Institute Applied Learning Sciences and Educational Technology (ALSET), NUS
Section Editor, Journal for Biology and Microbiology Education, American Society for Microbiology
Editorial Board Member, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Education

Professional Experience

Research Interests

Foong May’s research laboratory focuses on:
* Exit from Mitosis
* Spindle dynamics
* Fungal pathogenicity

Education Interests:
* Authentic learning
* Problem-solving
* Active-learning
* Collaborative-learning

Selected Publications

1. Lee, S.C. and Yeong, FM. Minor tweaks to tutorial presentation improved students’ perceptions of our mass tutorial. The Asia-Pacific Scholar. 2023 Jul; 8(3): 54 – 57. https://doi.org/10.29060/TAPS.2023-8-3/SC2867
2. Tang BHE, Bay JW, Yeong FM, Samuel M. Efficacy and safety of echinocandin monotherapy and combination therapy for immunocompromised patients with systemic candidiasis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Mycology. 2023 Feb 16; 33(2):101362. doi: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2023.101362. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36867970.
3. Vishnu Priyanka Reddy Chichili, Ti Weng Chew, Srihari Shankar, Shi Yin Er, Cheen Fei Chin, Chacko Jobichen, Catherine Qiurong Pan, Yiting Zhou, Foong May Yeong, Boon Chuan Low, J. Sivaraman. Structural basis for p50RhoGAP BCH domain–mediated regulation of Rho inactivation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. May 2021, 118 (21) e2014242118; DOI:10.1073/pnas.2014242118
4. Yeong FM. Using Asynchronous, Online Discussion Forums to Explore How Life Sciences Students Approach an Ill-Structured Problem. Teaching & Learning Inquiry. 2021, 9(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.9.1.11
5. Lee Z-W., Chew YY., & Yeong FM. Exploring context-based teaching of statistical literacy and graphical communication in a Life Sciences module in an Asian University. Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 2020, 10(2). 118-133. http://nus.edu.sg/cdtl/engagement/publications/ajsotl-home/asian-journal-of-the-scholarship-of-teaching-and-learning/v10n2-Lee-et-al
6. Lee Z-W, Yeong FM. Online conferencing platform provides opportunity for reciprocal teaching. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 2020, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1002/bmb.21405 (rapid communication)
7. Yeong FM, Chin CF, Tan AL. Use of a competency framework to explore the benefits of student-generated multiple-choice questions (MCQs) on student engagement. Pedagogies: An International Journal. 2019, 15:2, 83-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/1554480X.2019.1684924
   
8. Lee, S.C. and Yeong, FM. Fostering student engagement in a Cell Biology module: Perspectives from using online, collaborative reading assignments mediated by Perusall. The Asia-Pacific Scholar. 2018, Vol. 3 No. 3.
9. Augustine B, Chin CF, Yeong FM. Role of Kip2 during early mitosis – impact on spindle pole body separation and chromosome capture. Journal of Cell Science. 2018, Jun11;131(11). https://jcs.biologists.org/content/131/11/jcs211425
10. Chin, CF, Tan, K, Onishi, M, Chew, YY, Augustine, B, Lee, WR and Yeong FM. Timely endocytosis of cytokinetic enzymes prevents premature spindle breakage during mitotic exit. PLOS Genetics. 2016, Jul 22;12(7):e1006195. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006195
11. Yeong, FM. Use of Constructed-response Questions to Support Learning of Cell Biology during Lectures. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. 2015, May 1;16(1):87-9. https://dx.doi.org/10.1128%2Fjmbe.v16i1.890
12. Chew, Y. Y., Chin, C. F., & Yeong, FM. Simulating an investigative study of clinical cancer samples: use of tissue slides and PCR-based promoter-hypermethylation analysis. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 2015, Jan-Feb;43(1):39-46. https://doi.org/10.1002/bmb.20835
13. Yeong FM. Using Primary Literature in an Undergraduate Assignment: Demonstrating Connections among Cellular Processes. Journal of Biological Education, 2015, 49(1): 73-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2014.882384
14. Yeong, FM. Science Students and Social Sciences: Strange Bedfellows?Higher Education Research & Development. 2014, 33(5), 1078 – 1080. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2014.915466 (points for debate)
15. Yeong, FM. Using primary-literature-based assessments to highlight connections between sub-topics in cell biology. Journal of the NUS Teaching Academy. 2014, 3(1), 34-48.
16. Yeong FM. Multi-step down-regulation of the secretory pathway in mitosis: a fresh perspective on protein trafficking. Bioessays. 2013, May;35(5):462-71. https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.201200144 (prospects and overview)
17. Sanbhnani S, Yeong FM. CHFR: a key checkpoint component implicated in a wide range of cancers. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 2012, May;69(10):1669-87. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00018-011-0892-2
18. Yeong FM. Moving Away from Dogmatic Knowledge Dissemination in a Cell Biology Module: Examples from Singapore. Bioscience Education. 2012, 20, 106-115. https://doi.org/10.11120/beej.2012.20000106
19. Chin CF, Bennett AM, Ma WK, Hall MC and Yeong FM. Dependence of Chs2 ER export on dephosphorylation by cytoplasmic Cdc14 ensures that septum formation follows mitosis. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2012, Jan;23(1):45-58. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e11-05-0434
20. Chai CC, Teh EM and Yeong FM. Unrestrained spindle elongation during recovery from spindle checkpoint activation in cdc15-2 cells results in mis-segregation of chromosomes. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2010, Jul 15;21(14):2384-98. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e09-07-0637
21. Chin CF, Yeong FM. Safeguarding entry into mitosis: the antephase checkpoint. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 2010, Jan;30(1):22-32. https://mcb.asm.org/content/30/1/22 (review)
22. Teh EM, Chai CC, and Yeong FM. Retention of Chs2p in the ER requires N-terminal CDK1-phosphorylation sites. Cell Cycle. 2009, Sep 15;8(18):2964-74. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19713768/
23. Zhang G, Kashimshetty R, Ng KEA, Tan HB and Yeong FM. Exit from mitosis triggers Chs2p transport from the endoplasmic reticulum to mother-daughter neck via the secretory pathway in budding yeast. Journal of Cell Biology. 2006, Jul 17;174(2):207-20. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200604094
24. Yeong FM. Severing all ties between mother and daughter: cell separation in budding yeast. Molecular Microbiology. 2005, Mar;55(5):1325-31. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04507.x (review)
25. Yeong FM. Anaphase-promoting complex in Caenorhabditis elegans. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 2004, Mar;24(6):2215-25. https://mcb.asm.org/content/24/6/2215 (review)
26. Yeong, FM, H Hombauer, K S Wendt, T Hirota, I Mudrak, K Mechtler, T Loregger, A Merchler-bauer, K Tanaka, J-M Peters and E Ogris, Identification of a subunit of a novel Kleisin-beta/SMC complex as a potential substrate of protein phosphatase 2A. Current Biology. 2003, Dec 2;13(23):2058-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2003.10.032
27. Hwa Lim H, Yeong FM, Surana U. Inactivation of mitotic kinase triggers translocation of MEN components to mother-daughter neck in yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2003, Nov;14(11):4734-43. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e03-04-0238
28. Yeong FM, Lim HH, Surana U. MEN, destruction and separation: mechanistic links between mitotic exit and cytokinesis in budding yeast. Bioessays. 2002 Jul;24(7):659-66. https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.10106 (hypothesis)
29. Yeong FM, Lim HH, Wang Y, Surana U. Early expressed Clb proteins allow accumulation of mitotic cyclin by inactivating proteolytic machinery during S phase. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 2001, Aug;21(15):5071-81. https://dx.doi.org/10.1128%2FMCB.21.15.5071-5081.2001
30. Wei H, Ashby DG, Moreno CS, Ogris E, Yeong FM, Corbett AH, Pallas DC. Carboxymethylation of the PP2A catalytic subunit in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is required for efficient interaction with the B-type subunits Cdc55p and Rts1p.Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2001, Jan 12;276(2):1570-7. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m008694200
31. Yeong FM, Lim HH, Padmahree GG, Surana, U.  Exit from mitosis in budding yeast: biphasic inactivation of the Cdc28-Clb2 mitotic kinase and the role of Cdc20. Molecular Cell. 2000, 5(3): 501 – 511. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1097-2765(00)80444-x
32. Ng ML, Yeong FM, Tan SH. Cryosubstitution technique reveals new morphology of flavivirus-induced structures. Journal of Virological Methods. 1994 Oct;49(3):305-14. doi: 10.1016/0166-0934(94)90145-7. PMID: 7868648.