{"id":9708,"date":"2026-09-25T09:58:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T01:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/?page_id=9708"},"modified":"2026-10-03T14:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T06:14:18","slug":"bic30awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/bic30awards\/","title":{"rendered":"BIC 30th Anniversary Awards Nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9708\" class=\"elementor elementor-9708\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d8e1db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d8e1db\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ddb9647\" data-id=\"ddb9647\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b56b29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b56b29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BIC30 Anniversary Awards Nomination Committee<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tan Tin Wee (Chair)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">P Kangueane<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shoba Ranganathan<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BIC30 Anniversary Awards Selection Committee<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tan Tin Wee (Chair) <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Caroline Lee<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">N Latha<\/span><\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">AMBIS ExCo for National Endorsement<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">APBioNet ExCo for Regional Endorsement<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BiC30 awards is held in conjunction with the <a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/insyb2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10th International Symposium on Bioinformatics (InSyB2026).<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Both the APBioNet ExCo and AMBIS ExCo members have endorsed the BIC30 Awardees. As such, the Awards are now officially known as the <strong>APBioNet-AMBIS-BIC30 Awards.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Awards Process<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nominations Committee solicits, collects and collates nominations from the community and processes the nominations for CV\/BioData\/draft Citation and decides to escalate the nominees to Selection Committee, for BIC30 Anniversary event (14 Oct 2026 NUS Univ Hall auditorium), or for future awards, particularly if the nominee is not ready or for whatever reasons. Nomination Committee also reviews suitability for the category of award, and decides new categories if necessary.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Selection Committee reviews the candidates for awards according to category and determines if candidates are suitable and sufficiently meritorious for the award nominated for.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Once the awardees are determined, Nomination Committee will escalate it to AMBIS ExCo for their endorsement or not at National Level.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For those endorsed at National Level, they will have the AMBIS designation prefixed to the name of their award, e.g. AMBIS-BIC30 Award. These awardees shall be escalated to APBioNet ExCo for their endorsement, or not, at the Regional Level. If accepted, they will have the APBioNet designation prefixed to the name of their award, e.g. APBioNet-AMBIS-BIC30 Singapore Awards<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Awardees will have their citations edited and sanitised for website display prior to the award ceremony on 14 Oct 2026 (evening dinner at NUS University Hall Nexus room)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Awardees may be invited by the InSyB 2026 symposium programme subcommittee to present a short paper during the 10th InSyB 2026. They may be invited to say a few words in their acceptance speech during the award ceremony.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Awardees will have a small trophy as a token of their award, and will have their citations and photograph kept in the online websites of the various relevant organisations.<\/span><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-030a90b e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"030a90b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-01-at-9.50.41-AM.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9835\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-01-at-9.50.41-AM.jpeg 387w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-01-at-9.50.41-AM-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-01-at-9.50.41-AM-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5cef4f\" data-id=\"e5cef4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeb608e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aeb608e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr Victor Tong Joo Chuan <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/h3><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/victor-tong-joo-chuan-0345465\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/victor-tong-joo-chuan-0345465\/<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p><p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">BIC 30th Anniversary Awards<\/span><\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">APBioNet-AMBIS-BIC30 International Recognition and Outstanding Achievement Award<\/span><\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Nominated several times but self-declined<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr Victor Tong Joo Chuan is a Singaporean computer scientist, bioinformatician, and technology leader known for his pioneering work in computational biology and personalized vaccine design. He graduated with a Bachelor of Computing (Honours) in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2002 and subsequently earned a PhD in bioinformatics from NUS in 2007.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His early research combined computer science, machine learning, and immunology to develop algorithms that predict vaccine antigens while accounting for genetic variations in human immune responses. This work contributed to the emerging field of personalized vaccines and earned him international recognition.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 2008, Dr Tong received the prestigious MIT Technology Review&#8217;s Global TR35 Award, becoming the first native Singaporean to be recognized among the world&#8217;s top young innovators under the age of 35 for his contributions to personalized vaccine design. Fellow awardees included Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Jack Dorsey (Twitter).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Beyond bioinformatics, he has held leadership roles within Singapore&#8217;s research and technology ecosystem, including positions at A*STAR, where he helped establish research programs in social and cognitive computing, artificial intelligence, analytics, and smart cities. He later served as Chief Digital and Information Officer and Chief Data and Information Officer for major cultural institutions, including the National Gallery Singapore.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His life-time service included driving the final stages of the global online bioinformatics course of S* Life Sciences Alliance (2005-2007), President of the Association for Medical and Bio Informatics Singapore (AMBIS) (2004-2010), Senior Innovation Advisory Board Member of Pfizer (2009-2010), Board Chairman, Social Innovation Park (2013-2016), Founding Chairman, Trampolene a social service non-profit (2016-2019).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr Victor Tong&#8217;s career exemplifies the successful integration of computer science, data science, artificial intelligence, and life sciences to address challenges in healthcare, biotechnology, and digital transformation<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34bf808 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34bf808\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-707160c\" data-id=\"707160c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-020d800 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"020d800\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/justin-choo-edit-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9834\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/justin-choo-edit-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/justin-choo-edit-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/justin-choo-edit-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/justin-choo-edit-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/justin-choo-edit-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/justin-choo-edit.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34a62bd\" data-id=\"34a62bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fec59e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fec59e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr Justin Choo<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/h3><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/justin-choo-91b142211\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/justin-choo-91b142211\/<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">BIC 30th Anniversary Awards<br \/>APBioNet-AMBIS-BIC30 Distinguished Bioinformatics and Entrepreneurship Award<br \/>(Nominated and self-declined)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Justin is a technology entrepreneur, researcher, and industry leader whose career spans bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, and digital advertising.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Justin began his career at the National University of Singapore, where after completing NUS BSc Computer Science in 2002, he pursued a PhD in Bioinformatics at the Department of Biochemistry, NUS Medicine, graduating in 2009. From 2003, he also served as a Teaching Assistant for the Department\u2019s second-generation bioinformatics courses and contributed to the administration of online courses under the S* Life Science Informatics Alliance.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His entrepreneurial journey began while he was still pursuing his doctorate. In 2004, Justin co-founded a financial software company with two friends, developing ChartNexus, a financial charting and market-analysis software platform.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Before completing his PhD, Justin joined ASTAR\u2019s Institute for Infocomm Research (I\u00b2R), where he worked on the technology that form the early foundation of KNOREX in text mining and Natural Language Processing. He subsequently licensed the technology from ASTAR and spun it off into Knorex Pte Ltd, embarking on a 16-year journey of building and transforming the company into an AI-driven advertising technology business.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In September 2025, KNOREX was listed on the NYSE American (NYSE American: KNRX), marking a significant milestone in Justin\u2019s entrepreneurial journey. As Chairman and CEO, he leads a team of more than 80 employees across the United States, Vietnam, Malaysia, India, and Singapore.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">From his early research applying computational methods to signal peptide processing and the life sciences, to building financial software and ultimately applying artificial intelligence at scale in digital advertising, Justin\u2019s career reflects an enduring ability to translate technical expertise into real-world innovation. His journey is distinguished by perseverance, adaptability, entrepreneurship, and sustained leadership in bringing Singapore-developed technology to the global marketplace.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d44333 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d44333\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6acc440\" data-id=\"6acc440\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78d0313 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78d0313\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/Untitled.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9838\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/Untitled.png 404w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/bch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/10\/Untitled-274x300.png 274w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa529c4\" data-id=\"fa529c4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4cd83e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4cd83e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">K. Tan<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/h3><p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">BIC 30th Anniversary Awards<\/span><\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">APBioNet-AMBIS-BIC30 Administrative Excellence Award<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em><strong>Nominated and self declined<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Acknowledging sustained administrative mastery, organizational management, and operational leadership.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">K Tan\u2019s career is marked by a strong record of administrative leadership, operational stewardship, and strategic business development\u2014repeatedly bridging technical life science capabilities with organizational growth and external partnerships.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">K stepped in at the Bioinformatics Centre (BIC) to build upon its early foundation and lead the centre through a key phase of maturity and expansion. Managing complex, multi-party budgets and academic operations, K oversaw the administrative execution of research grants, personnel, and institutional collaborations. Her leadership ensured operational continuity and financial clarity across BIC&#8217;s expanding suite of regional bioinformatics services and training initiatives.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Recognizing the growing need to interface academic research with industry demand, K later trained new administrative staff as she transitioned into BIC\u2019s Business Development Unit. In this role, she drove strategic outreach\u2014fostering industry partnerships, managing intellectual asset collaborations, and commercializing the centre&#8217;s specialized training and analytical capabilities. Her work expanded BIC&#8217;s footprint beyond traditional academic boundaries, positioning it as a key regional hub for bioinformatics solutions and industry engagement.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Through her dual contributions in core administrative management and business development, K played a pivotal role in sustaining BIC\u2019s long-term growth and establishing its enduring legacy within the NUS life sciences ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIC30 Anniversary Awards Nomination CommitteeTan Tin Wee (Chair)P KangueaneShoba Ranganathan BIC30 Anniversary Awards Selection CommitteeTan Tin Wee (Chair) Caroline LeeN&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8259,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9708","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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