PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Investigating the interplay between the gut microbiota and intestinal barrier integrity following exertional hyperthermia |
| Speaker | Naomi Estelle Ng |
| Thesis Advisors | Assoc Prof Jason Lee Kai Wei, Dr Ivan Low Cherh Chiet, Assoc Prof Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 16 May 2024, 10am |
| Venue | MD6, #01-02, CeTM- Learning Room |
Emotional Health Seminar
| Topic | Emotional Agility for a Healthier You |
| Speaker | Dr Sarada Bulchand |
| Convener | Dr Ira Agrawal |
| Date & Time | 10 May 2024, 12pm |
| Venue | [Hybrid] MD9 Workshop room and via Zoom |
Emotional Health Seminar
| Topic | Helping Our Youth Flourish – Observations on Youth Mental Health |
| Speaker | Dr Darryl Tan |
| Convener | Assoc Prof Celestial Yap |
| Date & Time | 19 April 2024, 12pm |
| Venue | [Hybrid] MD9 Workshop room and via Zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic |
Regulation of the L-type Ca channel Cav1.2 by adrenergic and dopaminergic signaling and its functional relevance in memory and attention |
| Speaker | Professor Johannes W.Hell |
| Convener | Professor Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 16 April 2024, 10am |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room |
Research Seminar
| Topic |
Precision medicine – Tackling the mysteries of genetic diseases |
| Speaker | Dr Linda (Shen) Gu |
| Convener | A/P Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 12 April 2024, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room |
Research Seminar
| Topic |
Onco-histone mutations in paediatric glioblastomas: molecular mechanisms and implications for therapy. |
| Speaker | Professor Lee Wong |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 9 April 2024, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | “Tipping the Balance” : Human Thermoregulation in a Warming World |
| Speaker | Dr Xiang Ren Tan |
| Host | Dr Ivan Low |
| Date & Time | 5 April 2024, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room |
Research Seminar
| Topic |
The War Between Phage and Bacteria: Decoding the Attack and Evade Mechanisms of CRISPR-Cas Systems |
| Speaker | Dr. Chunyi Hu |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 15 March 2024, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Stem cell biology, cancer plasticity and therapeutic potential |
| Speaker | Prof. Stephanie Ma |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 23 Feb 2024, 12pm |
| Venue | ZOOM |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Navigating the Nexus of Epigenetics and Epitranscirptome in Neurodegeneration |
| Speaker | Dr. Jun-An Chen |
| Convener | Assoc Prof Ling Shio-Chen |
| Date & Time | 29 Jan 2024, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room |
Emotional Health Seminar
| Topic | Burnout canaries: Helping each other mitigate harm from “coal mine workplaces” |
| Speaker | Dr Hakim Young |
| Convener | Assoc Prof Celestial Yap |
| Date & Time | 26 Jan 2024, 12pm |
| Venue | [Hybrid] MD9 Workshop room and via Zoom |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | The impact of chronological aging on the heart |
| Speaker | Dr. Julian Wagner |
| Host | Assoc Prof Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 23 Jan 2024, 1pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Leveraging Mouse Models for The Development of Gene Therapies for Frontotemporal Dementia and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
| Speaker | Professor Yazi Diana Ke |
| Convener | Assoc Prof Ling Shio-Chen |
| Date & Time | 19 Jan 2024, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | The role of glucocorticoids on cluster of differentiation 151 (CD151) expression in influenza a virus replication |
| Speaker | Lee Zhao Yong |
| Convener | Assoc Prof Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 12 Jan 2024, 10am |
| Venue | MD7-02-09 Conference Room |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Elucidating the Dynamics of Annexin A1 and Choline Metabolism in Membrane Repair during Breast Cancer Metastasis |
| Speaker | Jonathan Chua Wei Bao |
| Convener | A/P Lina Lim |
| Date & Time | 20 December 2023, 4:30pm |
| Venue | ZOOM |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | Stress, divergence in stress response and obesity: The role of a simple stress challenge as a screening and a therapeutic strategy for obesity |
| Speaker | Dr. Sakda Dharmadasa Hewagalamulage |
| Host | Dr Ivan Low Cherh Chiet |
| Date & Time | 24 Nov 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | ZOOM |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Reprogramming Tumor Microenvironment using PD1-CD137L Fusion Protein |
| Speaker | Xia Runze |
| Convener | A/P Herbert Schwarz |
| Date & Time | 21 November 2023, 11.30am |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop room |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Understanding cancer through the lens of replication stress |
| Speaker | Dr. Sriram Sridharan |
| Convener | Prof Reshma Teneja |
| Date & Time | 17 Nov 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Epigenetic Alterations in Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Speaker | Ang Chin Kye Gareth |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 9 November 2023, 1pm |
| Venue | MD7 Dept of Biochemistry, Level 2 Conference room |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Molecular Insights on the Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in Triple Negative Breast Cancer by UBR7 and PRC2 Complex |
| Speaker | A/Prof Chandrima Das |
| Convener | Dr Tee Wee Wei |
| Date & Time | 1 Nov 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Decoding MASLD: Exploring its Links with Leaky Gut, Gut Microbiome, and Angiopoietin-like 4 Protein |
| Speaker | A/Prof Tan Nguan Soon Andrew |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 20 Oct 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room |
Panel discussion
| Topic | Panel Discussion –Exploring Generative AI in Medical Undergraduate Education: Educator’s Perspectives |
| Speaker | A/Prof Celestial Yap, Dr Kenneth Ban, Dr Ivan Low, Dr Natasha Luke, Dr Nurulhuda Mustafa |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 14 Apr 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | [Hybrid] MD11 CRC Symposium Room and via Zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Deciphering the Clonal Code: Dynamic interactions between mutant populations in early tumorigenesis |
| Speaker | Dr Teresa Ho |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 6 Oct 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Targeting clonal heterogeneity in treatment-refractory brain cancers with novel and empiric immunotherapies: Advances and Chalenges |
| Speaker | Prof. Sheila Singh |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 27 Sep 2023, 9 am |
| Venue | Zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Studying lipid metabolism in tumour initiating cells in ARMS |
| Speaker | Amogh Gupta |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 20 September 2023, 2pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop room |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Single cell biology and machine learning can advance your research and your career |
| Speaker | Jonathan Scolnick |
| Convener | A/Prof Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 22 Sep 2023, 12 pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop room |
Emotional Health Seminar
| Topic | Insight – through a Mindfulness Lens |
| Speaker | Dr Siau Chiang & Dr Tan E-Ching |
| Convener | A/Prof Celestial Yap |
| Date & Time | 15 Sep 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | [Hybrid] MD9 Workshop room and via Zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Wearable Sensing Technologies for Healthcare Applications & the Health Metaverse |
| Speaker | Prof. Lim Chwee Teck |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 8 Sep 2023, 12 pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop room |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Climate change: Thermoregulatory and cardiovascular consequences in older adults |
| Speaker | Prof. Craig Crandall |
| Convener | A/Prof Jason Lee Kai Wei |
| Date & Time | 25 Aug 2023, 12 pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop room |
Emotional Health Seminar
| Topic | Enoughness – Be Excited for Excellence |
| Speaker | Anupama Murali & Dr Lakshmi Ramachandran |
| Convener | Dr Ira Agrawal |
| Date & Time | 18 Aug 2023, 12 pm |
| Venue | Zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Kinase-independent and dependent mechanisms of mammalian target of rapamycin in modulating cellular homeostasis |
| Speaker | Tan Wei Quan Bryce |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 4 July 2023, 2.30 pm |
| Venue | MD7, Dept of Biochemistry, Level 2, Conference Room |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Role of ergothioneine in hippocampal plasticity and memory in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease |
| Speaker | Lee Suk Yin |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 28 June 2023, 2.30pm |
| Venue | via Zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Investigating the role of innate lymphoid cells and TC17 in human hepatocellular carcinoma |
| Speaker | Lee Yun Hua |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 15 June 2023, 10am |
| Venue | via Zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Investigating the role of sodium butyrate in epigenetic changes associated with aging and Alzheimer’s diseases |
| Speaker | Saranya Jayapragas |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 12 June 2023, 2.00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room, 01-02H |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Investigating Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor resistance in ono-small cell lung cancer |
| Speaker | Geoffrey Balamurli |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 30 May 2023, 3.00pm |
| Venue | MD11-01-07, Clinical Research Centre NUS |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | The role of trigeminal ISL1 neurons in feeding behaviour |
| Speaker | Alison Kok Maun Yeng |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 19 May 2023, 2pm |
| Venue | Biochemistry Conference Room, MD7-02-09 |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Effects of maternal metabolic stress on offspring health and peripheral neurocircuit development |
| Speaker | Rhonda Chee Sin Ling |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 18 May 2023, 2.00pm |
| Venue | via Zoom |
Emotional Health Seminar
| Topic | Resilience & Grit in the pursuit of Excellence |
| Speaker | Dr. Kinjal Doshi |
| Convener | Dr. Ira Agrawal |
| Date & Time | 12 May 2023, 11.30am |
| Venue | [Hybrid] MD9 Workshop Room, 01-02H, and via Zoom, in conjunction with Physiology Pitch Perfect 2023 |
Healthy Longevity Webinar
| Topic | There is more to the senescence stress secretome than meets the eye |
| Speaker | Dr. Karen Crasta |
| Convener | Prof Andrea Maier |
| Date & Time | 11 May 2023, 7pm |
| Venue | via Zoom Webinar |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Mechanism of drug induced iron-dependent ROS-mediated execution of mutant KRAS driven pancreatic cancer cells |
| Speaker | Zhu Haiyuxin |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 11 May 2023, 1.00pm |
| Venue | via Zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Chromatin-based modulations underlying gene regulation and oncogenesis |
| Speaker | Prof. Greg Wang |
| Convener | Dr. Tee Wee Wei |
| Date & Time | 5 May 2023, 9am |
| Venue | via Zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | fNIRS-based Investigation of Exertional Heat Stress on Brain-muscle Physiology |
| Speaker | Michiko Naomi |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 5 May 2023, 10.00am |
| Venue | via Zoom |
Healthy Longevity Webinar
| Topic | Mitochondrial calcium driven bioenergetics |
| Speaker | Asst Prof Karthik Mallilankaraman |
| Convener | Prof Brian Kennedy |
| Date & Time | 5 May 2023, 7pm |
| Venue | via Zoom Webinar |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Engineering cell-derived meaty aroma for complete meat-eating experience |
| Speaker | Zhou Hanzhang |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 4 May 2023, 9.30am |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room, 01-02H |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Targeting metabolism and cell death pathways in glioblastoma |
| Speaker | Prof. Markus D Siegelin |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 28 Apr 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | via Zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Sensory circuits for valence and motivated behaviours |
| Speaker | Prof. Li Zhang |
| Convener | Dr. Andrew Tan |
| Date & Time | 21 Apr 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room, 01-02H |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Natural Killer Cell-mediated tumour therapy targeting CD137 |
| Speaker | Sun Rui |
| Convener | A/Prof Herbert Schwarz |
| Date & Time | 20 Apr 2023, 2.30pm |
| Venue | Biochemistry Conference Room, MD7-02-09 |
Emotional Health Seminar
| Topic | The Mind-Breath Connection & How to Utilize it to Manage Stress |
| Speaker | Dr. Ira Agrawal |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 14 Apr 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | [Hybrid] MD9 Workshop Room and via Zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Novel Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Mitophagy |
| Speaker | Cho Yik Lam |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 13 Apr 2023, 2pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Education Seminar
| Topic | Medical Education at the University of Zurich |
| Speaker | Prof. Ralph Schimmer |
| Convener | A/Prof Celestial Yap |
| Date & Time | 30 Mar 2023, 4pm |
| Venue | via Zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Soft, morphing and tissue-mimicking neural interface |
| Speaker | Dr. Liu Yuxin |
| Convener | Dr. John Chua |
| Date & Time | 24 Mar 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room, 01-02H |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | CRISPR in Cancer Biology |
| Speaker | Dr. Liang Shunping |
| Convener | Prof Shazib Pervaiz |
| Date & Time | 22 Mar 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room, 01-02H |
Emotional Health Seminar
| Topic | Befriending Stress – Understanding Stress Physiology and Psychology |
| Speaker | A/P Celestial Yap & Dr. Virginia Lien |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong & Dr Ira Agrawal |
| Date & Time | 10 Mar 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | [Hybrid] LT 26 and via Zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Decoding origin and oncogenesis in brain cancers |
| Speaker | Dr. Q Richard Lu |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 22 Feb 2023, 9am |
| Venue | via Zoom |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | An overview of stem cells, epigenetics, and regenerative medicine |
| Speaker | Dr. Haiting Ma |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 17 Feb 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room, 01-02H |
Emotional Health Seminar
| Topic | Caring for Ourselves while we care for others |
| Speaker | Dr. Maleena Suppiah Cavert |
| Convener | A/P Celestial Yap & Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 13 Feb 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | [Hybrid] MD9 Workshop Room and via Zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | The Role of Kinesin-1 Adaptor, FEZ1, in Motor Neuron Development |
| Speaker | Rafhanah Banu Abdul Razar |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 7 Feb 2023, 11am |
| Venue | via zoom |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | Give yourself an edge in the race for results |
| Speaker | Tini Fadzillah |
| Convener | Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 12 Jan 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room, 01-02H |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Interplay between MDM2 and TFAM regulates oxidative phosphorylation in drug-resistant oncogene-addicted cancers |
| Speaker | Eu Jie Qing |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 6 Jan 2023, 3pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | The Sodium Leak Channel: Structure and Function |
| Speaker | Dr. Chua Han Chow |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 6 Jan 2023, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room, 01-02H |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Targeting receptor transmembrane domains for the development of novel molecular probes and therapeutics |
| Speaker | Prof. Carlos Ibáñez |
| Convener | A/P Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 16 Dec 2022, 12pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Room, 01-02H |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Novel hormonal signaling pathways regulating brain functions and aging |
| Speaker | Prof. Frank Oury |
| Convener | Prof Shazib Pervaiz |
| Date & Time | 9 Dec 2022, 3pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Acetyl-CoA metabolism supports cell plasticity and pancreatic carcinogenesis |
| Speaker | Dr. Alessandro Carrer |
| Convener | Prof Shazib Pervaiz |
| Date & Time | 2 Dec 2022, 3pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Near-infrared light stimulation as a neuroprotective strategy for Parkinson’s disease |
| Speaker | Foo Song Chuan, Aaron |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 1 Dec 2022, 2pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Nogo-A as a plasticity regulator in health and disease: Insight from hippocampal subregions |
| Speaker | Maria Vazquez Pavon |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 30 Nov 2022, 12pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Undercover the genetic mechanism governing pluripotency maintenance in stem cells |
| Speaker | Zheng Zihao |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 29 Nov 2022, 10am |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Functions of IL-37A in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) |
| Speaker | Hussain Muslima |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 28 Nov 2022, 2pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Maximizing therapeutic and nutritional potentials of adipose-derived cells |
| Speaker | Dr. Shigeki Sugii |
| Convener | A/P Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 25 Nov 2022, 12pm |
| Venue | MD 9 Workshop Room, 01-02H |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Targeting epigenetic modifying enzymes to overcome therapy resistance |
| Speaker | A/Prof Jason Lee |
| Convener | Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 24 Nov 2022, 2pm |
| Venue | MD 9 Workshop Room, 01-02H |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Diet-microbiome influences on health and behaviour in the zebrafish model |
| Speaker | Dr. Caroline Lei Wee |
| Convener | A/P Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 18 Nov 2022, 12pm |
| Venue | MD 9 Workshop Room, 01-02H |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Targeting Ferroptosis in Cancer Therapy |
| Speaker | Professor Boyi Gan |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 4 Nov 2022, 10am |
| Venue | Zoom |
Meet-the-Authors Seminar
| Topic | Ectopic CD137 expression by rhabdomyosacroma provides selection advantages but allows immunotherapeutic targeting |
| Speaker | Lee Kang Yi |
| Convener | A/P Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 28 Oct 2022, 12pm |
| Venue | MD 9 Workshop Room, 01-02H |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Mechanism of Tubulin Autoregulation: Marking the Ribosome for Targeted mRNA Control |
| Speaker | Dr. Lin Zhewang |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 14 Oct 2022, 12pm |
| Venue | MD 9 Workshop Room, 01-02H |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Harnessing CD137 Receptor/Ligand system to reshape tumour immunity |
| Speaker | Lee Kang Yi |
| Convener | A/Prof Liu Haiyan |
| Date & Time | 11 Oct 2022, 3.30pm |
| Venue | MD 9 Workshop Room, 01-02H |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Redox regulation of MCL-1 |
| Speaker | Jolin Lai Xiao Hui |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 7 Oct 2022, 3pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Next Generation Retinal Therapeutics |
| Speaker | Dr. Su Xinyi |
| Convener | A/P Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 7 Oct 2022, 12pm |
| Venue | MD 9 Workshop Room |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Investigation of the role of METTL8 in glioblastoma |
| Speaker | Ms Bernice Lee Woon Li |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 6 Oct 2022, 4pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Heat on human health and performance |
| Speaker | A/Prof Jason Lee |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 23 Sep 2022, 12pm |
| Venue | MD 9 Workshop Room |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Identification and Characterization of SEC13 in Influenza Infection |
| Speaker | Ms Sonja Courtney Chua Jun Hui |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 21 Sep 2022, 4pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Decrypting the Role of Novel Auto-Antibodies in Idiopathic Small Fiber Neuropathy |
| Speaker | Dr Amanda Chan Chee Yun |
| Convener | A/Prof Herbert Schwarz |
| Date & Time | 21 Sep 2022, 10.30am |
| Venue | via Zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Widespread 3’UTR splicing promotes oncogene expression and tumorigenesis |
| Speaker | Dr. Yvonne Tay |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 16 Sep 2022, 12pm |
| Venue | MD 9 Workshop Room |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | ‘Teaching effectively’ for DUMMIES – Reflections on many trials and even more errors |
| Speaker | A/Prof Thilo Hagen |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 9 Sep 2022, 12pm |
| Venue | MD 9 Workshop Room |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Sex differences in immune response in GBM |
| Speaker | Dr. Justin Lathia |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 2 Sep 2022, 9am |
| Venue | MD 9 Workshop Room |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | Principles of messenger ribonucleoprotein granules |
| Speaker | Dr. Anthony Khong |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 26 Aug 2022, 12pm |
| Venue | MD 9 Workshop Room |
Education Seminar
| Topic | Emotional Health: Rewiring Our Hearts and Minds |
| Speaker | Dr Hakim Young |
| Convener | A/Prof Celestial Yap |
| Date & Time | 07 July 2022, 12pm |
| Venue | MD 9 Workshop Room and Zoom |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | From molecular mechanisms of stem cell functions in development and disease to synthetic tissue regeneration |
| Speaker | Dr Johnny Kim |
| Convener | A/Prof Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 08 April 2022, 03:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | Artificial Intelligence in healthcare and its implications on undergraduate medical education |
| Speaker | Dr Nathasha Luke |
| Convener | A/Prof Celestial Yap |
| Date & Time | 21 January 2022, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | O-GlcNAcylation of Fatty Acid Synthase Under Nutritional Stress as a Pro-survival Mechanism in Cancer Cells |
| Speaker | Ms Wong Yin Kwan |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 08 Nov 2021 10:30am |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Investigating somatostatin neurons in mouse tuberal nucleus in feeding regulation |
| Speaker | Ms Esra Senol |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 28 Oct 2021 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Role of mitochondrial calcium in embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Speaker | Ms Chiu Hsin Yao |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 27 Oct 2021 01:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | Mechanisms of Cell Division in Cancer Research |
| Speaker | Dr Franz Meitinger |
| Convener | Prof Shazib Pervaiz |
| Date & Time | 20 October 2021, 03:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | An introduction to biological oscillation and pattern formation |
| Speaker | A/Prof Tsuyoshi Hirashima |
| Convener | A/Prof Sanjay Khanna |
| Date & Time | 28 September 2021, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Study on How 4EBP1 Regulate Autophagy in Skeletal Muscle |
| Speaker | Mr Dong Han |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 08 Sep 2021 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Role of microRNAs in the regulation of CD151 expression in asthma |
| Speaker | Mr Sim Wei Liang |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 08 Sep 2021 10:30am |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Optimising thermoregulatory conditioning with wearable technology |
| Speaker | Mr Tan Chee Chong Shawn |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 22 Sep 2021 10:30am |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | The Role of Glucocorticoids on CD151 Expression in Influenza A Virus Replication |
| Speaker | Mr Lee Zhao Yong |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 15 Sep 2021 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Unraveling the Rejuvenation Capacity of Hematopoietic Stem Cells via Lineage Tracing and Clonal Tracking |
| Speaker | Ms Sam Tsz Wing |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 02 Sep 2021 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Development of laminin-based cell therapy for retinal degeneration |
| Speaker | Mr Tan Wei Sheng |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 24 Aug 2021 03:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Uncover the genetic mechanism governing pluripotency maintenance in stem cells |
| Speaker | Mr Zheng Zihao |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 18 Aug 2021 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Deciphering Gastric Cancer Onset and Progression using Novel Mouse Models |
| Speaker | Dr Nick Barker |
| Convener | A/Prof Mahmoud Pouladi |
| Date & Time | 24 September 2021, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Mechanisms of neurovirulence in human enterovirus A71 neuropathogenesis |
| Speaker | Mr Saravanan S/O Gunaseelan |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 23 Jul 2021 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Sharing Seminar
| Topic | NUS Teaching Academy Medical Cluster sharing session with the YLLSOM Department of Physiology |
| Speaker | A/Prof Kelvin Foong, A/Prof Yanika Kowitlawakul |
| Convener | Dr Ivan Low |
| Date & Time | 23 Jul 2021, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Understanding human neuropathology with human neural cells |
| Speaker | Dr Alfred Xuyang Sun |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 25 Jun 2021, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Functional characterization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha 3 in regulation of behaviour |
| Speaker | Ms Caroline Kibat |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 24 Jun 2021 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Novel mechanisms in control of SIRT1 stability during DNA damage response |
| Speaker | Ms Ouyang Chenxi |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 21 Jun 2021 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Investigating the role of mitochondrial calcium uniporter regulator 1 (MCUR1) in PINK1/PARKIN mediated mitophagy |
| Speaker | Ms Chen Peishi |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 16 Jun 2021 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Metaplasticity and heterosynaptic associativity in the hippocamal CA2 area by cholinergic and serotonergic neuromodulation |
| Speaker | Ms Amrita Benoy |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 10 Jun 2021 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Effects of basolateral amygdala priming and acute stress on the synaptic plasticity and its associativity in ventral hippocampal area CA1 |
| Speaker | Mr Chong Yee Song |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 07 Jun 2021 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Role of G9A-like protein GLP in embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Speaker | Ms Upasana Bajaj |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 04 Jun 2021, 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Genomic and epigenetic mechanisms of resistance to systemic therapy in gastroesophageal cancer |
| Speaker | Mr Raghav Sundar |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 31 May 2021, 10:30am |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Central and peripheral neural mechanisms underlying feeding behaviour |
| Speaker | Dr Sarah Luo Xinwei |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 28 May 2021, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Meet-the-Authors Seminar
| Topic | Epigenetic reprogramming towards experimental totipotency |
| Speaker | Dr Tee Wee Wei |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 30 April 2021, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | mTOR kinase-dependent and kinase-independent mechanisms in cellular homeostasis |
| Speaker | Mr Tan Wei Quan Bryce |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 14 Apr 2021, 10:30am |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Lanthanide-based Nanomaterials: An Expanding Toolbox for Bioimaging and Photonic Applications |
| Speaker | Prof Liu Xiaogang |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 09 April 2021, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Gender specific plasticity difference in APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease |
| Speaker | Ms Maria Vazquez Pavon |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 09 Apr 2021, 09:30am |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | The Neural Basis of Sugar and Fat Craving |
| Speaker | Dr Tan Hwei- Ee |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 26 March 2021, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | “A Worthwhile Adventure on a Road Less Travelled” A personal experience: from start-up to a small-medium enterprise |
| Speaker | A/Prof Too Heng Phon |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 19 March 2021, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | A non-viral gene delivery platform technology for enhancing and reprogramming mesenchymal stem cells |
| Speaker | A/Prof Too Heng Phon |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 12 March 2021, 01:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Anti-remodelling and anti-hyperresponsiveness properties of artesunate for the treatment of asthma |
| Speaker | Ms Cheong Hui Juan Dorothy |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 11 Mar 2021, 09:00am |
| Venue | via zoom |
WIPS
| Topic | 1.00pm Presenter : Ms Amanda Chee Yun Chan Under the Supervision of Assoc Prof Schwarz, Herbert Co‐supervised by Prof Soong Tuck Wah Title : “Small Fiber Neuropathy: Classification and Search for Etiology”1.30pm Presenter : Mr Chuah You Heng Under the Supervision of Dr Ong Sek Tong, Derrick Co‐supervised by Prof Reshma Taneja Title : “To elucidate the molecular mechanisms of HDAC7 in regulating glioblastoma stem cell’s tumorigenicity, proliferation and invasiveness”2.00 pm Presenter : Ms Hannah Lau Si Hui Under the Supervision of Prof Pervaiz, Shazib Co-Supervised by Prof KanagaSabapathy& Dr Anita Grigoriadis Title : “Intratumourheterogeneity and its impact on the tumour microenvironment”2.30 pm Presenter : Mr Wang Yongtai Raymond Under the Supervision of Assoc Prof Jason Lee Kai Wei Co‐supervised by Prof Dean Ho & Dr Ivan Low Cherh Chiet Title : “Effects of different cardiorespiratory program on endurance performance”15 minutes break (3pm –3.15pm)3.15pm Presenter : Mr Xuanming Lou Under the Supervision of Prof Yu, Hanry Title : “Muscle fiber separation in meat appearance and texture mouthfeel” 3.45pm 4.15pm 4.45pm |
| Speaker | Ms Amanda Chee Yun Chan Mr Chuah You Heng Ms Hannah Lau Si Hui Mr Wang Yongtai Raymond Mr Xuanming Lou Ms Liang Yajing Mr Kuah Zheng Mian Basil Mr Shan Zhe |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 05 Apr 2021, 01:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Understanding the role of ADAR1 in regulating nucleic acid-induced immunity in the liver |
| Speaker | Dr Polly Leilei Chen |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 05 March 2021, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Education Seminar
| Topic | A scaffold capstone experience to optimise the transition of high school-leavers to medical school |
| Speaker | A/Prof S Niru Nirthanan |
| Convener | Prof Shazib Pervaiz |
| Date & Time | 26 February 2021, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Hippo-YAP/TAZ signalling in development and disease |
| Speaker | Prof Barry Thompson |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 19 February 2021, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Human iPSC-Derived Kupffer Cell-based Model for Immune Mediated Toxicity and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis |
| Speaker | Mr Huang Xiaozhong |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 16 Feb 2021, 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | Education – The Good, The Bad, and The Future |
| Speaker | A/Prof Thai Tran |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 05 February 2021, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
NUS Medicine Professorial Lecture
| Topic | The Sound of Silence: Lysine Methylation in Skeletal Muscle Development and Disease |
| Speaker | Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Convener | Prof Shazib Pervaiz |
| Date & Time | 29 January 2021, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Modelling repeat expansions using isogenic human pluripotent stem cells |
| Speaker | A/Prof Mahmoud Pouladi |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 22 January 2021, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Hair Follicile Stem Cells and Development |
| Speaker | Ms Hsu Shih Han |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 22 December 2020, 10:30am |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Explore the function of non-coding genes in adipocytes |
| Speaker | Dr Sun Lei |
| Convener | Dr Tsai Shih-Yin |
| Date & Time | 04 December 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
WIPS
| Topic | A Cell Type Specific Study on Mesencephalic Trigeminal Nucleus in Feeding Regulation |
| Speaker | Ms Kok Maun Yeng Alison |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 15 December 2020, 10:30am |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Intracortical Microstimulation for Sensory Restoration |
| Speaker | Ms Didem Baran |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 14 December 2020, 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Epstein-Barr virus-induced CD137 expression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
| Speaker | Ms Sashigala D/O Ponnalagu |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 06 November 2020, 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Cardiovascular Immunology: Toll-like Receptor 7 is Emerging |
| Speaker | Dr Wang Jiong-Wei |
| Convener | Dr Tsai Shih-Yin |
| Date & Time | 23 October 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Epigenomic, transcriptomic and cytogenetic mechanisms of intermittent fasting |
| Speaker | Mr Ng Yong Quan Gavin |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 21 October 2020, 03:15pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | 10.00 am Presenter : Mr Mohammad Zaki Bin Ibrahim Under the Supervision of Prof Soong Tuck Wah Co‐supervised by Assoc Prof Saji Kumar Sreedharan 10.30 am 11.00 am 11.30 am |
| Speaker | Mr Mohammad Zaki Bin Ibrahim Mr new Chih Sheng Ms Tanisha Goel Ms Vennila Gopal |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 12 November 2020, 10:00am |
| Venue | via zoom |
Meet-the-authors Seminar
| Topic | Organoid cultures of MELAS neural cells reveal hyperactive Notch signaling that impacts neurodevelopment |
| Speaker | Dr Ng Shi Yan |
| Convener | Dr Tsai Shih-Yin |
| Date & Time | 16 October 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Modeling Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Flies |
| Speaker | Prof Wang Hongyan |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 09 October 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Drinks like a fish? Zebrafish models of human brain disorders |
| Speaker | Dr Ajay S. Mathuru |
| Convener | Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 02 October 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Identifying host factors involved in Influenza A infection |
| Speaker | Ms Tan Hui Qing |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 29 September 2020, 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | A Conversation on Online Teaching-Learning |
| Speaker | Dr Chen Zhi Xiong |
| Convener | Dr Tsai Shih-Yin |
| Date & Time | 25 September 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Back to basics: “fetalization” of the HCC tumor microenvironment drives the generation of an immunosuppressive ecosystem |
| Speaker | Dr Ramanuj DasGupta |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 18 September 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | The ups and downs of oncogenic Wnt signalling: Signals to MYC and MAPK |
| Speaker | Dr Babita Madan |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 14 August 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Studying the Involvement of FeZ1 in Motor Neuron Development and NMJ Formation |
| Speaker | Ms Rafhanah Banu Bte Abdul Razar |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 11 August 2020, 02:30pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Bile acids: regulators of cardio-metabolic and neurological function |
| Speaker | Dr Roshni R Singaraja |
| Convener | A/P Sajikumar Sreedharan |
| Date & Time | 07 August 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Laminin Based Retinal Stem Cell Therapy for Macular Degeneration |
| Speaker | Dr Tay Hwee Goon |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 19 June 2020, 11:00am |
| Venue | via zoom |
Meet-the-Author
| Topic | Group III metabotropic glutamate receptors gate long-term potentiation and synaptic tagging/capture in rat hippocampal area CA2 |
| Speaker | A/Prof Sajikumar Sreedharan |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 12 June 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Meet-the-Author
| Topic | The ALS-FTD-linked gene product, C9orf72, regulates neuronal morphogenesis via autophagy |
| Speaker | Dr Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 05 June 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Meet-the-Author
| Topic | Increased expression of heme-binding protein 1 early in Alzheimer’s disease is linked to neurotoxicity |
| Speaker | Saravanan Gunaseelan |
| Convener | Dr Tsai Shih-Yin |
| Date & Time | 15 May 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Meet-the-Author
| Topic | Research Supervision and Mentoring; The changing role of the medical science educator: Molting into new opportunities and growth; C.A.R.E principles |
| Speaker | Prof Reshma Taneja, Dr Chen Zhixiong, Dr Ivan Low |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 08 May 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Meet-the-Author
| Topic | CD137 ligand interacts with CD32a to trigger reverse CD137 ligand signaling |
| Speaker | A/Prof Herbert Schwarz |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 17 April 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | via zoom |
Meet-the-Authors
| Topic | A feedforward relationship between active Rac1 and phosphorylated Bcl-2 is critical for sustaining Bcl-2 phosphorylation and promoting cancer progression |
| Speaker | Prof Shazib Pervaiz |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 24 April 2020, 12:000pm |
| Venue | via Zoom |
WIPS
| Topic | 1pm Presenter : Mr Jack Alexander Thomson Under the Supervision of Asst Prof Adam Claridge-Chang Co-supervised by Assoc Prof Sanjay Khanna Title : “Inhibiting circuits”1.30pm Presenter : Ms Sam Tsz Wing Under the Supervision of Asst Prof Loh Yuin Han, Jonathan Co-supervised by Assoc Prof Reshma Taneja Title : “Delineating the Dynamics in Potency States and Cell Fate with the Employment of Lineage Tracing” 2.00pm 2.30pm 3-3.15pm Break 3.15pm 3.45pm 4.15pm |
| Speaker | Alexander Thomson Sam Tsz Wing Soon Ling Jun Joshua Sim Wei Liang Tan Chee Chong Shawn Tan Wei Sheng Dong Han |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 07 Apr 2020, 01:00pm |
| Venue | via ZOOM |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Dissecting the heterogeneity of gastric cancer at single cell level |
| Speaker | Ms Ramnarayanan Kalpana |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 09 Apr 2020, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Investigating the Role of METTL8 in Glioblastoma |
| Speaker | Mr Zhu Bowen |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 24 Feb 2020, 09:30am |
| Venue | MD9 Level 4 Conference Room |
Research Seminar
| Topic | The ups and downs of oncogenic Wnt signalling: Signals to MYC and MAPKt |
| Speaker | Dr Babita Madam |
| Convener | A/Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 21 Feb 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PhD Qualifying Examination
| Topic | Investigating the Role of METTL8 in Glioblastoma |
| Speaker | Ms Lee Woon Li Bernice |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 13 Feb 2020, 02:30pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Asylum Seeker to Scientist: Complex Nature of the Gift |
| Speaker | A/Prof Thiruma Valavan Arumugam |
| Convener | A/Prof Herbert Schwarz |
| Date & Time | 12 Feb 2020, 04:30pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Understanding synaptic dysfunctions in Alzheimer’s disease: insights for therapeutic development |
| Speaker | Prof Nancy Y. Ip |
| Convener | Prof Carlos Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 14 Feb 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Research Seminar
| Topic | The p75 neurotrophin receptor regulates development of neural progenitor cells in the CNS |
| Speaker | Prof Wilma Friedman |
| Convener | Prof Carlos Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 07 Feb 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Clinical and functional significance of CD151 in wildtype-EGFR non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) |
| Speaker | Ms Wong Huee Ping Amanda |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 10 Feb 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD10 Anatomy Museum Seminar Room |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Impact of juvenile stress on hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory in adult rats |
| Speaker | Ms Radha Raghuraman |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 10 Feb 2020, 02:30pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PI Seminar
| Topic | Novel regulatory mechanisms of mitophagy: post translational modifications and beyond |
| Speaker | Prof Shen Han-Ming |
| Convener | A/Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 31 Jan 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Old but new story: Novel membrane receptors of amyloid and tau pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s disease |
| Speaker | Prof Jung Yong-Keun |
| Convener | Prof Shen Han-Ming |
| Date & Time | 29 Jan 2020, 05:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Nuclear receptor Nurr1 based research on the pathogenesis and therapy for Parkinson’s disease |
| Speaker | Prof Weidong Le |
| Convener | Prof Shen Han-Ming |
| Date & Time | 22 Jan 2020, 01:00pm |
| Venue | Auditorium, MD11 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | ZBTB48 is both a vertebrate telomere-binding protein and a transcriptional activator |
| Speaker | Dr Dennis Kappei |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 17 Jan 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Mechanisms of microenvironmental factors in human developmental hematopoiesis |
| Speaker | Dr Rio Sugimura |
| Convener | Dr Tsai Shih-Yin |
| Date & Time | 16 Jan 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Education Seminar
| Topic | Training the 21st Century Physician: Strategies to Foster an Inquiry Habit of Mind |
| Speaker | Dr Michelle Hermiston |
| Convener | Dr Chen Zhixiong |
| Date & Time | 14 Jan 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD6 #04-01A SMART Classroom |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Regulation and Modulation of Physiological Ageing |
| Speaker | Dr Michael Ristow |
| Convener | Dr Mallilankaraman Karthik Babu |
| Date & Time | 09 Jan 2020, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Engineering Physical Microenvironment for Hepatocyte Differentiation and Maturation |
| Speaker | Ms Sun Min |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 09 Jan 2020, 09:30am |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Modulation of Salience Processing by Septal Peptidergic Substance P Neurotransmission |
| Speaker | Ms Ng Si Yun |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 08 Jan 2020, 10:30am |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Absence of gut microbiota causes stress-induced anxiety via amygdala hyperexcitability in mice |
| Speaker | Ms Xiao Yixin |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 07 Jan 2020, 10:30am |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PhD Oral
| Topic | Role of G9a-Wnt Axis in Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Speaker | Ms Ananya Pal |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 12 Dec 2019, 10:30am |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Treating Self-DNA-Induced Autoimmune Conditions by Targeting cGAS |
| Speaker | Prof Tao Li |
| Convener | Prof Shen Han-Ming |
| Date & Time | 06 Nov 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Cysteine cathepsins in cancer: Diagnostic imaging and beyond |
| Speaker | Prof Boris Turk |
| Convener | Prof Shazib Pervaiz |
| Date & Time | 06 Nov 2019, 10:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral
| Topic | Characterization of CD137 in Multiple Sclerosis and the role of CD137 signalling in B cells |
| Speaker | Ms Wong Hiu Yi |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 21 Nov 2019, 02:30pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PhD Oral
| Topic | AKT-DRIVEN GLYCOLYSIS CONTRIBUTES TO THE SUPERIOR FUNCTION OF CD137L-DCS WHOSE DIFFERENTIATION IS MEDIATED BY CD137L AND CD32A |
| Speaker | Mr Zeng Qun |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 20 Nov 2019, 09:30am |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PhD QE
| Topic | Redox regulation of Mcl-1 |
| Speaker | Ms Jolin Lai Xiao Hui |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 19 Nov 2019, 10:30am |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Diversification of Reprogramming Trajectories Revealed by Parallel Single-cell Transcriptome and Chromatin Accessibility Sequencing |
| Speaker | Dr Jonathan Yuin-Han Loh |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 15 Nov 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Mechanisms of axon regeneration: insights from C. elegans |
| Speaker | Prof Yishi Jin |
| Convener | Dr John Chua |
| Date & Time | 14 Nov 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Age is just a number but it matters: How the aged tumour microenvironment exacerbates response to chemotherapy |
| Speaker | Dr Karen Crasta |
| Convener | A/Prof Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 09 Oct 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Swee Liew Wadsworth Distinguish Speaker
| Topic | TRP channels in oxygen and redox biology |
| Speaker | Prof Yasuo Mori |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 08 Nov 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
WIPS
| Topic | WIPS Presentations |
| Speaker | Mr Chen Jiaqing Ms Kok Maun Yeng Alison Mr Zheng Zihao Ms Clarissa Esmeralda Halim Ms Hsu Shih Han Ms Tan Hui Qing |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 05 Nov 2019, 10:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | The core transcriptional regulatory circuit in the adrenergic neuroblastoma |
| Speaker | Dr Takaomi Sanda |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 01 Nov 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE
| Topic | A Spatiotemporal Characterization of the Inflammasome Signaling Pathway in a Mouse Model of Vascular Dementia |
| Speaker | Miss Poh Luting |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 29 Oct 2019, 10:30am |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Physiology Lecture Series
| Topic | Physiology — core science for climate change health impact assessment |
| Speaker | Dr Tord Kjellstrom and/or Bruno Lemke |
| Convener | A/Prof Jason Lee Kai Wei |
| Date & Time | 24 Oct 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PI Seminar
| Topic | A Scientific Adventure: Curiosity • Connecting dots • Urgency • Discoveries |
| Speaker | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Convener | A/Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 18 Oct 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PhD Oral
| Topic | Investigation of the role of CUL4-Ring ubiquitin ligases in autophagy during mitosis |
| Speaker | Mr Lu Guang |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 17 Oct 2019, 02:30pm |
| Venue | MD 10 Level 2 Anatomy Seminar Room |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Lightening the Cerebellum from P/Q-type Calcium Channel Specific Diseases |
| Speaker | Dr Melanie Mark |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 14 Oct 2019, 11:00am |
| Venue | CeLS-01-06 CeLS Seminar Room 1 |
PhD QE
| Topic | Evaluating novel treatment modalities stratified according to XIAP status in Neuroblastoma |
| Speaker | Ms Choo Zhang’E |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 11 Oct 2019, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Dysfunction of Synaptic Endocytic Trafficking in Parkinson’s Disease |
| Speaker | Dr Cao Mian |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 04 Oct 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Academic and Clinical Partnerships – what’s in it for me? |
| Speaker | Prof Brian Oliver |
| Convener | A/Prof Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 27 Sep 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PI Seminar
| Topic | The Science of Life and Life of Science |
| Speaker | A/Prof Lim Kah Leong |
| Convener | A/Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 16 Sep 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PhD QE
| Topic | The role of somatostatin neurons in mouse tuberal nucleus in feeding regulation |
| Speaker | Ms Esra Senol |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 18 Sep 2019, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Sensory hypersensitivity in Fragile X Syndrome: biomarkers and mechanisms |
| Speaker | Prof Khaleel A. Razak |
| Convener | Dr. Andrew Tan |
| Date & Time | 06 Sep 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PhD QE
| Topic | CD147 and Its Role in Cerebrovascular System |
| Speaker | Ms Fang Qianhui |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 22 Aug 2019, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Functional interaction between the hypothalamus, septum and hippocampus to regulate sleep and memory |
| Speaker | Prof Akihiro Yamanaka |
| Convener | A/Prof. Sanjay Khanna |
| Date & Time | 30 Aug 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PhD QE
| Topic | Epigenetic Biomarkers in Precision Oncology for Gastric Cancer |
| Speaker | Dr Raghav Sundar |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 29 Jul 2019, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE
| Topic | The role of somatostatin neurons in mouse tuberal nucleus in feeding regulation |
| Speaker | Ms Esra Senol |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 25 Jul 2019, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Cellular and computational basis of learning in the fruit-fly |
| Speaker | Dr Li Yan McCurdy |
| Convener | A/Prof. Lim Kah Leong |
| Date & Time | 05 Aug 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Tumor suppressor WWOX is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease |
| Speaker | Prof. Nan-Shan Chang |
| Convener | Prof. Shen Han Ming |
| Date & Time | 19 July 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Research Seminar
| Topic | On novel roles of the tau protein in Alzheimer’s disease |
| Speaker | Prof. Lars Ittner |
| Convener | A/Prof. Thiruma Arumugam |
| Date & Time | 12 July 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Long-Term Memory Caught in Traffic |
| Speaker | A/Prof. Sathya Puthanveettil |
| Convener | A/Prof. Saji Kumar Sreedharan |
| Date & Time | 2 August 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PhD Oral
| Topic | Genetic Mechanisms of Intermittent Fasting and Ischemic Stroke |
| Speaker | Mr Joonki Kim |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 25 Jun 2019, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | RIP3 protein signature in necroptosis and pathogenesis of human diseases |
| Speaker | Prof Kim You-Sun |
| Convener | Prof. Shen Han Ming |
| Date & Time | 25 June 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PhD QE
| Topic | mTORC1-mediated mechanisms of translational control of exercise during aging |
| Speaker | Ms Elisa Marie Crombie |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 18 Jun 2019, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE
| Topic | The Role of H3.3 in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Speaker | Ms Nandini Karthik |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 10 Jun 2019, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Anatomy Museum MD10, Level 2 Seminar Room |
Meet-the-authors
| Topic | Epigenetic Regulation of the PTEN-AKT-RAC1 Axis by G9a Is Critical for Tumor Growth in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Speaker | Akshay V Bhat, Monica Palanichamy Kala, Vinay Kumar Rao, Luca Pignata, Huey Jin Lim, Sudha Suriyamurthy, Kenneth Tou En Chang, Victor K Lee, Ernesto Guccione and Reshma Taneja |
| Convener | A/Prof Sajikumar Sreedharan |
| Date & Time | 28 June 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
PhD QE
| Topic | PhD Qualifying Examination |
| Speaker | Ms Zhang Jieqiong |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 28 May 2019, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE
| Topic | PhD Qualifying Examination |
| Speaker | Ms Joanne Koh Huifen |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 24 May 2019, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Specificity and disease in the Ubiquitin system |
| Speaker | Prof Helen Walden |
| Convener | A/Prof Lim Kah Leong |
| Date & Time | 24 May 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Mitochondria-Targeted Sulfide Delivery Molecules |
| Speaker | Prof Matt Whiteman |
| Convener | A/Prof Lim Kah Leong |
| Date & Time | 21 May 2019, 03:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop |
Research Seminar
| Topic | An unexpected role of histone protein as a mitochondrial modulator in longevity regulation |
| Speaker | Prof Ao-Lin Allen Hsu |
| Convener | Dr. Tsai Shih-Yin |
| Date & Time | 06 May 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | CeLS Seminar Room 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Imaging Salmonella Lifestyles |
| Speaker | Prof Linda Kenney |
| Convener | A/Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 17 May 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Cell biology of Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis: Characterization of BACE1 and BIN1 |
| Speaker | Prof Gopal Thinakaran |
| Convener | Prof Edward Koo |
| Date & Time | 30 Apr 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD3, Level 2 LT (02-01), Dept of Pharmacology |
Research Seminar
| Topic | First-in-human application of umbilical cord MSC-derived EVs for the prevention of fibrosis following cochlear implant surgery |
| Speaker | Prof Mario Gimona |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 30 Apr 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Modu-LAT-ing T cell self/non-self ligand discrimination capability |
| Speaker | Dr Wan-Lin Lo |
| Convener | Dr Tsai Shih-Yin |
| Date & Time | 26 Apr 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | WIPS Presentation |
| Speaker | – |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 30 April 2019, 01:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Discovering genetic determinants of heart diseases from the cardiac epigenome |
| Speaker | Prof Roger Foo |
| Convener | A/Prof Thiruma Valavan Arumugam |
| Date & Time | 05 Apr 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | An overview of structure-specific nucleases in biological systems and their deficiency in cancer |
| Speaker | Prof Binghui Shen |
| Convener | Prof Shen Han-Ming |
| Date & Time | 18 Apr 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Impact of early life antibiotics on the development of the Enteric Nervous System |
| Speaker | Dr Jaime Fong |
| Convener | Dr. Andrew Tan / Dr. Sajikumar S |
| Date & Time | 30 Apr 2019, 10:00am |
| Venue | CeLS Seminar Room 1 |
PhD QE
| Topic | Establishment of a yeast-based system to study influenza proteins |
| Speaker | Ms Sonja Courtney Chua Jun Hui |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 01 April 2019, 03:00pm |
| Venue | Anatomy Museum MD10, Level 2 Seminar Room |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Autophagy – From basic principles to disease |
| Speaker | Prof Vojo Deretic |
| Convener | Prof Shen Han-Ming |
| Date & Time | 12 Mar 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Whole viral particle dynamics by mass spectrometry: Uncovering viral disassembly hotspots in Dengue |
| Speaker | Dr Ganesh S. Anand |
| Convener | Dr Karthik Mallilankaraman |
| Date & Time | 8 Mar 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | An in vivo circuit approach to neuropsychiatric diseases |
| Speaker | Dr Farhan Ali |
| Convener | Dr Tan Yong-Yi, Andrew |
| Date & Time | 1 Mar 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | The nutritional needs of ageing: Transitioning from minimum requirements to optimal health |
| Speaker | Professor David Cameron-Smith |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 21 Feb 2019, 03:30pm |
| Venue | MD11 CRC Auditorium |
Research Seminar
| Topic | The web of depression: the heliacal rising of the dark matter |
| Speaker | Professor Sabine Spijker |
| Convener | Dr John Chua |
| Date & Time | 21 Feb 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | In vitro modeling of human cardiovascular diseases using pluripotent stem cells |
| Speaker | Boon Seng Soh |
| Convener | Dr Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 15 Feb 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Meet-the-Author
| Topic | Cell-autonomous requirement of TDP-43, an ALS/FTD signature protein, for oligodendrocyte survival and myelination |
| Speaker | Jia Wang, Wan Yun Ho, Kenneth Lim, Jia Feng, Greg Tucker-Kellogg, Klaus-Armin Nave, and Shuo-Chien Ling |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 29 Mar 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | An Autaptic Culture System for Standardized Analyses of iPSC-Derived Human Neurons |
| Speaker | Prof Jeong Seop Rhee |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 08 Feb 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Generation of Therapeutic Primary and hESC-derived Cells on Laminin Matrices |
| Speaker | Dr Karl Tryggvason |
| Convener | A/Prof Lim Kah Leog |
| Date & Time | 25 Jan 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Sydney Brenner Distinguished Visitor Lecture
| Topic | The blueprint of the primate forebrain – as old as the vertebrate |
| Speaker | Professor Sten Grillner |
| Convener | Prof Carlos F. Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 23 Jan 2019, 04:00pm |
| Venue | CELS-01-06, CELS SEMINAR ROOM |
Research Seminar
| Topic | From Retrograde Injury Signaling to Axon Growth Control |
| Speaker | Dr Michael Fainzilber |
| Convener | Prof Carlos F. Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 01 Feb 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | The role of sumoylation in the regulation of G9a function |
| Speaker | Shruti Srinivasan |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 24 January 2019, 01:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Whole-Tissue 3D Imaging to Explore the Physiology of Neuro-Immune Interactions |
| Speaker | Dr Jing Yang |
| Convener | Prof Carlos F. Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 21 Jan 2019, 10:00am |
| Venue | CeLS Seminar Room 01-06 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Polar Opposites: Thermal Stress & Human Performance |
| Speaker | Prof Stephen Cheung |
| Convener | A/Prof Jason Lee |
| Date & Time | 18 Jan 2019, 11:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Membrane fusion mediated by SNARE proteins |
| Speaker | Prof Reinhard Jahn |
| Convener | Dr John Chua |
| Date & Time | 16 Jan 2019, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | Unraveling the cytokine immunopathogenesis of Hand,Foot and Mouth Disease-associated neurological complications |
| Speaker | Saravanan S/O Gunaseelan |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 10 January 2019, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | FUNCTIONS AND MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THE ESSENTIAL ROLES OF TDP-43, AN ALS/FTD PATHOLOGICAL SIGNATURE PROTEIN, IN OLIGODENDROCYTES |
| Speaker | Ms Wang Jia |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 08 January 2019, 09:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Seeing how mammalian life starts: Quantitative imaging in live mouse embryos |
| Speaker | Changjoon Justin Lee, PhD, KIST, Republic of Korea |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 15 December 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Seeing how mammalian life starts: Quantitative imaging in live mouse embryos |
| Speaker | Nicolas Daniel Plachta, PhD, IMCB, A*STAR |
| Convener | Prof Carlos F Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 1 December 2015, 2:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Microvesicles: What’s plasma made of? Characterization by cryo-electron microscopy, flow cytometry and QCM-D |
| Speaker | Alain R. Brisson, PhD, CNRS-Université de Bordeaux-IPB, France |
| Convener | A/Prof Lina Lim |
| Date & Time | 13 November 2015, 11:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | A Neural Circuit that Controls Cortical State and Cortical Plasticity in Adult Mice |
| Speaker | Prof Fu Yu, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, A*STAR Singapore |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 12 November 2015, 2:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Post-translational modification of proteins in cell regulation |
| Speaker | Prof Tony Hunter, The Salk Institute |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 05 November 2015 , 11:00am |
| Venue | CeLS Auditorium, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
WIPS
| Topic | Gelsolin promotes the survival of cancer cells under stress by modulating autophagy |
| Speaker | Deng Shuo, Cytoskeleton and Tumor Bilology Lab |
| Convener | Song Ziwei |
| Date & Time | 03 November 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Metabolic Imaging – Bench to Bedside |
| Speaker | S Sendhil Velan, PhD , Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, A*STAR Singapore |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 28 October 2015 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Interplay between activated Notch receptor and p53 in neuronal cell death during cerebral ischaemia |
| Speaker | Priyanka Balaganapathy, Experimental stroke and inflammation research lab |
| Convener | Bao Jingxian |
| Date & Time | 27 October 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Venom to drug for autoimmune diseases: Seaside to bedside |
| Speaker | Prof. George K. Chandy, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 16 October 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Functional characterization of Annexin A1 in Influenza virus infection |
| Speaker | Suruchi Arora, Inflammation and Cancer Lab |
| Convener | Kazuhiro Tanaka |
| Date & Time | 13 October 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Inhibition of histone deacetylase 3 restores amyloid-β oligomer induced plasticity deficit in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons |
| Speaker | Krishna Kumar M, Synaptic plasticity and Memory Lab |
| Convener | Jin Wenhao |
| Date & Time | 06 October 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | HDAC3 inhibition enhances associative memory in aged neural networks via activation of nuclear factor kappa B |
| Speaker | Mahima Sharma, Synaptic plasticity and Memory Lab |
| Convener | Akshay V Bhat |
| Date & Time | 29 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Illuminating how synapses form, disassemble and regenerate in vivo |
| Speaker | Vincenzo De Paola , PhD, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London |
| Convener | A/Prof Sanjay Khanna |
| Date & Time | 16 September 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Superoxide anion mediated Post-translational regulation of c-Myc |
| Speaker | Deepika Ramana, Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and Cancer Biology Lab |
| Convener | Fang Qianhui |
| Date & Time | 15 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Modulation of synaptic plasticity and associativity in Hippocampal CA2 pyramidal neurons by Substance P |
| Speaker | Ananya Dasgupta, Synaptic plasticity and memory lab |
| Convener | Wang Liming |
| Date & Time | 8 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Molecular steps involved in the exocytotic fusion of synaptic vesicles |
| Speaker | Reinhard Jahn, PhD, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany |
| Convener | Dr John Chua |
| Date & Time | 7 September 2015, 4:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Epigenetic dysregulation reveals widespread alternate promoter usage in Gastric Cancer |
| Speaker | Aditi Qamra, Cancer Therapeutics and Stratified Oncology Lab |
| Convener | Tayfun Tumyaka |
| Date & Time | 1 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | PTENα Participates in Mitochondrial Quality Control by Regulating Parkin/Pink-1 Dependent Mitophagy |
| Speaker | Wang Liming, Autophagy and Cancer Cell Biology Lab |
| Convener | Qiao Yongkang |
| Date & Time | 25 August 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Challenge – Recovery Cycles, Hormesis and Brain Health |
| Speaker | Mark P. Mattson, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Convener | A/Prof Thiruma Valavan Arumugam |
| Date & Time | 19 August 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | BTK, the tyrosine kinase defective in X-linked agammaglobulinemia |
| Speaker | Professor Edvard Smith, Karolinska Institute, Sweden |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 26 June 2015, 11:00am |
| Venue | CeLS Auditorium, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Allosteric & Genetic Control of GABAA Receptors |
| Speaker | Prof Trevor G Smart, University College London |
| Convener | A/Prof Sanjay Khanna |
| Date & Time | 23 June 2015, 4:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Suppression of Tumor Growth and Metastasis Targeted Deprivation of Methionine |
| Speaker | Allan Zhao, PhD, Nanjing Medical University, China |
| Convener | A/Prof Shen Han Ming |
| Date & Time | 29 April 2015, 4:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | The effects of pregnenolone sulphate on schizophrenia-like behaviors in dopamine transporter knockout mice |
| Speaker | Wong Peiyan, PhD , Department of Pharmacology, NUS |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 20 April 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
WIPS
| Topic | The Role of p75 Neurotrophin Receptor in Neurodegeneration |
| Speaker | Kazuhiro Tanaka , Carlos Ibanez Lab |
| Topic | Role of Aneural AChR Clusters in the Formation & Maturation of Neuromuscular |
| Speaker | Bao Jingxian, Lab for Neuronal Development & Diseases |
| Convener | Huang Hua |
| Date & Time | 14 April 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Regulation of axonal growth & synapse formation by a focal adhesion molecule Zyxin |
| Speaker | Zhang Xianyuan, Lab of Neuronal Development & Diseases |
| Convener | Stephen Chong Jun Fei |
| Date & Time | 7 April 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Predictive Models for RNA Binding Protein – RNA Interaction from Large Datasets |
| Speaker | Jin Wenhao, Lab for Molecular Neurodegeneration |
| Topic | The Role of Chromatin Regulator G9a in Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Speaker | Akshay V Bhat, Cellular Differentiation and Apoptosis Lab |
| Convener | Ng Chan Way |
| Date & Time | 31 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Cellular Immune Therapy for virus-associated human malignancies and post-transplant infectious complications |
| Speaker | Rajiv Khanna, PhD, QIMR Berghofer Centre for Immunotherapy and Vaccine Development |
| Convener | A/Prof. Herbert Schwarz |
| Date & Time | 30 March 2015, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Mechanisms of polarized sorting in neurons |
| Speaker | Juan S. Bonifacino. Ph.D, National Institutes of Health, USA |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 26 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | H.M. and the Taxonomy of Memory |
| Speaker | Andrew Tan Yong-Yi, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin |
| Convener | |
| Date & Time | 27 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Synaptic input to single cortical neurons in rodents and the behaving primate |
| Speaker | Andrew Tan Yong-Yi, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 25 March 2015, 3:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Putative Role of CD147 in Cerebrovascular Integrity |
| Speaker | Fang Qianhui, Lab for Molecular Neurodegeneration |
| Topic | Mechanism of Drug Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer Cell Lines |
| Speaker | Zhong Zheng, Lab of Molecular Cancer Biology |
| Convener | Ow Jin Rong |
| Date & Time | 24 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | In vivo imaging in mice to reveal cellular dynamics of liver regeneration |
| Speaker | Song Ziwei, Lab of Cellular & Tissue Engineering |
| Convener | Khairunisa Bte Mohamad Ibrahim |
| Date & Time | 17 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | The Role of context on learning & memory |
| Speaker | Tayfun Tumkaya, ACC Lab |
| Topic | Determination of oligodendrocytes contribution in TDP-43 mediated neurodegeneration |
| Speaker | Wang Jia, Lab for Molecular Neurodegeneration |
| Convener | Sakthi Rajendran |
| Date & Time | 10 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Role of CD151 in Regulating Airway Smooth Muscle Function: Implications in Asthma |
| Speaker | Qiao Yongkang, Lung Disease Research Lab |
| Topic | Hypersensitivity to Glucose Starvation-Induced Cell Death Involves AMPK Dysregulation & Oxidative Stress |
| Speaker | Ren Yi, Autophagy & Cancer Cell Biology Lab |
| Convener | Mahesh S Shetty |
| Date & Time | 3 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Cell types in the mouse cortex & hippocampus revealed by single-cell RNA-seq |
| Speaker | Hjerling-Leffler, PhD, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm |
| Convener | Prof Carlos Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 17 February 2015, 2:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
WIPS
| Topic | RNA-Seq Analysis of Breast Cancer using BaseSpace Core Application |
| Speaker | Gokce Oguz, Cancer Therapeutics and Stratified Oncology |
| Convener | Wu Qingqing |
| Date & Time | 17 February 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Autophagy in breast cancer and neural stem cells |
| Speaker | Jun-Lin Guan, PhD, University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute, USA |
| Convener | A/Prof Shen Han Ming |
| Date & Time | 3 February 2015, 11:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Novel Modes of Neuronal Sodium Channel Regulation |
| Speaker | Geoffrey PITT, MD, PhD, Duke University School of Medicine, USA |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 21 January 2015, 11:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Molecular and Network Modeling in Synthetic and Systems Biology |
| Speaker | Bruce Tidor, PhD, SMART |
| Convener | Prof Hanry Yu |
| Date & Time | 20 January 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Change of cellidentity: Tumorigenesis and lineage conversion |
| Speaker | Hui Lijian, PhD, Institute of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology |
| Convener | A/Prof Shen Han Ming |
| Date & Time | 19 January 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Tagging and Capture |
| Speaker | Ted Abel, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Convener | Dr Saji Kumar Sreedharan |
| Date & Time | 13 January 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Adventures Upstream with Hippos: Hippo Signaling Upstream of the Core Kinase Cassette |
| Speaker | Paul Reynolds, PhD, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 09 January 2015, 10:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | Innate and learned valence: lessons from the Drosophila olfactory system |
| Speaker | Mr Tayfun Tumkaya |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 14 December 2018, 10:30am |
| Venue | Anatomy Seminar Room MD10 level 2 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | Posterior hypothalamic mediation of behavioural response to noxious stimuli and septo-hippocampal activation |
| Speaker | Mr Wang Zhibin |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 10 December 2018, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | Identification of Breast Cancer Stemness Genes as a Biomarker for Breast Cancer Progression |
| Speaker | Ms Gokce Oguz |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 07 December 2018, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | Regulation of AMPK activation and its role in cell death induced by glucose starvation in LKB1-mutant human lung cancer cells |
| Speaker | Mr Ren Yi |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 07 December 2018, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Interrogating the Mitochondria: A self-victimized culprit |
| Speaker | Dr Karthik Mallilankaraman |
| Convener | A/Prof Lim Kah Leong |
| Date & Time | 30 Nov 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Meet-the-authors
| Topic | PTEN-L is a novel protein phosphatase for ubiquitin dephosphorylation to inhibit PINK1-Parkin-mediated mitophagy |
| Speaker | Wang Liming |
| Convener | Dr Sajikumar Sreedharan |
| Date & Time | 14 December 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | Understanding the role of formyl peptide receptor 2 in influenza A virus replication and pathogenesis |
| Speaker | Mr Ampomah Patrick Baah |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 05 December 2018, 02:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | The role of G9a methyl transferase in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Speaker | Mr Akshay Vishnu Bhat |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 28 November 2018, 09:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | Predictive models to discover novel RNA-binding proteins |
| Speaker | Mr Jin Wenhao |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 26 November 2018, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine – History and Mystique |
| Speaker | Prof Carlos F. Ibanez |
| Convener | Dr Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 23 Nov 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE
| Topic | Quantitative Proteomics Profiling of O-GlcNAcylation in Autophagy |
| Speaker | Wong Yin Kwan |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 21 November 2018, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | BDNF Signalling in Cerebral Microvasculature Integrity and Function |
| Speaker | Dr Liu Chang |
| Convener | Dr Bhushan Dharmadhikari |
| Date & Time | 20 November 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Circulating Tumor Cells: Biomarkers Of Immune Checkpoint Inhibition Therapy & A Unique Window Into Cancer Metastasis |
| Speaker | Dr Xin Hong |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 19 Nov 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | How does the tumour suppressor p53 protect us from cancer |
| Speaker | Prof Andreas Strasser |
| Convener | A/Prof Reshma Taneja & Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 20 Nov 2018, 04:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Using short-living organisms to study Parkinson’s disease |
| Speaker | Dr Koh Tong-Wey |
| Convener | Dr Ling Shuo Chien |
| Date & Time | 16 Nov 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | PTEN-L is a novel protein phosphatase for ubiquitin dephosphorylation to inhibit PINK1-Parkin-mediated mitophagy |
| Speaker | Mr Wang Liming |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 15 November 2018, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells from the perspective of transglutaminase 2 |
| Speaker | Prof. Zsuzsa Szondy |
| Convener | Assoc Prof Herbert Schwarz |
| Date & Time | 14 Nov 2018, 10:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | CISD2 Longevity Gene: From Basic to Translational Research |
| Speaker | Prof. Tsai Ting-Fen |
| Convener | Dr. Tsai Shih-Yin |
| Date & Time | 09 Nov 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Integrated analysis of RNA-Seq reveals the role of Annexin 1 in influenza A virus-induced autophagy |
| Speaker | Dr Cui Jian Zhou |
| Convener | Dr Hu Zhenyu |
| Date & Time | 13 November 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Caffeine and memory: The role of our everyday psychostimulant in modulating hippocampal synaptic plasticity |
| Speaker | Sheeja Navakkode Gangadharan |
| Convener | Lo Shun Qiang |
| Date & Time | 30 October 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Regulation of feeding by somatostatin neurons in the tuberal nucleus |
| Speaker | Sarah Xinwei Luo, Ju Huang, Qin Li, Hasan Mohammad, Chun-Yao Lee, Kumar Krishna, Alison Maun-Yeng Kok, Yu Lin Tan, Joy Yi Lim, Hongyu Li, Ling Yun Yeow, Jingjing Sun, Miao He, Joanes Grandjean, Sreedharan Sajikumar, Weiping Han, Yu Fu |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 26 Oct 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | Role of CD151 in asthma and influenza infection |
| Speaker | Ms Qiao Yongkang |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 02 November 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | The effect of NAD+ supplementation on the inflammasome pathway in Vascular Dementia using BCAS model |
| Speaker | Poh Luting |
| Convener | Yang Naidi |
| Date & Time | 23 October 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Mechanistic Study of Pathogenic Mutations of SMARCA2 Gene in the Development of Nicolaides Baraitser Syndrome |
| Speaker | Yeo Xin Yi |
| Convener | Yang Naidi |
| Date & Time | 23 October 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Understanding Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| Speaker | Dr. Jia Nee Foo |
| Convener | Dr. Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 12 Oct 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PI Seminar
| Topic | See how they walk: A genetic-molecular, circuit & behavioural approach to dissect the mechanisms that underlie tremor & movement disorder |
| Speaker | Dr Sherry Aw |
| Convener | A/Prof. Herbert Schwarz |
| Date & Time | 17 Oct 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | Mechanism of Drug Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer |
| Speaker | Zhong Zheng |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 10 October 2018, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE
| Topic | Effects of aging and sleep on schema formation and memory integration |
| Speaker | Hosein Aghayan Golkashani |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 16 October 2018, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | RIG-I(ng) lung cancer to death |
| Speaker | Dr. Karishma Sachaphibulkij |
| Convener | Nandini Karthik |
| Date & Time | 16 October 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PI Seminar
| Topic | Nanosensor platforms for molecular analyses of circulating biomarkers |
| Speaker | Dr. Huilin Shao |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 12 Oct 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Heat Management for Human Performance and Safety in Sports & Occupational Settings |
| Speaker | Dr Jason Lee |
| Convener | Prof Lim Kah Leong |
| Date & Time | 11 Oct 2018, 10:00am |
| Venue | CeLS Seminar Room 2 |
WIPS
| Topic | Functional Role of CaV1.3 IQ-domain RNA Editing in Spatial Learning and Memory |
| Speaker | Dr Zhai Jing |
| Convener | Tann Yong You Jason |
| Date & Time | 09 October 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE
| Topic | Role of a3 subunit containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in nicotine dependence |
| Speaker | Caroline Kibat |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 08 October 2018, 11:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PI Seminar
| Topic | Neuronal and glial functions of ALS/FTD-causal genes |
| Speaker | Dr Ling Shuo Chien |
| Convener | Prof Lim Kah Leong |
| Date & Time | 05 Oct 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Septal cholinergic modulation of activity in the hippocampus |
| Speaker | Dr Lo Shun Qiang |
| Convener | Dr Karishma Sachaphibulkij |
| Date & Time | 02 October 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Identification of a Novel Adhesion Receptor for Organ-Selective Cell Recruitment |
| Speaker | Dr Donna Senger |
| Convener | Prof Carlos F Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 28 Sep 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | The Epigenetic Landscape & 3D Chromatin Architecture of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) Spectrum |
| Speaker | Dr Ruby Yun-Ju Huang |
| Convener | Dr Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 21 Sep 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | A circuit-to-molecular mechanism for controlling memory strength during recall |
| Speaker | Dr Tan Bao Zhen |
| Convener | A/P Sanjay Khanna |
| Date & Time | 20 Sep 2018, 01:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Level 1 |
PhD QE
| Topic | Role of mitochondrial calcium in skeletal myogenesis and embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Speaker | Ms Chiu Hsin Yao |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 18 September 2018, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Dissecting the stem cell hierarchy in epithelial tissues for novel insights into the cells of origin in cancer |
| Speaker | Dr Fu Nai Yang |
| Convener | Dr. Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 14 Sep 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Redox regulation of Mcl-1 |
| Speaker | Ms Jolin Lai Xiao Hui |
| Convener | Dr Zhai Jing |
| Date & Time | 11 September 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Differential impact of CD137 ligand abrogation on major organ manifestation and immune cell function in lupus |
| Speaker | Dr Bhushan Dharmadhikari |
| Convener | Dr Yang Naidi |
| Date & Time | 04 September 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | iPSC-Based Disease Modeling & Therapy |
| Speaker | Prof Xianmin Zeng |
| Convener | Dr. Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 07 Sep 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | The Autophagy Conjugation Machinery Specifies the Loading of RNA-binding Proteins into Extracellular Microvesicles |
| Speaker | Dr Andrew M. Liel |
| Convener | Dr. Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 31 August 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Bromodomain-containing protein 4 (Brd4) is required for myogenesis |
| Speaker | Dr Yang Naidi |
| Convener | Dr Cui Jian Zhou |
| Date & Time | 28 August 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE
| Topic | Dissecting Epigenetic Mechanisms of Intermittent Fasting |
| Speaker | Mr Ng Yong Quan Gavin |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 24 August 2018, 10:30am |
| Venue | Anatomy Museum, MD10 Level 2 |
WIPS
| Topic | Septal cholinergic neurons in experimental neuropathic pain |
| Speaker | Dr Mohammed Zacky Ariffin |
| Convener | Dr Bhushan Dharmadhikari |
| Date & Time | 21 August 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | It Takes a Village to Keep the Cell Clean – Autophagy Crosstalk in Proteostasis |
| Speaker | Dr Esther Wong |
| Convener | Dr. Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 03 August 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | MD9 Workshop Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Dopaminergic Memory Boost by Two Distinct Novelty Systems |
| Speaker | Prof Tomonori Takeuchi |
| Convener | Dr. Sajikumar Sreedharan |
| Date & Time | 19 July 2018, 10:30am |
| Venue | CeLS Seminar Room 2 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | On the Basic Wiring & Computational Logic of the Brain |
| Speaker | Prof Joe Z Tsien |
| Convener | Dr. Sajikumar Sreedharan |
| Date & Time | 17 July 2018, 3:30pm |
| Venue | CeLS Auditorium |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Metaplasticity: State Changes that Shape Future Plasticity |
| Speaker | Prof Cliff Abraham |
| Convener | Dr. Sajikumar Sreedharan |
| Date & Time | 13 July 2018, 10:30am |
| Venue | CeLS Seminar Room 2 |
PhD QE Exam
| Topic | The role of GLP/EHMT1 histone methyltransferase in embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Speaker | Ms Upasana Bajaj |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 03 July 2018, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | DNA damage response in aging & cancer and a novel role for non coding RNA |
| Speaker | Dr Fabrizio d’Adda di Fagagna |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 22 June 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | Cellular senescence in aging and cancer |
| Speaker | Dr Fabrizio d’Adda di Fagagna |
| Convener | A/Prof Manoor Prakash Hande |
| Date & Time | 20 June 2018, 01:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE Exam
| Topic | Investigating the Role of Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter Regulator 1 in Mitophagy Process |
| Speaker | Ms Chen Peishi |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 12 June 2018, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Exam
| Topic | The Role of Sirtuin-2 in Ischaemic Stroke-induced Neuronal Cell Death |
| Speaker | Mr David She Tai Wai |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 06 June 2018, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE Exam
| Topic | Investigating accelerated disease phenotype in neural organoid cultures for modeling Parkinson’s disease |
| Speaker | Mr Koh Yong Hui |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 01 June 2018, 01:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE Exam
| Topic | The Development and Validation of Human iPSC-Derived Kupffer Cells-Based Model for Drug Testing |
| Speaker | Mr Huang Xiaozhong |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 31 May 2018, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Positioning Proteomics Mass Spectrometry in Biomedical Research |
| Speaker | Dr Jayantha Gunaratne |
| Convener | Assoc Prof Thiruma Valavan Arumugam |
| Date & Time | 18 May 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | How do MLC2 Kinases Participate in the Rho-Dependent Regulation and Assembly of Myosin II in Migrating Cells? |
| Speaker | Dr Edward Manser |
| Convener | Assoc Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 11 May 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Information Content Of Mesoscale Cortical Patterns In Mitosis |
| Speaker | Dr Wu Min |
| Convener | Dr John Chua |
| Date & Time | 04 May 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | A role for glutamatergic transmission in medial septum in mediation of theta wave activity and aversive behaviour |
| Speaker | Ms Khairunisa Bte Mohamad Ibrahim |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 03 May 2018, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE
| Topic | Characterisation of the anti-remodelling properties of Artesunate for the treatment of Asthma |
| Speaker | Cheong Hui Juan Dorothy |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 02 May 2018, 01:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE
| Topic | Epstein-Barr Virus-induced CD137 expression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma |
| Speaker | Sashigala D/O Ponnalagu |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 04 May 2018, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Meet-the-Authors
| Topic | YAP Regulates Actin Dynamics through ARHGAP29 and Promotes Metastasis |
| Speaker | Qiao Y, Chen J, Lim YB, Finch-Edmondson ML, Seshachalam VP, Qin L, Jiang T, Low BC, Singh H, Lim CT, Sudol M. A/Prof. Marius Sudol’s lab |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 27 April 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE
| Topic | Neuromodulators and microRNAs in functional plasticity of hippocampal area CA2 |
| Speaker | Amrita Benoy |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 25 April 2018, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Identifying the differential roles of mTORC1 downstream targets in muscle with ageing |
| Speaker | Elisa Marie Crombie |
| Convener | Chen Peishi |
| Date & Time | 24 April 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE
| Topic | Modulation of Synaptic Plasticity in Hippocampal CA1 by Basolateral Amygdala |
| Speaker | Chong Yee Song |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 23 April 2018, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Mechanical Impact of Apoptosis in a Tissue |
| Speaker | A/Prof Yusuke Toyama, Mechanobiology Institute |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 20 April 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Metabolic reprogramming in LKB1-mutant non-small cell lung cancer |
| Speaker | Chen Jiaqing |
| Convener | Ng Yong Quan Gavin |
| Date & Time | 17 April 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | The Dynamic Epitranscriptome in Human Gliobastoma: Role of m6A RNA Methylation |
| Speaker | Dr Nikos Tapinos, Brown University |
| Convener | Dr. Ling Shuo Chien |
| Date & Time | 16 April 2018, 10:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Unraveling Neural Degeneration via Patient Stem Cells |
| Speaker | Prof. Su-Chun Zhang, Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School |
| Convener | A/Prof. Lim Kah Leong |
| Date & Time | 13 April 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Redox regulation of Mcl1 |
| Speaker | Jolin Lai Xiao Hui |
| Convener | Chiu Hsin Yao |
| Date & Time | 10 April 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Qualifying Exam
| Topic | Ubiquitination and proteasome-dependent degradation of SIRT1 and autophagy regulation during mitosis |
| Speaker | Ouyang Chenxi |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 05 April 2018, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | 1. Targeting transcriptional regulation in breast cancer; 2. Screening of new antagonist against Influenza using a yeast based system |
| Speaker | 1. Zhang Jieqiong, Chromatin Dynamics & Disease Epigenetics Lab 2. Sonja Courtney Chua Jun Hui, Inflammation and Cancer Lab |
| Convener | Caroline Kibat |
| Date & Time | 03 April 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Investigate the role of MICU3 in neuronal mitochondrial calcium homeostasis |
| Speaker | Xu Peiqing |
| Convener | Wong Huee Ping Amanda |
| Date & Time | 27 March 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | 1. Screening of new antagonist against Influenza using a yeast based system; 2. The TSC1 muscle knockout mouse as an accelerated ageing model |
| Speaker | 1. Sonja Courtney Chua Jun Hui, Inflammation and Cancer Lab 2. Elisa Marie Crombie, Ageing and Metabolism Lab |
| Convener | Chen Peishi |
| Date & Time | 20 March 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
MBI-Physiology Lecture Series
| Topic | Self-assembly of protein nanofibrils that display active enzymes |
| Speaker | Prof. Sarah Perrett, Professor, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
| Convener | Prof. Hanry Yu |
| Date & Time | 03 April 2018, 04:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | 1. Single Cell Genomics in Gastrointestinal Cancers; 2. Investigating the Role of H3F3A in Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Speaker | 1. Ramnarayanan Kalpana, Dr. Patrick Tan’s Lab 2. Nandini Karthik, Cellular Differentiation and Apoptosis Lab |
| Convener | Koh Yong Hui |
| Date & Time | 13 March 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Novel Endogenous Small Peptides in Cardiovascular Health and Physiology |
| Speaker | Dr. Lena Ho, Duke-NUS |
| Convener | Dr. Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 16 March 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Transketolase Regulates Dynamic Switch of Glucose Metabolism to Control Breast Cancer Cell Metastasis via α-KG Signaling Pathway |
| Speaker | Dr. Lu-Hai Wang, Chinese Medical University of Taiwan |
| Convener | A/Prof. Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 14 March 2018, 04:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | The Regulation of Microbial Pathogenicity by Human Sex Hormones |
| Speaker | Dr. Celine Viadaillac, Nanyang Technological University |
| Convener | Dr. Tsai Shih-Yin |
| Date & Time | 09 March 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Teaching Seminar
| Topic | Modeling motor neuron diseases using induced pluripotent stem cells and their derivatives |
| Speaker | Dr. Ng Shiyan, IMCB |
| Convener | PGSS |
| Date & Time | 08 March 2018, 11:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Dysregulated neuronal metabolism in human neurodegeneration |
| Speaker | Dr. Ng Shiyan, IMCB |
| Convener | Dr. Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 07 March 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | 1. Exploring the role of CaV1.3IQ-domain RNA editing in metabolic regulation; 2. Investigating Circuits Specific Tuberal Nucleus Somatostatin Neurons In Feeding Regulation |
| Speaker | 1. Joanne Koh Huifen, Ion Channel & Transporter Lab 2. Esra Senol, Brain Plasticity Group |
| Convener | Mohammad Amin Honardoost |
| Date & Time | 06 March 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | 1. Evaluating personalized treatment modalities stratified according to MYCN/XIAP status in Neuroblastoma; 2. Development of antibodies against CD137 and CD137L for treatment of autoimmune diseases |
| Speaker | 1. Choo Zhang’E, Neurodevelopment and Cancer 2. Emily Pauline Nickles, Immunotherapy Lab |
| Convener | Upasana Bajaj |
| Date & Time | 20 February 2018, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Sub-cortical pathways at the origin of long-term cardiorespiratory alterations induced by stress |
| Speaker | Dr. Caroline Sevoz-Couche, INSERM |
| Convener | A/Prof. Sanjay Khanna |
| Date & Time | 22 February 2018, 02:00pm |
| Venue | CeLS Seminar Room 2 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Understanding a novel negative regulatory mechanism in mitophagy |
| Speaker | Prof Shen Han-Ming, Professor, Department of Physiology, NUS |
| Convener | A/Prof. Lim Kah Leong |
| Date & Time | 23 February 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Basic Sciences: What I was ‘Not” Taught but Learnt |
| Speaker | Dr Goh Yaw Chong, Senior Consultant, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, NUS |
| Convener | Dr. Chen Zhixiong |
| Date & Time | 09 February 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Revealing the specific functions of each ERK & p38 isoform using intrinsically active variants |
| Speaker | Prof David Engelberg, Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem |
| Convener | A/Prof. Lina Lim |
| Date & Time | 07 February 2018, 04:00pm |
| Venue | CeLS Auditorium |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Intermittent Metabolic Switching, Epigenetics & Ischemic Stroke |
| Speaker | Assoc Prof Thiruma V Arumugam, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, NUS |
| Convener | A/Prof. Lim Kah Leong |
| Date & Time | 26 January 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Meet the Authors
| Topic | Exclusion of alternative exon 33 of CaV1.2 calcium channels in heart is proarrhythmogenic |
| Speaker | Li G, Wang J, Liao P, Bartels P, Zhang H, Yu D, Liang MC, Poh KK, Yu CY, Jiang F, Yong TF, Wong YP, Hu Z, Huang H, Zhang G, Galupo MJ, Bian JS, Ponniah S, Trasti SL, See K, Foo R, Hoppe UC, Herzig S, Soong TW |
| Convener | Prof Soong TW |
| Date & Time | 02 February 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Developing Humanized Mouse Models to Study Human Specific Diseases & Mechanisms |
| Speaker | Dr Chen Qingfeng, Principal Investigator, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR |
| Convener | A/P Herbert Schwarz |
| Date & Time | 12 January 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Education Seminar
| Topic | Why Education Should Matter To The Faculty – Why Is It Important To Do it Well And How To Do It Well? |
| Speaker | Prof. Neil Osheroff, Professor of Biochemistry, Professor of Medicine, Director of Academy for Excellence in Education, Vanderbilt University |
| Convener | Dr. Chen Zhixiong |
| Date & Time | 11 January 2018, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | Investigation of the Pathogenetic Role of CD137 Ligand in a Murine Model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
| Speaker | Mr Anselm Mak |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 05 January 2018, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Seeing how mammalian life starts: Quantitative imaging in live mouse embryos |
| Speaker | Changjoon Justin Lee, PhD, KIST, Republic of Korea |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 15 December 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Seeing how mammalian life starts: Quantitative imaging in live mouse embryos |
| Speaker | Nicolas Daniel Plachta, PhD, IMCB, A*STAR |
| Convener | Prof Carlos F Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 1 December 2015, 2:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Microvesicles: What’s plasma made of? Characterization by cryo-electron microscopy, flow cytometry and QCM-D |
| Speaker | Alain R. Brisson, PhD, CNRS-Université de Bordeaux-IPB, France |
| Convener | A/Prof Lina Lim |
| Date & Time | 13 November 2015, 11:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | A Neural Circuit that Controls Cortical State and Cortical Plasticity in Adult Mice |
| Speaker | Prof Fu Yu, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, A*STAR Singapore |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 12 November 2015, 2:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Post-translational modification of proteins in cell regulation |
| Speaker | Prof Tony Hunter, The Salk Institute |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 05 November 2015 , 11:00am |
| Venue | CeLS Auditorium, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
WIPS
| Topic | Gelsolin promotes the survival of cancer cells under stress by modulating autophagy |
| Speaker | Deng Shuo, Cytoskeleton and Tumor Bilology Lab |
| Convener | Song Ziwei |
| Date & Time | 03 November 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Metabolic Imaging – Bench to Bedside |
| Speaker | S Sendhil Velan, PhD , Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, A*STAR Singapore |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 28 October 2015 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Interplay between activated Notch receptor and p53 in neuronal cell death during cerebral ischaemia |
| Speaker | Priyanka Balaganapathy, Experimental stroke and inflammation research lab |
| Convener | Bao Jingxian |
| Date & Time | 27 October 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Venom to drug for autoimmune diseases: Seaside to bedside |
| Speaker | Prof. George K. Chandy, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 16 October 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Functional characterization of Annexin A1 in Influenza virus infection |
| Speaker | Suruchi Arora, Inflammation and Cancer Lab |
| Convener | Kazuhiro Tanaka |
| Date & Time | 13 October 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Inhibition of histone deacetylase 3 restores amyloid-β oligomer induced plasticity deficit in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons |
| Speaker | Krishna Kumar M, Synaptic plasticity and Memory Lab |
| Convener | Jin Wenhao |
| Date & Time | 06 October 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | HDAC3 inhibition enhances associative memory in aged neural networks via activation of nuclear factor kappa B |
| Speaker | Mahima Sharma, Synaptic plasticity and Memory Lab |
| Convener | Akshay V Bhat |
| Date & Time | 29 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Illuminating how synapses form, disassemble and regenerate in vivo |
| Speaker | Vincenzo De Paola , PhD, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London |
| Convener | A/Prof Sanjay Khanna |
| Date & Time | 16 September 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Superoxide anion mediated Post-translational regulation of c-Myc |
| Speaker | Deepika Ramana, Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and Cancer Biology Lab |
| Convener | Fang Qianhui |
| Date & Time | 15 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Modulation of synaptic plasticity and associativity in Hippocampal CA2 pyramidal neurons by Substance P |
| Speaker | Ananya Dasgupta, Synaptic plasticity and memory lab |
| Convener | Wang Liming |
| Date & Time | 8 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Molecular steps involved in the exocytotic fusion of synaptic vesicles |
| Speaker | Reinhard Jahn, PhD, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany |
| Convener | Dr John Chua |
| Date & Time | 7 September 2015, 4:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Epigenetic dysregulation reveals widespread alternate promoter usage in Gastric Cancer |
| Speaker | Aditi Qamra, Cancer Therapeutics and Stratified Oncology Lab |
| Convener | Tayfun Tumyaka |
| Date & Time | 1 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | PTENα Participates in Mitochondrial Quality Control by Regulating Parkin/Pink-1 Dependent Mitophagy |
| Speaker | Wang Liming, Autophagy and Cancer Cell Biology Lab |
| Convener | Qiao Yongkang |
| Date & Time | 25 August 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Challenge – Recovery Cycles, Hormesis and Brain Health |
| Speaker | Mark P. Mattson, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Convener | A/Prof Thiruma Valavan Arumugam |
| Date & Time | 19 August 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | BTK, the tyrosine kinase defective in X-linked agammaglobulinemia |
| Speaker | Professor Edvard Smith, Karolinska Institute, Sweden |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 26 June 2015, 11:00am |
| Venue | CeLS Auditorium, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Allosteric & Genetic Control of GABAA Receptors |
| Speaker | Prof Trevor G Smart, University College London |
| Convener | A/Prof Sanjay Khanna |
| Date & Time | 23 June 2015, 4:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Suppression of Tumor Growth and Metastasis Targeted Deprivation of Methionine |
| Speaker | Allan Zhao, PhD, Nanjing Medical University, China |
| Convener | A/Prof Shen Han Ming |
| Date & Time | 29 April 2015, 4:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | The effects of pregnenolone sulphate on schizophrenia-like behaviors in dopamine transporter knockout mice |
| Speaker | Wong Peiyan, PhD , Department of Pharmacology, NUS |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 20 April 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
WIPS
| Topic | The Role of p75 Neurotrophin Receptor in Neurodegeneration |
| Speaker | Kazuhiro Tanaka , Carlos Ibanez Lab |
| Topic | Role of Aneural AChR Clusters in the Formation & Maturation of Neuromuscular |
| Speaker | Bao Jingxian, Lab for Neuronal Development & Diseases |
| Convener | Huang Hua |
| Date & Time | 14 April 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Regulation of axonal growth & synapse formation by a focal adhesion molecule Zyxin |
| Speaker | Zhang Xianyuan, Lab of Neuronal Development & Diseases |
| Convener | Stephen Chong Jun Fei |
| Date & Time | 7 April 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Predictive Models for RNA Binding Protein – RNA Interaction from Large Datasets |
| Speaker | Jin Wenhao, Lab for Molecular Neurodegeneration |
| Topic | The Role of Chromatin Regulator G9a in Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Speaker | Akshay V Bhat, Cellular Differentiation and Apoptosis Lab |
| Convener | Ng Chan Way |
| Date & Time | 31 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Cellular Immune Therapy for virus-associated human malignancies and post-transplant infectious complications |
| Speaker | Rajiv Khanna, PhD, QIMR Berghofer Centre for Immunotherapy and Vaccine Development |
| Convener | A/Prof. Herbert Schwarz |
| Date & Time | 30 March 2015, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Mechanisms of polarized sorting in neurons |
| Speaker | Juan S. Bonifacino. Ph.D, National Institutes of Health, USA |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 26 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | H.M. and the Taxonomy of Memory |
| Speaker | Andrew Tan Yong-Yi, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin |
| Convener | |
| Date & Time | 27 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Synaptic input to single cortical neurons in rodents and the behaving primate |
| Speaker | Andrew Tan Yong-Yi, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 25 March 2015, 3:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Putative Role of CD147 in Cerebrovascular Integrity |
| Speaker | Fang Qianhui, Lab for Molecular Neurodegeneration |
| Topic | Mechanism of Drug Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer Cell Lines |
| Speaker | Zhong Zheng, Lab of Molecular Cancer Biology |
| Convener | Ow Jin Rong |
| Date & Time | 24 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | In vivo imaging in mice to reveal cellular dynamics of liver regeneration |
| Speaker | Song Ziwei, Lab of Cellular & Tissue Engineering |
| Convener | Khairunisa Bte Mohamad Ibrahim |
| Date & Time | 17 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | The Role of context on learning & memory |
| Speaker | Tayfun Tumkaya, ACC Lab |
| Topic | Determination of oligodendrocytes contribution in TDP-43 mediated neurodegeneration |
| Speaker | Wang Jia, Lab for Molecular Neurodegeneration |
| Convener | Sakthi Rajendran |
| Date & Time | 10 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Role of CD151 in Regulating Airway Smooth Muscle Function: Implications in Asthma |
| Speaker | Qiao Yongkang, Lung Disease Research Lab |
| Topic | Hypersensitivity to Glucose Starvation-Induced Cell Death Involves AMPK Dysregulation & Oxidative Stress |
| Speaker | Ren Yi, Autophagy & Cancer Cell Biology Lab |
| Convener | Mahesh S Shetty |
| Date & Time | 3 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Cell types in the mouse cortex & hippocampus revealed by single-cell RNA-seq |
| Speaker | Hjerling-Leffler, PhD, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm |
| Convener | Prof Carlos Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 17 February 2015, 2:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
WIPS
| Topic | RNA-Seq Analysis of Breast Cancer using BaseSpace Core Application |
| Speaker | Gokce Oguz, Cancer Therapeutics and Stratified Oncology |
| Convener | Wu Qingqing |
| Date & Time | 17 February 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Autophagy in breast cancer and neural stem cells |
| Speaker | Jun-Lin Guan, PhD, University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute, USA |
| Convener | A/Prof Shen Han Ming |
| Date & Time | 3 February 2015, 11:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Novel Modes of Neuronal Sodium Channel Regulation |
| Speaker | Geoffrey PITT, MD, PhD, Duke University School of Medicine, USA |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 21 January 2015, 11:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Molecular and Network Modeling in Synthetic and Systems Biology |
| Speaker | Bruce Tidor, PhD, SMART |
| Convener | Prof Hanry Yu |
| Date & Time | 20 January 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Change of cellidentity: Tumorigenesis and lineage conversion |
| Speaker | Hui Lijian, PhD, Institute of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology |
| Convener | A/Prof Shen Han Ming |
| Date & Time | 19 January 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Tagging and Capture |
| Speaker | Ted Abel, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Convener | Dr Saji Kumar Sreedharan |
| Date & Time | 13 January 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Adventures Upstream with Hippos: Hippo Signaling Upstream of the Core Kinase Cassette |
| Speaker | Paul Reynolds, PhD, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 09 January 2015, 10:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Using patch-clamp electrophysiology for investigating calcium uptake into mitochondria |
| Speaker | Dr. Horia Vais, Research Specialist, University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Convener | Dr. Karthik Mallilankaraman |
| Date & Time | 28 December 2017 , 11:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Using patch-clamp electrophysiology for investigating calcium uptake into mitochondria |
| Speaker | Dr. Horia Vais, Research Specialist, University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Convener | Dr. Karthik Mallilankaraman |
| Date & Time | 28 December 2017 , 11:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PLS
| Topic | Molecular & Optogenetic Dissection of Peripheral & Central Pain Pathways |
| Speaker | Prof Gerald W. Zamponi, Professor, University of Calgary |
| Convener | A/Prof Sanjay Khanna |
| Date & Time | 20 December 2017 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Meet-the-Authors
| Topic | Synthetic Lethality of a Novel Small Molecule Against Mutant KRAS-Expressing Cancer Cells Involves AKT-Dependent ROS Production |
| Speaker | Iskandar K, Rezlan M, Yadav SK, Foo CH, Sethi G, Qiang Y, Bellot GL, Pervaiz S, Prof Shazib Pervaiz Lab |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 17 November 2017, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Inferring Aging Regulation & Intervention from Big Data |
| Speaker | Prof Jing-Dong Jackie Han, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences |
| Convener | Dr. Tsai Shih-Yin |
| Date & Time | 13 November 2017, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PLS
| Topic | New Therapeutics Targeting the CEBP Pathway in Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
| Speaker | Prof Daniel G. Tenen, Distinguished Professor in Medicine, NUS |
| Convener | A/Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 10 May 2017 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Functional Consequences of Cav2.1 splice variant knockout in the cerebellum |
| Speaker | Mr Sean Yeow Qing Zhang, Ion Channel & Transporter Laboratory |
| Convener | Amrita Benoy |
| Date & Time | 07 November 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Associative Plasticity In Hippocampal CA2 Pyramidal Neurons And Its Implications In Memory Networks |
| Speaker | Ms Ananya Dasgupta, Dr Saji Kumar Sreedharan Lab |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 06 November 2017, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Research Seminar
| Topic | Quantitative Nanophysiology of the Presynaptic Active Zone |
| Speaker | Prof Tobias Moser, Institute for Auditory Neuroscience |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 01 November 2017, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Investigating the role of sleep in acquisition of mental schemas and schema-driven facilitation of memory integration |
| Speaker | Mr Hosein Aghayan Golkashani, The Cognitive Neuroscience Lab |
| Convener | Lee Ee Soo |
| Date & Time | 31 October 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Superoxide Anion Mediated Post-Translational Regulation of c-Myc Oncoprotein |
| Speaker | Ms Deepika Ramam, Prof Shazib Pervaiz Lab |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 30 October 2017, 01:45pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Investigating the role of O-GlcNAcylation in autophagy regulatio using chemical proteomics |
| Speaker | Wong Yin Kwan, Autophagy and Cancer Cell Biology Lab |
| Convener | Tan Xiang Ren |
| Date & Time | 17 October 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Drosophila as a Model for Tremor |
| Speaker | Dr Sherry Shiying Aw, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology |
| Convener | Dr. Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 03 November 2017 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | CD137L-DENDRITIC CELLS HAVE A NOVEL INFLAMMATORY PHENOTYPE AND INDUCE A POTENT TC1 RESPONSE AGAINST EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS |
| Speaker | Mr Bhushan Dharmadhikari, A/Prof Herbert Schwarz Lab |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 30 October 2017, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Qualifying Exam
| Topic | A Novel Role of Gelsolin in the Regulation of Wnt Signaling |
| Speaker | Ms Ong Mei Shan, A/Prof Celestial Yap and Prof Hooi Shing Chuan’s lab |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 09 October 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Rat hippocampal neurons for in vitro modelling of human entervirus A71 CNS infection |
| Speaker | Saravanan S/O Gunaseelan, Interactomics and Intracellular Trafficking Laboratory |
| Convener | Katannya Kapeli |
| Date & Time | 10 October 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Small Laboratory Fish Models for Complex Human Diseases: Neurodegeneration and Osteoporosis |
| Speaker | A/Prof Christoph Winkler, National University of Singapore |
| Convener | A/Prof. Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 13 October 2017 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of intermittent fasting |
| Speaker | Ng Yong Quan Gavin, Experimental Stroke and Inflammation Research Laboratory |
| Convener | Wu Meihui |
| Date & Time | 03 October 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence
| Topic | Epigenetic Regulation of Synaptic Plasticity and Associativity in Hippocampal Area CA1 By G9a/GLP Complex |
| Speaker | Ms Mahima Sharma, Dr Saji Kumar Sreedharan Lab |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 12 October 2017, 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Role of mitochondrial calcium in skeletal muscle differentiation |
| Speaker | Chiu Hsin Yao, Cellular Differentiation and Apoptosis Lab |
| Convener | Liu Chao |
| Date & Time | 12 September 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Toll-Like Receptor Signaling in Cardiovascular Disease |
| Speaker | Dr Wang Jiong-Wei, Cardiovascular Research Institute |
| Convener | Dr. Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 29 September 2017 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Investigating the role of nicotinic receptor subunits a5-a3-b4 in development of nicotine dependence |
| Speaker | Caroline Kibat, Mechanism Underlying Behavior Lab |
| Convener | Ouyang Chenxi |
| Date & Time | 05 September 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Metabolic Change in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Under Stress |
| Speaker | Prof Toshio SUDA, National University of Singapore |
| Convener | Dr. Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 15 September 2017 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | The Early Life Origins of Airway Smooth Muscle Thickening in Asthma Pathogenesis |
| Speaker | Dr Kimberly Wang, University of Western Australia, Australia |
| Convener | Dr. Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 08 September 2017 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence Seminar
| Topic | Glucose Dependence and Metabolic Flexibility are the key response determinants to a novel small molecule OXPHOS inhibitor |
| Speaker | Ms Tan Kia Min Joanna, Prof Shazib Pervaiz/td> |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 24 August 2017 , 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Meet the Authors Seminar
| Topic | G9a promotes proliferation and inhibits cell cycle exit during myogenic differentiation |
| Speakers | Tanaka K, Kelly CE, Goh KY, Lim KB, Ibanez CF |
| Date & Time | 18 August 2017, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Ancestor’s Gift from Traditional Chinese Medicine: Neuroprotective Drug Discovery based on Clinical Practice |
| Speaker | Dr Min Li, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong |
| Convener | Dr. Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 03 August 2017 , 11:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE Seminar
| Topic | Engineering Microenvironment for Hepatocyte Differentiation and Maturation |
| Speaker | Ms Sun Min, Prof Hanry Yu |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 31 May 2017 , 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
2016 Brain prize winner’s Lecture
| Topic | The making and keeping of memory |
| Speaker | Prof Richard Morris, The University of Edinburgh, UK |
| Convener | Dr. Saji Kumar Sreedharan |
| Date & Time | 08 June 2017 , 11:00am |
| Venue | CRC Auditorium, MD11 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defense
| Topic | Neural Implementation of Computations that Underlie Learning and Decision-Making in Drosophila |
| Speaker | Ms Priyanka Balaganapathy, Assoc Prof Thiruma V. Arumugam |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 22 May 2017 , 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE Seminar
| Topic | Identification and characterization of CD137-expressing cells in multiple sclerosis and their role in inflammation |
| Speaker | Ms Anna Hiu Yi Wong, Assoc Prof Herbert Schwarz |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 18 May 2017 , 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Neural Implementation of Computations that Underlie Learning and Decision-Making in Drosophila |
| Speaker | Ms Li Yan McCurdy, PhD student, Yale University |
| Convener | Dr. Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 05 June 2017 , 04:00pm |
| Venue | CeLS Seminar Room 2 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Beyond action potentials: roles of voltage-gated sodium channels in neuronal input-output transformation across multiple timescales for hippocampal memory system |
| Speaker | Dr HSU Ching-Lung, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States |
| Convener | Dr. Saji Kumar Sreedharan |
| Date & Time | 24 May 2017 , 03:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE Seminar
| Topic | Role of EGFR Mutation Status on CD151 Expression in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
| Speaker | Ms Wong Huee Ping Amanda, Dr Thai Tran |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 15 May 2017 , 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE Seminar
| Topic | A Machine Learning Based Diagnostic Study of Chronic Liver Disease Using Staining and Multimodal Imaging Techniques |
| Speaker | Mr Yu Yang, Prof Hanry Yu and Prof Peter So |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 09 May 2017 , 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Hippo Signaling in Cardiovascular Development and Disease |
| Speaker | Dr Mavendra Singh, Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School |
| Convener | A/Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 12 May 2017 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PLS
| Topic | p53: All Mutants are Equal, but Some Mutants are More Equal than Others |
| Speaker | Prof Kanaga Sabapathy, Professor, Cancer & Stem Cell Program |
| Convener | A/Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 05 May 2017 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE Seminar
| Topic | Role of Microglia in the Long-Term Potential and Synaptic Tagging/Capture |
| Speaker | Mr Joonki Kim, Assoc Prof Thiruma V. Arumugam |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 02 May 2017 , 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE Seminar
| Topic | Role of Microglia in the Long-Term Potential and Synaptic Tagging/Capture |
| Speaker | Ms Radha Raghuraman, Asst Prof Sajikumar Sreedharan and Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 24 April 2017 , 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Sex differences of mTORC1 signaling in aging |
| Speaker | Dr Tsai Shih-Yin, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore |
| Convener | Dr Tran Thai |
| Date & Time | 28 April 2017 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Meet the Authors Seminar
| Topic | G9a promotes proliferation and inhibits cell cycle exit during myogenic differentiation |
| Speakers | Rao VK, Ow JR, Shankar SR, Bharathy N, Manikandan, Wang Y, Taneja R. |
| Date & Time | 21 April 2017, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE Seminar
| Topic | Development of CD137L-chimeric-antigen-receptor dendritic cells for cancer immunotherapy |
| Speaker | Mr Zeng Qun, Assoc Prof Herbert Schwarz Lab |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 13 April 2017 , 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | 1. Discovery of novel RNA binding proteins using protein-protein interactions, 2. Development of human in vitro inflammation liver model in response to acetaminophen and chlorpromazine |
| Speaker | 1. Katannya Kapeli, Yeo Lab 2. Huang Xiaozhong, Laboratory of Cellular and Tissue Engineering |
| Convener | Foo Sok Lin |
| Date & Time | 11 April 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE Seminar
| Topic | Identification and Characterization of Regulatory LncRNAs that Influence Colorectal Cancer Through Wnt/B-catenin Signaling |
| Speaker | Mr Zhu Bowen, Assoc Prof Marius Sudol Lab |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 06 April 2017 , 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | 1. Anti-proliferative properties of Artesunate in in vitro and in vivo models of Asthma, 2. Regulatory mechanisms mediating CD151 expression in Airway Smooth Muscle |
| Speaker | 1. Dorothy Cheong & 2. Tan Sheng Gui Benjamin, Lunch Disease Research Lab |
| Convener | Zhong Zheng |
| Date & Time | 04 April 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD Oral Defence Seminar
| Topic | Alternative Splicing and Galectin-1 Modulate L-Type Cav1.2 Calcium Channel Function: Implications In Cardiovasculat Diseases |
| Speaker | Mr Hu Zhenyu, Ion Channel & Transport Lab |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 03 April 2017 , 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | The Role of the Kinase Scaffolding Protein, SSeCKS/Gravin/AKAP12, in Controlling Src-mediated Oncogenic Signaling & Prostate Cancer Metastatic Progression |
| Speaker | Prof Irwin Gelman, Professor and Chair, State University of New York at Buffalo |
| Convener | A/P Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 03 April 2017 , 04:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Lineage-specific Functions of the DNA Oxygenase TET1 in Primed Pluripotency |
| Speaker | Dr Koh Kian Peng, Assistant Professor, KU Leuven |
| Convener | Dr Derrick Ong |
| Date & Time | 29 March 2017 , 02:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | S-Nitrosylation of divalent metal transporter 1 enhances iron deposition and mediates loss of mouse dopaminergic neurons after LPS-induced inflammation |
| Speaker | Liu Chao, Ion Channels and Transporters Lab |
| Convener | Tann Yong You Jason |
| Date & Time | 21 March 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Meet the Authors Seminar
| Topic | Inhibition of G9a/GLP Complex Promotes Long-Term Potentiation and Synaptic Tagging/Capture in Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons |
| Speakers | Sharma M, Razali NM, Sajikumar S |
| Date & Time | 31 March 2017, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | The Ins and Outs of Synapse to Nucleus Signaling & Transcription-Dependent Plasticity |
| Speaker | Dr Ch’ng Toh Hean, Assistant Professor, NTU |
| Convener | Dr John Chua |
| Date & Time | 24 March 2017 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Effects of Exercise-induced Hyperthermia on Brain Function, a MRI study |
| Speaker | Tan Xiang Ren, Exercise Physiology Lab |
| Convener | Qiao Yong Kang |
| Date & Time | 14 March 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Targeting Chondroitin Sulfate Glycosaminoglycans Inhibits Pathological Cardiac Remodelling |
| Speaker | Assoc Prof Roger Foo, Associate Professor and Senior Consultant Cardiologist, NUH |
| Convener | A/Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 10 March 2017 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | The role of mitophagy during cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure |
| Speaker | Prof Junichi Sadoshima, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, USA |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 8 March 2017 , 4:00pm |
| Venue | MD11-01-03/04 – CRC SYMPOSIUM ROOM |
WIPS
| Topic | An optical approach to understanding spontaneous activity in the brain |
| Speaker | Mahathi Ramaswamy, Suresh Jesuthasan Lab |
| Convener | Chow Zhi Huan |
| Date & Time | 07 March 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE Seminar
| Topic | Role of Formyl Peptide Receptor 2 and toll-like receptors in Influenza A virus infection and propagation |
| Speaker | Mr Ampomah Patrick Baah, Inflammation and Cancer Lab |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 06 March 2017 , 02:30pm |
| Venue | CeLS Seminar Room 2 |
Physiology Lecture Series
| Topic | Asian Cancer Genomics and Its Clinical Implications |
| Speakers | Bin Tean Teh, Deputy Director (Research), National Cancer Centre, Singapore |
| Date & Time | 24 February 2017, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | 1. Role of HDAC inhibitor in synaptic plasticity associate with sleep deprivation.; 2. Elucidating the role of EHMT1 in Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma. |
| Speaker | 1. Chong Yee Song, Synaptic Plasticity and Memory (SPM) Lab; 2. Upasana Bajaj , Cellular Differentiation and Apoptosis Lab |
| Convener | Zhu Bowen |
| Date & Time | 28 February 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Functions of BAF Complexes Subunits in Brain and Neurological Diseases |
| Speaker | Tang Jiong, Group Leader, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium |
| Convener | Dr Tran Thai |
| Date & Time | 03 March 2017 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE Seminar
| Topic | Investigation of the regulatory role of Cullin RING E3 ligase 4 (CRL4s) in autophagy during mitosis |
| Speaker | Lu Guang, Autophagy and Cancer Cell Lab |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 21 February 2017 , 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | 1. Investigation of the proteasome-dependent regulation of Sirt1 during mitosis.; 2. Genome-wide RNAi screening approach to identify novel molecules in glucose starvation induced cancer cell death. |
| Speaker | 1. Ouyang Chenxi, Shen HM’s Lab; 2. Chen Peishi , Mitochondrial Physiology and Metabolism Lab |
| Convener | Lim Kim Buay Liz |
| Date & Time | 14 February 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Arterial Macrophages Maintain Healthy Vascular Tone |
| Speaker | Angeli Veronique, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore |
| Convener | Dr Tran Thai |
| Date & Time | 17 February 2017 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Meet the Authors Seminar
| Topic | CD151, a laminin receptor showing increased expression in asthma patients, contributes to airway hyper-responsiveness through calcium signaling |
| Speakers | Qiao Yongkang |
| Date & Time | 10 February 2017, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | 1. Delineating neuromodulatory inputs to hippocampal area CA2.; 2. Investigating accelerated disease phenotypes in neural organoid cultures for modeling Parkinson’s disease. |
| Speaker | 1. Amrita Benoy, Synaptic Plasticity and Memory Lab; 2. Koh Yong Hui , Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology |
| Convener | Ampomah Patrick Baah |
| Date & Time | 07 February 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | New Ways to Target Tumor Suppressor Signalling Networks for Cancer Therapy |
| Speaker | Paul Huang, Team Leader, The Institute of Cancer Research, UK |
| Convener | A/Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 3 February 2017 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Is CD137 Expressed in Epstein-Barr Virus Associated Malignant Cells for Immune Evasion? |
| Speaker | Sashigala Ponnalagu, Immunotherapy Lab |
| Convener | Katannya Kapeli |
| Date & Time | 31 January 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Characterizing a Sub-population of Low Cycling Colon Cancer Stem Cells Responsible for Chemo-resistance and Tumor Recurrence. |
| Speaker | Mohammad Amin Honardoost , Cancer Stratifying and Oncology 1 Lab |
| Convener | Katannya Kapeli |
| Date & Time | 31 January 2017, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
PhD QE Seminar
| Topic | Absence of Microbiota causes Stress-Induced Anxiety through Amygdala Hyperexcitability |
| Speaker | Xiao Yixin, Synaptic Plasticity and Memory Lab |
| Convener | – |
| Date & Time | 26 January 2017 , 02:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Seeing how mammalian life starts: Quantitative imaging in live mouse embryos |
| Speaker | Changjoon Justin Lee, PhD, KIST, Republic of Korea |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 15 December 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Seeing how mammalian life starts: Quantitative imaging in live mouse embryos |
| Speaker | Nicolas Daniel Plachta, PhD, IMCB, A*STAR |
| Convener | Prof Carlos F Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 1 December 2015, 2:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Microvesicles: What’s plasma made of? Characterization by cryo-electron microscopy, flow cytometry and QCM-D |
| Speaker | Alain R. Brisson, PhD, CNRS-Université de Bordeaux-IPB, France |
| Convener | A/Prof Lina Lim |
| Date & Time | 13 November 2015, 11:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | A Neural Circuit that Controls Cortical State and Cortical Plasticity in Adult Mice |
| Speaker | Prof Fu Yu, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, A*STAR Singapore |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 12 November 2015, 2:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Post-translational modification of proteins in cell regulation |
| Speaker | Prof Tony Hunter, The Salk Institute |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 05 November 2015 , 11:00am |
| Venue | CeLS Auditorium, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
WIPS
| Topic | Gelsolin promotes the survival of cancer cells under stress by modulating autophagy |
| Speaker | Deng Shuo, Cytoskeleton and Tumor Bilology Lab |
| Convener | Song Ziwei |
| Date & Time | 03 November 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Metabolic Imaging – Bench to Bedside |
| Speaker | S Sendhil Velan, PhD , Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, A*STAR Singapore |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 28 October 2015 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Interplay between activated Notch receptor and p53 in neuronal cell death during cerebral ischaemia |
| Speaker | Priyanka Balaganapathy, Experimental stroke and inflammation research lab |
| Convener | Bao Jingxian |
| Date & Time | 27 October 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Venom to drug for autoimmune diseases: Seaside to bedside |
| Speaker | Prof. George K. Chandy, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 16 October 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Functional characterization of Annexin A1 in Influenza virus infection |
| Speaker | Suruchi Arora, Inflammation and Cancer Lab |
| Convener | Kazuhiro Tanaka |
| Date & Time | 13 October 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Inhibition of histone deacetylase 3 restores amyloid-β oligomer induced plasticity deficit in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons |
| Speaker | Krishna Kumar M, Synaptic plasticity and Memory Lab |
| Convener | Jin Wenhao |
| Date & Time | 06 October 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | HDAC3 inhibition enhances associative memory in aged neural networks via activation of nuclear factor kappa B |
| Speaker | Mahima Sharma, Synaptic plasticity and Memory Lab |
| Convener | Akshay V Bhat |
| Date & Time | 29 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Illuminating how synapses form, disassemble and regenerate in vivo |
| Speaker | Vincenzo De Paola , PhD, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London |
| Convener | A/Prof Sanjay Khanna |
| Date & Time | 16 September 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Superoxide anion mediated Post-translational regulation of c-Myc |
| Speaker | Deepika Ramana, Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and Cancer Biology Lab |
| Convener | Fang Qianhui |
| Date & Time | 15 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Modulation of synaptic plasticity and associativity in Hippocampal CA2 pyramidal neurons by Substance P |
| Speaker | Ananya Dasgupta, Synaptic plasticity and memory lab |
| Convener | Wang Liming |
| Date & Time | 8 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Molecular steps involved in the exocytotic fusion of synaptic vesicles |
| Speaker | Reinhard Jahn, PhD, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany |
| Convener | Dr John Chua |
| Date & Time | 7 September 2015, 4:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Epigenetic dysregulation reveals widespread alternate promoter usage in Gastric Cancer |
| Speaker | Aditi Qamra, Cancer Therapeutics and Stratified Oncology Lab |
| Convener | Tayfun Tumyaka |
| Date & Time | 1 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | PTENα Participates in Mitochondrial Quality Control by Regulating Parkin/Pink-1 Dependent Mitophagy |
| Speaker | Wang Liming, Autophagy and Cancer Cell Biology Lab |
| Convener | Qiao Yongkang |
| Date & Time | 25 August 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Challenge – Recovery Cycles, Hormesis and Brain Health |
| Speaker | Mark P. Mattson, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Convener | A/Prof Thiruma Valavan Arumugam |
| Date & Time | 19 August 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | BTK, the tyrosine kinase defective in X-linked agammaglobulinemia |
| Speaker | Professor Edvard Smith, Karolinska Institute, Sweden |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 26 June 2015, 11:00am |
| Venue | CeLS Auditorium, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Allosteric & Genetic Control of GABAA Receptors |
| Speaker | Prof Trevor G Smart, University College London |
| Convener | A/Prof Sanjay Khanna |
| Date & Time | 23 June 2015, 4:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Suppression of Tumor Growth and Metastasis Targeted Deprivation of Methionine |
| Speaker | Allan Zhao, PhD, Nanjing Medical University, China |
| Convener | A/Prof Shen Han Ming |
| Date & Time | 29 April 2015, 4:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | The effects of pregnenolone sulphate on schizophrenia-like behaviors in dopamine transporter knockout mice |
| Speaker | Wong Peiyan, PhD , Department of Pharmacology, NUS |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 20 April 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
WIPS
| Topic | The Role of p75 Neurotrophin Receptor in Neurodegeneration |
| Speaker | Kazuhiro Tanaka , Carlos Ibanez Lab |
| Topic | Role of Aneural AChR Clusters in the Formation & Maturation of Neuromuscular |
| Speaker | Bao Jingxian, Lab for Neuronal Development & Diseases |
| Convener | Huang Hua |
| Date & Time | 14 April 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Regulation of axonal growth & synapse formation by a focal adhesion molecule Zyxin |
| Speaker | Zhang Xianyuan, Lab of Neuronal Development & Diseases |
| Convener | Stephen Chong Jun Fei |
| Date & Time | 7 April 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Predictive Models for RNA Binding Protein – RNA Interaction from Large Datasets |
| Speaker | Jin Wenhao, Lab for Molecular Neurodegeneration |
| Topic | The Role of Chromatin Regulator G9a in Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Speaker | Akshay V Bhat, Cellular Differentiation and Apoptosis Lab |
| Convener | Ng Chan Way |
| Date & Time | 31 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Cellular Immune Therapy for virus-associated human malignancies and post-transplant infectious complications |
| Speaker | Rajiv Khanna, PhD, QIMR Berghofer Centre for Immunotherapy and Vaccine Development |
| Convener | A/Prof. Herbert Schwarz |
| Date & Time | 30 March 2015, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Mechanisms of polarized sorting in neurons |
| Speaker | Juan S. Bonifacino. Ph.D, National Institutes of Health, USA |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 26 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | H.M. and the Taxonomy of Memory |
| Speaker | Andrew Tan Yong-Yi, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin |
| Convener | |
| Date & Time | 27 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Synaptic input to single cortical neurons in rodents and the behaving primate |
| Speaker | Andrew Tan Yong-Yi, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 25 March 2015, 3:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Putative Role of CD147 in Cerebrovascular Integrity |
| Speaker | Fang Qianhui, Lab for Molecular Neurodegeneration |
| Topic | Mechanism of Drug Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer Cell Lines |
| Speaker | Zhong Zheng, Lab of Molecular Cancer Biology |
| Convener | Ow Jin Rong |
| Date & Time | 24 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | In vivo imaging in mice to reveal cellular dynamics of liver regeneration |
| Speaker | Song Ziwei, Lab of Cellular & Tissue Engineering |
| Convener | Khairunisa Bte Mohamad Ibrahim |
| Date & Time | 17 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | The Role of context on learning & memory |
| Speaker | Tayfun Tumkaya, ACC Lab |
| Topic | Determination of oligodendrocytes contribution in TDP-43 mediated neurodegeneration |
| Speaker | Wang Jia, Lab for Molecular Neurodegeneration |
| Convener | Sakthi Rajendran |
| Date & Time | 10 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Role of CD151 in Regulating Airway Smooth Muscle Function: Implications in Asthma |
| Speaker | Qiao Yongkang, Lung Disease Research Lab |
| Topic | Hypersensitivity to Glucose Starvation-Induced Cell Death Involves AMPK Dysregulation & Oxidative Stress |
| Speaker | Ren Yi, Autophagy & Cancer Cell Biology Lab |
| Convener | Mahesh S Shetty |
| Date & Time | 3 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Cell types in the mouse cortex & hippocampus revealed by single-cell RNA-seq |
| Speaker | Hjerling-Leffler, PhD, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm |
| Convener | Prof Carlos Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 17 February 2015, 2:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
WIPS
| Topic | RNA-Seq Analysis of Breast Cancer using BaseSpace Core Application |
| Speaker | Gokce Oguz, Cancer Therapeutics and Stratified Oncology |
| Convener | Wu Qingqing |
| Date & Time | 17 February 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Autophagy in breast cancer and neural stem cells |
| Speaker | Jun-Lin Guan, PhD, University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute, USA |
| Convener | A/Prof Shen Han Ming |
| Date & Time | 3 February 2015, 11:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Novel Modes of Neuronal Sodium Channel Regulation |
| Speaker | Geoffrey PITT, MD, PhD, Duke University School of Medicine, USA |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 21 January 2015, 11:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Molecular and Network Modeling in Synthetic and Systems Biology |
| Speaker | Bruce Tidor, PhD, SMART |
| Convener | Prof Hanry Yu |
| Date & Time | 20 January 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Change of cellidentity: Tumorigenesis and lineage conversion |
| Speaker | Hui Lijian, PhD, Institute of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology |
| Convener | A/Prof Shen Han Ming |
| Date & Time | 19 January 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Tagging and Capture |
| Speaker | Ted Abel, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Convener | Dr Saji Kumar Sreedharan |
| Date & Time | 13 January 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Adventures Upstream with Hippos: Hippo Signaling Upstream of the Core Kinase Cassette |
| Speaker | Paul Reynolds, PhD, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 09 January 2015, 10:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Regenerative Effects of Pulsed Magnetic Fields: Human and Clinical Implications |
| Speaker | Alfredo Franco-Obregón, Research Associate Professor,Department of Surgery, NUS |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 18 November 2016 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | BTK, the tyrosine kinase defective in X-linked agammaglobulinemia |
| Speaker | C. I. Edvard Smith, MD, PhD, Karolinska Institutet |
| Convener | Professor Carlos F. Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 11 November 2016 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Elucidating the role of AMP kinase in Parkinson Disease |
| Speaker | Hang Liting, Laboratory of Cancer Signaling & Domainpathies |
| Convener | Ampomah Patrick Baah |
| Date & Time | 8 Nov 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Role of retinoic acid receptor alpha mutations in breast fibroepithelial tumors |
| Speaker | Ng Ley Moy (Li Mei), PhD, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore |
| Convener | Dr Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 4 November 2016 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Neurotrophins and neuronal plasticity in the adult brain |
| Speaker | Prof Eero Castrén, PhD, Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Convener | Professor Carlos F. Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 4 November 2016 , 2:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Structural Insights into the Hippo Signaling Pathway |
| Speaker | Prof Song Haiwei, PhD, Research Director/ Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 28 October 2016 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Sortilin things out of with TDP-43 |
| Speaker | Tann Yong You Jason, Carlos Ibanez Lab |
| Convener | Joonki Kim |
| Date & Time | 25 October 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | From Sound to Hearing in Ribbon synapse |
| Speaker | A/Prof Sangyong Jung, PhD, Group leader, SBIC,A*STAR, Singapore |
| Convener | Dr Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 21 October 2016 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Phosphatase POPX2 exhibits dual regulatory functions in cancer metastasis |
| Speaker | A/Prof Koh Cheng Gee, PhD, NTU |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 14 October 2016 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Lipid rafts negatively regulate autophagosome biogenesis via modulation of VAMP3 function in recycling endosome a |
| Speaker | Shi Yin, Autophagy and Cancer Cell Biology |
| Convener | Zeng Qun |
| Date & Time | 11 October 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Modeling Huntington disease using isogenic pluripotent stem cells: towards target discovery and validation in human cells |
| Speaker | A/Prof Mahmoud A. Pouladi, PhD, Translational Lab in Genetic Medicine (TLGM), A*STAR |
| Convener | Dr Ling Shuo-Chien |
| Date & Time | 7 October 2016 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Re-engineering the sensory array of airway smooth muscle to discover novel chemo-mechanical signaling node against obstructive lung disease |
| Speaker | A/P Steven S. An, The Johns Hopkins University |
| Convener | Dr Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 30 September 2016, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Meet the Authors Seminar
| Topic | Constrained spheroids for prolonged hepatocyte culture |
| Speakers | Tong WH, Fang Y, Yan J, Hong X, Hari Singh N, Wang SR, Nugraha B, Xia L, Fong EL, Iliescu C, Yu H.Biomaterials (2016), 80:106-20. |
| Date & Time | 16 September 2016, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Technology Seminar
| Topic | Towards 3D Biology: Simultaneous analysis of DNA, RNA and Protein driving high impact biology |
| Speaker | Niro Ramachandran, PhD & Jay Manikandan, , PhD, NanoString Technologies |
| Convener | A/Prof. Prakash Hande |
| Date & Time | 15 September 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Interaction between breast cancer cell and microglial in the initial steps of breast cancer brain metastasis |
| Speaker | Foo Sok Lin, Cancer and Inflammation Lab |
| Convener | Sun Min |
| Date & Time | 13 September 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Targeting Proneural-Mesenchymal Transition in Human Glioblastoma Multiforme |
| Speaker | Dr Ivy Ho, National Neuroscience Institute |
| Convener | Dr Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 9 September 2016, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | An imaging approach to unravel the mechanisms of receptor activation, trafficking and signaling of p75 neurotrophin receptor |
| Speaker | Lim Kim Buaz Liz, Carlos Ibanez Laboratory |
| Convener | Radha Raghuraman |
| Date & Time | 6 September 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series4
| Topic | Upstream regulation of Wnt signaling: Mechanism, Diseases, and Therapy |
| Speaker | David M. Virshup, M.D., Duke-NUS Medical School |
| Convener | Prof. Shazib Pervaiz |
| Date & Time | 2 September 2016, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | The role of formyl peptide receptor 2(FRP2) and toll-like receptors in H1N1 Influenza virus infection and propagation |
| Speaker | Ampomah Patrick Baah, Cancer and Inflammation Lab |
| Convener | Yu Yang |
| Date & Time | 30 August 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Chromatin Dynamics in Development and Disease |
| Speaker | Dr Wee-Wei Tee, PhD, A*STAR-IMCB |
| Convener | Dr Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 19 August 2016, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Gelsolin and Wnt signaling in cancer |
| Speaker | Ong Mei Shan, The Cytoskeleton and Tumour Biology Laboratory |
| Convener | Zeng Qun |
| Date & Time | 16 August 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Translational Advances in Glioblastoma Cancer Stem Cell Biology |
| Speaker | A/Prof John S. Kuo, MD PhD FAANS FACS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
| Convener | A/Prof. Thiruma Valavan Arumugam |
| Date & Time | 20 June 2016, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series
| Topic | Autophagy in Liver Disease |
| Speaker | Wen-Xing Ding, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center |
| Convener | A/Prof. Shen Han-Ming |
| Date & Time | 29 June 2016, 4:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Secretases as therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s disease and other diseases |
| Speaker | Dong-Gyu Jo, PhD, Sungkyunkwan University |
| Convener | A/Prof. Thiruma Valavan Arumugam |
| Date & Time | 28 June 2016, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Aberrant Stem/Progenitor Cell Behavior During Aging and Cancer |
| Speaker | Dr Derrick Ong, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (TX), USA |
| Convener | Dr John Chua |
| Date & Time | 14 June 2016, 3:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series
| Topic | Regulating synaptic plasticity in hippocampal area CA2: caffeine, experience, and social neuropeptides |
| Speaker | Serena M. Dudek, PhD, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA |
| Convener | Dr. Sajikumar Sreedharan |
| Date & Time | 8 June 2016, 3:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series
| Topic | Genomic and Epigenomic Profiles of Asian-Endemic Cancer |
| Speaker | Professor Patrick Tan, Duke-NUS Medical School |
| Convener | A/Prof. Shen Han-Ming |
| Date & Time | 20 May 2016, 4:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series
| Topic | Atypical neurodegeneration and seizures induced by presynaptic defects |
| Speaker | Professor Matthijs Verhage, University of Amsterdam |
| Convener | Dr. John Chua |
| Date & Time | 10 May 2016, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Biosensor platforms for molecular analyses of circulating exosomes |
| Speaker | Dr. Huilin Shao, IMCB, A*Star |
| Convener | Dr Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 22 April 2016, 1:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | The regulatory role of Long Nonconding RNAs in cell signalling |
| Speaker | Zhu Bowen, Laboratory of Cancer Signaling & Domainpathies |
| Convener | Mahesh Shetty |
| Date & Time | 19 April 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Development of CD137L-chimeric-antigen-receptor dendritic cells for cancer immunotherapy |
| Speaker | Zeng Qun, Immunotherapy Lab |
| Convener | Wu Meihui |
| Date & Time | 12 April 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Where inter- and intra-tumoural heterogeneity meet: from functional subtyping to cancer evolution |
| Speaker | Anguraj Sadanandam, Ph.D., Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London, UK |
| Convener | PGSS and A/Prof Reshma Taneja |
| Date & Time | 08 April 2016, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Regulation of human glioma stem cell migration through a locally translated Lck pathway |
| Speaker | Dr. Nikos Tapinos MD, PhD, Geisinger Clinic, Danville PA, USA |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol and Dr. Faidon Magkos |
| Date & Time | 07 April 2016, 3:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Publishing at High Impact Journals |
| Speaker | Dr Jason F. Kreisberg, UCSD |
| Convener | Dr Katannya Kapeli |
| Date & Time | 06 April 2016, 2:0 0pm |
| Venue | MD10 level 2 Seminar Room |
WIPS
| Topic | The role of cell-free DNA in experimental stroke models |
| Speaker | Joonki Kim, Experimental stroke and inflammation research lab |
| Convener | Deepika Raman |
| Date & Time | 05 April 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Role of G9a in Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Speaker | Anaya Pal, Cellular Differentiation and Apoptosis Laboratory |
| Convener | Deng Shuo |
| Date & Time | 29 March 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Characterisation of CD151 in NSCLC patients harbouring EGFR Wildtypes Versus EGFR Mutant |
| Speaker | Wong Huee Ping, Lung Disease Research Laboratory |
| Convener | Priyanka Balaganapathy |
| Date & Time | 22 March 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series
| Topic | Insights into development and disease from large-scale protein-RNA interactions |
| Speaker | Gene Yeo, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Medicine at UCSD andVisiting A/P Dept Physiology at NUS |
| Convener | A/Prof. Thiruma Valavan Arumugam |
| Date & Time | 18 March 2016, 11:00am |
| Venue | MD10, Anatomy Level 2 Auditorium |
WIPS
| Topic | Materiomics identification of topography-mediated maturation of iPSC-derived hepatocytes |
| Speaker | Suruchi Arora, Laboratory of Cellular and Tissue Engineering |
| Convener | Sun Min |
| Date & Time | 15 March 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Swee Liew Wadsworth Distinguished Speaker Seminar
| Topic | Taming the unrealiable witness: understanding the normal and pathological urinary bladder |
| Speaker | Christopher Fry, University of Bristol, UK |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 09 March 2016, 3:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Do Microglia help to set synaptic tags or produce memory proteins? |
| Speaker | Radha Raghuraman, Memory & Synaptic Plasticity Lab |
| Convener | Krishna Kumar M |
| Date & Time | 08 March 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Modulation of gap junction conductance by serine-threonine protein phosphatases in the heart: Role of Cx43 and Cx40 phosphorylation |
| Speaker | Dr. Rita Jabr, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Surrey, UK |
| Convener | Dr Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 08 March 2016, 11:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Investigation of the role of Cullin Ring E3 ligase 4 complex(CRL4s) in lipidation during mitosis |
| Speaker | Lu Guang, Autophagy and Cancer Cell Biology Lab |
| Convener | Aditi Qamra |
| Date & Time | 01 March 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | iPSCs in disease modeling and therapeutics discovery |
| Speaker | Shi Yan Ng, PhD , Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology Singapore |
| Convener | Dr Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 19 February 2016, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Absence of microbiota causes stress-induced anxiety through amygdala hyperexcitability |
| Speaker | Xiao Yixin, Shawn Je Lab |
| Convener | Bhushan Dharmadhikirai |
| Date & Time | 16 February 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | The role of 4E-BP1 in diet- and aging-induced metabolic stresses |
| Speaker | Dr Tsai Shih-yin, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 11 February 2016, 3:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | A statistical Non-alchoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) diagnosis model based on confocal Raman micro |
| Speaker | Yu Yang, Cellular and Tissue Engineering Lab |
| Convener | Mahima Sharma |
| Date & Time | 02 February 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Sensory Influences on Portion Selection, Ingestive Behaviour and Energy Intake Regulation |
| Speaker | Ciaran Forde, PhD, Clinical Nutrition Research Centre, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences |
| Convener | Dr Thai Tran |
| Date & Time | 29 January 2016, 2:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Emotional Tagging and PTSD |
| Speaker | Prof Gal Richter-Levin, University of Haifa, Isreal |
| Convener | Dr Sajikumar Sreedharan |
| Date & Time | 28 January 2016, 3:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Characterizing novel mechanisms of neuroinflammation in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis and Multiple Sclerosis |
| Speaker | Wong Hiu Yi , Immunotherapy Lab |
| Convener | Wang Liming |
| Date & Time | 16 January 2016, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Seeing how mammalian life starts: Quantitative imaging in live mouse embryos |
| Speaker | Changjoon Justin Lee, PhD, KIST, Republic of Korea |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 15 December 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Seeing how mammalian life starts: Quantitative imaging in live mouse embryos |
| Speaker | Nicolas Daniel Plachta, PhD, IMCB, A*STAR |
| Convener | Prof Carlos F Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 1 December 2015, 2:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Microvesicles: What’s plasma made of? Characterization by cryo-electron microscopy, flow cytometry and QCM-D |
| Speaker | Alain R. Brisson, PhD, CNRS-Université de Bordeaux-IPB, France |
| Convener | A/Prof Lina Lim |
| Date & Time | 13 November 2015, 11:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | A Neural Circuit that Controls Cortical State and Cortical Plasticity in Adult Mice |
| Speaker | Prof Fu Yu, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, A*STAR Singapore |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 12 November 2015, 2:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Post-translational modification of proteins in cell regulation |
| Speaker | Prof Tony Hunter, The Salk Institute |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 05 November 2015 , 11:00am |
| Venue | CeLS Auditorium, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
WIPS
| Topic | Gelsolin promotes the survival of cancer cells under stress by modulating autophagy |
| Speaker | Deng Shuo, Cytoskeleton and Tumor Bilology Lab |
| Convener | Song Ziwei |
| Date & Time | 03 November 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Metabolic Imaging – Bench to Bedside |
| Speaker | S Sendhil Velan, PhD , Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, A*STAR Singapore |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 28 October 2015 , 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Interplay between activated Notch receptor and p53 in neuronal cell death during cerebral ischaemia |
| Speaker | Priyanka Balaganapathy, Experimental stroke and inflammation research lab |
| Convener | Bao Jingxian |
| Date & Time | 27 October 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Venom to drug for autoimmune diseases: Seaside to bedside |
| Speaker | Prof. George K. Chandy, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 16 October 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Functional characterization of Annexin A1 in Influenza virus infection |
| Speaker | Suruchi Arora, Inflammation and Cancer Lab |
| Convener | Kazuhiro Tanaka |
| Date & Time | 13 October 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Inhibition of histone deacetylase 3 restores amyloid-β oligomer induced plasticity deficit in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons |
| Speaker | Krishna Kumar M, Synaptic plasticity and Memory Lab |
| Convener | Jin Wenhao |
| Date & Time | 06 October 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | HDAC3 inhibition enhances associative memory in aged neural networks via activation of nuclear factor kappa B |
| Speaker | Mahima Sharma, Synaptic plasticity and Memory Lab |
| Convener | Akshay V Bhat |
| Date & Time | 29 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Illuminating how synapses form, disassemble and regenerate in vivo |
| Speaker | Vincenzo De Paola , PhD, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London |
| Convener | A/Prof Sanjay Khanna |
| Date & Time | 16 September 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Superoxide anion mediated Post-translational regulation of c-Myc |
| Speaker | Deepika Ramana, Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and Cancer Biology Lab |
| Convener | Fang Qianhui |
| Date & Time | 15 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Modulation of synaptic plasticity and associativity in Hippocampal CA2 pyramidal neurons by Substance P |
| Speaker | Ananya Dasgupta, Synaptic plasticity and memory lab |
| Convener | Wang Liming |
| Date & Time | 8 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Molecular steps involved in the exocytotic fusion of synaptic vesicles |
| Speaker | Reinhard Jahn, PhD, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany |
| Convener | Dr John Chua |
| Date & Time | 7 September 2015, 4:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Epigenetic dysregulation reveals widespread alternate promoter usage in Gastric Cancer |
| Speaker | Aditi Qamra, Cancer Therapeutics and Stratified Oncology Lab |
| Convener | Tayfun Tumyaka |
| Date & Time | 1 September 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | PTENα Participates in Mitochondrial Quality Control by Regulating Parkin/Pink-1 Dependent Mitophagy |
| Speaker | Wang Liming, Autophagy and Cancer Cell Biology Lab |
| Convener | Qiao Yongkang |
| Date & Time | 25 August 2015, 12:30pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Challenge – Recovery Cycles, Hormesis and Brain Health |
| Speaker | Mark P. Mattson, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Convener | A/Prof Thiruma Valavan Arumugam |
| Date & Time | 19 August 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | BTK, the tyrosine kinase defective in X-linked agammaglobulinemia |
| Speaker | Professor Edvard Smith, Karolinska Institute, Sweden |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 26 June 2015, 11:00am |
| Venue | CeLS Auditorium, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Allosteric & Genetic Control of GABAA Receptors |
| Speaker | Prof Trevor G Smart, University College London |
| Convener | A/Prof Sanjay Khanna |
| Date & Time | 23 June 2015, 4:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Suppression of Tumor Growth and Metastasis Targeted Deprivation of Methionine |
| Speaker | Allan Zhao, PhD, Nanjing Medical University, China |
| Convener | A/Prof Shen Han Ming |
| Date & Time | 29 April 2015, 4:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | The effects of pregnenolone sulphate on schizophrenia-like behaviors in dopamine transporter knockout mice |
| Speaker | Wong Peiyan, PhD , Department of Pharmacology, NUS |
| Convener | Dr. TRAN Thai |
| Date & Time | 20 April 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
WIPS
| Topic | The Role of p75 Neurotrophin Receptor in Neurodegeneration |
| Speaker | Kazuhiro Tanaka , Carlos Ibanez Lab |
| Topic | Role of Aneural AChR Clusters in the Formation & Maturation of Neuromuscular |
| Speaker | Bao Jingxian, Lab for Neuronal Development & Diseases |
| Convener | Huang Hua |
| Date & Time | 14 April 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Regulation of axonal growth & synapse formation by a focal adhesion molecule Zyxin |
| Speaker | Zhang Xianyuan, Lab of Neuronal Development & Diseases |
| Convener | Stephen Chong Jun Fei |
| Date & Time | 7 April 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Predictive Models for RNA Binding Protein – RNA Interaction from Large Datasets |
| Speaker | Jin Wenhao, Lab for Molecular Neurodegeneration |
| Topic | The Role of Chromatin Regulator G9a in Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Speaker | Akshay V Bhat, Cellular Differentiation and Apoptosis Lab |
| Convener | Ng Chan Way |
| Date & Time | 31 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Cellular Immune Therapy for virus-associated human malignancies and post-transplant infectious complications |
| Speaker | Rajiv Khanna, PhD, QIMR Berghofer Centre for Immunotherapy and Vaccine Development |
| Convener | A/Prof. Herbert Schwarz |
| Date & Time | 30 March 2015, 10:30am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Mechanisms of polarized sorting in neurons |
| Speaker | Juan S. Bonifacino. Ph.D, National Institutes of Health, USA |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 26 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | H.M. and the Taxonomy of Memory |
| Speaker | Andrew Tan Yong-Yi, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin |
| Convener | |
| Date & Time | 27 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Synaptic input to single cortical neurons in rodents and the behaving primate |
| Speaker | Andrew Tan Yong-Yi, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 25 March 2015, 3:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Putative Role of CD147 in Cerebrovascular Integrity |
| Speaker | Fang Qianhui, Lab for Molecular Neurodegeneration |
| Topic | Mechanism of Drug Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer Cell Lines |
| Speaker | Zhong Zheng, Lab of Molecular Cancer Biology |
| Convener | Ow Jin Rong |
| Date & Time | 24 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | In vivo imaging in mice to reveal cellular dynamics of liver regeneration |
| Speaker | Song Ziwei, Lab of Cellular & Tissue Engineering |
| Convener | Khairunisa Bte Mohamad Ibrahim |
| Date & Time | 17 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | The Role of context on learning & memory |
| Speaker | Tayfun Tumkaya, ACC Lab |
| Topic | Determination of oligodendrocytes contribution in TDP-43 mediated neurodegeneration |
| Speaker | Wang Jia, Lab for Molecular Neurodegeneration |
| Convener | Sakthi Rajendran |
| Date & Time | 10 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
WIPS
| Topic | Role of CD151 in Regulating Airway Smooth Muscle Function: Implications in Asthma |
| Speaker | Qiao Yongkang, Lung Disease Research Lab |
| Topic | Hypersensitivity to Glucose Starvation-Induced Cell Death Involves AMPK Dysregulation & Oxidative Stress |
| Speaker | Ren Yi, Autophagy & Cancer Cell Biology Lab |
| Convener | Mahesh S Shetty |
| Date & Time | 3 March 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Cell types in the mouse cortex & hippocampus revealed by single-cell RNA-seq |
| Speaker | Hjerling-Leffler, PhD, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm |
| Convener | Prof Carlos Ibanez |
| Date & Time | 17 February 2015, 2:00pm |
| Venue | Seminar Room 1, Level 1, Centre for Life Sciences |
WIPS
| Topic | RNA-Seq Analysis of Breast Cancer using BaseSpace Core Application |
| Speaker | Gokce Oguz, Cancer Therapeutics and Stratified Oncology |
| Convener | Wu Qingqing |
| Date & Time | 17 February 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Autophagy in breast cancer and neural stem cells |
| Speaker | Jun-Lin Guan, PhD, University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute, USA |
| Convener | A/Prof Shen Han Ming |
| Date & Time | 3 February 2015, 11:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Novel Modes of Neuronal Sodium Channel Regulation |
| Speaker | Geoffrey PITT, MD, PhD, Duke University School of Medicine, USA |
| Convener | Prof Soong Tuck Wah |
| Date & Time | 21 January 2015, 11:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Molecular and Network Modeling in Synthetic and Systems Biology |
| Speaker | Bruce Tidor, PhD, SMART |
| Convener | Prof Hanry Yu |
| Date & Time | 20 January 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Physiology Lecture Series (PLS)
| Topic | Change of cellidentity: Tumorigenesis and lineage conversion |
| Speaker | Hui Lijian, PhD, Institute of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology |
| Convener | A/Prof Shen Han Ming |
| Date & Time | 19 January 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Tagging and Capture |
| Speaker | Ted Abel, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Convener | Dr Saji Kumar Sreedharan |
| Date & Time | 13 January 2015, 12:00pm |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |
Faculty Seminar
| Topic | Adventures Upstream with Hippos: Hippo Signaling Upstream of the Core Kinase Cassette |
| Speaker | Paul Reynolds, PhD, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK |
| Convener | A/Prof Marius Sudol |
| Date & Time | 09 January 2015, 10:00am |
| Venue | Workshop Room, MD9 Level 1 |