Associate Professor Manoor Prakash Hande has been selected as a committee member of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) term 2021-2025, which considers the effects of radiation action from subcellular to population and ecosystem levels, and assess implications for protection of people and the environment.
https://www.icrp.org/page.asp?id=501

Research Associate Professor Jason Lee has been appointed by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth as Chairman for the Sports Advisory Committee for a 3-year term.

Dr Deng Shuo from Associate Professor Celestial Yap’s lab was awarded second runner-up at the 2021 NUS Medicine Outstanding Research Fellow Award. Congratulations Dr Deng Shuo!

Associate Professor Chen Zhi Xiong has been awarded the Faculty of Dentistry Teaching Excellence Award AY2019/2020. Congratulations A/Prof Chen Zhi Xiong on this well deserved recognition in teaching excellence!

Professor Shazib Pervaiz has received the Long Service Medal for 2021 National Day Awards. Thank you Prof Pervaiz for his invaluable contributions for all these years.

Professor Hooi Shing Chuan has been awarded the 2021 NUHS Teaching Excellence Award. Congratulations Prof Hooi on this very well-deserved recognition. Physiology is immensely grateful to him for his outstanding dedication and commitment to education and being such an inspirational role model.

Let us welcome Nusrah Binte Anzi to the Physiology family from 2 August 2021. Nusrah joined as a Laboratory Technologist assisting Associate Professor Sanjay Khanna's laboratory. In addition, she is involved in department's IT, publicity and event organization.

Let us welcome Nurul Arifah Binte Abdul Latiff to the Physiology family from 23 August 2021. Arifah joined as a Laboratory Technologist assisting Associate Professor Mahmoud Pouladi's laboratory. In addition, she is involved in department's core facilities and infrastructure.

Let us welcome Tok Yin Pin whom joined Physiology as a Teaching Assistant from 2 August 2021. Yin Pin will be involved in department teaching activities.

Research Associate Professor Jason Lee was featured in The Guardian for his ongoing study on how heat stress affects indoor and outdoor workers in Singapore, Vietnam and Cambodia.
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Research Associate Professor Jason Lee was featured in Channel News Asia for this expertise on work-related heat stress.
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Assistant Professor Derrick Ong was featured in MEDSPRESSO and NUS Medicine for his research findings on the anti-cancer properties of the FDA-approved anti-fungal drug, sulconazole.
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Professor Soong Tuck Wah delivered a keynote address and Assistant Professor John Chua delivered a talk at Singapore Neuroscience Association’s virtual symposium, titled: “Recent Advances in Neuro-techniques” on 21 September 2021.

Dr. Ivan Low and Research Associate Professor Jason Lee successfully launched Physiology's very first face-to-face CET on "Occupational Periodisation & Heat Stress Management". Special thanks to Ngian Meixing, Cheryl, Koh Shu Wen, Lim Hong Meng, Ong Yeong Bing, Tan Shu Yi and Hong Jian Hui Cedric for the excellent administrative and logistics support!
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Beginning Artificial Intelligence Through Neuroscience CET
2 & 9 October 2021 (Saturdays) 9.00am – 12.30pm
Trainers: Dr Andrew Tan Yong-Yi and M Ganeshkumar

Frontiers in Cancer Science 2021
1-3 November 2021
Organizing Committee: Patrick TAN, Wai Leong TAM, Edward Kai-Hua Chow, Anand D JEYASEKHARAN, Sudhakar JHA, Joanne NGEOW, Sin Tiong ONG, Shazib PERVAIZ, Kanaga SABAPATHY, Vinay TERGAONKAR, David VIRSHUP
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Mitochondria, Apoptosis and Cancer (MAC) 2021
25-28 November 2021
Main Organizer: Prof. Shazib Pervaiz

NUS-CMU Joint Symposium 2022
24-25 February 2022
Organizing Chairs: Dr Derrick Ong, Dr Ling Shuo-Chien, Dr Tsai Shih-Yin, Dr Takaomi Sanda. Advisor: Prof Reshma Taneja
Organizing Committee Members: Ms Tan Shu Yi, Ms Koh Shu Wen, Mr Hong Jian Hui Cedric, Ms Koh Kang Sheing Phoebe

AIM2 inflammasome mediates apoptotic and pyroptotic death in the cerebellum following chronic hypoperfusion.
Poh L, Razak SMBA, Lim HM, Lai MKP, Chen CL, Lim LHK, Arumugam TV, Fann DY
Experimental Neurology, 30 Aug 2021, 346:113856. DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113856
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Modulation of Septo-Hippocampal Neural Responses in Anesthetized and Behaving Rats by Septal AMPA Receptor Mechanisms
Khairunisa Mohamad Ibrahim, Mohammed Zacky Ariffin and Sanjay Khanna
Front Neural Circuits. 2021 Jun 4;15:663633. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2021.663633. eCollection 2021.
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Assessment of the economic impact of heat-related labor productivity loss: a systematic review
Mengzhen Zhao, Jason Kai Wei Lee, Tord Kjellstrom & Wenjia Cai
Climatic Change. Volume 167, Article number: 22 (2021). DOI: 10.1007/s10584-021-03160-7.
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Perceptions of heat-health impacts and the effects of knowledge and preventive actions by outdoor workers in Hanoi, Vietnam
S. Lohrey, M. Chua, C. Gros, J. Faucet, J.K.W. Lee
Science of The Total Environment. Volume 794, 10 November 2021, 148260. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148260.
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Changes in energy balance, body composition, metabolic profile and physical performance in a 62-day Army Ranger training in a hot-humid environment
Linda S.H. Gan, Priscilla W.P. Fan, Junren Zhang, Heinrich W. Nolte, Karl E. Friedl, Bradley C. Nindl, Jason K.W. Lee
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. Available online 12 August 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2021.08.005.
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B7-H7 Is Inducible on T Cells to Regulate Their Immune Response and Serves as a Marker for Exhaustion
Khang Luu, Herbert Schwarz, Andreas Lundqvist
Front Immunol. 2021 Jun 1;12:682627. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.682627.
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DUSP16 promotes cancer chemoresistance through regulation of mitochondria-mediated cell death
Heng Boon Low, Zhen Lim Wong, Bangyuan Wu, Li Ren Kong, Chin Wen Png, Yik-Lam Cho, Chun-Wei Li, Fengchun Xiao, Xuan Xin, Henry Yang, Jia Min Loo, Fiona Yi Xin Lee, Iain Bee Huat Tan, Ramanuj DasGupta, Han-Ming Shen, Herbert Schwarz, Nicholas R J Gascoigne, Boon Cher Goh, Xiaohong Xu, Yongliang Zhang
Nat Commun. 2021 Apr 16;12(1):2284. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22638-7.
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Artificial intelligence−enhanced white-light colonoscopy with attention guidance predicts colorectal cancer invasion depth
Xiaobei Luo, Jiahao Wang, Zelong Han, Yang Yu, Zhenyu Chen, Feiyang Huang, Yumeng Xu, Jianqun Cai, Qiang Zhang, Weiguang Qiao, Inn Chuan Ng, Robby T. Tan, Side Liu, Hanry Yu
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Volume 94, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 627-638.e1. DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2021.03.936
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Reproducibility and Robustness of High-Throughput S1500+ Transcriptomics on Primary Rat Hepatocytes for Chemical-Induced Hepatotoxicity Assessment
Fan Lee, Imran Shah, Yun Ting Soong, Jiangwa Xing, Inn Chuan Ng, Farah Tasnim, Hanry Yu
Current Research in Toxicology. Volume 2, 2021, Pages 282-295. DOI: 10.1016/j.crtox.2021.07.003.
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A chemical biology approach reveals a dependency of glioblastoma on biotin distribution
Jeehyun Yoon, Oleg V. Grinchuk, Srinivasaraghavan Kannan, Melgious Jin Yan Ang, Zhenglin Li, Emmy Xue Yun Tay, Ker Zhing Lok, Bernice Woon Li Lee, You Heng Chuah, Kimberly Chia, Roberto Tirado Magallanes, Chenfei Liu, Haonan Zhao, Jin Hui Hor, Jhin Jieh Lim, Touati Benoukraf, Tan Boon Toh, Edward Kai-Hua Chow, Jean-Paul Kovalik, Jianhong Ching, Shi-Yan Ng, Ming Joo Koh, Xiaogang Liu, Chandra Shekhar Verma, and Derrick Sek Tong Ong
Science Advances. 3 Sep 2021. Vol 7, Issue 36. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf6033
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Modulation of septo-hippocampal neural responses in anesthetized and behaving rats by septal AMPA receptor mechanisms
Ibrahim KM, Ariffin MZ, Khanna S
Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 04 Jun 2021, 15:663633. DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2021.663633
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Targeting novel human transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 splice variation with splice-switching antisense oligonucleotides
Huang, Hua; Tay, Shermaine Huiping; Ng, Winanto; Ng, Shi Yan; Soong, Tuck Wah
PAIN: July 2021 – Volume 162 – Issue 7 – p 2097-2109. DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002216
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Inhibition of lysine methyltransferase G9a/GLP reinstates long-term synaptic plasticity and synaptic tagging/capture by facilitating protein synthesis in the hippocampal CA1 area of APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
Javan Lee Tze Ha, Karen Ka Lam Pang, Sheila Rui Xia Ang, Mahima Sharma, Sreedharan Sajikumar
Transl Neurodegener. 2021 Jun 29;10(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s40035-021-00247-0.
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Long-term plasticity in the hippocampus: maintaining within and ‘tagging’ between synapses
Mohammad Zaki Bin Ibrahim, Amrita Benoy, Sreedharan Sajikumar
FEBS J. 2021 Jun 10. doi: 10.1111/febs.16065. Online ahead of print.
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