Areas of Research

Several research groups with strong expertise using functional genomics & CRISPR to study lipid metabolism and cancer.

Associate Professor Choi Hyung Wong (Computational biology and Bioinformatics)

Theme Members

Ban Hon Kim, Kenneth

Senior Lecturer

Area of Research

  • Functional ageing: cellular & molecular engineering, health care & others.

Research Interests

  • Prostate cancer
  • Breast cancer
  • Transposon screens
  • High performance computing
  • Mouse models
  • Translational bioinformatics
  • Technology-enhance medical education

Lee Guat Lay, Caroline

Associate Professor

Area of Research

  • Functional Ageing: Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms

Research Interests

  • Next-Generation Sequencing
  • Metagenomics
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • Cancer Genomics
  • Pharmacogenomics

Hyungwon Choi

Associate Professor

Area of Research

  • Computational Biology

Research Interests

  • Multi-omics Integration
  • Mass Spectrometry Informatics
  • Biomarker Discovery & Characterization

Liu Boxiang

Assistant Professor

Area of Research

  • GWAS, Statistical method development, Machine Learning models, Natural Language Processing (NLP),
    Computer Vision, Deep Learning

Research Interests

  • GWAS of genetic variants with complex human diseases
  • Expression Quantitative Trait Loci (eQTL) mapping
  • Deep learning architecture integrated with cis- & trans-regulators of gene expression

Ngiam Kee Yuan

Associate Professor

Area of Research

  • Thyroid & Endocrine Surgery

Research Interests

  • Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery
  • AI Applications in Healthcare.