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Overview

Mission

To provide a distinctive university education in the Life Sciences, foster creative thinking, and uphold international standards of excellence in research.

Core Values

• Integrity
• Creativity
• Innovation
• Teamwork
• Quality science without compromise

The Life Sciences sector has been widely acknowledged as the focus of next major technological revolution. New knowledge and discoveries generated from genome and molecular biology research are having major impact on the pharmaceutical, healthcare, food and nutrition industries as well as the quality of life and the environment. The School of Biological Sciences was established in July 2001 to meet the demand for high quality research scientists required for the advancement of medicine and biotechnology.

In 2004 the School moved to a purpose-built facility on the NTU campus with 30,000 m² of total floor space. The new building contains 60 research laboratories, core instrumentation facilities and an adjoining animal house. The building also houses state-of-the-art classrooms, computer suites and teaching laboratories to provide world-class educational support for undergraduate and graduate students.

The School offers intellectually rigorous curricula that are relevant to Life Sciences, combining detailed study of fundamentals with coverage of the most important advances in cutting-edge research. Graduates from the undergraduate programmes and post-graduate research programmes from the School of Biological Sciences are expected to meet the demands for researchers in the Life Sciences industry. Past graduates also enter the medical profession through further studies in graduate medical schools. The double degree programme, integrating western Biomedical Sciences and eastern traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), further prepares graduates to be part of the growing TCM clinical and research movement.

Appointment Holders

Chair’s Office

Faculty Members

Professors

Law, Sai-Kit Alex, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Acting Chair & Associate Chair (Research)

Nordenskiold, Lars, Ph.D. (Stockholm University), Associate Chair (Academic)

Division of Structural and Computational Biology

Faculty Members

Professor

Nordenskiold, Lars, Ph.D. (Stockholm University), Division Head

Visiting Professor

Nordlund, Par, Ph.D. (Stockholm University)

Associate Professors

Grüber, Gerhard, Ph.D. (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz), Deputy Division Head

Lescar, Julien, Ph.D. (University Paris XI – Institut Pasteur Paris)

Pervushin, Konstantin, Ph.D. (Moscow Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry)

Torres, Jaume, Ph.D. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Yoon, Ho Sup Joe, Ph.D. (University of Chicago)

Visiting Associate Professor

Eshaghi, Said, Ph.D. (Stockholms Universitet)

Assistant Professors

Bhattacharyya, Surajit, Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Science)

Cornvik, Tobias Carl, Ph.D. (Stockholm University)

Davey, Curtis Alexander, Ph.D. (University of Miami School of Medicine)

Li, Jinming, Ph.D. (Darmstadt University of Technology)

Mu, Yuguang, Ph.D. (Shandong University)

Adjunct Professor

Lun, Kwok Chan, Ph.D. (University of Birmingham)

Adjunct Associate Professors

Song, Haiwei, Associate Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Ph.D. (University of Leeds)

Verma, Chandra Shekhar, Principal Investigator, Bioinformatics Institute, D.Phil (University of York)

Division of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology

Faculty Members

Professors

Nordenskiold, Lars, Ph.D. (Stockholm University), Acting Head

Tam, James, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin)

Visiting Professor

Bose, Salil Kumar, Ph.D. (University of Rochester)

Associate Professors

Lin, Chun Ling Valerie, Ph.D. (University of Reading)

Liu, Chuan Fa, Ph.D. (University of Montpellier)

Geifman Shochat, Susana, Ph.D. (Leiden University)

Assistant Professors

Liang, Zhao-Xun, Ph.D. (Northwestern University)

Sadler, Kristen, Ph.D. (University of Melbourne)

Sze, Siu Kwan Newman, Ph.D. (University of Hong Kong)

Tang, Kai, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University)

Teaching Fellow

Yu, Chin-Wen Kenneth, Ph.D. (University of Western Australia)

Lecturers

Zhao Yan, Ph.D. (Beijing University of Chinese Medicine)

Zhong Weiling (Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Adjunct Associate Professors

Hong, Yan, Director, Plant Biotechnology, Strategic Research Program, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Ph.D. (Peking Union Medical University)

Lim, Soon Tiong Alvin, Deputy Head, Cytogenetics, Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Ph.D. (National University of Singapore)

Sun, Tak On Eric, Senior Scientific Advisor, S*BIO Pte Ltd, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Adjunct Assistant Professors

Cheung, Chong Wing Edwin, Senior Research Scientist, Genome Institute of Singapore, Ph.D. (University of Manchester)

Lai, Siang Hui, Consultant Pathologist, Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, MBBS, DMJ(Path), FRCPath

Lim, Kiat Hon, Consultant, Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, MBBS (National University of Singapore), MRCPATH (UK), FRCPA (Aust)

Division of Genomics and Genetics

Faculty Members

Professors

Karjalainen, Klaus, Ph.D.(University of Helsinki)

Associate Professors

Dröge, Peter, Dr. rer. nat. habil. (University of Konstanz), Division Head

Chen, Ken-Shiung, Ph.D. (UT Austin)

Preiser Peter Rainer, Ph.D. (Uni. of Delaware)

Kambadur, Ravi, Ph.D. (Post Grad Inst of Med Edn & Res Chandigarh, India)

Feng Zhi Wei, Ph.D. (University of Bern)

Visiting Associate Professor

Schoenbach, Christian, Dr. rer. nat. magna cum laude (Eberhard Karls University Tübingen & Max-Planck Institute for Biology)

Assistant Professors

Bozdech, Zbynek, Ph.D. (McGill University)

Su, I-Hsin, Ph.D. (University of Cologne)

Sze, Chun Chau, Ph.D. (Umeå University)

Zhang, Li Feng, Ph.D. (Baylor University)

Adjunct Professors

Liu, Tak-Bun Edison, Executive Director, Genome Institute of Singapore, M.D. (Stanford University)

Ng, Soon Chye, Professor, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, O&G Partners Clinic for Women, MBBS (University of Singapore), M.Med (National University of Singapore), MRCOG (Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists), MD (National University of Singapore)

Adjunct Associate Professors

Lufkin, Thomas, Senior Group Leader, Genome Institute of Singapore Ph.D. (Cornell University)

Naqvi, Naweed Issak, Senior Principal Investigator, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Ph.D. (Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda)

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Fujii, Ritsuko, Associate Professor, Waseda-Olympus Bioscience Research Institute, Ph.D. (Osaka University)

Division of Molecular and Cell Biology

Faculty Members

Professors

Featherstone, Mark Stephen, Ph.D. (McGill University)

Law, Sai-Kit Alex, Ph.D. (Harvard University)

Visiting Professor

Konishi, Shiro, Ph.D. (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)

Associate Professor

Sugrue, Richard, Ph.D. (University of Kent), Division Head

Kraut, Rachel Susan, Ph.D. (Columbia University)

Ruedl, Christiane, Ph.D. (University of Innsbruck)

Nanyang Assistant Professors

Makeyev, Eugene, Ph.D. (Helsinki University)

Vyas, Ajai, Ph.D. (Neurobiology of stress response; National Center of Biological Research, India)

Assistant Professors

Cheung, Peter, Ph.D. (University of London)

Heese, Klaus, Ph.D. (University of Basel)

Koh, Cheng Gee, Ph.D. (University of Cambridge)

Li, Hoi Yeung, Ph.D. (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Liang, Willmann, Ph.D. (University of British Columbia)

Tan, Nguan Soon Andrew, Ph.D. (National University of Singapore)

Tan, Suet Mien, Ph.D. (University of Oxford)

Thanabalu, Thirumaran, Ph.D. (National University of Singapore)

Adjunct Professors

Abastado, Jean-Pierre, Principal Investigator, Singapore Immunology Network, Ph.D. (Doctorat ès Sciences Naturelles)

Adjunct Associate Professors

Chow, Kah Hoe Pierce, Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, MBBS (Singapore), MMed (Surgery), FRCS (Edinburgh), FAMS (General Surgery), PhD (NUS)

Lam, Kong Peng, Executive Director, Singapore Immunology Network, Ph.D. (Columbia University)

Liu, Ding Xiang, Associate Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology M.Sc. (West China University of Medical Sciences), Ph.D. (University of Cambridge)

Motomi, Osato, Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Ph.D. (Kumamoto University)

Ng, Huck Hui, Senior Group Leader, Genome Institute of Singapore, Ph.D. (University of Edinburgh)

Thierry, Francoise, Principal Investigator, Institute of Medical Biology, Ph.D. (Pasteur Institute)

Adjunct Assistant Professors

Jiang, Yun Jin, Senior Scientist, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology Ph.D. (Fakultat fur Biologie of Eberhard-Karls Universitat)

Sampath, Karuna, Prinicpal Investigator, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Ph.D. (Indiana State University)