Department of Biochemistry
Leading the way in Biomedical Sciences
Seminar
- Monday, 20 May 2013
Epigenetic control of skeletal muscle differentiation
Presented by: A/Prof Reshma Taneja, Department of Physiology, YLLSoM, NUS
Chaired by: Dr Wu Qiang
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Seminar
- Thursday, 23 May 2013
Synthetic microbes for engineering applications
Presented by: Dr Matthew W. Chang, Asst.Prof Division of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Chaired by: Dr Wu Qiang
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Research in Progress
- Thursday, 23rd May 2013
Tan Hock Jin (Supervisor: Dr Lim Yoon Pin)
Wu Wei (Supervisor: A/P Chung Ching Ming Maxey)
Ng Li Fang (Supervisor: Professor Barry Halliwell, Dr. Jan Gruber)
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Journal Club
- Tuesday, 7th May 2013
2nd Department's Journal Club Meeting for year 2013
Presented: Dr Takao Inoue
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Primary Faculty
List of our Faculties who have been working hard to achieve our moto of "Leading the way in Biomedical Sciences"
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Honorary Joint
List of our Honorary joint Appointments who have been working hard to achieve our moto of "Leading the way in Biomedical Sciences"
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Adjunct Faculty
List of our Adjunct faulty Appointments who have been working hard to achieve our moto of "Leading the way in Biomedical Sciences"
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Teaching Assistants
Full time teaching assistants who have been helping in the teaching of the modules which Department of Biochemistry anchors
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Administrative Staff
The backbone of the Department who helps out Staff and Students
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Laboratory Executives & Technologists
Laboratory Executives & Technologists who have been helping out PIs in their daily research and teaching
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Cancer Biology
We have active projects in cancer research, including telomerase function, cancer cell signaling, oxidative stress, micro RNAs.
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Cell Signaling & Gene Regulation
Research subjects include Wnt signaling in C elegans; the STAT signaling pathway and its function; mechanisms of GDNF signals in neurons.
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Computational Biology
Computer protocols, applications and standards for biological entities, nomenclature, pathways, diagramming and software tools interfacing.
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Epigenetics Stem Cells and Development
Dr. Ee Sin Chen reveals mechanisms of epigenetically control essential chromatin function; Dr Wu Qiang is aiming at understanding of epigenetic control of stem cells, A/P Caroline Lee and Theresa Tan studies microRNAs in cancer.
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Free Radicals Biology and Ageing
Prof. Halliwell studies the molecular mechanisms of free radical (including nitric oxide) induced damage; A/P Clement works on superoxide dependent survival pathways in tumor cells.
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Fundamental Biochemistry
Deciphering enzyme specificity and Mechanistic enzymology of enzymes of pharmaceutical importance; stable isotope techniques for studying element metabolism in humans with a special focus on iron and calcium.
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Infectious Diseases and Host Defence
Physiological functions of bacterial multidrug efflux pumps of Gram-negative bacteria (A/P Chua); Innate immunity against Burkholderia pseudomallei (A/P Gan & Tan TW), the immuno-pathological processes of Chikungunya virus (Dr. Lisa Ng).
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Metabolism & Lipid Research
Application of lipid profiling ("lipidomics") as a novel and independent approach for the systems level scale analysis of biological systems.
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Molecular Cell Biology
We study functions of cell membrane dynamics and protein trafficking in mammalian cells, protein turn over etc.
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Neurosciences
Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration; Nogos and the Nogo-66 receptor which are factors inhibiting CNS neuron regeneration GDNF signaling amd expression and functions in mouse central nervous system.
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Protein Sciences
Oncoproteomics in cancer biomarker discovery; Structural study and mimetic design for protein-protein interactions critical for CNS neuronal development and regeneration. Enzyme evolution.
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