| Date / Time / Venue |
Topic / Speaker |
25 November 2019,
Monday, 2PM,
Classroom 3 |
New Trends in NMR Signal Processing
Speaker:
Prof. Vladislav Orekhov
Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology,
University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg,
Sweden
Swedish NMR Centre,
University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
|
19 November 2019,
Tuesday, 4PM,
Classroom 4 |
Feasibility of Metabolic Engineering Strategies
Speaker:
Dr. Zahra Razaghi-Mohadamkashani
Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology
University of Potsdam, Potsdam,
Germany
Systems Biology and Mathematical Modeling,
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology,
Potsdam, Germany
|
18 November 2019,
Monday, 4PM,
Classroom 1 |
Supervised learning of gene regulatory networks: from synthetic networks to real-world systems
Speaker:
Professor Zoran Nikoloski
Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology
University of Potsdam, Potsdam,
Germany
Systems Biology and Mathematical Modeling,
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology,
Potsdam, Germany |
5 November 2019,
Tuesday, 3.30PM,
Classroom 3 |
Cellular Homeostasis in Aging and Proliferation
Speaker:
Professor Rong Li
Mechanobiology Institute,
National University of Singapore |
29 October 2019,
Tuesday, 11AM,
Classroom 4 |
Roles of Phase Separation in Biology and Disease
Speaker:
Dr. Richard W.Kriwacki
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Sciences
UT Health Science Center, Memphis |
24 October 2019,
Thursday, 10.30AM,
Classroom 2
|
The Origins of Death and Sex
Speaker:
Alex Law Sai Kit
Ph.D. |
22 October 2019,
Tuesday, 4PM,
Seminar Room, Level 1
Experimental Medicine Building, NTU |
Three-dimensional Structure of Vertebrate Muscle Basketweave Z-Band: Fitting the Atomic Components
Speaker:
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Luther
Senior Research Fellow
Molecular Medicine Section
National Heart & Lung Institute,
Faculty of Medicine,
Imperial College London |
22 October 2019,
Tuesday, 10.30AM,
Classroom 4 |
Behind the Scenes: The Editorial Process of Nature Family Journals
Speaker:
Dr. Stephanie Koo
Associate Editor
Nature Communications |
14 October 2019,
Monday, 1.30PM,
Classroom 4 |
Synthetic Macromolecules that Overcome Resistance in Infection and Cancer
Speaker:
Dr. Yang Yi Yan
Group Leader and Principle Investigator
Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
A*STAR |
9 October 2019,
Wednesday, 1.30PM,
Classroom 4 |
Phase Transitions and Molecular Timing in T Cell Signaling
Speaker:
Jay Groves
Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley, USA and
Visiting Professor
MSE, NTU |
23 September 2019,
Monday, 2.30PM,
Classroom 4 |
Epigenetic Reprogramming towards Totipotency
Speaker:
Dr Tee Wee-Wei
Assistant Professor
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
A*Star |
16 September 2019,
Monday, 2.30PM,
Classroom 4 |
Probing Cell Differentiation and Plasticity through the Development of Stomata
Speaker:
Dr Lau On Sun
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
National University of Singapore
|
13 September 2019,
Friday, 10.30AM,
Classroom 4 |
Stress, Dark Chocolate, Obstructed Memory and Finding Lost Memory
Speaker:
Dr. Kenneth D. Lukowiak
Professor
Hotchkiss Brain Institute
University of Calgary
|
9 September 2019,
Monday, 2.30PM,
Classroom 4 |
Network-Sensitive Brain Imaging in Preclinical and Clinical Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Longitudinal Perspective
Speaker:
Assoc Prof Juan Helen Zhou
Principal Investigator
Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Program, Duke-NUS
|
6 September 2019,
Friday, 2PM,
Classroom 2 |
Book History and Bibliographic Data Science
Speaker:
Assoc Prof Leo Lahti
University of Turku |
2 September 2019,
Monday, 11AM,
Classroom 2 |
Plasmodium falciparum Survival of Fever Explored by a Large-scale Genetic Screen and its Relationship to Artemisinin Resistance
Speaker:
Prof John Adams
Distinguished University Professor & Distinguished USF Health Professor University of South Florida,
College of Health |
2 September 2019,
Monday, 2.30PM,
Classroom 4 |
Modelling the Immune Suppressive Solid Tumor Microenvironment for Immunotherapy Optimization
Speaker:
Dr. Andrea Pavesi
Junior Investigator
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR |
29 August 2019,
Thursday, 11AM,
Classroom 2 |
From Venom to Peptide Drugs: Peptide Chemistry and Cryo-EM Structural Studies of Peptide/Membrane Protein Complexes
Speaker:
Professor Changlin Tian
School of Life Sciences
University of Science & Technology of China |
26 August 2019,
Monday, 2.30PM,
Classroom 4 |
ElectroacupuncturePlus On‐Demand Gastrocainefor Refractory Functional Dyspepsia: Pragmatic Randomized Trial
Speaker:
Assoc Prof Vincent CH ChungJC School of Public Health and Primary Care
Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong |
19 August 2019,
Monday, 2.30PM,
Classroom 4 |
ZBTB48 is both a vertebrate telomere-binding protein and a transcriptional activator
Speaker:
Dennis Kappei
Assistant Professor,Department of Biochemistry
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
|
13 August 2019,
Tuesday, 2.30PM,
Classroom 4 |
Endocytosis: In vitro Assembly and in vivo Collectivity
Speaker:
Wu Min
Associate
Professor,Department
of Biological Sciences Mechanobiology Institute,
National
University of Singapore
|
| 21 June 2019, Friday, 4PM, Classroom 1 |
Observing Three-dimensional
Biological Specimens with Light Sheet-based
Fluorescence Microscopy (LSFM)
under
Near-natural Conditions
Speaker:
Professor Ernst
H.K. Stelzer
Bunchmann
Institue for
Molecular
Life Sciences,
Goethe
Universität
Frankfurt
am Main
|
21 June 2019,
Friday, 2PM, Classroom 1 |
The Impact of Past and Future Extinction on Plant-frugivore Interactions: A Macroecological Perspective
Speaker:
Dr Lim Jun Ying
PhD
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics,
University of Amsterdam
|
| 25 May 2018, Friday, 4PM, Classroom 1 |
Compaction of DNA, Nucleosomes & Chromatin
Speaker: Prof. Lars Nordenskiöld |
11 May 2018, Friday, 4PM, Classroom 1 |
Mechanism of beta-chaperone activity of Lipocalin type Prostaglandin D synthase
Speaker: Assoc Prof. Konstantin Pervushin |
20 March 2017, Monday, 11:00am-12:00pm Classroom 2 |
Protein Electrodynamics and Terahertz Medicine
|
11 October 2016,
Tuesday, 10:30am-12pm
Classroom 4 |
Eigenomic and Genomic Approaches to Uncover Mechanistic Insight in Cancer Stem Cell Biology
Speaker: Dr Stephen Wong, Stanford University
Mapping Molecular Control and Consequences of Cell Phenotypic Plasticity at Genome Scale, Towards More Effective Clinical Tools
Speaker: Dr Ian Overton, University of Edinburgh |
10 October 2016,
Monday, 2:30pm-3:30pm
Classroom 3 |
In Vitro Muscle Cultures
Speaker: Dr. Ng Shyh Chang, Senior Research Scientist,
Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR |
6 October 2016,
Thursday, 11:30am-12:30pm,
Classroom 4 |
Early intervention in cancer through the tumour suppressive mechanisms that control genome stability.
Speaker: Prof Ashok Venkitaraman, Medical Research Council, Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, UK |
30 September 2016,
Friday, 4pm, Classroom 1 |
Histone 4 lysine 8 acetylation (H84K8ac); the centrepiece of the human malaria parasite epigenome
Speaker: Prof Zbynek Bozdech, School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
23 September 2016,
Friday, 4pm, Classroom 1 |
Phase plate analysis of DNA and nucleosome at near atomic resolution
Speaker: Asst Prof Sara Sandin, School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
| 20 September 2016, Tuesday, 2:30pm-4:30pm, SBS Meeting Room 1 |
Translational genetics with plants: from thermal responses to human genetics diseases
Speaker: Dr. Sureshkumar Balasubramanian
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Australia |
16 September 2016, Friday
4pm, Classroom 1 |
Translational Control Mechanisms Governed by tRNA Modifications in the Plasmodium falciparum Intra-erythrocytic Developmental Cycle
Speaker: Prof Peter Preiser, School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
15 September 2016,
Thursday, 10:30am-11:30am,
SBS Classroom 4 |
Cyanobacterial Photosynthesis: From Basic Research to Solar Technology
Speaker: Dr Marc Nowaczyk, Group Leader, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany |
14 September 2016,
Wednesday, 2-3pm,
Classroom 3 |
Aberrant Stem / Progenitor Cell Behaviour during Aging and Cancer
Speaker: Dr Derick Ong, Posdoctoral Fellow,
Dept of Cancer Biology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Centre |
9 September 2016,
Friday, 4pm, Classroom 1
|
Chemical Biology Approaches to Biofilm Eradication
Speaker: Asst Prof Yang Liang,
School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
2 September 2016,
Friday, 4pm, Classroom 1 |
FK506 Binding Proteins, Immunophilins with Functional Versatility
Speaker: Prof Joe Ho Sup Yoon, School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
30 August 2016, Tuesday
2:30pm to 3:30pm
SBS Meeting Room 1
(SBS-01n-36) |
Bacterial Microcompartments to Improve Plant Photosynthetic Efficiency and Other Potential Biotechnological Applications
Speaker: Dr. Alessandro Occhialini, Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science (PBCS), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK |
29 August 2016, Monday
2:30pm to 3:30pm
SBS Classroom 3
(SBS-01n-23) |
Good contractions: regulation of actomyosin contractility in the C. elegans spermatheca and zygote.
Speaker: Asst Prof Ronen Zaidel-Bar - Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanobiology Institute, NUS |
13 - 15 July 2016,
12 to 1pm,
TR+5 (SBS-01n-25) |
Part of NTU-ASEAN Micrscopy Workshop 2016
Seminar 1 (Wednesday):
Seeing the Invisible! From Label-Free Real-Time Phenotypic Imaging Through to Studying Individual Protein Complexes
Speaker: Dr. Peter O'Toole, Head of Imaging and Cytometry, Technology Facility, Deparmtnet of Biology (Area 15), University of York, England.
Seminar 2 (Thursday):
Live Imaging of Singaling and Development
Speaker: Asst. Prof Nicholas Tolwinski, Yale-NUS College and Department of Biological Sciences, NUS
Seminar 3 (Friday):
Order from Chaos: What Could Oscillatory Membrane and Actin Dyamics Teach Us About Cell Cortex?
Speaker: Asst. Prof Wu Min, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Centre for Bioimaging Sciences (CBIS), Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (MBI), NUS
|
24 June 2016,
Friday, 4pm, Classroom 1 |
Kindlins: Emerging family of cytosolic proteins with multifaceted functions
Speaker: Assoc. Prof Tan Suet Mien
School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
17 June 2016,
Friday, 4pm, Classroom 1 |
Peptide Ligases: Molecular Gluer of Proteins
Speaker: Prof. James Tam
School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
10 June 2016,
Friday, 4pm, Classroom 1
|
From studying hpoxia-driven cancer-evolution and brain-injury to developing therapies for cancer and dementia
Speaker: Assoc. Prof Newman Sze
School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
3 June 2016,
Friday, 4pm, Classroom 1
|
Towards an understanding of the role that the influenza virus polymerase proteins play in mediating virus transmission.
Speaker: Assoc Prof. Richard Sugrue
School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
2 June 2016,
Thursday,
10:30am - 12:00pm
Classroom 3 (SBS-01n-23)
|
Membrane transport proteins as antimalarial drug targets
Speaker: Prof. Kiaran Kirk
Dean, College of Medicine, Biology & Environment
The Australian National University
Modelling the evolution of microbiomes
Speaker: Prof. Allen Rodrigo
Director, Research School of Biology,
ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment
The Australian National University
|
18 May 2016,
Wednesday,
10:30am - 11:30am, Classroom2 |
Plant secondary metabolite biosynthesis study and metabolic engineering: phorbol esters in Jatropha curcas
Speaker: Dr Hong Yan
Chief Scientific Officer, JOil (S) Pte Ltd
Adjunct Assoc. Prof, School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
13 May 2016,
Friday, 4pm, Classroom 1 |
Extranuclear functions of the polycomb group protein Ezh2
Speaker: Asst. Prof Su I-Hsin
School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
6 May 2016,
Friday, 4pm, Classroom 1 |
Intestinal dendritic cells and their role in controlling anti-microbial peptide response in epithelial cells
Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Christiane Ruedl
School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
22 April 2016,
Friday, 4pm, Classroom 1
|
Neurobiology of resilience and vulnerability to stress
Speaker: Asst. Prof. Rupshi Mitra
School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
7 April 2016
Thursday |
Understanding why people live or die when they are infected with Ebola virus: Using high resolution approaches to analyse samples from patients and cells
Speaker: Prof. Julian A Hiscox
Chair in Infection & Global Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, UK |
22 March 2016
Tuesday |
Human monoclonal antibodies against cancer and viruses
Speaker: Dr. Dimiter S. Dimitrov
Cancer & Inflammation Program, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA |
18 March 2016
Friday |
Localized Virulence Factor Assembly in Enterococcus faecalis
Speaker: Asst. Prof. Kimberly Kline
School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
11 March 2016
Friday |
The Communal Life of Bacteria
Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Scott Rice
School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
3 March 2016
Thursday |
Cellular and Molecular Mechanism of Alphavirus Pathogenesis: Implications for Disease Interventions
Speaker: Dr. Lisa F.P. Ng
Senior Principal Investigator, Laboratory of Microbial Immunity, Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), A*STAR |
26 February 2016
Friday |
Dissecting the role of the unfolded protein responses during lipid petrubation
Speaker: Asst. Prof. Guillaume Thibault
School of Biological Sciences, NTU |
12 February 2016
Friday |
The Strength of Transient (Weak) Biological Interactions: from Theory to Applications
Speaker: Prof. Sten Ohlson |
5 February 2016
Friday |
3D Genome Organisation for Transcription Regulation in Cells
Speaker: Asst. Prof. Melssa J. Fullwood |
