Singapore Open Research Awards 2026
12 November 2026 – Congratulations to two teams from the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) on being recognised at the Singapore Open Research Awards 2026 for their outstanding commitment to open, transparent, and reusable research with meaningful impact.
🏆 Dr Sonia Chothani was recognised for Developing a Reference Catalogue of Translated Open Reading Frames for Biomedical Research with the TransCODE Consortium. The research supports the discovery and study of the "dark proteome" by creating an open-access, GENCODE-supported reference catalogue of translated ORFs, helping researchers worldwide uncover new biological insights and therapeutic opportunities.
🏆 The Singapore Nanopore Expression (SG-NEx) consortium, led by Dr Jonathan Göke and Dr Chen Ying, was recognised for A Systematic Benchmark of Nanopore Long-read RNA Sequencing for Transcript-level Analysis in Human Cell Lines. Through the SG-NEx Project, the team developed one of the most comprehensive open benchmark resources for long-read RNA sequencing, enabling researchers to evaluate methods and accelerate discoveries across a wide range of transcriptomics applications.
These award-winning projects reflect the value of making high-quality research resources openly accessible, enabling scientists worldwide to build on shared knowledge and advance discovery.
We are proud of our researchers and collaborators for this well-deserved recognition and their continued contributions to the global scientific community!