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Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB)

The A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) is a premier research institute whose mission is to harness biology for transformational bio-therapeutics and diagnostics. With a strong emphasis on collaboration with stakeholders across the ecosystem in Singapore, IMCB aims to achieve scientific excellence and continues to nurture the next generation of scientists in order to create growth and enhance lives.

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Overcoming barriers in brain cancer

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Groundbreaking technology sheds light on the mysteries of RNA modifications

IMCB warmly welcomes new Acting Executive Director, Dr Su Xinyi

IMCB spin-off Albatroz takes flight

IMCB reseacher awarded the National Research Foundation Competitive Research Programme (CRP) funding

IMCB researcher awarded the NRF class of 2023 fellowship

New discovery in T-Cell research could lead to improved treatment of solid tumours

Singapore study discovers novel therapeutic target to advance the treatment of diabetic eye diseases

Congratulations to IMCB’s latest PhD graduate – Hwee Hui LAU

President's Science and Technology Awards(PSTA) 2022
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Overcoming barriers in brain cancer
Groundbreaking technology sheds light on the mysteries of RNA modifications
IMCB warmly welcomes new Acting Executive Director, Dr Su Xinyi
IMCB spin-off Albatroz takes flight
IMCB reseacher awarded the National Research Foundation Competitive Research Programme (CRP) funding
IMCB researcher awarded the NRF class of 2023 fellowship
New discovery in T-Cell research could lead to improved treatment of solid tumours
Singapore study discovers novel therapeutic target to advance the treatment of diabetic eye diseases
Congratulations to IMCB’s latest PhD graduate – Hwee Hui LAU
President's Science and Technology Awards(PSTA) 2022


Upcoming Events

6

Dec

[IMCB SEMINAR] Branched-chain keto acids function as signaling molecules in human diseases

IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Physical)

Wednesday, 06 December 2023

[IMCB SEMINAR] Branched-chain keto acids function as signaling molecules in human diseases

2023-12-06 11:00 AM SGT to 2023-12-06 12:00 PM SGT
IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Physical)

Speaker: Prof. Qun-Ying Lei School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University

Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 11.00AM – 12.00PMHost: Dr. Feng Xu, IMCB

15

Dec

[IMCB SEMINAR] The Heart and the Mind: The role of the Central Nervous System in modulating Cardiac Homeostasis

IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Hybrid)

Friday, 15 December 2023

[IMCB SEMINAR] The Heart and the Mind: The role of the Central Nervous System in modulating Cardiac Homeostasis

https://www.a-star.edu.sg/imcb/imcb-event-15Dec2023-1
2023-12-15 2:00 PM SGT to 2023-12-15 3:00 PM SGT
IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Hybrid)

Speaker: Prof. Florian Engert (Harvard University, USA)

Friday, 15 December 2023, 2.00PM – 3.00PMHost: Dr. Caroline Wee (IMCB)

22

Dec

[IMCB SEMINAR] YAP/TAZ coordinates adipocyte plasticity, leptin, and systemic energy homeostasis

IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Physical)

Friday, 22 December 2023

[IMCB SEMINAR] YAP/TAZ coordinates adipocyte plasticity, leptin, and systemic energy homeostasis

2023-12-22 11:00 AM SGT to 2023-12-22 12:00 AM SGT
IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Physical)

Speaker: A/Prof. Jae Myoung Suh, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Friday, 22 December 2023, 11.00AM – 12.00PMHost: Dr. Shigeki Sugii (IMCB)

Wednesday, 06 December 2023

[IMCB SEMINAR] Branched-chain keto acids function as signaling molecules in human diseases

2023-12-06 11:00 AM SGT to 2023-12-06 12:00 PM SGT
IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Physical)

Speaker: Prof. Qun-Ying Lei School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University

Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 11.00AM – 12.00PMHost: Dr. Feng Xu, IMCB

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

[IMCB SEMINAR] The Intrinsic Geometry Of Data and What It Can Tell Us

https://www.a-star.edu.sg/imcb/imcb-event-29Nov2023-1
2023-11-29 10:00 AM SGT to 2023-11-29 11:00 AM SGT
FRANKLIN, L11 Connexis South, Fusionpolis

Speaker: Dr. Gerald Pao, Assistant Professor from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 10.00AM – 11.00AMHost: A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) and Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R)

Friday, 01 December 2023

[IMCB SEMINAR] From Decay to Renewal: Harnessing the Potential of Human Totipotent and Pluripotent Cells for Rejuvenation

2023-12-01 11:00 AM SGT to 2023-12-01 12:00 PM SGT
IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Physical)

Speaker: Prof. Md. Abdul Mazid (Laboratory of Integrative Biology, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health)

Friday, 1 December 2023, 11.00AM – 12.00PMHost: Prof. Jonathan Loh (IMCB)

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

[IMCB SEMINAR] Exploring molecular pathways associated with autism using cell-based models and genomics approaches

2023-11-28 11:00 AM SGT to 2023-11-28 12:00 PM SGT
IMCB Staff Event Room 7-19, Level 7 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Physical)

Speaker: Dr. Lawrence W. Stanton (Scientific Director, Neurological Disorders Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute)

Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 11.00AM – 12.00PMHost: Prof. Jonathan Loh (IMCB)

Wednesday, 22 November 2023

[IMCB SEMINAR] Live Longer and Healthier with precision medicine technologies: Human Longevity Inc.’s 10 year Journey

2023-11-22 11:00 AM SGT to 2023-11-22 12:00 PM SGT
IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Physical)

Speaker: Dr. Wei-Wu He, Executive Chairman, Human Longevity, Inc.

Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 2.00PM – 3.00PMHost: Prof. Hai Yan (IMCB)

Friday, 22 December 2023

[IMCB SEMINAR] YAP/TAZ coordinates adipocyte plasticity, leptin, and systemic energy homeostasis

2023-12-22 11:00 AM SGT to 2023-12-22 12:00 AM SGT
IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Physical)

Speaker: A/Prof. Jae Myoung Suh, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Friday, 22 December 2023, 11.00AM – 12.00PMHost: Dr. Shigeki Sugii (IMCB)

Friday, 15 December 2023

[IMCB SEMINAR] The Heart and the Mind: The role of the Central Nervous System in modulating Cardiac Homeostasis

https://www.a-star.edu.sg/imcb/imcb-event-15Dec2023-1
2023-12-15 2:00 PM SGT to 2023-12-15 3:00 PM SGT
IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Hybrid)

Speaker: Prof. Florian Engert (Harvard University, USA)

Friday, 15 December 2023, 2.00PM – 3.00PMHost: Dr. Caroline Wee (IMCB)

Monday, 27 November 2023

[IMCB SEMINAR] Flagellar assembly, organisation and function: insights from trypanosomes as a divergent model system

2023-11-27 11:00 AM SGT to 2023-11-27 12:00 PM SGT
IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Physical)

Speaker: Dr. Samuel Dean, Assistant Professor, Warwick Medical School, UK Monday, 27 November 2023, 11.00AM – 12.00PM

Host: Dr Sudipto Roy

Friday, 27 October 2023

[IMCB SEMINAR] Anchorage Plasticity Reconstructs the Metastatic Cascade

2023-10-27 11:00 AM SGT to 2023-10-27 12:00 PM SGT
IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Physical)

Friday, 27 October 2023, 11.00AM – 12.00PMSpeaker: Dr. Hyun Woo Park Department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University,Host: Prof. Hong Wanjin

Monday, 30 October 2023

[IMCB SEMINAR] Hippo in Heart and Head

2023-10-30 11:00 AM SGT to 2023-10-30 12:00 PM SGT
IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Physical)

Speaker: Dr. Jun Wang, Associate Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTH)

Monday, 30 October 2023, 2.30PM – 3.30PM

Host: Prof Hong Wanjin

Friday, 10 November 2023

[IMCB SEMINAR] Deciphering how diet and aging impact neutrophil biology and their role in disease

2023-11-10 11:00 AM SGT to 2023-11-10 12:00 PM SGT
IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Physical)

Speaker: Asst. Prof. Sofia de Oliveira, Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Department of Medicine (Hepatology), Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center, Cancer Dormancy and Tumor Microenvironment Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Friday, 10 November 2023, 11.00AM – 12.00PM

Host: Dr. Yan Chuan

Wednesday, 01 November 2023

[IMCB EVENT] Neurobiology of Sleep & Mental Health Disorders Mini symposium 2023

https://www.a-star.edu.sg/imcb/imcb-event-1Nov2023-2
2023-11-01 10:45 AM SGT to 2023-11-01 5:00 PM SGT
CeLS Auditorium, 28 Medical Dr, Singapore 117456

Wednesday, 1 November 2023, 10.45AM – 5PM

Wednesday, 01 November 2023

[IMCB EVENT] 9th International Conference on Hippo Signalling in Development, Disease and New Therapies

https://www.a-star.edu.sg/imcb/imcb-event-1Nov2023-1
2023-11-01 9:00 AM SGT to 2023-11-03 6:00 PM SGT
Matrix, Biopolis, Singapore

Wednesday, 1-3 November 2023

 

Thursday, 26 October 2023

[IMCB SEMINAR] Reconstructing the Complex Human Airway Niche: Interplay of Epithelial Progenitors, Fibroblasts, and Immune Cells

2023-10-26 3:00 PM SGT to 2023-10-26 4:00 PM SGT
IMCB Seminar Room 03-46, Level 3 Proteos, Biopolis, Singapore 138673 (Physical)

Thursday, 26 October 2023, 3.00PM – 4.00PM

Speaker: Dr. Mu He, HKU Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Hongkong

Host: Dr Sudipto Roy

 

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