Beyond the Trend: Creating the Next Frontier in Cell Biology

Beyond the Trend: Creating the Next Frontier in Cell Biology. A message from Prof. Rong Li, MBI Director and 2026 President of the American Society for Cell Biology.

By Andrew Ming-Shang|Jan 12th, 2026|Categories: News|Comments Off on Beyond the Trend: Creating the Next Frontier in Cell Biology
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Violet vs. Blue: Controlling Mechanotransduction with a Single-protein Light Switch

In a study published in the Journal of Cell Science, led by Ryosuke Nishimura at the Mechanobiology Institute, NUS, researchers developed an optogenetic tool to precisely manipulate talin’s structure and observe the resulting cellular behavior.

By Yee Shu Brenda|Jan 7th, 2026|Categories: Kanchanawong Lab, MBInsights, Science Features|Comments Off on Violet vs. Blue: Controlling Mechanotransduction with a Single-protein Light Switch
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Cristina Bertocchi

Alumni, -2018

Principal Investigator

Pakorn Tony Kanchanawong

Research Interests

Molecular Mechanisms of Mechanobiology

By Management|2018-08-30T15:08:56+08:00Apr 18th, 2017|Categories: Alumni, Kanchanawong Alumni|Comments Off on Cristina Bertocchi

MBI

Decoding the living machine

At the Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, our goal is to develop the world’s leading centre for mechanobiology research and education. Our research aims to interrogate biological systems from a physical and mechanical perspective at the molecular, cellular, and tissue level, with the eventual goal to leverage basic science discoveries in mechanobiology into biomedical innovations.

MBI gratefully acknowledges support from:

National University of Singapore

National Research Foundation Singapore

Ministry of Education Singapore

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Mechanobiology Institute (MBI)

National University of Singapore
    T-Lab, #10-01
    5A Engineering Drive 1
    Singapore 117411

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  mbi@nus.edu.sg
  +65 6601 5424

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About the Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore

About MBIOne of four Research Centres of Excellence at NUS, MBI is working to identify, measure and describe how the forces for motility and morphogenesis are expressed at the molecular, cellular and tissue level.
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