Joe shares about his exciting scientific journey in JCB People & Ideas
Joe shares about his exciting scientific journey in this interview article entitled The positives of being under "pressure" in JCB People & Ideas (read here).
Apoorva Shivankar
Research Assistant, Chan Group
Ryosuke Nishimura
Research Fellow, Kanchanawong Group
End-of-year Christmas Dinner with Chan Lab and Hiraiwa Lab
Chan Lab had a lovely end-of-year Xmas dinner jointly with the lab of Tetsuya Hiraiwa. Looking forward to exciting science and collaboration in the year to come!
Our latest review on the mechanobiology of mammalian folliculogenesis is out!
Great effort from the lab who contributed to this article, where we hope to provide fresh perspectives in this thriving field.
Joe presents the lab’s latest work at Stem Cell Society Singapore’s Annual Meeting
Great fun to learn and network with the stem cell community in Singapore!
Ding Wei Yung
Alumni
Principal Investigator
Research Interests
Cell-Matrix and Cell-Cell Mechanotransduction, Molecular Mechanisms of Mechanobiology
Wei Yung’s interest lies in understanding the sophistication of cells as robust machines. Using C. elegans, a 1mm nematode, as a model system, he investigates the cellular machinery underlying newly fertilized zygotes that drives critical force-dependent processes such as polarization and cytokinesis.
Biography
Wei Yung completed his Bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering (Second Class Upper) from the National University of Singapore in 2012. In his honors dissertation under the co-supervision of Professor James Goh and Professor Wong Hee Kit, he optimized the conditions required for the construction of interbody spinal fusion device using primary adipose stem cells seeded in a biodegradable polycaprolactone/tricalcium sulphate (PCL/TCP) scaffold. The work was presented in the Bioengineering Showcase 2012 and he was awarded the Best Poster Award. After he was enrolled in the Mechanobiology Graduate Program, he joined Dr. Zaidel-Bar’s Cell Adhesion and Morphogenesis Lab and is currently searching for novel genes involved in regulating C. elegans early embryogenesis.
