MBI Director Rong Li elected as ASCB Fellow
Congratulations to MBI Director Prof. Rong Li on her election as a Fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology.
Understanding the effects of aneuploidy
A review from Prof Rong Li and Dr. Jin Zhu outlines the the causes of aneuploidy and how it can affect cell behaviour and function. Learn more
MBI PIs win MOE AcRF Tier 3 grant to study endomembrane aging
A research team led by Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) Principal Investigators Assoc. Prof. Tony Kanchanawong and Prof. Rong Li was recently awarded a Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund (MOE AcRF) Tier 3 grant.
Preventing mistakes in chromosomal segregation
A recent study from the Li Lab at the Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore and Johns Hopkins University, USA has revealed new aspects on the involvement of p53 protein in preventing mistakes in chromosomal segregation. Learn more
MBI Director honoured with ASCB Senior Leadership Award
MBI Director Prof. Li Rong has been awarded the 2019 Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award from the American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB). This award recognizes cell biology researchers whose “outstanding scientific achievements are coupled with a record of active leadership in mentoring both men and women in scientific careers.”
Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, has a new director
MBI welcomes Professor Li Rong, as MBI's new director. Professor Li joins us from Johns Hopkins University, where she has been a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the School of Medicine and the Whiting School of Engineering since 2015. Professor Li is also the director of the Center for Cell Dynamics at the School of Medicine’s Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences.
