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.
MBI welcomes August 2022 Ph.D. Students
MBI receives 11 new Ph.D. students for the MBI Programme in Mechanobiology, a rigorous four-year graduate programme focused on mechanobiology, biophysics and bioengineering.
MBI welcomes new PI Tsuyoshi Hirashima
MBI is pleased to receive Dr. Tsuyoshi Hirashima as a new Principal Investigator, with a joint-appointment as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology, NUS School of Medicine.
MBI welcomes MUST 2022 Interns
MBI hosts 12 new interns for the MBI Undergraduate Summer Training (MUST) Programme, a 2-month internship exploring mechanobiology.
MBI welcomes NUS High School for a Learning Journey into Mechanobiology
MBI opened its doors to the students of NUS High School of Mathematics and Science for a half-day visit around the institute.
Choosing Sides
The Scientist magazine features the work of Prof Alexander Bershadsky and Senior Research Fellow Dr Yee Han Tee in their February 2022 TS:Digest cover story on cell chirality
Keeping a steady beat
AlumnNUS magazine interviews Prof Li and Prof Roger Foo from NUS Medicine about their ongoing collaboration that bridges basic science and clinical practice to understand the ageing heart.
MBI welcomes August 2021 intake of new graduate students
MBI is thrilled to welcome the latest intake of 13 incoming graduate students this August. Their induction marks the 1st batch of graduate students that MBI is accepting in the 2021/2022 academic year.
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.
MBI welcomes new Principal Investigator, Chii Jou Chan
MBI would like to welcome Chii Jou (Joe) Chan as a new Principal Investigator starting in January 2021, with a joint appointment as Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Science, NUS.
Building new research partnerships: MBI welcomes Michael Leverentz
At MBI, Mike will take on the role of Research Resource Strategist in the Director’s Team.
MBI PI Timothy Saunders selected as EMBO Global Investigator
Asst. Prof. Timothy Saunders, MBI Principal Investigator and Department of Biological Sciences, NUS has been selected to join the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Global Investigator Network.
