PhD Oral Defense

MBI PhD Qualifying Exam Time: 1230pm Date: 26 Feb 2019, Tuesday Venue: MBI, Level 5 Meeting Room. Supervisor: Dr Yusuke Toyama Development of deep neural network model for inferring in situ tissue tensions by Murat Shagirov, Toyama’s Group Abstract During embryogenesis, a simple egg is shaped into a [...]

MBI PhD Oral Defense Time: 3pm Date: 6 March 2019, Wednesday Venue: NUS, E3-06-04 Supervisor(s): Dr Low Boon Chuan (main sup), Dr Cynthia He (co-sup) T. brucei Spef1/CLAMP is required for anchorage of cytoskeletal organelles to the basal bodies by DONG Xiaoduo,  Low Boon Chuan Group Sperm [...]

MBI PhD Qualifying Exam Time: 1pm Date: 13 March 2019, Wednesday Venue: MBI, Level 5 Meeting Room. Supervisor: Dr GV Shivashankar Mechanotransduction pathways regulating the geometric reprogramming of fibroblasts By Yuan Luezhen, Shivashankar Lab Our laboratory recently discovered that lateral confinement growth induces reprogramming of fibroblasts to embryonic [...]

MBI PhD Qualifying Exam Time: 2.30pm Date: 15 March 2019, Friday Venue: MBI, Level 5 Meeting Room. Supervisor: Prof. Linda J. Kenney The Role of SsrB in Salmonella Typhimurium Lifestyle by Dasvit SHETTY, Kenney Group SsrB is a response regulator that controls the induction of [...]

MBI PhD Qualifying Exam Time: 10am Date: 28 March 2019, Thursday Venue: NUS, E3-06-13 Tutorial Room Supervisor: Prof Michael Sheetz Harnessing the proliferative activity of YAP through optogenetics for regenerative medicine By: Toh Jia Ying Pearlyn, Sheetz Lab The Hippo-YAP pathway is crucial in organ size control during [...]

MBI PhD Qualifying Exam Time: 5pm Date: 22 May 2019, Wednesday Venue: MBI, Level 5 Meeting Room. Supervisor: Dr Linda J. Kenney The Role of SsrB in Salmonella Typhimurium Lifestyle by Dasvit SHETTY, Kenney Group Abstract SsrB is a response regulator that controls the induction of SPI-2 [...]