Chan Lab Alumni

Nicole Loh Kit Ying | June-July 2021

Nicole joined the Chan lab in June 2021 as a research intern. Currently an undergraduate in Biological Sciences and Psychology (Double Major) in NTU, she had conducted some research at the National Heart Research Institute of Singapore and the Centre of Experimental Medicine, Belfast. She is passionate to learn how intra-follicular cells generate forces during follicle development, using biophysical assays.

Wu Zihao | 2021-2021

Zihao joined the Chan Lab in 2021 as a Research Assistant. He obtained his B.SC. (First Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore in 2017. Subsequently he worked at Translational Laboratory in Genetic Medicine (A*STAR) and carried out genetic research on cardiovascular and atherosclerosis diseases using in-vivo mouse models. In addition to lab management, he is interested to explore how tissue mechanical forces regulate follicle morphogenesis and oocyte quality.

Wan Jun Gan | 2021-2022

Jun joined the Chan Lab in 2021 as a Postdoctoral Fellow. She obtained her Ph.D. in the University of Sydney, Australia in 2019. Under the supervision of Prof. Peter Thorn, she characterised the 3D orientation of pancreatic islet beta cells with respect to the blood vessels. She found that the cell utilizes vascular basement membrane to orientate themselves structurally and functionally to achieve efficient insulin secretion towards the blood vessels. Her research interest in the Chan lab aimed to understand the mechanobiology principles underlying fluid-filled antral follicle formation during early mammalian development. In particular, she studied how tissue hydraulic forces are sensed and transduced into intracellular signals to control follicle morphogenesis and oocyte quality, and how it is affected in diseases.

Hugo Raveton | January-July 2022

Hugo Raveton came from Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (France), having previously worked on fly and zebrafish morphogenesis. As a Master intern In the Chan lab, he will develop biophysical approaches to study how follicle-follicle interactions lead to robust tissue patterning during ovary development.