Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, has a new director
MBI welcomes Professor Li Rong
MBI SciComms | April 2019
The Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) welcomes Professor Li Rong, who will be appointed director of MBI, Singapore, from 1 July 2019. She succeeds MBI’s founding Director Professor Michael Sheetz.
Professor Li will join 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.
Professor Li Rong, Mechanobiology Institute’s new director.
Prof Li’s Research
Professor Li is a globally respected leader in the study of cellular dynamics and mechanics. Her interdisciplinary research integrates genetics, quantitative imaging, biophysical measurements, mathematical modelling, genomics and proteomics — to understand how eukaryotic cells transmit their genomes, adapt to the environment, and establish distinct organisation to perform specialised functions. She has made seminal discoveries in the regulation of cell division, cell polarity, the actin cytoskeleton, aneuploidy and proteostasis. The insights gained from her research have contributed to the fundamental understanding of cancer and age-related diseases.
She has had over 125 papers published in peer-reviewed journals, with many appearing in top-tier publications such as Cell, Nature and Science. Her work has received more than 14,000 citations. Professor Li has served on editorial boards of Molecular Biology of the Cell, Development, Biophysical Journal, and BMC-Cell Biology.
MBI’s future
In the 10 years since its establishment in 2009, MBI has established itself as a world-class research center devoted to the study of mechanobiology, an emerging field of science focusing on the physical and mechanical aspects of biological functions. Under Professor Li’s leadership, MBI will expand its ongoing research into new areas and continue to be a vibrant hub of international collaborations, with the overarching goal to achieve a deeper understanding of growth, development and aging, and to explore new approaches for the treatment of human diseases.
MBI welcomes Professor Li Rong, new director
Professor Li will join 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.
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