FY2014 Awardees for A*STAR-NHG-NTU Skin Research Grant
Level 1 Category Awardees
Award Period: 1 August 2014 to 31 July 2015 (1 year)
No.
Project Title
Clinical Lead-Principal Investigator
Non-Clinical Lead-Principal Investigator
1
Therapeutic Improvement of
Scarring
Dr Marcus Wong
Department of General Surgery
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Assistant Professor Andrew Tan Nguan
Soon
School of Biological Sciences
Nanyang Technological University
2
A multimodal imaging and microarray expression profile study to
unravel possible pathogenesis of
melasma in Asian population
Associate Professor Steven Thng
Medical Department
National Skin Centre
Assistant Professor Andrew Tan Nguan
Soon
School of Biological Sciences
Nanyang Technological University
3
The role of cellular senescence in
hair greying
Dr Joyce Lee
Medical Department
National Skin Centre
Dr Oliver Dressen
Institute of Medical Biology
Agency for Science, Technology and
Research
4
Enhancing the diagnostic capability
and usability of the high-definition
optical coherence tomography in
dermatology: development of an
image analysis system
Dr Tey Hong Liang
Medical Department
National Skin Centre
Dr Damon Wong
Institute for Infocomm Research
Agency for Science, Technology and
Research
5
Digital Image analysis for
assessment of severity of Melasma
in patients
Dr Emily Gan
Medical Department
National Skin Centre
Associate Professor Lin Zhiping
School of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
6
Identification of Molecular
Biomarkers of Psoriasis
Dr Colin Theng
Medical Department
National Skin Centre
Dr Prabha Sampath
Institute of Medical Biology
Agency for Science, Technology and
Research
7
A Near-Infrared mediated
nanoparticles antigen delivery
system for squamous-cell
carcinomas immunotherapy
induced by cytotoxic T-cell
responses
Dr Martin Chio
Medical Department
National Skin Centre
Associate Professor Timothy Tan School
of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
8
Assessing novel carbohydrates for
skin wound repair
Professor Artur Schmidtchen
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Nanyang Technological University
Dr Victor Nurcombe
Institute of Medical Biology
Agency for Science, Technology and
Research
FY2014 Awardees for A*STAR-NHG-NTU Skin Research Grant
Level 2 Category Awardees
Award Period: 1 August 2014 to 31 July 2017 (3 years)
No.
Project Title
Clinical Lead-Principal Investigator
Non-Clinical Lead-Principal Investigator
1
Role of T cells in skin-specific
immunity with aging
Dr Tan Wee Ping
Medical Department
National Skin Centre
Dr Larbi Anis
Singapore Immunology Network
Agency for Science, Technology and
Research
2
Pathophysiology of itch in Atopic
Dermatitis and Psoriasis
Dr Tey Hong Liang
Medical Department
National Skin Centre
Dr Ng Lai Guan
Singapore Immunology Network
Agency for Science, Technology and
Research
3
Fusogenic liposomes with broadspectrum antibacterial activity for
topical skin applications
Professor Goh Chee Leok
Medical Department
National Skin Centre
Associate Professor Cho Nam-Joon
School of Materials Science and
Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
4
Tunable Display of siRNA on
protein nanocapsules for the
management of hyperpigmentation
skin condition
Associate Professor Steven Thng
Medical Department
National Skin Centre
Assistant Professor Sierin Lim
School of Chemical and Biomedical
Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
5
Microbiome Analysis of Singapore
patients with skin barrier
dysfunction and atopic dermatitis
Dr Mark Tang
Medical Department
National Skin Centre
Dr John Edmund Armourer Common
Institute of Medical Biology
Agency for Science, Technology and
Research