News Archives

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2023

• Congratulations to Kashish Jain for successful defense of his Ph.D. thesis (2023/08)

2022

• Warm welcome to Ryosuke Nishimura (2023/01)

• Warm welcome to Li Hangfeng (2022/11)

• Congratulations to our collaborator Christophe Zimmer (Institut Pastuer) for a publication in Nature Methods (2022/10)

• Tony and David Calderwood (Yale University) review Integrin-based adhesions forNature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2022/10)

• Congratulations to Kin Sun for a publication in Scientific Reports (2022/09)

• Congratulations to Darren Wong for a publication in Advanced Science (2022/08)

• Congratulations to Kashish for a publication in Nature Protocols, and a journal cover selection (2022/7)

• Congratulations to Shiying for a publication in Journal of Cell Science (2022/6)

• Tony & Zhong Xueying gave talks at World Congress in Biomechanics (2022/7)

• Zhong Xueying gave a talk at the IUPESM 2022 conference (2022/6)

2021

• Warm welcome to Wang Yilin, Xu Mengqing, and Huang Zengxin (2021/8)

• Congratulations to Azita for a publication in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (2021/5)

• Warm welcome to Meng Yue and Chong Shao Hong (2021/4)

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2020

• Warm welcome to Cheryl, Kallista, Samantha, and Arul (2020/8)

• Congratulations to Christine for her first child, a healthy baby girl! (2020/6)

• Congratulations to Dr. Sam Barnett for a publication in Physical Review X  ( 202/0/4)

• Congratulations to Dr. Darren Wong for a successful Ph.D. thesis defense (2020/3)

• Congratulations to Zhong Xueying, Wong Kin Sun, and Moin Khan for passing the Qualifying Examinations! (2020/3)

2019

• Tony gave an invited talk at the Graduate School of Quantitative Biosciences, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (2019/9)   

• Tony gave an invited talk in the joint Mechanobiology Institute/Universal Biology Institute seminar at the University of Tokyo (2019/9)  

• Tony gave an invited talk at the 6th International Conference on Bioimaing, Teikyo University, Japan (2019/9)

• Congratulations to Dr. Sam Barnett for a publication in Nano Letters (2019/8) 

• Warm welcome to April Thwin from Northeastern University who is doing internship with us.  (2019/8)

• Tony gave a  Seminar at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Japan. (2019/8)

• Tony was an invited speaker at the 2nd East Asian Symposium on Single-Molecule Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, South Korea, (2019/7)

• Sam Barnett gave a talk at the Frontiers in Mechanobiology Symposium, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (2019/7)

• Tony was an invited speaker at the 2nd Mechanobiology Conference: When Physics meet Biology, Quy Nhon, Vietnam (2019/7)

• Tony gave a special seminar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.  Thank you Prof. Chen Yun for hosting (2019/5)

• Tony was an invited speaker at Cellular Machines at Work, a symposium celebrating the induction of Dr. Clare Waterman to the National Academy of Sciences, NIH, (2019/5)

• Tony was an invited speaker at the Gordon Research Conference "Fibronectin, Integrins, and Related Molecules" in Barga, Italy. (2019/5)

• Tony lectured in the Workshop on Quantitative single molecule imaging, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (2019/3)

• Tony was a Keynote speaker at 16th International Membrane Research Forum at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.  Thank you Kusumi-sensei for the invitation! (2019/3)

• Congratulations to Dr. Xia Shumin for the successful defense of her Ph.D. Thesis! (2019/1)

2018

• Congratulations to Dr. Azita Gorji for the successful defense of her Ph.D. Thesis! (2018/11)

• Tony gave an invited symposium talk at the Center for Engineering Mechanobiology, University of Pennsylvania (2018/9)

• Tony was a Keynote Speakar at the World Congress of Biomechanics 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. (2018/7)

• Tony is promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure. (2018/7) 

• Congratulations to Cristina Bertocchi for her new independent position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, in Santiago, Chile  (2018/6).

• Tony gave a keynote talk at the 2018 Joint annual meeting of the Japan Society for Cell Biology & Japan Society for Developmental Biology in Tokyo (2018/6)

• Tony gave invited seminars at RIKEN BDR in Kobe and Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (2018/6)

• Farewell to Cristina, Shuangru, and Gary. (2018/4)

• Congratulations to Dr. Zhang Zhen for successful defense of his thesis. (2018/1)

2017

• Tony conducted a workshop and gave an invited talk at the Croucher summer course in bioimaging, Hong Kong University (2017/8)

• Warm Welcome to Dr. Wang Wei ! He's joining us from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. (2017/8)

• Tony gave an invited talk at the Gordon Research Conference: Cell Contacts and Adhesions at Proctor Academy (2017/6)

• Tony gave an invited talk at the Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting in Taipei (2017/6)

• Tony gave an invited talk at the Joint Singapore-Japan Symposium on Bioimaging & The 5th International Bioimaging Symposium (2017/5)

• Zhang Zhen's Article is published in BMC Bioinformatics. Congratulations! (2017/5)

• Tony joins the Editorial Board of Biology of the Cell

• Cristina is promoted to Senior Research Fellow. Congratulations! (2017/2)

• Cristina's Article is published in Nature Cell Biology.  Congratulations!

2016

• Cristina gave a MiniSymposium Talk at ASCB 2016 in San Francisco (2016/12)

• Huang Shuangru joins our lab. Welcome! (2016/12)

• Zhang Zhen won 3rd place in MBI microscopy contest.  Congratulations! (2016/11). 

• Congratulations to Cristina for the acceptance of her paper at Nature Cell Biology! Details soon. (2016/11).

• Congratulations to Zhang Zhen and Yukako for the acceptance of their paper at Molecular Biology of the Cell! Details soon. (2016/11)

• Congratulations to Cristina for being selected for a mini-symposium talk at the ASCB 2016 in San Francisco, USA. (2016/12).

• Congratulations to Zhang Zhen for being selected for two talks at the Bioimage Informatics Conference 2016 at Biopolis, Singapore. (2016/10)

• Tony gave an invited talk at Duke-NUS (Host: Shawn Je). (2016/10).

• Congratulations to Cristina for Best Poster Award at the Biophysical Society thematic meeting: Mechanobiology of Diseases. (2016/9)

• Farewell to Yilin, who has moved on to a new position at the South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen. (2016/8).

• Farewell to Wah Ing, who has moved on to the microscopy core facility at A*-STAR IMB. (2016/8).

• Warm welcome to Christine Low, who joined our group as a research assistant. (2016/8)

• Congratulations to Dr. Wu Yao for graduation from the MBI Ph. D. programme (2016/7).

• Tony gave talks at the MBI-Institut Curie meeting in Aussois, France. (2016/5).

• Tony gave talks at the MBI-IFOM meeting in Milan. (2016/5)

• Tony gave an invited talk at the 11th Asia-Pacific Microscopy Conference in Phuket, Thailand. (2016/5)

• Wah Ing just completed the AQLM Microscope Course at Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole. (2016/5)

2015

• Tony gave a colloquium at Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University (Host: Alex Dunn). (2015/12)

• Warm welcome to Azita Gorji and Gary Guo, MBI Ph. D. students. (2015/12)

• Our paper on Talin as the molecular basis for Focal adhesions architecture is published in PNAS. (2015/8).

• Farewell to Teo Shijia, who's continuing her Master's at University of Strasbourg, France (2015/8).

• Find our previous Focal Adhesions/iPALM paper in Nature Methods's Nobel Chemistry 2014 Collections 

• Tony gave an invited seminar at the 7th World Association of Chinese Biomedical Engineer, U-Town, NUS (2015/7)

• Congratulations to Dr. Cristina Bertocchi for being selected for Oral Presentation at the Gordon Research Seminar: Cell Contact and Adhesion, Proctor Academy, NH (2015/6)

• Tony gave a Keynote seminar at the Andor Academy, SingHealth Singapore, (2015/6)

• Tony gave an invited seminar at the Superresolution Microscopy workshop, A* IMB, Singapore (2015/6)

• Warm Welcome to Christine Low from NTU, who's joining us as a summer intern (2015/5).

• Congratulations to Xia Shumin for passing the Qualifying Examination and becomes a Ph. D. candidate (2015/2)

• A collaborative study with the Zaidel-Bar lab using Superresolution Microscopy to probe the adherens junctions is now on line at Developmental Cell. (2015/1)

2014

• Congratulations to Dr. Cristina Bertocchi for being selected for a MiniSymposium oral presentation at ASCB 2014 in Philadelphia (2014/12)

• Warm welcome to Sophie Tian, our new MBI graduate student (2014/12)

• Warm welcome to Chaw Su Thwin and Teo Shijia, our new research assistants (2014/10)

• Congratulations to Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell, and W.E. Moerner for the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Super-resolution Microscopy! (2014/10)

• Tony’s iPALM image has been selected for display at the ASCB exhibit, Life:Magnified, Washington Dulles airport. (2014/6-11)

• Congratulations to Zhang Zhen for passing the Qualifying Examination and becomes a Ph. D. candidate (2014/3)

• Dr. Cristina Bertocchi has been selected for oral presentation at APOCB 2014 at Biopolis, Singapore (2014/2)

2013

• Congratulations to our former intern, Ratul Chowdhury, who has just started his Ph.D. study in Chemical Engineering at Penn State (2013/9)

• Warm welcome to Xia Shumin, our new MBI graduate student! (2013/8)

• Yilin just completed the AQLM Microscope Course at Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole. (2013/5)

• Warm welcome to Dr. Yukako Nishimura (Joint Research Fellow with the Bershadsky Lab)! (2013/1)

• Warm welcome to Zhang Zhen, our first MBI graduate student! (2013/1)

2012

• Congratulations to Talgat for winning 1st prize in the 4th MBI Microphotography competition! (2012/9)