Seed development is one of nature’s most remarkable processes, ensuring the continuation of plant life and securing global food production. However, for seeds to grow properly, they need a constant supply of nutrients, which are transported through a specialised...
A team of scientists from the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) and NTU School of Biological Sciences (SBS), has developed a new DNA sequence alignment algorithm that is faster and more accurate than existing methods....
The College recently celebrated its College of Science (CoS) Day 2025 on 21 January. An annual tradition that started more than a decade ago, CoS Day brings together students from the College’s four Schools: Asian School of the Environment (ASE), School of Biological...
The College of Science held the annual Making and Tinkering (M&T) exhibition on 6 and 7 December 2024, which showcased innovative projects from students in the CoS M&T course. The projects are a culmination of students’ efforts over the last semester to...
On December 15, 2024, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Chinese Medicine successfully hosted the 2024 Singapore International TCM Clinical Heritage Lecture Series. Themed “Inheritance of Lingnan Luo’s Gynecology and Advances in Gynecological Disease Treatment,”...
Congratulations to Nanyang Assistant Professor Xiao Tianshu for receiving the 2024 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Singapore award! She has been recognised for her work in structure-based and artificial intelligence (AI)-facilitated drug development. She...
Researchers from the NTU School of Biological Sciences (SBS) have demonstrated for the first time in multiple myeloma that a protein, p52, produced from the hyperactivation of a genetic signalling pathway known as NF-κB, reprogrammes DNA regions to express genes that...
The College of Science’s inaugural CoS Innovation Day was held on 23 October. The event showcased the myriads of scientific research and innovations from the College’s four Schools: Asian School of the Environment (ASE), School of Biological Sciences (SBS), School of...
On 27 August 2024, CoS welcomed a delegation from King's College London, including the Vice Chancellor and President Prof Shitij Kapur. The intention of the visit was to identify key areas where we can develop research collaboration and student exchange. Members of...
Scientists from the NTU School of Biological Sciences (SBS) have discovered how a protein, Fn14, is behind the aggressive nature of triple negative breast cancer, and how understanding the genetic signalling pathways of this protein can open potential areas for...