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12 December 2024
Congratulations to Hung Dong Truong for winning the Oustanding Poster Award for "Deep Learning Framework for Analyzing Dynamics of Microbial Communities in Gut-on-a-chip Platform" at the ICBME 2024 conference! ICBME

28 October 2024
A scalable, reproducible "micro-gut" model opens up new possibilities for studying the links between gut microbes and human diseases, paving the way for improved treatments and therapies. CDE

21 September 2024
Congratulations to Tang Tao et al for winning the 2024 Hot Article Award for their paper "Enhancing single-cell encapsulation in droplet microfluidics with fine-tunable on-chip sample enrichment" at the Microsystems & Nanoengineering Conference! 1 2

11 September 2024
Translating research into applications at IDMxS: An interview with Prof Lim Chwee Teck. IDMxS

4 September 2024
Congratulations to Yunxia for being one of the 3 winners of Falling Walls Singapore! 1 2

16 July 2024
Prof Lim Chwee Teck joins the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal Society. NUS

18 June 2024
Congratulations to Prof Lim for being selected as one of the finalists for the Falling Walls "Scientific Breakthrough of the Year" under the category of Engineering & Technology. Falling Walls

4 June 2024
NUS prof awarded prestigious fellowship in UK for his biomedical innovations and research. The Straits Times

18 May 2024
本地知名学者、新加坡国立大学医疗健康创新与科技研究院院长林水德教授，当选英国皇家学会院士，以表彰他对科学的宝贵贡献。Lianhe Zaobao

17 May 2024
NUS scientist Professor Lim Chwee Teck elected Fellow of the Royal Society. NUS

16 May 2024
Congratulations to Prof. Lim for being elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of sciences! 1 2

23 April 2024
Microtube Technologies had the opportunity to showcase their haptic gloves technology to China's Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng in NUS iHealthtech today. 1 2

3 January 2024
Microtube Technologies will debut the world's first untethered pneumatic extended reality (XR) haptic glove at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024 in Las Vegas. CES

25 November 2023
Harnessing haptics: Award-winning 'Haptics Enhanced Medical Training in Extended Reality' project by Professor Lim Chwee Teck's team at techIES 2023. iHT

17 November 2023
Congratulations to Song Xiao for wining the Best Abstract Prize at the AP-BIOMECH 2023 Conference. 1 2

2 November 2023
How tech can aid people with muscular dystrophy. The Edge

18 October 2023
EON Reality partners with Microtube Technologies to bring haptic experience into reality. EON Reality

16 October 2023
S'pore scientists blazing a trail, from cancer detection to harnessing solar power. 1 2

3 October 2023
NUS breakthrough a boost for more durable, comfortable healthcare equipment. 1 2

27 September 2023
Nationwide preventive heart health study launched to help pick up hidden diseases. The Straits Times

22 September 2023
When cancer takes a deadly turn: NUS study sheds a new light on cancer metastasis. NUS

15 September 2023
Professor Lim Chwee Teck, from the Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech) and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at NUS College of Design and Engineering, has been elected as Fellow by the Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES). NUS

15 September 2023
Professor Lim Chwee Teck, from the Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech) and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at NUS College of Design and Engineering, has been elected as Fellow by the Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES). NUS

31 August 2023
Congratulations to Prof Lim for being elected Fellow of Institution of Engineers, Singapore.

20 August 2023
Our lab developed VR haptic gloves, HaptGlove was featured in the recent National Day Rally 2023 (Chinese) speech by the Prime minister. View More

28 July 2023
Congratulations to our PhD student, Qi Jiaming and team, for winning the Best Prototype Prize for the Singapore Airlines AppChallenge 2023. View More

16 May 2023
NUS scientists lauded as outstanding mentors in Nature Awards. NUS

11 May 2023
Congratulations to Prof Lim Chwee Teck for being conferred the Nature Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring in Science 2022. Given by the prestigious journal Nature, this award recognizes his support for early career researchers in their career development. Nature

6 May 2023
Recognition as among best materials science scientists. Congratulations to Prof Lim for being ranked one the best materials science scientists by Research.com. I-FIM

5 Apr 2023
自带触觉VR手套 玩游戏远程医疗更逼真. Lianhe Zaobao

28 Feb 2023
Smart insole that detects workplace falls to be trialled in maritime sector. The Straits Times

8 Feb 2023
有助减少工伤意外 国大研发智能鞋垫实时监测防跌避险. Lianhe Zaobao

7 Feb 2023
国大研发智能鞋垫 盼减少滑倒、绊倒和跌倒工伤事故. Lianhe Zaobao

7 Feb 2023
Smart insole to identify and mitigate workplace slips, trips and falls. NUS

24 Jan 2023
NUS develops haptic gloves that convey touch and grip for more lifelike virtual simulations. Straits Times 1 Straits Times 2

18 Jan 2023
戴者可感应物体大小软硬 国大虚拟实境手套获卓越工程成就奖. Lianhe Zaobao

18 Jan 2023
HaptGlove social media coverage.NUS Instagram NUS Facebook NUS Twitter NUS Research Twitter NUS Spokesperson Twitter NUS LinkedIn NUS Youtube link

17 Jan 2023
VR HaptGlove adds physical touch to the metaverse.Metaverse Post

17 Jan 2023
Novel VR glove levels up user experience in the metaverse with a more realistic sense of touch. NUS

17 Jan 2023
Congratulations to Professor Lim Chwee Teck, Yeo Joo Chuan and Qi Jiaming for winning the IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Awards 2022 for their HapGlove-Wirelesss Pneumatic Glove for Multimode Haptic Feedback in the Metaverse. View More

27 Jun 2022
Congratulations to Professor Lim Chwee Teck for being elected as Fellow of the International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM) at the IUPESM World Congress 2022. The Fellowship recognise his outstanding contributions to the international development of physical and engineering sciences in medicine. View More

31 May 2022
Congratulations to Yerim Lee for receiving the Merit Award under the Faculty Innovation and Research Award for her undergraduate final year project!

31 May 2022
Congratulations to Truong Dong Hung for receiving the High Achievement Award under the Faculty Innovation and Research Award for his undergraduate final year project!

31 Mar 2022
Congratulations to our startup, Microtube Technologies, for receiving funding for their series seed round led by Oriza Greenwillow Technology Fund. Microtube Technologies Flipboard The Crowd Review TechinAsia

3 Dec 2021
NUS researchers develop world’s first smart bandage that detects multiple biomarkers for onsite chronic wound monitoring.NUS NUS Twitter NUS Research Twitter NUS Facebook NUS LinkedIn NUS Instagram Straits Times Zaobao Capital 958 Channel News Asia (Time: 48:02-49:00) Channel 5 News (Time: 19:50-20:16) 8world Online Suria News Online Vasantham News Online Yahoo! News >MSN Singapore ZDNet Singapore News Live News Medical Funtitech TechGenYZ The Wall Street Journal Reuters The Wall Street Journal South China Morning Post

26 Nov 2021
Professor Lim Chwee Teck, inaugural NUSS Professor at NUS Biomedical Engineering, has been named the winner of the Asia’s Most Influential Scientist Award by the business magazine Fortune Times. View More

25 Nov 2021
林水德教授荣膺2021年时代财智大奖“亚洲最具影响力科学家奖”. View More

25 Nov 2021
2021年时代财智大奖揭晓 八位商企研代表荣膺大奖. View More

23 Nov 2021
Our article, “Machine learning based approach to pH imaging and classification of single cancer cells,” was recently promoted by APL Bioengineering as “Most Shared Research”. View More

19 Nov 2021
InfinityGlove™ Team bags 2021 IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award. View More

16 Nov 2021
32 NUS scientists among the world’s most highly cited researchers. View More

12 Nov 2021
Congratulations to the Microtube Technologies team for receiving the IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award during the World Engineers Summit 2021. View More

2 Nov 2021
Health Matters - Smart Bandage For Chronic Wound Monitoring. View More

4 Oct 2021
Congratulations to Prof. Lim for being the as one of the top 5% most cited authors in Royal Society of Chemistry journals, 2020.View More

31 Aug 2021
Congratulations to our startup, Microtube Technologies, for being Winner of the Jinji Lake Startup Competition Singapore Final Round 2021.

03 Jun 2021
Congratulations to Prof Lim for being elected Fellow of the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology.

31 May 2021
Cancer Detection: Singapore researchers harness AI to identify cancer cells, CGTN.View More

13 Apr 2021
Singapore researchers using AI to identify cancer cells by acidity, CGTN. View More

5 Apr 2021
Our research on using AI to detect cancer cells by their acidity was published in the Straits Times.View More

26 Mar 2021
Our research on using AI to detect cancer cells by their acidity appeared in the Chinese newspaper, Lianhe Zaobao.View More

8 Mar 2021
Prof Lim’s article on “Support for Research & Innovation Key to Battling Diseases” appeared on Science Talk of the Straits Times (8 Mar 2021).View More

11 Jan 2021
Prof Lim was featured in the Fortune Times.View More

11 Jan 2021
Dr Yeo Joo Chuan and our InfinityGlove technology was featured on the Channel News Asia documentary, Game Nation (S1, Ep1).View More

14 Dec 2020
Prof Lim was featured on Straits Times's article on scientists who pivoted to COVID-19 related research.Main Article Subarticle

9 Dec 2020
Congratulations to Prof Lim for being inducted into the US National Academy of Inventors.View More

19 Oct 2020
Congratulations to Prof Lim for being selected as a Finalist of “Science Breakthroughs of the Year”, Falling Walls Remote, Berlin 2020 for the development of a micro-PCR for the rapid diagnosis of COVID-19.View More

12 Oct 2020
Research by our PhD student, Jyothsna Vasudevan, on a hydrogel that recapitulates biophysical changes in the tissues surrounding tumors covered in Advanced Science News.View More

5 Oct 2020
Prof Lim was invited to share about our new smart glove technology at radio CNA938.View More

28 Sep 2020
Prof Lim is listed as one of the world’s 1000 and Asia’s 78 Longevity Leaders.View More

20 August 2020
Prof Lim and his team has invented a smart gaming glove that allows users to mimic a variety of in-game controls using simple hand gestures.NUS Article AsiaOne Video Straits Times Channel 8 8World Hardwarezone The Engineer Metropolitant Tech Storm New Atlas Science Magazine

11 August 2020
Congratulations to Prof Lim and team for receiving a "Highly Cited Paper Award" from the Microsystems & Nanoengineering journal for their paper on “Emerging flexible and wearable physical sensing platforms for healthcare and biomedical applications”.View More

9 July 2020
Congratulations to Dinesh for winning both the Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher 2019/2020 and the Innovation and Research Award 2020 for the project "Mitigating presence of cancer clusters during metastasis".View More

1 July 2020
Prof Lim's project on portable COVID-19 microfluidics-based PCR diagnostic system is featured in July issue of the AlumNUS magazine.View More

1 July 2020
Prof Lim and his team have developed a portable COVID-19 microfluidics-based PCR diagnostic system for rapid on-site testing.View More CNA

16 June 2020
Congratulations to Prof Lim whose paper was selected as one of the top cited and downloaded papers of Light: Science & Applications in 2019.View More

12 June 2020
Prof Lim has been featured as a Longevity Leader.View More

01 May 2020
Congratulations to Prof Lim whose paper was one of the top downloaded in recent publication history of Cancer Science.View More

22 April 2020
Congratulations to Prof Lim for being elected as Fellow of the Singapore Academy of Science.

20 April 2020
The Covid-19 rapid test kit developed by our former startup, Biolidics Ltd, was featured on Nas Daily. View More

10 April 2020
Covid-19 rapid test kit developed by our former startup, Biolidics Ltd, is now allowed to be sold in EU. View More

31 March 2020
Our former startup, Biolidics Ltd, has just launched a HSA approved rapid Covid-19 test kit. Business Times The Edge Singapore Youtube

11 March 2020
Prof Lim was interviewed by Claressa Monteiro on MoneyFM 89.3 Workday Afternoon “Health Suites”.

2 March 2020
Our review article on “Tissue scaffolds for skin wound healing and dermal reconstruction” is one of the top ten articles accessed from WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology in 2019. View More

30 January 2020
Prof Lim was interviewed by Daniel Martin on CNA93.8 Health Matters.

23 January 2020
Second part of Asia Scientist Magazine's feature on Prof Lim. LinkedIn Facebook Twitter

20 January 2020
Our journal article on “Liquid biopsy: One cell at a time” has been featured under Nature’s "Leading Cancer Research” collection. View More

16 January 2020
First part of Asia Scientist Magazine's feature on Prof Lim. LinkedIn Facebook Twitter

14 Janurary 2020
Media coverage on our new personalised cancer 'scorecard' that can detect cancer, predict patient survivability and determine how well a cancer patient would respond to immunotherapy.NUS News NUS LinkedIn Lianhe Zaobao Straits Times

20 November 2019
Prof Lim has been named in the global Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list by Clarivate Analytics. This list recognises outstanding researchers who are among the world’s most influential scientific minds with publications that are ranked in the top 1 per cent by citations. View More

15 November 2019
Our smart insole technology, commercialized by Flexosense, being showcased by National Geographics' "City of Innovation - Singapore" AR booklet. View More

12 September 2019
Congratulations to our former startup, Biolidics Ltd, for being an IP Champion for the WIPO-IPOS IP Awards 2019. View More

05 September 2019
Congratulations to Dinesh for winning both the Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher and the Faculty of Engineering Innovation and Research Gold awards.

28 August 2019
Our article "Biocompatibility and nanotoxicity of layered two‐dimensional nanomaterials" is part of ChemNanoMat Readers' Choice 2019 special collection that features articles that were most well-received by readership. View More

10 August 2019
A commentary on "Advancing Health through Innnovation" written by Prof. Lim for The Straits Times. View More

23 July 2019
Congratulations to Dr Joo Chuan and team for winning the Semi-Finalist Award under the IOT Innovation Challenge 2018.

11 July 2019
Biolidics Limited (co-founded by Prof. Lim) won in the Technology category of Singapore Business Review's Listed Companies Awards 2019.View More

1 July 2019
Press release on the launch of national Health Technologies Consortium (HealthTEC).View More

17 June 2019
Congratulations to Su Bin for winning the Travel Award for the Japanese Society of Medical Oncology 17th Annual Meeting 2019.

11 March 2019
Prof. Lim is listed as one of the 30 longevity influencers of 2019 by the Aging Analytics Agency.View More

17 December 2018
Our ultra-thin microfiber sensor for real-time healthcare diagnosis was selected to the Top 100 Science Spinoffs and has entered 2% out of 5,000 global science spinoffs according to the following criteria: uniqueness of the technology/product, high commercial potential and positive impact to the humanity’s well-being.View More

17 December 2018
Congratulations to Su Bin for winning the the Daewoong Pharmaceutical Research Grant Award 2018! The award comes with a grant of up to $60K for 3 years.

28 November 2018
Congratulations to Prof Lim for being on this year’s Highly Cited Researchers 2018 list! This list recognizes world-class researchers selected for their exceptional research performance, demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.View More

30 October 2018
Congratulations to Su Bin for receiving the MOGAM Science Scholarship 2018 from Green Cross Corporation (Korean pharmaceutical company).

18 October 2018
Congratulations to Longteng for receiving the I&E practicum award by NUS Enterprise.

18 October 2018
Our article "Biocompatibility and Nanotoxicity of Layered Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials", published in ChemNanoMat, was one of the journal’s top 20 most downloaded recent papers! View More

11 October 2018
The mechanics of cancer growth, MBI. View More

10 October 2018
Prof Lim offering his insights in this Technology Networks article on “Microfluidic Diagnostic Tools: Could Doctors Soon Be Obsolete?” View More

9 October 2018
A collaborative study with SMART and SUTD demonstrating how the adhesion of plasmodium-infected blood cells is elevated at febrile temperatures. Sciencedaily Business Telegraph Phys.org EurekAlert Flipboard

2 October 2018
Prof Lim Interviewed by Nature on how to handle media interviews. View More

8 August 2018
Our review paper “Mechanobiology of Tumor Growth” published in Chemical Reviews has been recommended in F1000Prime as being of special significance in its field by F1000.

24 July 2018
Congratulations to Su Bin for receiving the Best Poster Award (Gold) at the BIGHEART Symposium 2018.

18 July 2018
Congratulations to Thuan Beng for receiving the Wang Gung Wu Medal & Prize for having the best PhD thesis in the natural sciences.

12 July 2018
Congratulations to Thuan Beng for receiving the Yamaguchi Medal 2018 during the World Congress of Biomechanics 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. View More

25 June 2018
Congratulations to Long Teng and team for winning the 2nd Runner-up and $2000 at the 2nd China (Shenzhen Luohu) Innovation Entrepreneurship International Competition.

21 June 2018
Congratulations to Su Bin for being awarded the 2018 Ray Wu Prize for Excellence in Life Sciences. The Prize will be presented at the 9th Ray Wu Symposium to be held on 19 Oct to 21 Oct in Taikang Business School, Beijing.View More

18 June 2018
Congratulations to Thuan Beng for being awarded the highly competitive and prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2018. This Fellowship aims at promoting the development of outstanding, young academics in science, medicine and engineering.

22 May 2018
Congratulations to Thuan Beng for being awarded the Chua Toh Hua Memorial Gold Medal for AY2017/2018.

19 May 2018
Congratulations to Longteng and team for winning th Merit Award (Postgraduate Category) at the BES 12th Scientific Meeting 2018. View More

8 May 2018
Foot ulcers are one of the problems diabetes can cause and local company Flexosense is working on a shoe insole that uses flexible pressure sensor technology which could help to cut the reulceration rate among patients. View More

24 Apr 2018
Prof Lim appointed to the editorial board of NPG Asia Materials. View More

24 Apr 2018
Researchers have identified a panel of 29 extracellular matrix genes that can determine how different lung cancer patients respond to treatment. View More

12 Apr 2018
Media coverage on CTC assay and gene panel. The Straits Times TheBioConnection Spinoff.com Lianhe Zaobao Frontlinegenomics.com News-medical.net Futurity Exosome NUS News NUS Twitter NUS Facebook NUS Linkedin

11 Apr 2018
$1.5m grant for novel, multidisciplinary work, NUS. View More

3 Apr 2018
6 microfluidic researchers you should follow, technologynetworks.com. View More

3 Apr 2018
NUS scientists develop novel patient cancer cell culture test kit for personalised, precise cancer therapy. Biotechin.Asia opengovasia connectedtoindia

29 Mar 2018
Tailoring treatment for cancer patients, The Straits Times. 1 2

28 Mar 2018
Professor Lim Chwee Teck and team awarded the Human Frontier Science Program Research Grant for their proposed research on using an interdisciplinary, combinatorial approach for studying the dynamics of collective cell migration on curved surfaces. 1 2

14 Mar 2018
Congratulations to Shreyansh for winning the Poster Prize at the EMBO/ EMBL Symposium held in EMBL Heidelberg Germany. View More

6 Mar 2018
μCENSE chip media coverage.AIP Publishing EurekAlert! aichc.org populiarno.com FirstWord MedTech ScienceDaily

1 Mar 2018
Congratulations to Su Bin for winning the Best Poster Award at the 10th Annual NGS Symposium.

8 Feb 2018
Engineering the future of medicine, The Straits Times. View More

11 Jan 2018
Our startup, Clearbridge BioMedics' ClearCell® FX1 system achieves U.S. FDA listing, PR Newswire. View More

11 Jan 2018
Our research images are featured in Beautiful Science, The Straits Times. View More

21 Nov 2017
Congratulations to Bee Luan for being acknowledged by MIT Techonology Review as one of the top 10 young innovators under the age of 35 in the region. View More

18 Nov 2017
Congratulations to Su Bin for winning the best poster award at the AKC2017 conference. There are 4 winners out of 207 participants. View More

17 Nov 2017
Our research in ultra-thin microfibre sensor is featured in various media. IEEE GlobalSpec New Electronics Biotechin.Asia ECN Mag Science Daily Phys.org News Medical.net BioSpectrum Asia

16 Nov 2017
Microfibre sensor for health monitoring, NUS. View More

15 Nov 2017
Prof Lim gave an inspiring and insight NUSS Professorship Lecture on “Engineering the Future of Medicine” to a full house crowd, NUSS. View More

11 Oct 2017
Our startup, Clearbridge Biomedics is listed as one the 10 Singapore’s Hottest Biotech Startups in Asian Scientist, Oct, 2017. View More

1 Oct 2017
Prof. Lim was featured in The Graduate OCT-DEC 2017, NUSS. View More

30 Sep 2017
Congratulations to Longteng and team for winning the Most Innovative Award during the Engineering Medical Innovation Global Competition 2017 in Taipei, Taiwan.

30 Sep 2017
上海交大龚晓波副教授和新加坡国立大学Lim Chwee Teck教授：研发柔性微管获开拓性进展, Weixin.qq. View More

19 Sep 2017
Prof. Lim has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Convergent Science Physical Oncology journal.

15 Sep 2017
Biomechanical studies shed light on metastasis, medicalphysicsweb.1 2

30 Aug 2017
Congratulations to Joo Chuan and SGH team for winning the Second Prize for the Singapore HIT (Health.Innovation.Technology) Challenge 2017.

29 Aug 2017
Prof Lim has been appointed Editorial Advisory Board member of APL Bioengineering.

11 Aug 2017
Molecular response to depth sensing differs in cancer cells, MBI. View More

2 Aug 2017
Congratulations to Lim Su Bin for receiving the Best Presentation Award for Young Investigator at the 8th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering 2017.

11 Jul 2017
Prof Lim has been appointed member of the Advisory Board of Lab on a Chip journal.

30 Jun 2017
Professor Lim Chwee Teck will be appointed as NUSS Professor from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2020.

23 Jun 2017
Congratulations to Yeo Joo Chuan for being conferred the MRS-S Graduate Student Award at ICMAT 2017.

20 May 2017
Congratulations to Yu Longteng for receiving the Gold Award for the outstanding research presentation during the BES 11th Scientific Meeting 2017. View More

17 May 2017
Understanding cell death, NUS. View More

7 May 2017
苏团民突破上皮癌研究, Sin Chew Daily.View More

5 May 2017
Our startup, Flexosense, was one of the 350 companies exhibiting in InnvoFest that was highlighted in the Chinese newspaper, Lianhe Zaobao. View More

1 May 2017
Biological tissue that behaves like liquid crystals, Physics Today. View More

13 Apr 2017
Congratulations to Saw Thuan Beng and co-authors, our paper on “Topological defects in epithelia govern cell death and extrusion” is finally out in Nature (iss 544, pg 212-216, 2017).1 2

11 Apr 2017
FlexoSense has been selected as the winner of IDTechEx Launchpad.1 2

24 Feb 2017
Congratulations to Yeo Joo Chuan for receiving the Best Oral Presenter Award at the NGS Symposium 2017.

10 Feb 2017
Congratulations to Yeo Joo Chuan for receiving the SIMTech Best Student Poster Award 2017.

27 Jan 2017
Flexible innovative solutions, NUS.View More

27 Jan 2017
Next-generation flexibility, NUS.View More

27 Jan 2017
Singapore researchers push frontiers of flexible electronics, The Straits Times.1 2

24 Jan 2017
PhD student clinches IPMC Prize 2017, NUS.View More

19 Jan 2017
Congratulations to Lim Su Bin for winning the International Precision Medicine Center Conference (IPMC) Prize 2017.1 2 3

12 Jan 2017
Our article “Microfluidics for research and applications in oncology” was one of the top 25 most downloaded articles published in the Analyst in 2016.View More

3 Jan 2017
Making sure the unwanted cell is expelled, Human Frontier Science Program.View More

29 Nov 2016
$50,000 seed funding for silver sector start-ups, The Straits Times.View More

28 Nov 2016
Winner, Modern Aging Singapore 2016.1 2

28 Nov 2016
Elder-friendly products go high-tech. View More

28 Nov 2016
ASEAN Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award 2016.View More

23 Nov 2016
S'pore-developed tech a fillip to cancer treatment, The Straits Times.View More

19 Nov 2016
Congratulations to Su Bin for receiving the Best paper Award (Bronze) during the Korea-Singapore International Global Health Forum 2016.

24 Oct 2016
Congratulations to Joo Chuan for receiving the Innovation and Enterpreneurship Practicum Award for his flexible tactile sensor work.

6 Oct 2016
14 inspiring innovators from asia, Asian Scientist.View More

30 Sept 2016
Congratulations to Thuan Beng for winning the Best Poster Award during the Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting on Mechanobiology of Disease 2016.

16 Sept 2016
Engineering for the future, NUS.View More

16 Sept 2016
Every cell counts in fine-tuning treatment of cancer.The Straits Times NUS Video Clearbridge mFluidics

15 Sept 2016
Professor Lim Chwee Teck has been elected Fellow of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE).View More

28 Jul 2016
Recipients of the IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award 2016, NUS.View More

22 Jun 2016
Microfluidics-based pressure sensor takes loads and bends, EETimes Europe.View More

8 Jun 2016
7 scientists from Singapore to watch, Asian Scientist.View More

19 May 2016
The quest for a simple cancer test, Nova Next.View More

18 May 2016
Soft robotics for physical therapies, Materialsviews.com.View More

16 May 2016
BGI and Clearbridge BioMedics partner to develop China CTC liquid biopsy market towards precision medicine.1 23

10 May 2016
Recognised for his work on interaction of nanomaterials with blood plasma proteins, NUS.View More

5 May 2016
Congratulations to Kenry for being awarded the Young Scientist Award in recognition of his outstanding paper contributed to the 2016 E-MRS Spring meeting.View More

5 May 2016
Mechanical barrier to cancer cell proliferation, NUS.View More

15 Apr 2016
Our research was featured in an article on “Fight Cancer with Blood Test” in GlobalHealth and Travel, March, 2016.View More

15 Apr 2016
Clearbridge BioMedics partners with the ICR and The Royal Marsden to demonstrate label-free approach in isolating heterogeneous circulating tumour cells and PD-L1 positive CTCs, PRNewswire. View More

28 Mar 2016
Pressure sensors gaining durability, C&EN. 12

26 Feb 2016
Rapid CTC cultures may predict survival, treatment in cancer, MIMS Doctor.View More

19 Feb 2016
Invented in Singapore : A Dynamic Education, Channel News Asia.View More

13 Feb 2016
Congratulations to Kenry for being awarded a Travel Grant to give an oral presentation at the GRAPHENE 2016 in Genova, Italy.

11 Feb 2016
Prof Lim has been listed as one of Asia’s top 100 scientists in the Jan-Mar issue of Asian Scientist 2016.1 23

2 Feb 2016
MBI PI Lim Chwee Teck honoured with appointment to AIMBE.1 2

25 Jan 2016
Prof. Lim to be inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite.View More

22 Dec 2015
Congratulations to Prof. Lim for being elected as Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore with effect from 8 Dec 2015.

12 Dec 2015
Versatile wearable sensor unlocks new applications, NUS News, Nov/Dec 2015.View More

11 Dec 2015
'Beautiful Science', The Straits Times. View More

6 Dec 2015
Our CTC culture research work was featured in various media. Borneo Post Sabah,CD News.com.tw,Asian Scientist,The Times of India,NXT Wire,Health Canal,Medical Xpress,Medical News Today,Asia Pacific Biotech News,

24 Nov 2015
Monitoring cancer and treatment outcome through culture of circulating tumour cells, NUS. View More

17 Nov 2015
Our article “Rational design of materials interface for efficient capture of circulating tumor cells” published in Advanced Science was highlighted in Materials Views. View More

17 Nov 2015
Congratulations to Kenry for winning the Poster Award (Second Prize) at the Flexible and Stretchable Devices Symposium 2015.

6 Oct 2015
A liquid microfluidics twist On flexible sensors, Asian Scientist. View More

6 Oct 2015
Multiple uses await new sensor, NUS. View More

2 Oct 2015
Congratulations to Tengyang for receiving the CBMS Student/Young Researcher Grant for the attendance of MicroTAS 2015 in Korea.

29 Sep 2015
NUS scientists develop a wearable sensor suitable for robotics, electronics and healthcare, NRF. View More

24 Sep 2015
Our wearable liquid-based microfluidic tactile sensors was featured in various media. Channel News Asia,Today,Lianhe Zaobao,IConnect007,Nanowerk,Medical News,Wireless Electronic News,Malay Mail Online,Science Daily,Phys.org,Medical Design Technology.

23 Sep 2015
Biomedical Engineering PhD students Mr Yeo Joo Chuan, Mr Kenry and Prof Lim Chwee Teck has developed wearable liquid-based microfluidic tactile sensors - a world’s first, NUS. View More

23 Sep 2015
NUS Engineering team develops highly flexible and wearable tactile sensor for robotics, electronics and healthcare applications, NUS. View More

23 Sep 2015
Our article “Rational design of materials interface for efficient capture of circulating tumor cells” published in Advanced Science was highlighted in Materials Views. View More

4 Sep 2015
Our article “Slanted spiral microfluidics for the ultra-fast, label-free isolation of circulating tumor cells” was included in the Lab On a Chip 2014 Most Accessed Articles collection. This themed collection features the top 30 most downloaded articles published in the journal in 2014. View More

8 July 2015
Congratulations to Yasaman for receiving the Best Poster Award during the the 7th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering 2015. View More

11 June 2015
Congratulations to Prof. Lim for receving the Vladimir K. Zworykin Award at the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. View More

13 April 2015
Mechanobiology provides insight into disease and healing processes, Asia Research News.View More

23 February 2015
Wound Healing: Better Understanding of How Skin Cells Close Gaps, MedicalResearch.com. View More

5 February 2015
Congratulations to Shreyansh Jain for obtaining the Merlion PhD award 2015 by the Institut Francais de Singapour for joint doctoral training between Singapore and France.

26 January 2015
Clearbridge BioMedics featured in The Search for Smart Money, The Straits Times. View More

7 December 2014
Our spiral CTC biochip appeared in the segment on “Disrupting Cancer” in the US newsmagazine show, 60 Minutes. View More

24 November 2014
NUS Engineering celebrates and honours top achievers, NUS. View More

14 November 2014
Biosystems Nanotechnology: Big Opportunities in the Science of the Small, Sciencemag. View More

16 October 2014
Biomedical Engineering student wins 1st prize in augural competition to design low-cost medical devices, NUS. View More

13 October 2014
Our undergraduate student, Andy Kah, has won the First Prize for the IFMBE Asian Pacific medical Device Design Competition 2014 that was held in Tainan, Taiwan.

10 October 2014
1st Engineering student to receive Chua Toh Hua Memorial Gold Medal for outstanding research in life sciences, NUS Engineering.

7 October 2014
World's first novel method for label-free identification of stem cells that will lead to more consistent and efficacious stem cell therapies, Asia Research News. View More

6 October 2014
New technique allows scientists to find rare stem cells within bone marrow, Phys.org. View More

4 September 2014
Our paper “High-througput cell cycle synchronization using inertial forces in spiral microchannels” is the 2nd most highly 2013 cited Lab on a Chip submission from Singapore. View More

4 September 2014
Our paper "Pinched flow coupled shear-modulated inertial microfluidics for high-throughput rare blood cell separation" is the most highly 2013 cited Lab on a Chip submission from Singapore and a top 10 submission worldwide. View More

August 2014
New centre explores atomically thin materials, NUS Knowledge Enterprise. View More

27 August 2014
Prof. Lim Chwee Teck on biochip technology, OmniChannel Media. View More

14 August 2014
Researchers identify key mechanism that drives movement in living cells, Nanowerk. View More

14 August 2014
Researchers identify key mechanism that drives movement in living cells, Phys.org. View More

14 August 2014
Key mechanism that drives movement in living cells discovered, Science Daily. View More

29 July 2014
Going nano with new 2D materials centre, NUS. View More

27 July 2014
Super-thin science: 2D or not to be...., The Sunday Times. View More

7 July 2014
Our paper "Mechanical models for living cells-a review" is among the Top Downloaded Papers of 2013, Journal of Biomechanics. View More

May/June 2014
Prof. Lim Chwee Teck recognised with top NUS honours, NUS Knowledge Enterprise, May/June 2014. View More

May/June 2014
Clearbridge BioMedics among world's best tech start-ups, NUS Knowledge Enterprise. View More

10 June 2014
Malaria: Blood Cells Behaving Badly, AIP Publishing. View More

3 June 2014
Prof CT Lim interviewed and featured in article on Microchip Innovations, Asia Pacific Biotech News. View More

26 May 2014
Clearbridge BioMedics in world’s 50 most enterprising technology start-ups list, NUS. View More

20 May 2014
Congratulations to Andy Tay for winning this year’s Students’ Design Gold Award at the Biomedical Engineering Society, Singapore – 8th Scientific Meeting 2014.

17 May 2014
Congratulations to our startup, Clearbridge Biomedics for winning the TIE50 Award during the TIEcon 2014 in Silicon Valley. View More

5 May 2014
Prof Lim Chwee Teck has been conferred the Outstanding Researcher award under the NUS University Awards 2014, Straits Times, 5 May 2014. View More

16 April 2014
Prof Lim Chwee Teck has been conferred the Outstanding Innovator Award under the NUS Innovation & Enterprise Awards. View More

7 April 2014
Sidestepping the Biopsy With New Tools to Spot Cancer, published by The New York Times. View More

1 April 2014
Congratulations to Dr Hiroaki for having his paper on “Force-dependent vinculin binding to talin in live cells” published in American Journal of Physiology – Cell Physiology being selected by APSselect for demonstrating “Distinction in scholarship” View More

1 April 2014
Our Spiral CTChip highlighted in article on “Capturing Cancer Cells on the Move” published by The Scientist. View More

19 March 2014
Clearbridge BioMedics featured in Startups and big firms lift innovation tie-ups, Business Times. View More

5 March 2014
NCCS and Clearbridge BioMedics Partner to Push Cancer Diagnostics to the Next Level, Ezyhealth. View More

February/March 2014
Clearbridge Biomedics has made to the top of the list of Singapore’s 20 hottest startups to watch in 2014, Singapore Business Review. View More

26 January 2014
Spinning out in control, Cancer For All Blog. View More

17 January 2014
New centre offers more targeted way to treat cancer, Clearbridge BioMedics featured on Straits Times. View More

17 January 2014
Singapore invents method for detecting cancer cells in peripheral blood, Clearbridge BioMedics featured on Lianhe Zaobao. View More

17 January 2014
R&D centre for cancer treatments set up, Clearbridge BioMedics featured on Business Times. View More

16 January 2014
Clearbridge BioMedics featured on 8pm news MediaCorp Radio. View More

27 December 2013
Clearbridge BioMedics featured on Channel News Asia's, The Start-UP. View More

18 December 2013
Our work on collective migration of keratinocytes has been published in Nature Materials. View More

18 December 2013
Breakthrough study sheds light on skin cell migration in wound healing process, Medical News Today. View More

18 December 2013
Discovery on how skin cells form bridges paves the way for advances in wound healing, NRF. View More

17 December 2013
Migrating Skin Cells Form ‘Bridges’ During Wound Healing, Study, Asian Scientist. View More

13 December 2013
New discovery on how skin cells form 'bridges' paves the way for advances in wound healing and tissue engineering, Science Daily. View More

13 December 2013
New discovery on how skin cells form 'bridges' paves the way for advances in wound healing and tissue engineering, Nanowerk. View More

13 December 2013
Skin cells can migrate over regions devoid of support from extracellular matrix, News-Medical.Net. View More

13 December 2013
New Discovery on How Skin Cells Form 'Bridges' Paves the Way for Advances in Wound Healing, Medical Design Technology. View More

13 December 2013
Study Sheds Light on Skin Cell Migration in Wound Healing Process, Infection Control Today. View More

1 December 2013
‘United we bridge’: New insights into skin cell migration, HFSP website. View More

8 October 2013
Our spiral microfluidics highlighted in issue 13 of Lab on a Chip. View More

13 September 2013
Prof. Lim featured in "Why Engineering?" video by FoE, NUS. View More

9 August 2013
Our startup, Clearbridge BioMedics featured in the BBC World News Asia Business – Singapore’s Medical Risk Takers. View More

23 July 2013
Issue cover of Integrative Biology, 5, 8. View More

22 July 2013
Circulating Cancer Cells Spiral Towards Separation, Chemistry World. View More

18 April 2013
Engineers Work With Clinicians To Make A Better World. View More

24 March 2013
The Cancer Tracker, The New Paper. View More

14 March 2013
CTC Technology Firm Clearbridge Raises $7.2M, GenomeWeb. View More

December 2012
Chip to Counter Cancer, International Innovation magazine, p12.

19 December 2012
High Tech Hospitality, Straits Times.

November 2012
Clearbridge BioMedics sweeps up Asian innovation awards including WSJ Asian Innovation Award (Gold), Credit Suisse Technopreneur of the Year Award and Audience’s Choice Award at Hongkong. View More

October 2012
Clearbridge BioMedics, The Wall Street Journa's Asian Innovation Awards. View More

October 2012
Clearbridge NanoMedics wins Techventure Most Disruptive Innovation award, Newshub, Lastest @ NUS. View More

September 2012
Clearbridge BioMedics' second-generation diagnostic device could lead to improved cancer testing, The Engineer. View More

August 2012
Singapore's Clearbridge BioMedics Crowned First Prize, Asian Entrepreneurship Awards Announces 2012 Winners. Press Release, AEA Website. View More

August 2012
Our PNAS paper on collective cell migration recommended by F1000 as being of “special significance. View More

August 2012
Our startup, clearbridge biomedics, selected as one of the finalist for the Wall Street Journal Asian Innovation Awards 2012. View More

August 2012
Our Advanced Materials paper on fluorinated graphene and stem cells selected as frontispiece. View More

August 2012
Prof Lim Chwee Teck and his co-workers' research work on collective cell migration has been published in PNAS. View More

20 July 2012
10 inspiring Singapore companies you should know about, AsiaOne Business. View More

July 2012
CBB under Leading Edge Life Sciences, ALUMNUS. View More

June 2012
A clear winner for funding awards, Knowledge Enterprise. View More

June 2012
Microfluidics for cancer cell detection and diagnosis, Lim CT, IEEE Life Sciences Newletter, June 2012. View More

4 May 2012
Promising Start-up Award for 2 firms, Business Times Weekend. View More

21-22 April 2012
Microfluidic device designed to cleanse blood, Gizmag.com.

April 2012
New micro biochip offers "liquid biospy", Prof.Lim Chwee Teck, the catalyst, NUSCast videos, by the NUS Development Office. View More

April 2012
Congratulations to Mr. Leong Manchun for winning 3rd prize in the 3rd MBI Microphotography Competition.

March 2012
Prof Lim Chwee Teck is one of the awardees of the Human Frontier Science Program Grant. View More

25 February 2012
Straits Times, Five Questions for Prof Lim Chwee Teck. View More

February 2012
Congratulations to John Ong for being awarded the JRI Best Poster Award at the 24th Annual Medical Engineering Student Project Competition 2012 in London, UK.

11 February 2012
NUS team’s faster malaria detector, The Straits Times.

9 February 2012
Graphene senor detects malaria infection, NUS's New Portal. View More

February 2012
Catch and release sensing of single malaria-infected red blood cells, Nanowerk Spotlight. View More

January 2012
Prof C.T. Lim was awarded the NGS Excellent Mentoring Award 2011/2012.

December 2011
Six NUS scientists including Prof. Lim Chwee Teck receive Singapore's top honours in science and Technology (PSTA), NUS knowldedge Enterprise. View More

22 December 2011
Clearbridge BioMedics introduces a novel approach to cancer management and treatment, Bioanalysiszone. View More

December 2011
Prof. C.T. Lim: Saving lives through Engineering in Medicine, Engineering News, Faculty of Engineering Newsletter. View More

25 November 2011
We have been awarded the NRF-Proof of Concept grant on developing a biochip for cancer detection and diagnosis. View More

9 November 2011
PSTA award reported on Lianhe Zaobao newspaper. View More

7 November 2011
Prof C.T. Lim has been awarded The President's Technology Award (PTA) for his outstanding contributions to research & development of new technology. View More

23 October 2011
"NUS Bioengineering among the word's best in just 10 years”, Sunday Times. View More

17 October 2011
Exhibition of our CTChip System and Clearbridge Biomedics startup in TechVenture 2011 reported in Business Times. View More

28 September 2011
Our CTChip System and Clearbridge Biomedics in the spotlight of The STRAITS TIMES:"Nerds" fight cancer with Med tech. View More

8 September 2011
NUS spin-off company highlighted in Channel NewsAsia's TV program : Growing Big Ideas. View More

22 August 2011
10th Anniversary of Bioengineering news release : Nano-Biomechanics lab's cancer-related research making waves worldwide. View More

11 August 2011
Prof Lim C.T. has been awarded the Faculty Research Award 2010 for his excellence in research. View More

July 2011
Fight the Good Fight – Professor Chwee Teck Lim, Faculty Profiles, SMART. View More

March 2011
Our CTC Microfluidic Biochip highlighted in news article “New technologies aim to take cancer out of circulation", Nature Medicine. View More

2010
Infected red blood cells: the microdevice separation technique, Bioanalysis, News & Analysis, 1673-167. View More

6 September 2010
IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award received for innovative biochip that detects cancer, Newshub - NUS' News Portal. View More

25 August 2010
Seven start-ups get funding and advice, The Straits Times. View More

29 July 2010
NUS spin-off company to develop technology with wound management and cosmetics applications, Newshub - NUS' News Portal. View More

28 July 2010
National University of Singapore, Clearbridge set up nanofiber mesh spinout, Technology Transfer Tactics. View More

27 July 2010
NUS venture to develop facial mask, The Business Times. View More

2010
Clearbridge Biomedics - Boosting cancer research, diagnostics and therapy, NUS Enterprise Issue #2.

26 July 2010
NUS, Clearbridge set up nanofiber mesh unit, BioSpectrum - Asia Edition.

26 July 2010
NUS, Clearbridge set up nanofiber mesh unit, Silobreaker.

26 June 2010
Cancer detection via a blood test?, The Sunday Times. View More

30 December 2009
Seven technology incubators providing mentorship and networking to be set up to boost the growth of high tech start-ups in Singapore, NRF Press Release. View More

December 2009
Nanofibrous materials for tissue engineerin, wound dressing and dermal reconstruction, SingNano - Singapore Nanotechnology Network Newsletter, Issue 4. View More

12 October 2009
Seeing human cells through engineer’s eyes, The Sunday Times. View More

July 2009
ProIMAGE Contest - Second prize, NT-MDT website. View More

September 2009
First prize at the International Scanning Probe Microscopy Image contest 2009, Newshub - Knowledge Enterprise. View More

17 July 2009
Image of human blood cell infected by malaria wins top international prize, Newshub - NUS' News Portal. View More

7 July 2009
Research is a national priority, International Herald Tribune. View More

May/June, 2009
Two outstanding inventors from Engineering recognised at Tan Kah Kee Young Inventor's Awards, Newshub - NUS News Portal. View More

May/June 2009
NUS team bags prize for cancer cell catcher, The Straits Times. View More

20 February 2009
NRF announces S$150m investment in fourth research excellence centre, Channel NewsAsia, Channel 5, Channel 8, Suria and Vasantham Central News. View More

20 February 2009
National Research Foundation establishes 4th research center of excellence, 938Live. View More

21 February 2009
$150m set aside for new field in cell biology, The Straits Times, Science, pD8. View More

21 February 2009
S'pore partners Israel in scientific research, The Straits Times, Science, pD8. View More

21 February 2009
Don gave up MIT job when offer came, The Straits Times, Science, pD8. View More

21 February 2009
$190m to build scientific capabilities, Business Times, pg 15. View More

21 February 2009
New research centre for mechanobiology, TODAY, pg 16. View More

21 February 2009
NRF announced the setting up of new research with a funding of $150m over 10 years, Lianhe Zaobao, Section 1, page 12. View More

20 February 2009
Third Research Centre of Excellence at NUS, Newshub - NUS' News Portal. View More

February 2009
Unravelling mysteries behind the mechanics of diseases, Knowledge Enterprise Online, February, Vol 8, No 7, 2009. View More

2008
R&D@Nano Level – Nanobiomechanics and human diseases, PHARMA focus Asia, Issue 7.

June 2008
Mechanical insights into the physiological functions of intercellular adhesion molecules, Faculty of Engineering Research, Vol 23, No 2.

July 2007
RESA, a culprit behind malaria, Knowledge Enterprise Online, July, Vol 7, No 1. View More

25 May 2007
Team ID's cell mechanics of hallmark malaria protein, Science daily.

23 May 2007
MIT-led team identifies mechanics of malaria, MIT Homepage Highlight.

23 May 2007
MIT-led team ID's cell mechanics of hallmark malaria protein, MIT Tech Talk, Volume 51, Number 28, Pg 3. View More

21 May 2007
MIT-led team ID's cell mechanics of hallmark malaria protein, MIT News. View More

May 2007
RESA, a culprit behind malaria, NUS Research gallery. View More

September 2006
Probing malaria mysteries with nanobiomechanics, NUS Research gallery. View More

June 2006
Nanobiomechanics at NUS: An emerging technology, Education, Research and Innovation News, Swiss House Singapore. View More

2006
Nanobiomechanics - An emerging technology to study human diseases, Innovation magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3. View More

20 July 2006
"Stiff red blood cells" and "The Ultimate code" – An interview with winners of NUS Centennial Professorships, Lianhe Zaobao, Section 1, Pg 12. [Chinese] [English]

2006
Operation malaria, The AlumNUS , July, Issue 66, No 16-17.

May/June 2006
Nanobiomechanics at NUS: An emerging technology, Knowledge Enterprise Online , May/June, Vol 5, No 10.

17 May 2006
New insights into the nanostructures and mechanical properties of single nanofibers, Nanowerk Spotlight. View More

8 April 2006
NUS' fusion technology making waves, The New Paper. View More

8 April 2006
Pals use nanotech to study malaria, Straits Times, Home section. View More

March/April 2006
10 Emerging Technologies and their impact: Nanobiomechanics, Technology Review - An MIT Enterprise. View More

12 October 2005
MIT launches global nanotech push, The Boston Globe. View More

30 July 2005
Asia Pacific Biotech (Special Issue - Bioengineering in Asia-Pacific), "Single cell mechanics & its connection to human diseases", vol. 9, No. 14. View More

April 2005
Malaria paper by Bioengineering and Microbiology researchers win outstanding award, NUS Knowledge Enterprise, vol. 4, no. 9. View More

February 2005
Nanotools study disease in single cells, Materials Today, pg 15. View More

15 December 2004
Team engineers cell-deforming technique to help understand malaria, MIT Tech Talk news, vol 49, issue 13. View More

8 October 2004
Bleach damages teeth?, Lianhe Zaobao, Section 1. [Chinese] [English]

7 October 2004
Channel U News interview, Singapore, Channel U.

2004
Radio interview by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation under "Current Affairs", Channel 2.

July 2004
Acting Minister for Education Visits NUS Campus, Newshub, NUS' News and Information Portal.

28 April 2004
New frontiers, Documentary, Singapore, Channel i. View More