Researcher

Chin Yan Lim is presently an Adjunct Principal Investigator at the A*STAR Skin Research Labs (A*SRL). She obtained her BSc (First Class), with a double major in Biochemistry and Microbiology at the National University of Singapore and her PhD in Molecular Biology at the University of California, San Diego with James T. Kadonaga. She developed a deep interest in understanding epigenetic mechanisms that impact cell fate decisions during two postdoctoral stints at the Genome Institute of Singapore and the Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at NUS, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and Head of Genetic Strategies at Hummingbird Bioscience Pte Ltd. Her lab studies the impact of chromatin structure alterations in the context of skin development, stem cells, cancer and ageing.
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