Researcher

Shi-Yan Ng is Director of Research, as well as Group Leader of the Laboratory of Neural Organoids and Precision Neurobiology at the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS). Her lab pioneers the use of human stem cell-derived brain and spinal organoids to decode the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases, with the eventual goal of identifying new therapeutics. She is also a joint faculty at the A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB), as well as adjunct faculty at the National University of Singapore (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Department of Physiology) and the National Neuroscience Institute. Ng is a recipient of a number of awards, including the National Research Foundation Fellowship (2018), the L’Oréal For Women in Science National Fellowship (2019) and the SCSS Dr Susan Lim Award for Outstanding Young Investigator (2021).