Researcher

Siew Bee Ng obtained her PhD in Biochemistry from the A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB) in 1995. She then embarked on her career in natural product research and drug discovery at the Centre for Natural Product Research (CNPR). In 1998 she was promoted to lead the Assay Development and High Throughput Screening group. When CNPR corporatised to form MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd she was the Director for Discovery Biology (2002–2012), managing all assay development and screening activities, as well as leading the internal antibacterial discovery programme and supporting antibiotic development programmes. Ng joined A*STAR in 2014. She is currently a Senior Principal Scientist at the A*STAR Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (A*STAR SIFBI) where she continues to work on natural product discovery research in food and consumer care applications.