Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB)

Researchers now have the tools to analyze the unique metabolic protein signatures of diverse immune cell subpopulations in different states of activation.

A novel genomic biomarker may help to meet the demand for donor mesenchymal stem cells in regenerative medicine.

The structure of collagen fibers may play a key role in the spread of breast cancer, with implications for clinical prognosis and treatment.

Flower-like ‘rosettes’ may help malaria parasites evade the body’s immune defences.

Keratin, a tough and insoluble fibrous protein, plays a surprising role in determining mouse embryonic cell fate.

By selectively switching on neurons with light, scientists can piece together crucial events in Alzheimer’s disease progression.

Three A*STAR scholars—Sarah Luo, Caroline Wee, and Kaicheng Liang—have been selected for the highly competitive National Research Foundation Fellowship out of over 134 applicants worldwide.

From genomics to gene editing and cancer research, the A*STAR winners of the 2020 President’s Science and Technology Awards and Young Scientist Awards are blazing the trail in biological research.

A new method of identifying drug targets in the malaria parasite P. falciparum could find broad applications in other fields of biology.

Exploiting a mutation in a key tumor-fighting protein may provide a new opportunity to treat aggressive lung cancers.

A protein known to switch on DNA repair genes also ‘pauses’ the cell cycle in response to DNA damage, A*STAR researchers find.

A*STAR researchers have developed a point-of-care rapid antibody test kit that can detect antibodies produced in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in just fifteen minutes.