A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB)

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.

Researchers at A*STAR have discovered how a class of small proteins is essential for metabolism.

Using magnets, scientists have developed an innovative pressure-based technique that represents a new frontier in needle-free drug delivery.

An international consortium gives a debilitating childhood disorder a name and a genetic cause.

In the search for new therapeutics and diagnostic tools, Sherry Aw is unraveling the biology behind movement disorders using the humble fruit fly.