Singapore Institute of Clinical Science, A*STAR

• Our bariatric surgery and adipocytes biology research attracted strong interest from international leading scientists from SICS like Prof Sir Peter Gluckman, Prof Judith Swain and Dr Michael Meaney.
• We will also be collaborating with SICS on a translational medicine approach to identify genomic and epigenomic causes of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
• We are also part of the Singapore Consortium of Cohort Studies (SCCS) which is a national effort to develop a large multi-ethnic population-based cohort study that would facilitate research into the complex gene-environment interactions in diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancers. Specifically, we are involved in examining the genetic and environmental factors that are important in the development of diabetic complications in diabetic patients.