CHWEE TECK LIM PhD

Professor

Fellow, Singapore-MIT Alliance

Division of Bioengineering & Department of Mechanical Engineering

National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1. Singapore 117576

Tel: (65) 6516 7801 Fax: (65) 6779 1459 Email: ctlim@nus.edu.sg

EDUCATION

BEng (First Class Honours), National University of Singapore

PhD, University of Cambridge, UK

SchOLARSHIPS, AWARDS & HONORS

First Prize, International Scanning Probe Microscopy Image Contest 2009

Best Oral Presentation, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2009

Tan Kah Kee Inventor’s Award (Merit) 2009

Most Cited Author 2005-2008, Acta Biomaterialia

Best Poster Award, NUS GPBE-Tohoku University conference 2008

Young Investigator Award (First Prize), International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 2008

Cover Story-R&D at the nano scale, Pharma Focus Asia Magazine, Iss 7, 2008

Best Poster Award, 3rd MRS-S Conference on Advanced Materials, Singapore, 2008

Best Poster Award, Office of Life Science Conference, Singapore, 2007

Research cited by MIT Technology Review as one of the top ten emerging technologies of 2006

Meeting Graduate Student Award (Gold), MRS Fall Meeting, USA, 2005

Outstanding Paper Award, MRS Fall Meeting, USA, 2004

MRS-S National Conference, Best Poster Award, 2004

Excellent Paper Award, 2nd World Congress of Chinese Biomedical Engineers, China, 2004

Faculty Teaching Commendation Award, 2003-2006

Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 2002

Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship, Overseas Student Research Award, Cambridge University Board of Graduate Studies Lundgren Award, Ford of British Fund Scholarship, Tan Kah Kee Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship, 1992-1996

SOME MAJOR APPOINTMENTS

Deputy Director, NUS Life Sciences Institute (2006 - 2009)

Fellow, NUS Graduate School for Integrative Science and Engineering (2003 - present)

Faculty Associate, Institute of Microelectronics (2002 - present)

Assistant Dean, Faculty of Engineering, NUS (2000 - 2003)

Programme Manager & Founding Member, Division of Bioengineering, NUS (2000 - 2004)

Coordinator & Founding Member, NUS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative (2001 - 2003)

Lab Head, Nano Biomechanics Lab, Division of Bioengineering (2001 - present)

Ministry of Education Life Sciences Guidebook Committee (2001)

Ministry of Education National Science Curriculum Review Committee (1998 - 1999)

VISITING PROFESSORSHIPs & PROGRAMMES

JSPS visiting programme – Nagoya Institute of Technology, Osaka University, Tohoku University (2006)

Kyoto University, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Osaka University, Tohoku University, Japan (2005)

21st Century Center of Excellence Programme, University of Tokyo, Japan (2004)

Dept of Materials Science & Engineering, MIT (2003)

Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge (2000, 2003)

Dept of Engineering, University of Cambridge (1997)

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Editorial Board Member, Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Biorheology

Editorial Board Member, Journal of the Royal Society - Interface

Associate Editor, Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering

Editorial Board Member, COSMOS

Associate Editor, Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics

Member of the Editorial Board, Mechanics & Chemistry of Biosystems (2005)

Associate Editor, International Journal of Nanoscience

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY/COMMITTEE

Professional Fellow, The Institute of Nanotechnology, UK

Member, World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers

Member, Institute of Engineers, Singapore

Member, Biomedical Engineering Society, Singapore

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS

Cell & molecule biomechanics, Mechanotransduction/Mechanobiology, Nanobiomaterials

Overseas research collaborators: Columbia University, Duke University, MIT, Paris-Diderot University, Caltech, UIUC, Institut Pasteur, Vanderbilt University, Tubingen University, Tohoku University, Peking University, University of Hong Kong.

 

Selected PLENARY/KEYNOTE/INVITED LECTURES

2009

1.     Tan S.J, Tan M.H., Lim C.T. At the Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs): Emerging Technologies for Detection, Diagnosis and Treatment Meeting, NIH, USA, 2009.

2.     Lim C.T., At the World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, Munich, Germany, 2009.

3.     Lim C.T., At the Technical Seminar Series, Institute of Microelectronics, A*STAR, Singapore, 2009.

4.     Li A., Tan K.S.W., Lim C.T., At the 36th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Japan, 2009.

5.     Li A., Tan K.S.W., Lim C.T., At the 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, USA, 2009.

6.     Vedula S.R.K., Lim T.S., Hunziker W., Lim C.T., At the 5th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2009), Singapore, 2009.

7.     Lim C.T., At the CEE Mechanics Seminar Series, MIT, USA, 2009.

8.     Lim C.T., At the GEM4 Summer School on Cellular and Molecular Mechanics with a focus on Enabling Technologies, UIUC, USA, 2009.

9.     Lim C.T., Li A., K.S.W. Tan, At the International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering Sciences, Phuket, Thailand, 2009.

 

2008

1.     Lim C.T., At the Nano Biomechanics Workshop, 2008.

2.     Li A., Tan K.S.W., Lim C.T. At the 2nd Mechanobiology Workshop, Singapore, 2008.

3.     Lim C.T. At the Society of Engineering Science 45th Annual Technical Meeting, Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2008.

4.     Lim C.T. At the Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA, 2008.

5.     Li A., Tan K.S.W., Lim C.T. At the Materials Science and Technology Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, USA, 2008.

6.     Lim C.T. At the MICCAI Conference 2008, New York, USA, 2008.

7.     Lim C.T. At the Department of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China, 2008.

8.     Lim C.T. At the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, China, 2008.

9.     Lim C.T. At the IUMRC-International Conference on Electronics Materials, Sydney, Australia, 2008.

10.  Lim C.T. At the GEM4 Summer School with a focus on Cardiovascular Diseases, Caltech, USA, 2008.

11.  Lim C.T. At Biomedical Engineering Seminar, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, China, 2008.

12.  Lim C.T. At the Global Center of Excellence Seminar, Tohoku University, Japan, 2008.

13.  Lim C.T. At the Global Center of Excellence Seminar, Shinshu University, Japan, 2008.

14.  Lim C.T. At the IUTAM Symposium on Modeling Nanoscale Materials & Nanosystems, Denmark, 2008.

15.  Lim C.T. At the Bioengineering Interest Group (BIG) Seminar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2008.

16.  Lim C.T. At the 2nd Singapore Scanning Probe Microscopy Symposium (SingSPM), Singapore, 2008.

17.  Lim C.T. At the CCO interdisciplinary workshop on Biological Interfaces: Measurement and Applications, Singapore, 2008.

18.  Lim C.T. At the Singapore Immunological Network, A*STAR, Singapore, 2008.

19.  Lim C.T. At 5th International Symposium of 2007 Tohoku University Global COE Program, Japan, 2008.

20.  Lim C.T. At the MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2008.

21.  Lim C.T. At the 13th Meeting on Thrombosis and Rheology, Tokyo, Japan, 2008.

22.  Lee GYY and Lim CT, At the International Conference on Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, India, 2008.

 

2007

1.     Vedula SRK, Lim TS, Hunziker W, Lim CT, At the 3rd Tohoku-NUS Joint Symposium on Nano-Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 2007.

2.     Lee GYY and Lim CT, At the 3rd Asian-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics 2007, Kyoto, Japan, 2007.

3.     Lim CT, At the Gordon Laboratory Seminar Series, Dept of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK, 2007.

4.     Lee GYY and Lim CT, At 1st International Symposium on 2007 Global COE Program - Nano-Biomedical Engineering in the East Asian-Pacific Rim Region, Japan, 2007.

5.     Lim CT, At International Conference on Advanced Technology in Experimental Mechanics, Japan, 2007.

6.     Lee GYY and Lim CT, At 9th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, USA, 2007.

7.     Lim CT, At 3rd WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering, Thailand, 2007.

8.     Lim CT, At International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 2007.

9.     Lim CT, At Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Biological/Biomedical/Chemical Sensing, Hong Kong, 2007.

10.  Lim CT, At SingSPM Symposium, Singapore, 2007.

11.  Lim CT, At First International Symposium on Atomic Technology, Japan, 2007.

12.  Lim CT, At Department of Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2007.

13.  Lim CT, At TMS Meeting, Orlando, USA, 2007.

14.  Lim CT, At Workshop on the Mechanical Behavior of Systems at Small Length Scales-2, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India, 2007.

15.  Lim CT, At Workshop on Moving Interface Problems and Applications in Biological Flows, Singapore, 2007.

 

2006

1.     Lim CT, At Nano- & Microscale Mechanics of Engineering Materials & Biological Systems Symposium, Cambridge, USA, 2006.

2.     Lim CT and Tan KSW, At 5th East Asian Biophysics Symposium & 44th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan, Okinawa, Japan, 2006.

3.     Lim CT, Ng, SY, Tan EPS, Sow C.H. At International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials (THERMEC), Canada, 2006.

4.     Lim CT. At Special Symposium on Disclosing Materials at Nanoscale, 11th International Ceramic Congress, Italy, 2006.

5.     Lim CT. At 21st Century Center of Excellence Programme Seminar, Tohoku University, Japan, 2006.

6.     Lim CT. At Workshop on Biomedical Engineering, University of Hong Kong, China, 2006.

7.     Lim CT. At Biological Materials Symposium, TMS Meeting, USA, 2006.

8.     Lim CT. At 1st International Workshop on Lab-on-Chip: Modeling, Fabrication and Application, Singapore, 2006.

9.     Mills JP, M Diez, Lim CT, Tan KSW, G Milon and S Suresh. At Symposium on Physics and Mechanics of Advanced Materials, Singapore, 2006.

10.  Ng SY, Tan EPS, Sow CH and Lim CT. At 2nd MRS-S Conference on Advanced Materials, Singapore, 2006.

 

2005

1.     Lim CT. At Pacifichem, Hawaii, USA, 2005.

2.     Lim CT. At Institute of Mechanics, National Taiwan University, 2005.

3.     Lim CT. At National Institute of Allergies & Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA, 2005.

4.     Lim CT. At Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, USA, 2005.

5.       Lim CT. At Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA, 2005.

6.     Lim CT, Tan EPS and Ng SY. At UK-Singapore Materials Workshop on Materials for the new Millennium, Singapore, 2005.

7.     Lim CT. At 6th European Symposium on Nano-mechanical Testing (Nanomech 6), Germany, 2005.

8.     Lim CT. At International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 2005.

9.     Lim CT. Li A, Tan KSW. At Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, 2005.

10.  Lim CT, Tan KSW, Dao M, Li J, Milon G & Suresh S. Keynote lecture, Biological Materials Science & Engineering Symposium, 134th TMS Meeting, USA, 2005.

11.  Lim CT & Tan EPS. Invited lecture, Biological Materials Science & Engineering Symposium, 134th TMS Meeting, USA, 2005.

12.  Lim CT. Invited lecture, 17th Bioengineering Conference, Annual Meeting of Bioengrg Div/JSME, Nagoya, Japan, 2005.

13.  Lim CT. Invited lecture, International Nanotechnology Workshop, Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay), 2005.

 

2004

1.     Lim CT. At Institute of Industrial Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan, 2004.

2.     Lim CT. Invited lecture, Asia Nano Forum Special Workshop on Nanotechnology, NANOMAT Conference, China, 2004.

3.     Lim CT. At Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2004.

4.     Lim CT. Invited lecture, MRS-S National Conference on Advanced Materials, Singapore, 2004.

5.     Lim CT. Invited lecture, International Workshop on Nanomechanics, USA, 2004.

6.     Lim CT. Invited lecture, 1st Nanoengineering & Nanoscience Congress, Singapore, 2004.

7.     Lim CT, Lee YS, Dao M & Suresh S. Invited lecture, 43rd Annual Conference for Medical and Biological Engineering, Japan, 2004.

 

2003

1.     Suresh S, Lim CT & Dao M. Keynote lecture, SEM Technical Conference on Mechanics of Biological and Biologically Inspired Materials & Systems, USA, 2003.

2.     Lim CT. Invited lecture, Conference on Nanobiotechnology, Thailand, 2003.

3.     Lim CT. Invited lecture, Nanotechnology Seminar on Nanoelectronics, Thailand, 2003.

4.     Lim CT. Suresh, S & M Dao, Invited lecture. ASME International Congress on Mechanical Engineeering, USA, 2003.

5.     Suresh S, Lim CT, Dao M. SMA Lecture series. MIT, USA, 2003.

6.     Lim CT. At Department of Materials Science & Engineering, MIT, USA, 2003.

7.     Lim CT. At Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK, 2003.

 

2002

1.     Lim CT. Invited lecture, 2nd French-Singapore Biomedical Engineering Symposium - Biomaterials, Musculoskeletal Biomechanics & Biomedical Imaging. June 2002.

 

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Co-founder & Director - Robust Dynamics Pte Ltd (a university spinoff company)

Founder & Director – Clearbridge Biomedics Pte Ltd

 

PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH OUTPUT

More than 330 scientific publications in international journals and conferences, over 120 plenary/keynote/invited lectures, 14 invited/review/leading articles and book and encyclopedia chapters, editorial works on conference proceedings, international journals & book, 8 patents & patent applications, 2 university licensing agreements, 2 technology disclosures & founded 2 companies.

 

Editorial Works, Book & Encyclopedia Chapters

1.     Li, A, B Ho, J L Din and C T Lim, Antimicrobial Peptides: Methods and Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, USA, 2008. (in press) 

2.     Zhang YS, Tan EPS, Sow CH and Lim CT, Nanomechanical characterization of one-dimensional nanostructures, Micro and Nano Mechanical Testing of Materials and Devices, Yang and Li (eds.),Springer, 2009. (in press)

3.     GYH Lee and CT Lim, Nanotechnology & Human Diseases, Selected Topics in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, ATS Wee (ed), World Scientific, 2009.

4.     Zhu Y, Tan EPS, Sow CH and Lim CT, Synthesis of nanowires, Nanocomposite Coatings and Nanocomposite Materials, Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Ochsner, Ahmed, Ali (eds), pp. 271-296, 2009.

5.     Vedula SRK, Lim TS, Hunziker W and Lim CT, Mechanistic Insights into the Physiological Functions of Cell Adhesion Proteins Using Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy, Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Tech Science Press, USA, pp. 169-183, 2008.

6.     Tan EPS and Lim CT, Structure and Mechanical Properties of Electrospun Nanofibers and Nanocomposites, Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering: The Scaffold, CRC Press, USA, 2008.

7.     Cooke BM and Lim CT, Mechanical and Adhesive Properties of Healthy and Diseased Red Blood Cells, Handbook of Hemorheology and Hemodynamics, IOS Press, 2007.

8.     Myers M, Hodge A, Lim CT, LeSar R eds, Acta Biomaterialia, Special Issue, Elsevier, 2007.

9.     Vedula SRK, Lim TS, Rajagopal G, Hunziker W, Lane B, Sokabe M, Lim CT, Role of External Mechanical Forces in Cell Signal Transduction, Biomechanics at micro- and nanoscale levels, World Scientific, Singapore, 2007.

10.  Tan EPS, Zhang YZ, Ramakrishna S and Lim CT, Polymer nanofibers: Fabrication, applications and characterization, Specialty Polymers, IK International, New Delhi, India, 2007.

11.  Tan EPS and Lim CT, Mechanical Characterization of Nanoscale Biomaterials, Encyclopedia of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Taylor and Francis Book, New York, USA, 2006.

12.  Tan EPS and Lim CT, Nanomechanical Characterization of Nanofibers: Experimental Techniques, Nanomechanics of Materials and Structures, Chuang, Andersen, Wu and Hsieh (eds.), Springer + Business Media, B.V., USA, pp. 121-138, 2006.

13.  Wee ATS, Ramakrishna S, Lim CT and Cheah KK, eds, International Journal of Nanoscience, Special Issue on The 1st Nanoengineering & Nanoscience Congress 2004, vol. 4, no. 2, April 2005.

14.  Lim CT (contributor), Optical Tweezers, Exploring Nanotechnology Multimedia Encyclopedia, Nanopolis series, iMediasoft, 2005.

15.  Shim VPW, Tanimura S and Lim CT, eds, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Special Issue, 24, no. 6-7, United Kingdom, July 2000.

16.  Shim VPW, Tanimura S and Lim CT, eds, Impact response of materials & structures. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1999. 605 pp.

 

Invited/Review/Leading Articles

1.     Fu HX, Chen H, Yan J, Lim CT, Salt Solution Effects on Overstretching Transitions of DNA Molecules, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 2009. (in press)

2.     Varghese B, Zhang YS, Feng YP, Lim CT, Sow CH, Probing the size-structure-property correlation of individual nanowires, Physical Review B, 2009. (in press)

3.     Vedula SRK, Mendoz E, Sun W, Lim TS, Li A, Li QS, Lim CT, Human cell as a structure and machine – An engineering perspective, IES Journal Part A: Civil and Structural Engineering, 2009 . (in press)

4.     Dai L, Tan VBC, Sow CH, Lim CT, Atomistic Simulations of Inorganic Nanowires, Journal of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, 2008.

5.     Zhang YZ, Su B, Venugopal J, Ramakrishna S, Lim CT, Biomimetic and Bioactive Nanofibrous Scaffolds from Electrospun Composite Nanofibers, International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2, 623-638, 2007.

6.     Zhang YZ, Lim CT, The development of biocomposite nanofibers for tissue scaffolding applications, JOM, 60, 6, 45-48, 2008.

7.     Lee, GYH, Lim CT, Nanotechnology and human diseases, COSMOS, 3, 1, 89-101, 2007.

8.     Lee GYH, Lim CT, Biomechanics approaches to studying human diseases, Trends in Biotechnology, 25, 3, 111-118, 2007.

9.     Lim CT, Single cell mechanics study of the human disease malaria, Journal of Biomechanical Science & Engineering, 1, 1, 82-92, 2006.

10.  Lim CT, Zhou EH, Li A, Vedula SRK, Fu HX, Experimental techniques for single cell and single molecule biomechanics, Materials Science and Engineering C: Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems, 26, 8, 1278-1288, 2006.

11.  Hairul Nizam BR, Lim CT, Nanoindentation of teeth - A review, Journal of Experimental Mechanics, 21, 1, 35-50, 2006.

12.  Tan EPS, Lim CT, Nanomechanical characterization of nanofibers - A review. Composites Science & Technology, 66, 9, 1099-1108, 2006.

13.  Lim CT, Zhou EH, Quek ST, Mechanical models for living cells - A review, Journal of Biomechanics, 39, 2, 195-216, 2006.

14.  Vedula SRK, Lim TS, Kausalya PJ, Hunziker W, Rajagopal G, Lim CT, Biophysical approaches for studying the integrity and function of tight junctions, Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, 2, 3, 105-124, 2005.

15.  Zhang YZ, Lim CT, Ramakrishna S and Huang ZM, Recent development of polymer nanofibers for biomedical and biotechnological applications. Journal of Materials Science - Materials in Medicine, 16, 10, 933-946, 2005.

16.  Suresh S, Spatz J, Mills JP, Micoulet A, Dao M, Lim CT, Beil M, Seufferlein T, Connections between disease states and single-cell mechanical response: human pancreatic cancer and malaria, Acta Biomaterialia, 1, 15-30, 2005.

17.  Chong EJ, Lim CT, Lim IJ and Phan TT, Application of Biotechnology, Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering in Cosmetic Medicine, Kosmetische Medizin, 5/6, 212-216, 2005.

 

Selected Peer Review Articles

1.     Chan KHK, Wong SY, Li X, Zhang YZ, Lim PC, Lim CT, Kotaki M, He CB, Effect of Molecular Orientation on Mechanical Property of Single Electrospun Fiber of Poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-(R)-3-hydroxyvalerate], Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2009. (in press)

2.     DMK Aladin, KMC Cheung, AHW Ngan, CT Lim, KDK Luk, WW Lu,Nano-structure of Collagen Fibrils in Human Nucleus Pulposus and its Correlation with Macro-scale Tissue Mechanics, Journal of Orthopedics Research, 2009. (in press)

3.     YW Zhu, YS Zhang, L Dai, FC Cheong, VBC Tan, CH Sow , CT Lim, Mechanical Characterization of Hotplate Synthesized Vanadium Oxide Nanobelts.  Acta Materialia, 2009.  (in press)

4.     Chen Z , Wei B, Mo X, Lim CT, Ramakrishna S, Cui F, Mechanical properties of electrospun collagen-chitosan complex single fibers and membrane. Materials Science & Engineering C, 2009. (in press)

5.     Vedula SRK, Lim TS, Hunziker W and Lim CT, Mechanical Insights into the Physiological Functions of Intercellular Adhesion Molecules at Tight Junctions, Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 2009. (in press)

6.     Fu HX, Chen H, Yan J, Lim CT, Salt Solution Effects on Overstretching Transitions of DNA Molecules, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 2009. (in press)

7.     Meyers, MA, Lim CT, Li A, Hairul Nizam BR, Tan EPS, Seki Y, McKittrick J, The role of organic intertile layer in abalone nacre, Materials Science and Engineering C, C29, 2398-2410,  2009.

8.     Chen ZG, Wei B, Mo XM, Lim CT, Ramakrishna S, Cui FZ, Mechanical properties of electrospun collagen–chitosan complex single fibers and membrane, Materials Science & Engineering C, C 29, 2428–2435, 2009.

9.     Yang C, Wang X, Li HZ, Lim CT, Li J, Cationic Polyrotaxanes as Gene Carriers: Physicochemical Properties and Real-time Observation of DNA Complexation, and Gene Transfection in Cancer Cells, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 113, 22, 7903-7911, 2009.

10.  Vedula, S R K, T S Lim, P J Kausalya, B Lane, G Rajagopal, W. Hunziker, C T Lim, Quantifying forces mediated by integral tight junction proteins in cell-cell adhesion, Experimental Mechanics, 49, 1, 3-9, 2009.

11.  Dai L, Sow CH, Lim CT, Cheong WCD, Tan VBC, Numerical Investigations into the Tensile Behavior of TiO2 Nanowires: Structural Deformation, Mechanical Properties and Size Effects, Nano Letters, 9, 2, 576-582, 2009.

12.  Tan SJ, Yobas L, Lee GYH, Ong CN, Lim CT, Microdevice for the isolation and enumeration of cancer cells from blood. Biomedical Microdevices, 11, 4, 883-892, 2009.

13.  HX Fu, Hu C, Chan GK, Lim CT, Effects of magnesium salt concentrations on B-DNA overstretching transition, European Physical Journal E, 29, 1, 45-49, 2009.

14.  Hou HW, Li QS, Lee GYH, Kumar AP, Ong CN, Lim CT, Deformability study of breast cancer cells using microfluidics, Biomedical Microdevices, 11, 3, 557-564, 2009.

15.  Yow SZ, Quek CH, Yim EKF, Lim CT, Leong K, Collagen-based fibrous scaffold for spatial organization of encapsulated and seeded human mesenchymal stem cells, Biomaterials, 2009.

16.  Sun L, Han RPS, Wang J, Lim CT, Modeling the size-dependent elastic properties of polymeric nanofibers, Nanotechnology, 2008.

17.  L Varghese B, Zhang YS, Dai L, Tan VBC, Lim CT, Sow CH, Structure-Mechanical Property of Cobalt Oxides Nanowires with Different Chemical Compositions, Nano Letters, 2008.

18.  Li QS, Lee GYH, Ong CN, Lim CT, AFM indentation study of breast cancer cells, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2008.

19.  Gohil S, Hutchings CL, Fernandez KM, Kats L, Li A, Lim CT, Cooke BM, Rheological modification of red blood cells by Babesia parasites, Biorheology, 45, 1-2: 41, 2008.

20.  Li A, Lim TS, Shi H, Yin J, Tan KSW, Lim CT, Single molecular force spectroscopy study of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocyte cytoadherence to endothelial receptors , American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 79, 6, 348, 2008.

21.  Shi H, Li A, Yin J, Tan KWS, Lim CT, AFM study of the extracellular and the cytoplasmic surfaces of Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocyte membranes, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 79, 6, 355-356, 2008.

22.  Vedula SRK, Lim TS, Hunziker W, Lim CT, Mechanistic Insights into Physiological Functions of Cell Adhesion Proteins Using Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy, Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, 2008.

23.  im TS, Vedula SRK, Shi H, Kausalya PJ, Hunziker W, Lim CT, Probing Effects of pH change on Dynamic Response of Claudin-2 Mediated Adhesion Using Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy, Experimental Cell Research, 2008.

24.  Kishen A, Sum CP, Matthew S, Lim CT, Influence of irrigation regimens on the adherence of Enterococcus faecalis to root canal dentin, Journal of Endodontics, 2008.

25.  Varghese B, Reddy MV, Zhu Y, Chang SL, Teo CH, Subba Rao GV, Chowdari BVR, Wee ATS, Lim CT, Sow CH, Fabrication of NiO nanowalls electrodes for high performance lithium ion battery, Chemistry of Materials, 2008.

26.  Zhu YW, Zhang YS, Cheong FC, Sow CH, Lim CT, Annealing effects on the elastic modulus of tungsten oxide nanowires, Journal of Materials Research, 2008.

27.  Vedula SRK, Lim TS, Kirchner E, Guglielmi KM, Dermody TS, Stehle T, Hunziker W, Lim CT, A comparative molecular force spectroscopy study of homophilic JAM-A interactions and JAM-A interactions with reovirus attachment protein sigma-1, Journal of Molecular Recognition, 2008.

28.  Vedula SRK, Lim TS, Kausalya PJ, Lane B, Rajagopal G, Hunziker W, Lim CT, Quantifying forces mediated by integral tight junction proteins in cell-cell adhesion, Experimental Mechanics, 2008.

29.  Reddy MV, Yu T, Sow CH, Shen ZX, Lim CT, Rao CVS, Chowdari BVR, a-Fe2O3 Nanoflakes as an Anode Material for Li-Ion Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials, 2008.

30.  Zhu YW, Moo AM, Yu T, Xu XJ, Gao XY, Liu YJ, Lim CT, Shen ZX, Ong CK, Wee ATS, Thong JTL, Sow CH. Enhanced field emission from O2 and CF4 plasma-treated CuO nanowires. Chemical Physics Letters, 2008.

31.  Zhang YZ, Venugopal JR, El-Turki A, Ramakrishna S, Lim CT, Su B, Electrospun Biomimetic Nanocomposite Nanofibers of Hydroxyapatite/Chitosan for Bone Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, 29, 32, 4314-4322, 2008.

32.  Lim TS, Vedula SRK, Hunziker W, Lim CT, Kinetics of Adhesion Mediated by Extracellular Loops of Claudin-2 as Revealed by Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy, Journal of Molecular Biology, 381, 681-691, 2008.

33.  Zhu, YW, Lim X, Sim MC, Lim CT, Sow CH, Versatile transfer of aligned carbon nanotubes with PDMS as the intermediate, Nanotechnology, 19, 325304, 2008.

34.  Varghese B, Sow CH, Lim CT, Nb2O5 Nanowires as Efficient Electron Field Emitters, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 27, 10008–10012, 2008.

35.  Zhang YZ, Su B, Lim CT, Electrospinning Nanocomposite Nanofibers of Hydroxyapatite/Chitosan, Advanced Materials Research, 47-50, 1363-1366,  2008.

36.  Lim CT, Tan EPS, Ng SY, Effects of Crystalline Morphology on the Tensile Properties of Electrospun Polymer Nanofibers, Applied Physics Letters, 92, 141908, 2008.

37.  Zheng, Z, Yan B, Zhang JX, You YM, Lim CT, Shen ZX, Yu T, Potassium tungsten bronze nanowires: Polarized micro-Raman scattering of Individual nanowires and electron field emission from nanowire films. Advanced Materials, 20, 352-356, 2008.

38.  Zhang YZ, Su B, Lim CT, Ramakrishna S, Chitosan Nanofibres from an Easily Electrospinnable UHMWPEO Doped Chitosan Solution System, Biomacromolecules, 9, 1, 136-141, 2008.

39.  She XL, Song GJ, Peng Z, Li JJ, Lim CT, Tan EPS, Lv L, Zhao XS, Nanocables prepared from polyamide 66 nanotubes enveloping pt nanowires by a secondary-template method , Polymer Journal,  39, 10, 1025-1029, 2007.

40.  Lim TS, Vedula SRK, Kausalya J, Hunziker W, Lim CT, Single Molecular Level Study of Claudin-1 Mediated Adhesion, Langmuir, 24, 490-495, 2007.

41.  Cheong FC, Varghese B, Zhu YW, Tan EPS, Dai L, Tan VBC, Lim CT, Sow CH, WO3-x nanorods synthesized on a thermal hotplate. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 111, 46, 17193-17199, 2007.

42.  Varghese B, Teo CH, Zhu YW, Reddy MV, Chowdari BVR, Wee ATS, Tan VBC, Lim CT, Sow CH, Co3O4 Nanostructures with different morphologies and their Field Emission Properties. Advanced Functional Materials, 17, 12, 1932-1939, 2007.

43.  Yu T, Varghese B, Shen ZX, Lim CT, Sow CH, Large-scale metal oxide nanostructures on template-patterned microbowls: A simple method for growth of hierarchical structures. Materials Letters, 62, 3, 389-393, 2007.

44.  Reddy MV, Yu T, Sow CH, Shen ZX, Lim CT, Rao CVS, Chowdari BVR. Nano-flake α-Fe2O3 as an anode material for Li-ion batteries, Advanced Functional Materials, 17, 15, 2792-2799, 2007.

45.  Unnikrishnan VU, Unnikrishnan GU, Reddy JN, Lim CT. Atomistic-mesoscale coupled mechanical analysis of polymeric nanofibers. Journal of Materials Science, 42, 21, 8844-8852, 2007.

46.  Hutchings CL, Li Ang, Fernandez KM, Fletcher T, Jackson LA, Molloy JB, Jorgensen WK, Lim CT, Cooke BM, New insights into the altered adhesive and mechanical properties of red blood cells parasitised by Babesia bovis. Molecular Microbiology, 65, 4, 1092-1105, 2007. (appear on the cover of this issue)

47.  Vedula SRK, Lim TS, Shi H, Kausalya JP, Lane B, Rajagopal G, Hunziker W, Lim CT, Molecular force spectroscopy of homophilic nectin-1 interactions. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 362, 4, 886-892, 2007.

48.  Mills JP,  Diez-Silva M, Quinn DJ, Dao M, Lang MJ, Tan KSW, Lim CT, Milon G, David PH, Mercereau-Puijalon O, Bonnefoy S, Suresh S, Effect of plasmodial RESA protein on deformability of human red blood cells harboring Plasmodium falciparum, Proc Natl Acad Sci, 104, 22, 9213–9217, 2007.

49.  Chong KF, Loh KP, Vedula SRK, Lim CT, Sternschulte H, Steinmüller D, Sheu FS, Zhong YL, Characterization of cell adhesion properties of photochemically functionalized diamond surfaces, Langmuir, 23, 5615-5621, 2007.

50.  Chong EJ, Phan TT, Lim IJ, Zhang YZ, Bay BH, Ramakrishna S, Lim CT, Evaluation of electrospun PCL/Gelatin nanofibrous scaffold for wound healing and layered dermal reconstitution, Acta Biomaterialia, 3, 321-330, 2007.

51.  Tan EPS, Zhu Y, Yu T, Dai L, Sow CH, Tan VBC, Lim CT. Crystallinity and surface effects on the Young’s modulus of CuO nanowires. Applied Physics Letters, 90, 16, 163112-163115, 2007. (also in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, 15, 17, 2007.

52.  Cheong FC, Varghese B, Sindhu S, Liu CM, Valiyaveettil S, Bettiol AA, Van Kan JA, Watt F, Chin WS, Lim CT, Sow CH. Direct removal of SU-8 using focused laser writing. Applied Physics A - Materials Science & Processing. 87, 1, 71-76, 2007.

53.  Li X, Liu KL, Li J, Tan EPS, Chan LM, Lim CT, S H Goh. Synthesis, Characterization, and Morphology Studies of Biodegradable Amphiphilic Poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate]-alt-Poly(ethylene glycol) Multiblock Copolymers. Biomacromolecules, 7, 11, 3112-3119, 2006.

54.  Li A, Lee PY, Ho B, Ding JL, Lim CT. Atomic force microscopy study of the antimicrobial action of Sushi peptides on Gram negative bacteria. BBA – Biomembranes, 1768, 3, 411-18, 2007.

55.  Zhu YW, Teo CH, Xu XJ, Yu T, Lim CT, Ong CK, Thong JTL, Sow CH, Effects of O2 and Ar reactive ion etching on the field emission properties of aligned CuO nanowire films. Solid State Phenomena, 121-123, 793-796, 2007.

56.  Yu T, Sow CH, Xu XJ, Zhu YW, Lim CT, Thong JTL, Formation of α-Fe2O3 nanoflakes by heating Fe in air. Solid State Phenomena, 121-123, 45-48, 2007.

57.  Fu HX, Koh CG, Chen H, Lim CT, Experimental and numerical studies on B-DNA overstretching transition in presence of sodium ions at physiological temperature, Solid State Phenomena, 121-123, 1093-1096, 2007.

58.  Cheong FC, Zhu YW, Varghese B, Lim CT, Sow CH, Direct Synthesis of Tungsten Oxide Nanowires on Microscope Cover Glass, Advances in Science and Technology, 51, 1-6, 2006.

59.  Varghese B, Fook CC, Sindhu S, Yu T, Lim CT, Valiyaveettil S, Sow CH. Size Selective Assembly of Colloidal Particles on Template by Directed Self Assembly Technique. Langmuir, 22, 8248-8252, 2006.

60.  Lim CT, Vedula SRK, Lim TS, Kausalya PJ, Gunaretnam R, Hunziker W. Molecular interactions of tight junction proteins in cell-cell interaction. Journal of Biomechanics, 39, Supplement 1 (2006): S241.

61.  Li A, Mansoor AH, Tan KSW, Lim CT, Observations on the internal and surface morphology of malaria-infected blood cells using optical and atomic force microscopy, Journal of Microbiological Methods, 66, 3, 434-439, 2006.

62.  Chew SY, Hufnagel TC, Lim CT , Leong KW, Mechanical Properties of Single Electrospun Drug-Encapsulated Nanofibres. Nanotechnology, 17, 3880-3891, 2006.

63.  Tan EPS, Lim CT, Characterization of bulk properties of polymer nanofibrous scaffolds from nanomechanical properties of single nanofibers. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A, 77A, 3, 526-533, 2006.

64.  Li PH, Qu YL, Xu XJ, Zhu YW, Yu T, Chin KC, Mi J, Gao XY, Lim CT, Shen ZX, Wee ATS, Ji W, Sow CH, “Cactus” top-decorated aligned carbon nanotubes, Journal of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, 6, 4, 990-995, 2006.

65.  Tan EPS and Lim CT. Effects of annealing on the structural and mechanical properties of electrospun polymeric nanofibres. Nanotechnology, 17, 2649-2654, 2006.

66.  Zhang YZ, Wang Z, Feng Y, Li J, Lim CT, Ramakrishna S, Coaxial electrospinning of fitcBSA encapsulated PCL nanofibers for sustained release. Biomacromolecules, 7, 4, 1049-1057, 2006.

67.  Zhang YZ, Feng Y, Huang ZM, Ramakrishna A, Lim CT. Fabrication of Porous Electrospun Nanofibers, Nanotechnology, 17, 901-908, 2006.

68.  Yu T, Zhu YW, Xu XJ, Yeong KS, Shen ZX, Chen P, Lim CT, Thong JTL, Sow CH. Simple nanoscience: Substrate-friendly synthesis of metal oxide nanostructures using a hotplate. Small, 2, 1, 80-84, 2006.

69.  Zhang YZ, Venugopal J, Huang ZM, Lim CT, Ramakrishna S, Crosslinking of the electrospun gelatin nanofibers. Polymer, 47, 8, 2911-2917, 2006.

70.  Song T, Zhang YZ, Zhou TJ, Lim CT, Ramakrishna S. Encapsulation of self-assembled FePt magnetic nanoparticles in PCL nanofibers by coaxial electrospinning. Chemical Physics Letters, 415, 4-6, 317-322, 2005.

71.  Zhou EH, Lim CT, Quek ST, Finite Element Simulation of the Micropipette Aspiration of a Living Cell undergoing Large Viscoelastic Deformation, Mechanics of Advanced Materials & Structures, 12, 6, 501-512, 2005.

72.  Li J, Ni XP, Li X, Tan NK, Lim CT, Ramakrishna S, Leong KW, Micellization Phenomena of Biodegradable Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymers Consisting of Poly(β-hydroxyalkanoic acid) and Poly(ethylene oxide). Langmuir, 21, 19, 8681-8685, 2005.

73.  Tan EPS, Lim CT. Nanoindentation study of nanofibers. Applied Physics Letters, 87, 123106-123109, 2005.

74.  Zhang Y Z, J R Venugopal, Z M Huang, C T Lim and S Ramakrishna, Characterization of the surface biocompatibility of the electrospun PCL-collagen nanofibers using fibroblasts. Biomacromolecules, 6, 5, 2583-2589, 2005.

75.  Yu T, C H Sow, A Ganti Mahapatruni, F C Cheong, Y W Zhu, K C Chin, X J Xu, C T Lim, Z X Shen, J T L Thong, A T S Wee, Patterning and fusion of CuO nanorods with focused laser beam. Nanotechnology, 16, 8, 1238-1244, 2005.

76.  Hairul Nizam BR, Lim CT, Chng HK and Yap AUJ, Nanoindentation study of human premolar subjected to bleaching agent. Journal of Biomechanics, 38, 11, 2204-2211, 2005.

77.  Zhu Y W, T Yu, X J Xu, Y J Liu, C T Lim, A T S Wee, J T L Thong, C H Sow. Efficient field emission from alpha-Fe2O3 nanoflakes on an AFM tip. Applied Physics Letters, 87, 023103-1-023103-3, 2005.

78.  Yu,T, Zhu Y, Xu X, Shen Z, Chen P, Lim CT, Thong JTL, Sow CH, Controlled growth and field emission properties of cobalt oxide nanowalls, Advanced Materials, 17, 1595-1955, 2005.

79.  Li J Dao M, Lim CT, Suresh S, Spectrin-level modeling of the cytoskeleton and optical tweezers stretching of the erythrocyte, Biophysical Journal, 88, 3707-3719, 2005.

80.  Lim CT, Q Lan, EH Zhou, A Li, KSW Tan, JP Mills, M Dao, S Suresh, Connections between biomechanical states and the onset and progression of a malaria infected red blood cell. Biorheology, vol 40, no 12 (2005): 70.

81.  Zhou, EH, CT Lim, KSW Tan, MH Ammar, CH Lim, ST Quek, Quantitative evaluation of the capillary obstruction hypothesis in malaria pathology. Biorheology, vol 40, no 12 (2005): 66.

82.  Lim CT, A Li, KSW Tan, Atomic force microscopy study molecular interactions and host cell modification in malaria infection. Biorheology, vol 40, no 12 (2005): 65.

83.  Jiang H, Liu XY, Lim CT, Hsu CY, Ordering of self-assembled nanobiominerals in correlation to mechanical properties of hard tissues. Applied Physics Letters, 86, 163901-163903, 2005. (also in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, American Institute of Physics, vol 11, issue 16, 25 Apr 2005 & Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, American Institute of Physics & American Physical Society, vol 9, issue 8, 15 Apr 2005).

84.  Chng HK, Ramli HN, Yap AUJ and Lim CT, Effect of hydrogen peroxide on intertubular dentine. Journal of Dentistry, 33, 5, 363-369, 2005.

85.  Tan EPS, Goh CN, Sow CH and Lim CT, Tensile test of a single polymer nanofiber using an AFM tip. Applied Physics Letters, 86, 073115-073117, 2005. (also in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, American Institute of Physics, vol 11, issue 7, 21 Feb 2005 & Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, American Institute of Physics & American Physical Society, vol 9, issue 4, 15 Feb 2005)

86.  Tan EPS, Ng SY, Lim CT. Nano tensile testing of a single ultrafine polymeric nanofiber. Biomaterials, 26, 13, 1453-1456, 2005.

87.  Zhu YW, Cheong FC, Yu T, Xu XJ, Lim CT, Thong JTL, Shen ZX, Ong CK, Liu YJ, Wee ATS and Sow CH, Effects of CF4 plasma on the field emission properties of aligned multi-wall carbon nanotube films. Carbon, 43, 395-400, 2005.

88.  Zhu YW, Yu T, Cheong FC, Xu XJ, Lim CT, Tan VBC, Thong JTL, Sow CH, Large-scale synthesis and field emission properties of vertically oriented CuO nanowire films, Nanotechnology, 16, 88-92, 2005.

89.  Zhang YZ, Ouyang HW, Lim CT, Ramakrishna S and Huang ZM. Electrospinning of Gelatin fibers and Gelatin/PCL composite fibrous scaffolds. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 72B, 1, 156-165, 2005.

90.  Nai MH, Lim CT, Zeng K, Tan VBC, Nanoindentation study of polymer based nanocomposites. Journal of Metastable and Nanocrystalline Materials, 23, 363-366, 2005.

91.  Lim CT, Dao M, Suresh S, Sow CH, Chew KT, Large deformation of living cells using laser traps. Acta Materialia, 52, 7, 1837-1845, 2004

92.  Mills JP, Qie L, Dao M, Lim CT, Suresh S, Nonlinear Elastic and Viscoelastic Deformation of the Human Red Blood Cell with Optical Tweezers. Mechanics and Chemistry of Biosystems, 1, 3, 169-180, 2004.

93.  Tan EPS, Lim CT, Physical properties of a single polymeric nanofiber. Applied Physics Letters, 84, 9, 1603-1605, 2004. (also in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, American Institute of Physics, vol 9, issue 9, 8 March 2004)

94.  Tan EPS, Lim CT, A novel approach to tensile testing of micro- and nanoscale fibers. Review of Scientific Instruments. 75, 8, 2581-2585, 2004. (also in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, American Institute of Physics, vol 10, issue 10, 6 Sep 2004)

95.  Huang ZM, Zhang YZ, Ramakrishna S, Lim CT, Electrospinning and mechanical characterization of gelatin nanofibers. Polymer, 45, 15, 5361-5368, 2004.

96.  Zhang YZ, Huang ZM, Xu XJ, Lim CT, Ramakrishna S, Preparation of Core-Shell Structured PCL-r-Gelatin Bi-Component Nanofibers by Coaxial Electrospinning, Chemistry of Materials, 16, 18, 3406-3409, 2004.

97.  Sow CH, Bettiol AA, Lee YYG, Cheong FC, Lim CT, Watt F. Multiple-spots optical tweezers created with microlens array fabricated by proton beam writing. Applied Physics B, 78, 705-709, 2004.

98.  Yap AUJ, Chung SM, Chow WS, Tsai KT, Lim CT, Fracture resistance of compomer and composite restoratives. Operative Dentistry, 29, 1, 29-34, 2004.

99.  Chung SM, Yap AUJ, Koh WK, Tsai KT, Lim CT, Measurement of Poisson ratio of dental composite restorative materials. Biomaterials, 25, 13, 2455-2460, 2004.

100.        Dao M, Lim CT, Suresh S, Mechanics of the human red blood cell deformed using optical tweezers. Journal of the Mechanics & Physics of Solids, 51, 2259-2280, 2003.

101.        Yap AUJ, Lee MK, Chung SM, Tsai KT, Lim CT. Effect of food-simulating liquids on shear punch strength of composite and polyacid-modified restorative. Operative Dentistry 28, 5, 529-534, 2003.

 

some NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE

1.        Knowledge Enterprise, Mark of Excellence, Vol 9, No 3, Sep 2009.

2.     International Herald Tribune, “Research is a national priority”, 7 July 2009.

3.     The Straits Times, NUS team bags prize for cancer cell catcher, 19 Jun 2009.

4.     Newshub - NUS News Portal, Third Research Centre of Excellence at NUS, 20 February, 2009.

5.     Knowledge Enterprise, Unravelling mysteries behind the mechanics of diseases, February, Vol 8, No 7, 2009.

6.     Pharma Focus Asia Magazine, Cover Story-R&D at the Nano Scale, July, Iss 7, 2008.

7.     Radio International interview, Sep, 2007.

8.     Knowledge Enterprise, RESA, a culprit behind malaria, Jul 2007.

9.     Innovation magazine, Nanobiomechanics - An emerging technology to study human diseases, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2006.

10.  Lianhe Zaobao (National Chinese newspaper), National University of Singapore Centennial Professorships, 20 Jul 2006.

11.  The Alumnus, Operation Malaria, Issue no. 66, 16-17, Jul 2006.

12.  Knowledge Enterprise, An emerging technology: Nanobiomechanics, Jun 2006.

13.  The Straits Times: Pals use nanotech to study malaria, 8 Apr 2006.

14.  The New paper: NUS fusion technology making waves, 8 Apr 2006.

15.  MIT Technology Review, 10 Emerging Technologies and their impact: Nanobiomechanics, Mar/Apr 2006.

16.    Knowledge Enterprise, NUS hosts GEM4 secretariat: New paradigm in global interactions, Nov/Dec 2005.

17.    Asia Pacific Biotech (Special Issue - Bioengineering in Asia-Pacific), "Single cell mechanics & its connection to human diseases", vol. 9, No. 14, July 2005.

18.    Knowledge Enterprise, Stretching diseased red blood cells leads to outstanding paper award, Apr 2005.

19.    Materials Today, "Nanotools study disease in single cells", pg. 15, February 2005.

20.    MIT Tech Talk news, "Team engineers cell-deforming technique to help understand malaria", vol 49, issue 13, 15 Dec 2004.

21.    The Straits Times: 50 Young Singaporeans to Watch, 6 Nov 2004.

22.    Lianhe Zaobao (National chinese newspaper), 8 Oct 2004.

23.    Channel U Chinese News, 7 Oct 2004.

24.    Radio interview by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation under "Current Affairs", Channel 2, 2004.

25.    New Frontiers, Documentary, Apr 2004.

26.    Innovation Magazine: Optical Tweezers Provide New Insights into Malaria-Infected Red Blood Cells, 4, 3, pp.40, Sep 2003.

27.    The Straits Times, Science & Tech Section: NUS staff bid to crack malaria mystery, 14 Aug 2003.

28.    The New Scientist, World's No.1 Science & Technology News Section, 17 Jul 02.

29.    The Straits Times, Science & Tech Section: Bone collector working to end aches and pains, 10 Jun 2002.

30.    The Straits Times, Prime News Section: NUS Dons research unbreakable cell phones, 15 Jul 2002.

31.    Asia.internet.com, Nanotech News Section: Unleashing the Bionanotechnology Talent, 11 Jun 2002.