PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Siew Cheng received her PhD in Cell Biology from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her vision for the lab is to lead the intersection between molecular & systems neuroscience, especially in areas of cognition & learning.

Research Fellow

Zhuangli received her PhD from National University of Singapore. She will be applying her biochemistry expertise to investigate neuronal mechanisms related to goal-directed learning and motor learning. She is co-mentored by Prof Low Boon Chuan.

PhD STUDENT

Arinjay received his MSc in Bioengineering from Imperial College London. He is our computational pro, applying machine learning tools to decode behavioral, anatomical & neural data related to goal-directed learning.

MSC STUDENT

Giri is a BS-MS dual degree programme student from IISER Pune. He is working on the elusive role of neuronal cilia in transducing circadian signals.

LAB MANAGER

Nidhi received her BSc (Hons) in Medical Microbiology from the University of Leeds. She is investigating the role of oncogenic signaling in BLA-mediated anxiety and fear memory.

RESEARCH SPECIALIST

Ricardo received his BSc in Biotechnology from Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia. He is developing expertise in a range of neurobiology skills in our lab.

STUDENT, LIFE SCIENCE/ COM SCIENCE (FYP, 4th year)

Andrew will be investigating the role of neuronal cilia in mediating dopamine signaling underlying reinforcement learning.

STUDENT, LIFE SCIENCE (Intern, 4th year)

Alyssa is working towards understanding the role of oncogenic signaling in BLA-mediated anxiety and fear memory.

STUDENT, LIFE SCIENCE/PUBLIC HEALTH (UROPS, 4th year)

Ethan is working towards understanding the role of cilia in circadian signaling.

STUDENT, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING/ LIFE SCIENCE (UROPS, 3rd year)

Xing Hwee is applying his computational skills to understand the neural mechanism in dorsomedial striatum underlying cognitive flexibility.

STUDENT, LIFE SCIENCE (UROPS, 3rd year)

Jie Min will be joining us soon for her UROPS!

STUDENT, LIFE SCIENCE (UROPS, 2nd year)

Francesca is mastering confocal microscopy & image analysis to illuminate the signaling function of dopaminergic axon-cilium contacts.

STUDENT. BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (UROPS, 3rd year)

Lilin is working towards using RL models to understand the role of neuronal cilia in shaping goal-directed learning processes.

STUDENT, LIFE SCIENCE (Intern, 2nd year)

Jerome is developing molecular actuators to manipulate dopaminergic axon-cilium contacts.