Employment

• Group Leader (Fat Metabolism and Stem Cell Group), Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (Current)
• Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders Program, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (Current)
• Senior Research Associate, Salk Institute for Biological Studies (2010)
• Research Associate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Salk Institute for Biological Studies (2003-2009)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Dartmouth Medical School (2003)

Research Interests

• Developmental origin of adipocytes
• Clinical application of adipose-derived stem cells.

Professional Activities

• Organizing Committee, 2012 joint symposium of Stem Cell Society Singapore (SCSS) and International Society of Cell Therapy (ISCT)
• Member of International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
• Advisory Board for 4th Annual Advances in Stem Cell Discovery Conference.

Awards and Honour

• Kakiuchi Yoshinobu Memorial Award, Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies
• ISSCR Travel Award
• Salk Institute Society for Research Fellows Travel Grant

Publications

• Epigenetic Codes of PPARγ in Metabolic Disease
• iPS Cell Derivation from Human and Mouse Adipose Stem Cells
• Human and Mouse Adipose-Derived Cells Support Feeder Independent Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells
• PPARγ Activation in Adipocytes Is Sufficient for Systemic Insulin Sensitization
• Roles of Endogenously Synthesized Sterols in the Endocytic Pathway