08/2026: Lay Lab attended A*STAR Skin Research Labs' Away Day
08/2026: Welcome Eleanor as NTU FYP student
07/2026: Welcome Kim as Research Officer
05/2026: Kenneth organized A*STAR Skin Research Labs' Skin Disease Theme Retreat, where all theme lab members got to know one another, learn about the latest science in the theme and go head to head in a bowling competition
05/2026: Celebrating Jiah Shin and Franco's grant success with a well-deserved lab lunch
03/2026: Franco is awarded A*STAR's Career Development Fund (CDF)!
02/2026: Welcome Finja as intern
01/2026: Jiah Shin is awarded NMRC's Open Fund-Young individual research grant (OF-YIRG), an independent national level grant!
01/2026: Welcome Kim as NTU FYP student
12/2025: Lay Lab year-end Christmas party. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
12/2025: Welcome Mandy as Research Fellow
11/2025: Lay Lab was involved in hosting the 6th Singapore International Skin Conference
10/2025: Congratulations on Jiah Shin's start-up Argonaute Lifesciences featured at Switch 2025!
10/2025: Welcome Jonathan as Senior Research Officer
08/2025: Kenneth is awarded the A*STAR Fellowship! Read about it in this LinkedIn feature and A*STAR Research: Driving Science to New Horizons
08/2025: Kenneth is appointed as A*STAR Skin Research Labs' Research Theme Lead in Skin Disease to help advance strategic and scientific direction of the institute
06/2025: Welcome Ju Hea as Research Officer
05/2025: Welcome Venus as NTU FYP student
04/2025: Jiah Shin represented A*SRL and shared her work on chronic wounds at Taiwan Regenerative Medicine Summit
03/2025: Jiah Shin is awarded A*STAR's Career Development Fund (CDF), an early career research grant!
03/2025: Welcome Aisha Saleem as ARAP PhD student
03/2025: Kenneth presented his joint lab work on skin organoids as invited speaker and panellist at Organoid Day 2025, a 1-day symposium organized by STEMCELL Technologies
02/2025: Lay Lab participated in A*SRL Away Day, where staff and students share scientific updates, foster collaborations and strengthen working relationships
02/2025: Kenneth attended the EMBO Lab Leadership Course, along with stellar scientists selected from across Singapore. A premium avenue to develop your leadership skills and lead your lab to advance the frontiers of science
From left: Kenneth, Giulia Adriani (SIgN, A*STAR), Liang Wei Wang (SIgN, A*STAR), Lynn Yap (LKCMedicine, NTU), Boxiang Liu (NUS Pharmacy), Céline Carret (EMBO course instructor), Bin Wu (NTU SBS), Brandon Morinaka (NUS Pharmacy), Kok Hao Chen (GIS, A*STAR), Hong Yong Peh (LSI Immunology, NUS) and Dennis Kappei (NUS Biochemistry)
01/2025: Welcome Elise Lauw as NTU FYP student