NTU Opens Southeast Asia’s First Nanomedicine Research Institute

NTU has established a research institute in nanomedicine that will focus on developing solutions in diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, ophthalmology and skin therapeutics.

AsianScientist (Nov. 11, 2013) – NTU has established a S$60 million research institute in nanomedicine that will focus on developing solutions in four core areas – diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, ophthalmology and skin therapeutics.

The new Nanomedicine Institute@NTU will be headed by Professor Subbu Venkatraman, Chair of NTU’s School of Materials Science and Engineering, with nanotechnology expert Professor Chad Mirkin from Northwestern University as the chairman of its advisory committee.

Set to be Southeast Asia’s first research institute in nanomedicine, the Singapore-based institute will work with International Institute of Nanotechnology (IIN), based in Northwestern University, as its main collaborative partner.

NTU Provost, Professor Freddy Boey, a serial inventor and a nanoscience expert, said the new institute will build upon the university’s success in nanomaterials to develop diagnostic and therapeutic medicine that will address medical needs which are currently unmet.

“There are still many, many unmet medical needs, for example, in the area of diabetes. This effort will help Singapore and NTU to be at the forefront in developing disruptive solutions for unmet medical needs globally,” said Professor Freddy Boey.

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Source: NTU; Photo: rpongsaj/Flickr/CC.
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