Lab Members

The lab comprises of researchers from various disciplines including cell and developmental biology, biophysics, medicine, and computational biology.

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Shailaja Seetharaman, PhD

Principal Investigator,

Mechanobiology Institute

Assistant Professor (Presidential Young Professor)

Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Contact: shailaja [dot] seetharaman [at] gmail [dot] com,

shailaja [at] nus [dot] edu [dot] sg

Hana Maldivita Tambrin, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow,

Mechanobiology Institute

PhD: Cell Biology, Nanyang Technological University, 2024

Contact: hana [dot] tambrin [at] nus [dot] edu [dot] sg

Brandon Goh Yeow Wee, PhD

Research Assistant,

Mechanobiology Institute

Bachelor of Engineering: Bioengineering, Nanyang Technological University, 2025

Contact: wuyaohui [at] nus [dot] edu [dot] sg

We are recruiting at all levels -

Undergraduates, Masters, and Research Assistants: Please send me your CV with contact information of referees. Undergraduates interested in summer training should apply through the MUST Programme.

PhD: Please send me your CV with contact information of three referees and research interests. Please also check out the Mechanobiology Institute PhD Programme, and the NUS School of Medicine PhD Programme and the associated application.

Postdocs and Research Associates: Please send me your CV with a list of publications, a short description of your past and future research interests, and contact information of three referees.