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NTU Integrated Medical, Biological and Environmental Life Sciences Cluster (NIMBELS)

Addressing many of today’s health and environmental challenges through synergistic life sciences partnerships

About Us

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NIMBELS is a strategic venture that brings together six NTU entities with a view to integrating and coordinating research in life sciences.
We collaborate on initiatives bringing together our expertise across to promote synergistic and interdisciplinary partnerships that are critical to addressing many of today’s health and environmental challenges.

Research Focus

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Former NTU research fellow and first author of the paper, Zhang Yiming (left); NTU LKCMedicine Assoc Prof Yusuf Ali; NTU principal research fellow Dr Huang Yingying

LKC Medicine

- Metablic Disorders
- Infesction & Immunity
- Neuroscience & Mental
- Health Dermatology & Skin Biology

A unique biomarker to detect tumour cells and treat the disease at the same time​

SBS

- Structural Biology
- Infectious Disease
- Cell Biology
- Immunology
- Chemical Biology

SCELSE

- Microbial Communities & Biofilms
- Environmental & Host Microbiomes
- Environmental Engineering & Sustainability

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NISB

- Structural Biology
- Chromosome Biology & Health

SCBE

- Chemical Engineering
- Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
- Translational Healthcare and Biomedical Technology
- Food Science and Technology

SPMS

- Chemistry and Biological Chemistry
- Mathematical sciences
- Physics and Applied Physics

Research Capabilities

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NIMBELS relies on the expertise, capabilities and facilities of its entities (LKCMedicine, SBS, SCELSE, NISB, SPMS and SCBE) to foster strong synergistic links.