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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 10h
Thankful for the feature in this issue of Stem Cell Reports' "Voices", together with many other eminent stem cell scientists (Shinya, Sonja, Hans, Hongmei, Laurent, Indumathi and Wei) globally. #stemcells #iPSC #research #celltherapy #imcb #astar #NUS www.cell.com/stem-cell-re...
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Voices: What impact has iPSC technology had on your research and/or field?
Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology has advanced at a much faster pace than I had ever imagined when we published our first paper in 2006. Over the past 20 years, outstanding researchers w...
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It’s my honour and pleasure to attend the Asia Organoid Consortium meeting organised by KoBIA. I shared on the R&D ecosystem in SG, efforts from SCSS, our annual Organoid Day, and efforts from A*STAR, IMCB, Cellular Engineering and Therapy (CET) Division. #organoids #nams #scss #imcb #astar
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Our CET BET Division at IMCB hosted an excellent talk by Prof Gao Guangping from UMass. Stem Cell Society Singapore hosted dinner for ISCT Asia speakers Prof Gao, Dr Mahendra Rao and KSSCR President Ju Ji Hyeon. Strengthening global networks in CGT! #celltherapy #imcb #astar #scss #ksscr #aascrm
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Happy Birthday, Singapore! Despite all odds, we’ll continue to strive, and overcome together as one!
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It was my great honour to be invited to the 10th Thailand Society for Stem Cell Research meeting to give a Keynote update on the Trends of Stem Cell-based Models for Diabetes. Met old friends and made many new ones! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Summing up my time at Isscr 2026. Really happy to have met lots of former colleagues and friends. Here, Anne, mentor and friend, Paul from CHOP and Isscr Early Career Award winner Kyle from Stanford. #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
AT Lab +1 at ISSCR 2026. Team dinner to cap off a wonderful trip and time. Learnings and reflections. The last time we were able to do so was pre Covid. Looking forward to the next one! #atlab #stemcells #organoids #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Isscr 2026 Day 3. Close partnership with Kelvin Hui from CiRA, Nick from Vallier lab days, Guy, friend, mentor and collaborator from CrChum, and Robert from ESI days. #isscr #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Isscr 2026 Day 2. Euodia presents our work on Smad9 in beta cells published in CDDis (IF: 12.2). Caught up with Ken from Nyuad, Hideyuki, current president of Isscr, and Dhruv, ED CBC. #isscr #stemcells #diabetes #research #organoids #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Asian Alliance for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine (AASCRM) hub meeting and social get together. Making it happen at Isscr 2026. A strong partnership ahead for stem cells, organoids and cell therapy in Asia! #aascrm #scss #csscr #jsrm #ksscr #stemcells #organoids #celltherapy
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Meeting friends and colleagues at Isscr 2026. Andy and Ryan from Stem Cell Technologies, Sasha, a tenured faculty at IMBA, Max, a new faculty at reNEW, and Tomoko from Celvivo. #isscr #stemcells #organoids #research
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
AT Lab at ISSCR 2026 in Montreal 🇨🇦! A rare opportunity to have numerous lab members at the same conference far away from Singapore 🇸🇬 ! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Had a great time hosting our CET BET Division Group Leaders for a team bonding, to strengthen our community, to chart greater heights for cell therapy, gene therapy, organoid, NAMs, for Astar and Singapore! #cgt #organoids #research #imcb #astar
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Wishing Claire Neo and Kally Tan all the best for the next phase of their careers! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
AT Lab Sports Day 2026! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Thanks to all PhD students from AT Lab for their generous letters of support. We have had many PhD students come through a difficult journey. NUS standards are high, where we get them rigorously trained. Where we have not done well enough, we will try to do better! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
At IMCB, besides pursuing research excellence in Cellular and Biomolecular Engineering, we are also charting our path toward therapeutics. Delighted to welcome HSA colleagues to continue our conversations in this collective journey. #cgt #genetherapy #celltherapy #organoids #nams #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Absolutely wonderful to host Profs Decio and Miriam, world experts on beta cells and diabetes, for lab sharing and deep scientific discussions! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb#astar#nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Thank you Jeremy Ng for the kind invite to speak at this Regional Conference on Precision Health in KL! Great to catch up with many from Singapore and friends from Malaysia! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #precisionmedicine #research #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Happy to share our paper led by Euodia Lim on identifying new genes involved in human pancreatic beta cell differentiation, now online in Cell Death & Disease! www.nature.com/articles/s41... #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #IMCB #ASTAR #NUS
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RNA-seq at different stages of human pancreatic β cell differentiation reveals proliferation dynamics and SMAD9 in directing β cell fate - Cell Death & Disease
Cell Death & Disease - RNA-seq at different stages of human pancreatic β cell differentiation reveals proliferation dynamics and SMAD9 in directing β cell fate
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Thank you Prof Toh Han Chong for guest lecturing our Precision Medicine students on immunotherapy and showing them around NCCS! #precisionmedicine #celltherapy
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
恭祝大家马到成功! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Happy to share our latest work led by Wei Xuan & Shabrina, in close collaboration with Prof Guy Rutter. Studying the role of T2D associated gene Stard10 in human beta cells for Precision Medicine! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus www.cell.com/stem-cell-re...
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STARD10 regulates human pancreatic β cell differentiation and triglyceride metabolism
Teo and colleagues uncovered the role of T2D-associated STARD10 lipid transfer protein in human beta cells. They found STARD10 to be important for proliferation and INS+ beta cell formation. Loss of S...
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Thank you Dr. Yue Wan, her postdoc Theo, and team from GIS in hosting our students from the MSc in Precision Health and Medicine for our module on Precision Therapeutics! #precisionmedicine #research #nus #astar
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Sincere thanks Jingmei for this nice gift (stem cell; beta cell) for me and the AT Lab! Jingmei and I had a very fun, fruitful and meaningful partnership as Director of Graduate Affairs, supporting BMRC Astar scholars. #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Congratulations to our 9th PhD graduate, Dewei Kong from AT Lab! We are all very proud of your development in the past 4 years. All the best for your next exciting journey! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Our lab specialises on Stem Cells, Beta Cells and Diabetes. Naturally, we think a lot about glucose and what hyperglycaemia means. Have a read on our latest review in Nat Rev Endo to find out more! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Models of hyperglycaemia in diabetes mellitus and its complications - Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Many different models are used in research into diabetes mellitus, and each has strengths and limitations. In this Review, the authors explain several in vivo and in vitro models of hyperglycaemia and...
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
AT Lab Year-End Gathering and Appreciation 2025. Team bonding at Superpark, BBQ and post dinner drinks. Thankful for everyone’s hardwork in 2025, and certainly getting recharged for 2026 to come! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Together with Stem Cell Tech and NUS Precision Medicine Translational Research Programme, we at IMCB are co-hosting the 3rd Organoid Day on 12 Feb 2026. Highly relevant for NAMs. Come sign up and join us! #stemcells #organoids #nams #imcb #astar #nus www.stemcell.com/forms/organo...
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Back for the Third Time: Organoid Day 2026!
Organoid Day returns with expert talks and the latest research in 3D cell culture. Sign up now—spaces are limited!
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
An absolute delight to have been invited to Taiwan Society for Stem Cell Research (TSSCR) to give a talk. Lots of excellent science, meeting Prof Teh from SG, many other colleagues and making new connections with Taiwan! More photos to follow. #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
14 November is World Diabetes Day. #diabetes worlddiabetesday.org
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World Diabetes Day
Let's talk about well-being for a better diabetes life. Diabetes and well-being is the theme for World Diabetes Day 2024-26.
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Some of the AT Lab folks attending our Annual Stem Cell Society Symposium 2025. Learning more about stem cells and cell therapy! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #celltherapy #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Happy to meet old friends and make new ones. Thank you Kenichiro Kamei and Jeremy Teo for the kind invite to NYUAD in Abu Dhabi for a Living Therapeutics talk! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #celltherapy #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Come sign up and join us at the next Asian Alliance for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Webinar! This time round we visit the heart 💖. #stemcells #research #scss #aascrm www.stemcell.org.sg/aascrm10nov2...
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AASCRM Webinar 10 Nov 25
Date:   10  Nov 2025 (Monday) Time:   11am  -  12:30 pm (SGT) Format: Virtual (Zoom Meeting) Hosts:  Shigeru MIYAGAWA , Osaka University, Japan (JSRM) Jaecheol LEE , Sungkyunkwan University,...
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Thankful for the invite and warm hospitality. Had a good time meeting new friends and colleagues from Malaysia, working in academia and research, on cardiovascular and metabolic disease. #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Year 2 Ph.D. students Aloysius and Ryan clinched some awards at the IMCB Ph.D. Symposium. Yeah! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #CMTDivision #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
At IMCB CMT Division, with A*STAR BMRC CGT Flagship, & SCSS, we partner with friends at CiRA, JSRM, to level up hiPSCs and their utility for organoids & therapeutics. Join them in Kyoto! #imcb #astar #nus #scss #aascrm #CiRA #jsrm #stemcells #celltherapy www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
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iPSCs: Progress, Opportunities, and Challenges | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on iPSCs: Progress, Opportunities, and Challenges, January 2026, in Kyoto, with field leaders!
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
It was our pleasure at Stem Cell Society Singapore (SCSS) to have esteemed Mahendra Rao visit us, share his wisdom on stem cells, cell therapy, and how to cross over from excellent science to industry and therapeutic strategies! #stemcells #celltherapy #scss #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The Cell and Molecular Therapy (CMT) Division at IMCB was privileged to support our Singapore MediaCorp with the filming of their drama. They were very kind to send us mooncakes. Exciting ⭐ struck experience that we’ll share later! #CMTDivision #stemcells #celltherapy #imcb #astar #scss
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Some of us at the Cell and Molecular Therapy (CMT) Division in IMCB had a very nice exchange and engagement with colleagues from the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Singapore. Thank you for having us! #CMTDivision #celltherapy #cgt #imcb #astar #singapore
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Thank you L&OD/IMCB/A*STAR for the opportunity to attend the LDP at CCL. Had a great time meeting others, seeing their leadership perspectives and certainly deep introspection on self for Curiosity (mind), Compassion (heart) and Courage (act). #leadership #imcb #astar
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Do sign up and join us for the Sep series of AASCRM webinar. This time we discuss on the pancreas! #stemcells #celltherapy #scss #aascrm www.stemcell.org.sg/aascrm2sep25...
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AASCRM Webinar 2 Sep 25
Date:   2  Sep 2025 (Tuesday) Time:   11am  -  12:30 pm (SGT) Format: Virtual (Zoom Meeting) Hosts:    Lin LIN ,   Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of...
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
KSSCR, CSSCR, JSRM & SCSS coming together for the Asian Alliance for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine (AASCRM) board meeting. ASSCR & ISSCR in attendance. Exciting partnerships to grow stem cell science and cell therapy in Asia! #stemcells #celltherapy #scss #aascrm
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Having a wonderful time at KSSCR, giving a talk on beta cells and insulin, and networking with JiHwan Song, Joseph Wu and Dongho Choi. #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus #scss #ksscr
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Done with 2 talks, sharing on Stem Cell Therapies for Diabetes and our research efforts. Next week on invited talk at the Korean Society for Stem Cell Research (KSSCR) Annual Meeting. Looking forward to expand networks in Asia! #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #celltherapy #imcb #astar #nus #scss #aascrm
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Our pleasure to welcome Dr Taan from Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol Uni to SG. Had a lovely chat and engagement with all from AT Lab! Working towards deciphering the genetics of diabetes & impact on beta cell biology together. #atlab #stemcells #diabetes #research #imcb #astar #nus
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
A*STAR RSC Tech Discovery Day 2025! Thanks Dr. Tan Wei Xuan for sharing some of our capabilities in the lab. #atlab #diabetes #research
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Hi all! Join us on 12 Aug Tue 1100-1230 SGT for our monthly AASCRM webinar. This time round, we bring you exciting science on hematopoiesis! #stemcells #celltherapy #scss #aascrm #research www.stemcell.org.sg/aascrm12aug2...
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AASCRM Webinar 12 Aug 25
Date:   12  Aug 2025 (Tuesday) Time:   11am  -  12:30 pm (SGT) Format: Virtual (Zoom Meeting) Hosts:    Dong-Myoung SHIN , University of Ulsan College of Medicine, South Korea          ...
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The Cell Therapy scene is heating up! Join us at the ACTO where there will be further discussions on Cell Therapy in Asia. I'll also share on our work and perspectives relating to hPSC-derived islets for diabetes! hashtag#celltherapy hashtag#research lnkd.in/gRZUXWRA
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Adrian Teo @drainteo.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
AT Lab at the annual Singapore Cell and Gene Therapy (SCGT) 2025 meeting co organised by A*STAR, SGH/Remedis and ACTRIS. Lots of excellent science working towards cell and gene therapy! #atlab #stemcells #celltherapy #research #scgt
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