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Nanoscale Nuclear Patterning to Detect Nuclear Envelope Remodeling During Skin Cell Aging

Dr. Wenting Zhao | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Dr. Oliver Dreesen | A*STAR, Skin Research Lab, Singapore; Prof. Isabella Saggio | Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Competition Sponsor: Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of Singapore
Awardee year: 2022
A significant hallmark of aging is the deterioration of…

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Variable Stiffness Wrist Brace for Parkinson’s Tremor Suppression

Asst. Prof. Wang Yifan | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Chung Lau Ha, Co-I (TTSH); Wei Tech Ang, Co-I (NTU)
Competition Sponsor: Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of Singapore
Awardee year: 2022 In Singapore, three out of every 1000 individuals aged 50 and above have Parkinson’s disease (PD).…

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Screening for therapeutic targets of NOTCH2NLC gene non-coding CGG repeat expansions associated neurodegeneration

Assistant Professor Zhou Zhi Dong, MD, PhD | National Neuroscience Institute (NNI); Professor Tan Eng King, MBBS, MRCP (United Kingdom), FAMS (Neurology), FRCP (Edinburgh) | National Neuroscience Institute (NNI)
Competition Sponsor: Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of Singapore
Awardee year: 2022 Recently, pathogenic non-coding CGG repeat expansions…

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Peptide-based eye drop as non-invasive treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

Dr Wenqian Chen | National University of Singapore; A/Prof. Lakshminarayanan Rajamani | SERI
Competition Sponsor: Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of Singapore
Awardee year: 2022 This project develops the first topical non-invasive formulation (in the form of eye drop) to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is…

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Cross-species drug screening for sarcopenia

Tang Hong-Wen | Duke-NUS Medical School
Competition Sponsor: Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of Singapore
Awardee year: 2022 Sarcopenia, as characterized by the progressive decline in muscle mass, function and quality, commonly occurs with aging and is associated with increased risks of falls, morbidity, and mortality. Increased…

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An evaluation of the validity, reliability and acceptability of a virtual reality system in assessing cognitive function using mixed methods

Clinical A/P (Dr) Tan Ngiap Chuan, MBBS, MMed, FAMS | SingHealth Polyclinics; Prof (Dr) Ng Chirk Jenn, MBBS, MMed, PhD | SingHealth Polyclinics; Lim Jie En, B.Eng | SingHealth Polyclinics; Koh Yi Ling Eileen, B.Sc.| SingHealth Polyclinics
Competition Sponsor: Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of…

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Development of a personalized medicine strategy for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) therapeutic

Simon Nusinovici |Singapore Eye Research Institute; Tham Yih Chung, Co-I | SERI; Zhou Lei, Co-I | SERI; Teo Yi; Chong Kelvin | SNEC
Competition Sponsor: Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of Singapore
Awardee year: 2022 Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness…

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Developing modelling infrastructure to establish the population at risk of frailty and the effectiveness of nationwide interventions until 2050

Assistant Professor Borame Sue Lee Dickens | National University Singapore (NUS); A/Prof Alex Cook | NI; Dr Tan Ken Wei | NUS
Competition Sponsor: Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of Singapore
Awardee year: 2022 The aim of this study is to create an individual based model designed to…

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Artificial Intelligence modelling approach to Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for Haematology-Oncology patients

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Ageing in Solitude: Perception and Health among Older Adults

Assistant Professor Peter Tay, PhD | Singapore Institute of Technology; Assistant Professor Nadya Patel |EdD
Competition Sponsor: Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of Singapore
Awardee year: 2022 Being alone can be a negative or positive experience and little is known about the health benefits associated with…

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