MiRXES Scientific Advisory Board
Our scientific advisory board (SAB) provides external scientific review of our research and development activities and strategy.
The MiRXES SAB is chaired by MiRXES co-founder Prof. Too Heng-Phon and comprises distinguished clinicians and scientists who are recognized as experts in their respective fields,
Scientific Advisory Board members
Prof. Frank Slack
PhD
- Shields Warren Mallinckrodt Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Director, Harvard Medical School Initiative for RNA Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Co-discoverer of the second known microRNA and the first human microRNA.
Prof. Yeoh Khay Guan
MBBS, MMed, FRCP (London), FRCP (Glasg), FAMS
- Irene Tan Liang Kheng Professor in Medicine and Oncology, National University of Singapore
- Senior Consultant, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National University Hospital
- Lead Principal Investigator, Singapore Gastric Cancer Consortium
- Chairman, National Colorectal Cancer Screening Committee, Health Promotion Board, Ministry of Health, Singapore.
- Chief Executive, National University Health System
- Senior Vice President (Health Affairs), National University of Singapore
Prof. Takahiro Ochiya
PhD
- Professor of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University
- Chief Scientific Officer, Theoria Science
- President, Japanese Society for Extracellular Vesicles
Prof. Chng Wee Joo
MB ChB, PhD, MRCP, DipRCPath, MRCPath
- Director, National University Cancer Institute, National University Health System
- Group Director of Research, National University Health System
- Deputy Director & Senior Principal Investigator, Cancer Science Institute, Singapore
- Vice Dean of Research & Provost’s Chair Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
- Chief Medical Advisor, MiRXES
Prof. Too Heng-Phon
PhD
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore
- Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
- Co-founder & SAB Chairman, MiRXES
Prof. Tan Soo Yong
MBBS, DipRCPath, FRCPath, DMJ (Path), DPhil (Oxon)
- Associate Professor of Medicine, National University of Singapore
- Head & Senior Consultant, Department of Pathology, National University Hospital
- Senior Consultant, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore
- Senior Principal Investigator, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR
Prof. Lam Kong Peng
PhD
- Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, National University of Singapore
- Executive Director, Singapore Immunology Network, A*STAR