High-Throughput MolecularGenetics Core
February 25, 2026
Director and Distinguished Professor
Prof Li joined the MBI from Johns Hopkins University, where she was a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the School of Medicine and the Whiting School of Engineering since 2015. Prof Li is also the director of the Center for Cell Dynamics at the School of Medicine’s Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences.
Prof Li is a globally respected leader in the study of cellular dynamics and mechanics. Her interdisciplinary research integrates genetics, quantitative imaging, biophysical measurements, mathematical modelling, genomics and proteomics — to understand how eukaryotic cells transmit their genomes, adapt to the environment, and establish distinct organisation to perform specialised functions. She has made seminal discoveries in the regulation of cell division, cell polarity, the actin cytoskeleton, aneuploidy and proteostasis. The insights gained from her research have contributed to the fundamental understanding of cancer and age-related diseases.
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10-03C, Level 10 T-Lab
National University of Singapore
5A Engineering Drive 1
Singapore 117411
Rong Li Lab: Cell Dynamics and Mechanics in Development, Aging and Adaptation
Rong Li Lab (Johns Hopkins): Cellular asymmetry, division & evolution
Professor Rong Li came from Johns Hopkins University where she served as the Director of the Center for Cell Dynamics in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She has had over 25 years of independent research on cellular dynamics and mechanics employing interdisciplinary approaches. She was recruited to NUS in 2019 as the second Director of MBI succeeding Professor Michael Sheetz.
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