Principal Investigator Harvey Lodish
Co-investigators Jianzhu Chen , Jacob White , Roy Welsch , Peter So
Project Website http://csbi.mit.edu/research/singapore.html
Project Start Date February 2005
Founded in 1998, the Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) is an innovative engineering and life science educational and research collaboration among three leading research universities in the world: the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
SMA's Vision is to be a premier and unparalleled interactive distance educational and research enterprise that is internationally recognized and that attracts the very best engineering and life sciences graduate students and researchers from Singapore and all over Asia.
SMA Mission:
(*) Attract and develop talented human capital for Singapore industries, universities, and research establishments;(*) Provide a platform for organizational learning that will raise the general level of all the partner institutions;(*) Create world-class educational programs and high-impact research initiatives in areas crucial to the growth of Singapore’s economy;(*) Foster strong academia-industry-research institute linkages and collaborations providing the basis for an enduring and viable partnership;(*) Establish a standard for quality, diversity, integrity, commitment, and service to the global knowledge community.
The Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) is an innovative engineering education and research collaboration among the National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Founded in November, 1998 to promote global engineering education and research, SMA brings together the resources of three premiere academic institutions, while providing students with unlimited access to exceptional faculty expertise and superior research facilities.
The goal of the Tissue Systems Biology project is to take a systematic and quantitative approach to study problems in tissue biology including stem cell differentiation, tissue morphogenesis and physiology, and tissue-based disease models. This program is part of the Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) program aimed at creating academic partnerships that enable economic advancement in Singapore and elsewhere in the world through education and research.
SMA combines a focus on creativity and entrepreneurship with an intense, hands-on approach to research. Graduates will comprise some of the industry's best-educated professionals, both in the growing economy of Singapore and in industrial centres across the globe. This groundbreaking collaboration among NUS, NTU and MIT represents an unwavering commitment to promoting engineering innovation and excellence.