Rapid Liposomal Assay for Beta-hemolytic Microorganisms
27 September 2017, Singapore – A team of researchers led by Dr Ian Cheong from Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) has successfully created a miniaturized and cost-effective test kit for bacterial pathogen detection. The new rapid test kit can produce highly accurate results in hours, a remarkable improvement over the current conventional method using red…
Dr Yin Zhongchao named Singapore’s Outstanding Rice Scientist for 2017 ASEAN Rice Science and Technology Ambassadors Award
07 August 2017, Philippines – Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) congratulates Dr Yin Zhongchao on being conferred the Outstanding Rice Scientist of Singapore at the ASEAN Rice Science and Technology Ambassadors Award. This award recognizes Dr Yin’s outstanding scientific research in the field of understanding bacterial diseases in rice as well as his positive contribution…
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore makes its First Deposit with Norwegian’s Svalbard Global Seed Vault
10 October 2016, Norway and Singapore – Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL), the Norway’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food (MAF) and the Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen) are pleased to announce Singapore’s first deposit in the Norwegian’s Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a fail-safe seed storage facility that was designed and built to protect crop seeds…
Singapore’s Temasek Rice Developed by TLL Scientists for Regional Food Security
6 August 2016, Singapore – Scientists at Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) have successfully developed a fragrant rice variety – Temasek Rice, that possesses superior grain quality, is high in dietary fibre and imbued with traits that can mitigate threats from factors such as climate change. This will help contribute to longer-term food security for…
Professor Chua Nam Hai joins Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory as NRF’s Returning Singaporean Scientist
08 January 2016, Singapore –Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) is pleased to congratulate Professor Chua Nam Hai on being a recipient of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapore’s Returning Singaporean Scientists Scheme. This award will enable Prof Chua to establish his research activities in TLL, which will have both strategic and economic relevance to Singapore.
Scientists at Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Discover a Novel Fungal Biocatalyst and Regulator that Shut Down Plant Immunity
02 September 2015, Singapore – Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) is pleased to announce the breakthrough discovery on understanding a plant’s natural response to a fungal infection. These findings have been published as a research article in the prestigious international journal Nature Chemical Biology.
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore and Anhui Rice Research Institute, China Collaborate on Rice Research and Manpower Training
6 March 2015, China and Singapore – Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) and Anhui Rice Research Institute (ARRI) of Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences are pleased to announce the successful joint development of an improved rice variety, TS4, which has desirable traits such as shorter plant height and growth duration, low amylase content as well…