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NI LAB
NUS Diagnostic Radiology

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Principal Investigator

Dr Ni Qianqian

Assistant Professor Ni Qianqian

Member of Italian Chemical Society 2024 - Present

B.Med., Nanjing University (Clinical Medicine)

PhD., Nanjing University (Medical Imaging and Nuclear medicine)

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health (Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine)

Dr. Ni received her MD and PhD from Nanjing University, and finished her PhD training at National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA). After postdoc training in National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)/NIH, she joined NUS School of Medicine and started her Assistant Professorship from 2021. Her research over the past five years focused on applying nanotechnologies for DNA/RNA delivery: 1) nucleic acid nanomedicine for cancer immunomodulation and cancer theranostics, 2) novel lipid nanoparticle technologies for mRNA delivery. Her research in radiology includes applying new artificial intelligence techniques for diagnosis. She has published >40 papers and filed 2 patents applications. Her research has been granted by multiple research fundings from NUS, Ministry of Education (MOE), National Medical Research Council (NMRC) and National Research Foundation (NRF), Singapore.

AWARDS:

Rising Talents of Precision Nanomedicine 2024

Welman’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence 2018

Shi Le Hui Fellowship 2017-2018

National Doctoral Fellowship 2016

NJU Graduate Scholarship 2014

People’s Scholarship 2012-2013

Basic Subject Forum Award 2012

People’s Scholarship 2011-2012

NJU Excellent Teaching Assistant Award 2009-2010

qqian.ni@nus.edu.sg

Research Fellow

Li Benhao

Li Benhao

benhaoli@nus.edu.sg

Benhao obtained his Bachelor's Degree from Northwest A&F University. Then, he received his PhD. Degree from Fudan University in 2020. His current research focuses on NIR bioimaging biosensing, and gene therapy.

Zhang Miao

Zhang Miao

zhang-m@nus.edu.sg

Zhang Miao graduated from Peking University in 2010, where he obtained his B.Sc. in Pharmacy and M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences. He then worked as senior formulation scientist in the R&D department of Pfizer pharmaceutical company. In 2023, he obtained his Ph.D. Degree in National University of Singapore focusing on nanotechnology for cancer chemotherapy and gene therapy. He joined Dr. Ni’s lab in Mar. 2023, where he works on nanovaccine and immunotherapy for cancer treatment.

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Hu Haijun

huhaijunjxnc@163.com

Haijun joined Dr. Ni's lab in Jan. 2024, where he works on mRNA vaccine for cancer treatment. Before joining NUS, he was a postdoctoral scholar at Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2021 to 2024. He received the PhD degree from Shanghai Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2020, the M.Sc. degree from Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015, and the B.Sc. degree from Nanchang University in 2008.

Zhang Ze

zezhang@smail.nju.edu.can

Zhang Ze obtained his PhD. Degree (Healthcare Engineering) from Nanjing University in 2024. Then He joined Dr. Ni's lab in Aug. 2024. His major is nucleic acid chemistry, and he focus on nucleic acid functionality development and gene therapy.

Visiting Research Fellow

Li Bingyu

Li Bingyu

nic.li@nus.edu.sg

Bingyu graduated from Tongji University in 2018, where he obtained his B.Sc. and Ph.D.in Biology. His research is focused on the drug delivery of cancer immunotherapy. He joined Dr. Ni's lab to study mRNA-based Immunotherapeutics design and its drug delivery for cancer immunotherapy.

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Wang Yongling

wylgcp1987@163.com

Yongling obtained his PhD. Degree from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China. Currently, he works as Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy Department, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China. He joined Dr. Ni's lab as visiting scholar to study nanomedicine design and its drug delivery for cancer immunotherapy.

Chen Shengqi

dnrv44@visitor.nus.edu.sg

Shengqi graduated from University of Science and Technology of China in 2016, where he obtained Ph. D. degree and Bachelor’s degree in polymer chemistry and physics. He then worked as an associate research fellow in Anhui University of Chinese Medicine focusing on nano formulations of Chinese medicine for cancer therapy. He joined in Dr. Ni’s lab in Jan. 2024, where he works on nanomedicine for cancer therapy via vascular mediation.

Hu Yaxin

dnrv45@nus.edu.sg

Yaxin obtained her PhD. Degree from Guizhou Medical Universtiy, Guiyang, China. Currently she works as attending doctor, in Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University. She joined Dr. Ni's lab as visiting scholar to study novel nucleic acid nanomedicine for cancer theranostics.

Graduate Student

Yang Bowei

Yang Bowei

e0788032@u.nus.edu

Bowei graduated from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 2021 where he obtained his B.Sc. in Material Science. He joined Dr. Ni’s lab as PHD student to study lipid nanoparticles (LNP) synthesis for mRNA delivery and CRISPR-Cas9 delivery for gene editing.

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Shao Linshan

e1322573@u.nus.edu

Linshan earned her Bachelor's degree in Biology from University of Bristol. Currently, she is furthering her academic journey by pursuing a Master's degree in Applied Biomedicine in National University of Singapore.

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Wu Zhaoming

e1322563@u.nus.edu

Zhaoming graduated from Shandong University in 2023, where he obtained his B.Sc. in Biological Science. He joined in Dr. Ni's lab as Master Student, focusing on the design and delivery of lipid nanoparticle-mRNA vaccines.

Joint Graduate Programme Student

Cui Hengqing

hensoncui@gmail.com

Hengqing graduated with a bachelor's degree from Xiamen University and obtained a master's degree from the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is a plastic surgeon currently pursuing a doctoral degree at Tongji University. In 2024, he joined Professor Ni's research team as a joint PhD student, focusing on anti-aging gene therapy.

Wu LiuSheng

e1482937@u.nus.edu

Wu Liusheng graduated from Anhui Medical University with bachelor's degree and master's degree. Currently, he is a PhD student in Tsinghua University. Funded by China Scholarship Council (CSC), he is conducting a one-year PhD training program between Tsinghua University and National University of Singapore. His current research focuses: LNP targeting T cells or macrophages in tumor immunity.

Research Assistant

Ong Yen Hui

Ong Yen Hui

yenhui.o@nus.edu.sg

Yen Hui graduated from University of Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia, where she obtained her B.Sc. (Honours) in Biomedical Science (2014) and M.Sc. in Molecular Biology (2019). Her current work in Dr Ni's lab is focusing on cancer immunology, particularly mRNA nanomedicine-based gene therapy.

Alumni

Han Xiaolin

Han Xiaolin

xl_han@nus.edu.sg

Xiaolin graduated from Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications in 2023, where he obtained his M.Sc. in Electronic Information, and graduated from Tianjin University in 2020, where he obtained his B.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering. He has worked on synthesis of hierarchical gols nanoparticles. He joined Dr. Ni's lab to work on nasal delivery of lipid nanoparticle-mRNA vaccine.

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