Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech). Advancing health through innovation.
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Turning touch into light. 👆✨ Our eLuminator electronic skin makes pressure patterns visible in real time, with exciting potential for healthcare and wearables.
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Encouraging work from NUS iHealthtech shows that magnetic pulses may help reprogram immune cells to fight cancer.
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Advancing cancer treatment: NUS scientists showed that brief, low intensity magnetic pulses can reprogram immune cells to eradicate breast cancer. This innovative approach avoids chemotherapy’s side effects and could potentially treat other cancers.
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Congratulations to our Director, Prof Lim, on receiving the Eric Reissner Medal at #ICCES2026, a recognition of his outstanding contributions to mechanics, mechanobiology, engineering science and his efforts to advance healthcare through innovative research. 🎉
Congratulations to iHealthtech Director Prof Lim Chwee Teck on receiving the 2026 WACBE Savio L-Y. Woo Distinguished Lecture Award! 🎉 The first recipient from Asia, this prestigious honour recognises his pioneering contributions and leadership in biomedical engineering.
A new approach towards simpler and more comfortable continuous health monitoring – iHealthtech PI Dr Liu Yuxin and team developed X-Sig, a flexible sensor that combines ECG, EMG, pulse waves and muscle activity into one channel.
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Prof Benjamin Tee (@NUSiHealthtech) is one of only five worldwide shortlisted for the IET's £500k A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize. Wishing him all the best. 🎉
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🧬 iHealthtech Asst Prof Andy Tay and his team used DNA “barcodes” to rapidly screen many gold nanoparticle designs in living tumour models, identifying which ones best reach a hard target: tumour mitochondria (cells’ power source).
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🕌 Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri! 🌙✨
Wishing all our Muslim friends a joyous celebration filled with forgiveness, gratitude, and togetherness. May this festive season bring peace, happiness, and prosperity to you and your loved ones. 💚
Warmest congratulations to Prof Lim Chwee Teck, Director of the Institute for Health Innovation & Technology, on being elected an International Member of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE)!
Accelerating targeted cancer care: iHealthtech’s Dr Gao Yuji’s MGeneCheck delivers <20‑min, lab-grade mutation reads, reducing manpower and costs for faster treatment decisions. 3rd place at EMBS Winter Academy’s Global MedTech Pitch. Congrats! #CancerDiagnostics
iHealthtech’s latest newsletter: advances in microbiome research and in cancer and diabetes diagnostics and therapies—plus honours for our scientists and a focus on community wellbeing.
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Dr Andy Tay and his team has developed a precise microneedle method to deliver biofertiliser that boosts colonization, cuts waste and dosage, and can accelerate plant growth through more efficient use.
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Congrats to Prof Lim Chwee Teck, Director of iHealthtech, on the NUS Distinguished Alumni Award—recognising excellence, leadership and impact across sector, community and nation.
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#NUS #NUSAlumni #iHealthTech #Innovation #Leadership
Wishing everyone a joyous Deepavali. May the light of this festival illuminate the World, our hearts and homes with peace, harmony, and hope.
🏆 iHealthtech celebrates national honours!
🏅 Director Prof Lim Chwee Teck wins the President’s Science Award 2025
🌟 PI Dr Andy Tay wins the Young Scientist Award 2025
👏 Congratulations to both for inspiring excellence in science & healthtech!
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Congrats to iHealthtech Director Prof Lim Chwee Teck on receiving the prestigious Otto Schmitt Award at #IUPESM2025 in Adelaide! 🌏👏 This global recognition highlights Singapore’s excellence in biomedical engineering. #Innovation #Leadership #BiomedicalEngineering
🎉 Congrats to Prof Lim Chwee Teck on being elected an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, following his election to the Royal Society (2024)! 🌟
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