Visiting
Assistant Professor Ng Kee Woei
Email: kwng@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65) 6513 8294
Office: N4.1-02-18
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Current Research Interests
Dr Ng's research interests centres
around tissue engineering and the use of
biodegrable polymers for biomedical
applications. Currently, he is
specifically interested in the use of
PVDF for hernia repair and also the
development of a biological ventricular
assist device using novel combinations
of materials and cells.
Biographical
Information
Dr Ng was a recipient of the A*STAR
Graduate Scholarship. He completed his
PhD at the Yong Loo Lin School of
Medicine, National University of
Singapore, in 2005. He worked on tissue
engineering a skin equivalent for his
PhD thesis, using combinations of
primary human cells and biomaterials.
Prior to joining NTU, Dr Ng was senior
research fellow at the Institute of
Medical Biology, A*STAR, working on
epithelial stem cells, wound healing and
keratin dynamics.
Teaching
- FE1003 Chemistry
- MS9022 Biomedical
Polymers
Selected
Publications
Szeverenyi I, Cassidy AJ, Chung CW,
Lee BTK, Common JEA, Ogg SC, Chen H, Sim
SY, Goh WLP, Ng KW, Simpson JA, Chee LL,
Eng GH, Li B, Lunny DP, Chuon D,
Venkatesh A, Khoo KH, McLean WHI, Lim YP,
Lane EB. The Human Intermediate Filament
Database: comprehensive information on a
gene family involved in many human
diseases. Human Mutation 29(3):351-360.
2008.
Ng KW, Achuth
HN, Moochhala S, Lim TC, Hutmacher DW.
In Vivo Evaluation of an Ultra-Thin
Polycaprolactone Film as a Wound
Dressing. Journal of Biomaterials
Science: Polymer Edition, 18(7):925-938.
2007.
Ng KW,
Speicher T, Dombrowski C, Helledie T,
Haupt LM, Nurcombe V, Cool SM.
Osteogenic differentiation of Murine
Embryonic Stem Cells is Mediated by
Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors. Stem
Cells and Development, 16(2):305-318.
2007.
Ng KW,
Hutmacher DW. Reduced Contraction of
Skin Equivalent Engineered using Cell
Sheets Cultured in 3D Matrices.
Biomaterials, 27:4591-4598. 2006.
Ng KW, Tham
WR, Lim TC, Hutmacher DW. Assimilating
Cell Sheets and Hybrid Matrices for
Dermal Tissue Engineering. Journal of
Biomedical Materials Research, Part A
75(2):425-438. 2005.
Ng KW, Louis
J, Ho BST, Achuth HN, Lu J, Moochhala S,
Lim TC, Hutmacher DW. Characterization
of a Novel Bioactive Poly(lactic-co-glycolic
acid) and Collagen Hybrid Matrix for
Dermal Regeneration. Polymer
International 54(10):1449-1457. 2005.
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