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Jan 24, 2019

TEDxNTU

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The war against cancer has been waging for decades, and yet we have not centered on a clearly-defined cure. To understand how we can cure cancer, first we must understand that not all cancers are the same and not every cancer manifests the same way in different people. Precision medicine and precision health are providing new tools for curing cancer. Dr Li Jingmei is a Senior Research Scientist at the Genome Institute of Singapore. As an aspiring woman in Science doing Science for women, her work aims to improve women’s health, particularly in the area of breast cancer research. In tribute to the molecule of life, the DNA, she wears double helix earrings. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Published by the Special Committee for Women in Science and Engineering of the Association of Academies and Societies of Science in Asia. Thankful for the nomination by Singapore National Academy of Science to represent Singapore in this initiative.

TEDxNTU 2018: Greater than sum of its parts

“Cancer is many diseases. Cancer on the skin and brain or lung are intrinsically different. If there are 10,000 cancers, we’d need 10,000 cures. There wouldn’t be a catch-all fix. But, with precision medicine, precision health and better treatment and prevention, even if we do not find a cure in this lifetime, we are certainly going to witness amazing progress.” – On curing cancer in this lifetime

My third TEDx talk! ;)

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Julia Rosen interviews Dr Li for an article on the importance scientists having hobbies outside of their work.

Read the full article here.

A*STAR scholars Dr Li Jingmei and Dr Cheston Tan went back with A*STAR Graduate Academy to visit their alma mater at Hwa Chong Institution and meet the Principal, Mr Pang Choon How, Deputy Principal, Dr Melvyn Lim, Dean, Mrs Tan-Tiang Ai Chin and Research Schientist Dr Kelvin Tan.

Throughout the year, NUS President, Prof Tan Eng Chye holds a dialogue lunch with USP alumni from various faculties together with the USP Director, A/P Kang Hway Chuan, and Office of Alumni Relations Director, Bernard Tan.

This year, Dr Li Jingmei is among the 10 prominent alumni invited for the dialogue lunch.

Generation T 2018 is the third edition of Singapore Tatler's definitive list of passionate innovators, creatives, leaders and social warriors, who have brought change to their industries and showcased commendable accomplishments in their field or on society in the last 18 months.

Due to her meaningful contributions to breast cancer research in Singapore, Dr Li Jingmei has been selected as one of the 50 most promising individual!

"How can we improve lives of women if we do not understand the women?"

Jointly organised by the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and the Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in National University of Singapore, the Breast Cancer Meanings Symposium (BCMS) 2018 is to mark the completion of the first out of three phases of anthropology for research and intervention program on Asian Breast Cancers.

Click here to read more on our reflections from the symposium!

TEDxSIT: Be Bold, Think Different features dynamic speakers from different industries sharing their ideas on being bold in taking the leap of faith and thinking differently about life’s challenges.

Dr Li believes that the future of science can be found in a movie theatre near you.

https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/27342

Video: https://youtu.be/yrobEzWK3lo

Winner of the Singapore National Academy of Science Young Scientist Award for the Biological and Biomedical Sciences category. The prestigious annual awards were launched in 1997 to publicly recognize highly innovative and productive Singapore-based scientists and engineers who are at the age of 35 or under who have shown great potential to be world-class researchers in their fields of expertise.

An exclusive fireside chat with Sir David Lane (Chief Scientist, Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Li Jingmei and Ali Miserez (Nanyang Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University) on topics such as grantsmanship, publishing strategy and careers in science.

Every year, the Singapore Women’s Weekly shines the spotlight on 18 outstanding, high-achieving working women in the Great Women of Our Time awards. I was the winner of the Science & Technology category.

Read more here:

This Scientist Thinks Breast Is Best When It Comes To Women’s Health

Congratulations To The Winners Of Great Women Of Our Time 2017

Programmed by The Economist Events and hosted by HSBC as part of the HSBC Women’s Champions 2016

Invited panelist for the session "The World in 2016"

Article: Science is genderless

Video interview

Tomorrow Today: Mammographic density and breast cancer

Invited speaker

As a woman in science doing science for women, I advocate for a better understanding of identifying breast cancer, for both doctors and patients. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

UNESCO launch of the report: A Complex Formula. Girls and Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Asia 2015

In view of my contribution to the report itself, as well as being a 2014 international fellow of the UNESCO’-L’Oreal For Women in Science Programme, I have been invited to be a panelist to share my experience as a successful woman working in STEM. Invited panelist

Watch full length video of the event here.

The UNESCO-L'Oréal International Fellowship programme was created in 2000 to encourage promising women who are working in the life sciences at the doctoral or postdoctoral level.

Fifteen talented young women scientists, from all over the world, pursuing research at the doctoral or post-doctoral level received the UNESCO-L'OREAL International Fellowship and presented their research works at a poster session event.