Meet Our Team

We’re a thriving research group and always keen to hear from self-motivated and curious scientists, visiting students, and visiting scholars interested in joining the lab!

Principal Investigator

Dr. Zutao Yu

2025.05 - Present | Principal Investigator, Genome Institute of Singapore

2020.09 - 2025.04 | (Senior) Research Associate, University of Cambridge

2018.10 - 2020.08 | Research Associate, Kyoto University

2015.10 - 2018.09 | Ph.D. in Chemical Biology, Kyoto University

2012.09 - 2015.06 | M. Med. in Medicinal Chemistry, Central South University

Dr. Zutao Yu is interested in nucleic acids chemical biology. His work bridges chemical biology and genomic medicine. He is interested in elucidating the roles of the epigenome and (epi-) transcriptome in both physiological and pathological conditions and developing strategies to manipulate them by targeting DNA and RNA. He uses advanced chemical biology techniques, such as drug-chromatin interaction detection, bifunctional molecules, in situ on-target drug screening, and next-generation sequencing. His future research aims to innovate transcriptome- and genome-targeting strategies to modulate functional genomics in disease contexts like cancer, infectious diseases, and neurodegenerative disorders.

Lab members

Dr. Bryan Ng Yik Loong Scientist bryan_Ng@a-star.edu.sg Ph.D. NUS, 2025

Chloe Chew Intern BSc. NTU, 2027

Chloe Lim Xiang Ting Intern BSc. Newcastle Uni., 2026

Qian Yi Koh Intern BSc. NTU, 2026

Dr. Ruofan Peng Scientist pengrf@a-star.edu.sg Ph.D. Tokyo Uni., 2025

Dr. Ze Zhang Scientist zhang_ze@a-star.edu.sg Ph.D. Nanjing Uni., 2024

Zixian Wen Research officer wen_zixian@a-star.edu.sg MSc. NTU, 2023

Lab Intranet

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