Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Assoc Prof Tan Lay Poh 
Head, Division of Materials Technology
 
Division of Materials Technology 
School of Materials Science & Engineering 
College of Engineering 



Email: LPTAN@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)6790 6186 
Office: N4.1-02-09 
Education
  • PhD Nanyang Technological University 2001
  • MSc(Polymer Tech) Universiti Sains Malaysia 1997
  • BTech(Polymer Tech)(Hons) Universiti Sains Malaysia 1994
Biography
Asst Prof LP Tan is currently in the School of Materials Science and Engineering since 2004. Her research interests include polymer engineering, and biodegradable polymers and heart tissue engineering.
Research Interests
Asst Prof LP Tan research interests include polymer engineering, and biodegradable polymers and heart tissue engineering
Research Grant
  • A*STAR Biomedical Research Council - Singapore Stem Cell Consortium (2010-)
  • A*STAR Science and Engineering Research Council - Public Sector Funding (2007-)
  • NRF Competitive Research Program (2008-)
  • National Parks - NTU (2012-)
  • Singapore Cancer Society (2012-2013)
Current Projects
  • Artificial Liver Platform for Next-Generation Drug Discovery and Development
  • Biodegradable Cardiovascular Implants
  • Biodegradable Cardiovascular Implants: Tissue Engineering of Heart Muscle Tissue
  • Development of specialised structural cells for growing street trees in constrained planting spaces
  • Drug Delivering Biodegradable Tissue Adhesive Systems
  • Establishment of a 3D biologically relevant cancer cell niche for high-throughput cancer drug screening
  • Modulating mesenchymal stem cell differentiation by controlling cellular morphology and material surface topography
  • Reinforced Polyolefins
Selected Publications
  • L.P. Tan *, A. Hidayat, L.L Lao and L.F. Quah. (2008). Release of Hydrophilic Drug from Biodegradable Polymer Blends. Journal of Biomaterials Science - Polymer Edition, .
  • Wang XT (Wang, Xintong), Venkatraman SS (Venkatraman, Subbu S.), Boey FYC (Boey, Freddy Y. C.), Loo JSC (Loo, Joachim S. C.), Tan LP (Tan, Lay Poh). (2006). Controlled release of sirolimus from a multilayered PLGA stent matrix. Biomaterials, 27, 5588-5595.
  • Tan, LP; Venkatraman, SS; Joso, JFD; Boey, FYC. (2006). Collapse pressures of bilayered biodegradable stents. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 79B, 102 - 107.
  • Venkatraman, SS; Tan, LP; Joso, JFD; Boey, YCF; Wang, XT. (2006). Biodegradable stents with elastic memory. Biomaterials, 27, 1573 - 1578.
  • Tan, LP; Venkatraman, SS; Sung, PF; Wang, XT. (2004). Effect of plasticization on heparin release from biodegradable matrices. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 283, 89 - 96.
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