Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Assoc Prof Peter Droge

Associate Professor 
Division of Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology 
School of Biological Sciences 
College of Science 



Email: PDROGE@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)63162809 
Office: SBS-02n-49 
Education
  • PhD(Molecular Genetics) University of Konstanz 1986
  • Dip(Bio) University of Konstanz 1984
Biography
please refer to http://www.sbs.ntu.edu.sg/Staff/pdroge/index.html for a biosketch
Research Interests
please refer to http://www.sbs.ntu.edu.sg/Staff/pdroge/index.html for a detailed description
Research Grant
  • A*Exploit Technologies - Commercialisation of Technology Fund (2011-)
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2011-)
  • Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2012-)
  • National Medical Research Council (2011-)
Current Projects
  • Biochemical and functional analysis of the newly discovered DNA (dRP) lyase activity of proto-oncoproteins HIMGA : implications for genome stability in human neoplasias and stem cells
  • Genome Engineering Through Site-Spectific Recombination
  • Molecular Targeting and Mechanism of Action of Ruthenium Anticancer Agents
  • Probing into the existence of a ribosome code
  • Reprogramming of human adult fibroblasts into an embryonic stem cell-like state
  • Structural Analysis of HMGA-DNA Complexes at Abasic Sites
  • Structural and functional analysis of the proto-oncogene and DNA architectural factor HMGA2 in human embryonic stem cells
  • λ site-specific genome editing tool
Selected Publications
  • Kurt Pfannkuche, Heike Summer, Ou Li, Jürgen Hescheler and Peter Dröge. (2009). The high mobility group protein HMGA2: a co-regulator of global chromatin structure and pluripotency in stem cells?. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, .
  • P. Dröge & C.A. Davey. (2009). Do cells let-7 determine stemness?. Cell Stem Cell, .
  • S.M. Tan & P. Dröge. (2009). A widely applicable UTF1-based selection system for pluripotent human embryonic stem cell cultures. Nucleic Acids Research, .
  • V.V. Kulish, H. Li & P. Dröge. (2009). Z-DNA-induced super-transport of energy within genomes. Physica A. Physica A-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, .
  • Heng Li, Jie Xiao, Jinming Li, Le Lu, Shu Feng, and Peter Dröge. (2009). Human genomic Z-DNA segments probed by the Z domain of ADAR1. Nucleic Acids Research, 37(8), 2737-46.
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