- 30/06/2023 : Nam has been named one of the recipients of CCEB-CBE PhD Best Teaching Assistant Award for Academic Year 2022-2023! Congratulations, Nam

- 14/01/2023 : Our manuscript on designing a waffle-inspired macrodevice for microtissue encapsulation, co-first by Chi Pham, Zuo Yicong and Chen Yang, was accepted for publication in Bioengineering and Translational Medicine. Congrats, all!

- 11/01/2023 : Our lab welcomes two new Ph.D. students, Tang Rui and Johnathan Lim. Glad to have you both!

- 9/01/2023 : Another achievement for Team FormaCyte Therapeutics as we were awarded the Runner-up prize in the First edition of China-ASEAN Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, organized by the ASEAN Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation (COSTI), in partnership with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China. Congrats Team!

- 18/12/2022 : Chi Pham has been awarded the Silver Award in 2022 TERMIS-AP Virtual Student Paper Contest. Congrats Chi!

- 18/11/2022 : Congrats to Team FormaCyte Therapeutics! We were the winner in Health category of the Prototypes for Humanities 2022! During the exhibition, 100 innovative projects from universities around the world highlighted key areas of interest across all science and creative disciplines. The Award recognises four projects which each receive $25,000 for their outstanding work in the fields of Environment, Health, Society, and Corporate Solutions. Read more about the exhibition and the winners here.

- 06/07/2022 : Nam has passed his Qualifying Exam! Congrats, Nam!

- 30/04/2022 : Congrats to Team Respon Therapeutics and TD for winning the third prize at the Business Plan Competition in the Annual Meeting 2022 hosted by Society For Biomaterials, USA!!

- 04/03/2022 : Hong Anh's manuscript titled "Immuno-modulatory effects of microparticles formulated from degradable polystyrene analogue" was accepted for publication in Macromolecular Bioscience. Congrats, Hong Anh!

- 21/01/2022 : Prof. Dang has been named the Runner Up (Life Sciences Finalist) for the Singapore L'Oréal Women in Science Fellowship 2021!

- 05/01/2022 : Major MTC-IRG grant awarded ! Together with our collaborators at A*STAR (IMCB) and SUTD, our lab has been awarded a major grant to develop advanced microtissue-encapsulating device for cellular therapy from the Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity (MTC) domain of the Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2025.

- 20/12/2021 : Chen Yang has successfully defended his Ph.D thesis titled "microtissue-encapsulating devices for hypoxia reduction of cellular therapeutics in diabetes therapy". Congratulations Dr. Chen!

- 14/11/2021 : Our lab has been awarded the Proof-of-Concept commercialization GAP fund by NTUitive to develop our platform technology for inflammation-responsive drug delivery to manage chronic diseases !

- 06/11/2021 : Congratulations to team FormaCyte Therapeutics comprising of Chen Yang, Nam Tran, Patrick Teo and Arnold Giovanni. Their pitch for our platform technology to enhance cellular therapy for diabetes treatment has emerged as a Runner-up amongst other finalist teams from NUS, SMU, and SUTD in the Singapore National Grand Final for the 15K competition hosted by MIT Club of Singapore and JA Singapore.

- 28/09/2021 : Congrats to Team FormaCyte Therapeutics for becoming the champion at the Pitch Competition of NTU's Innovation Ignition Challenge for Young Entrepreneurs (I2CE)!

- 26/08/2021 : Tri Dang has successfully defended his Ph.D thesis titled " Immuno-engineering of drug delivery systems for modulation of inflammation". Congratulations Dr. Nguyen!

- 11/08/2021 : Our lab welcome Patrick, Shi Min, Zeng Zhi and Daryl joining as Final Year Project (FYP) students!.

- 01/08/2021 : Our lab has been awarded the MOE Tier 1 Grant from the Ministry of Education for the study of proteases as biomarkers to identify new materials for vaccine applications!

- 18/07/2021 : Congrats to both Team FormaCyte Therapeutics and Respon Therapeutics for being shorlisted for the semi-final of the first entrepreneuship 15K Competition! The competition this year is organized by the MIT Club of Singapore in collaboration with NUS, NTU, SUTD and SMU.

- 21/04/2021 : Congrats to Team FormaCyte Therapeutics for winning the runner-up prize at the Business Plan Competition in the Annual Meeting 2021 hosted by Society For Biomaterials, USA!

- 01/09/2020 : YC and TD are leading two teams in the National Lean Launch Pad program to develop business strategies towards commercialization of our patented technologies.

- 22/08/2020 : Nam Tran joined our lab as Ph.D. student and a first-batch VinScholar at NTU. Welcome on board, Nam! See more here.

- 11/08/2020 : Our lab welcome Vernice, Hilda and Clarence joining as FYP students and Xinzhu as IRP student!

- 03/08/2020 : Major IAF-PP grant awarded ! Together with our collaborators at A*STAR (ICES and IHPC) and Singapore Polytechnics, our lab has been awarded a major grant from the AME IAF-PP scheme to develop polymeric capsules with controlled surface affinity. We will be looking to recruit a Postdoc for this project soon.

- 01/06/2020 : Congrats to TD and YC for winning the NTU Post-Graduate Entrepreneurship Awards, which will support their effort to commercialise their patented technologies developed as part of their PhD research.

- 15/05/2020 : Melisa joined our lab as a URECA undergraduate student. Welcome, Melisa!

- 22/03/2020 : Our lab has been awarded the Proof-of-Concept GAP fund for commercialization of immuno isolation cell-based technology for diabetes therapy by NTUitive

- 26/01/2020 : Vuong Pham joined our lab as a postdoc fellow after completing his PhD in the Kansai Medical University, Japan. Welcome Vuong!

- 23/01/2020 : Chi Pham joined our lab as Ph.D. student. Glad to have you, Chi!

- 15/10/2019 : Together with our collaborators at Singapore General Hospital, our lab has been awarded a grant for Wound care innovation for the tropic from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) !

- 12/08/2019 : Chen Yang's manuscript on designing toroid islet-like microtissues with enhanced viability was accepted for publication in Acta Biomaterialia. Congrats, Chen Yang!

- 12/08/2019 : Joey and Hui Min joined our lab as new Final Year Project students. Welcome both!

- 28/07/2019 : Prof Dang presented a poster on our research on influence of material surface charge on host response at the 2019 Gordon Research Conference in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering in Spain

- 23/06/2019 : Prof Dang chaired Symposium K on Delivery Systems for Biomedical and Consumer Care applications at the 10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT)

- 23/06/2019 : Prof Dang has taken up the role of an Associate Editor for the journal of Drug Delivery and Translational Research, an official Springer-based journal of the Controlled Release Society

- 03/04/2019 : Tri Dang received a STAR Honorable Mention from the Society For Biomaterials, USA for his thesis research on "protease-triggered delivery of an anti-inflammatory drug from macrophage modulation". Congrats, TD!

- 03-06/04/2019 : Dang Lab is at the Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting in Seatle, USA. Chen Yang and Tri Dang delivered oral presentations on their thesis research!

- 14/11/2018 : Chen Yang has passed his Qualifying Exam! Congrats, YC!

- 11/10/2018 : Tri Dang has passed his Qualifying Exam! Congrats, TD!

- 24/09/2018 : Our lab has been awarded the Skin Innovation Grant by the Skin Research Institute of Singapore!

- 14/08/2018: Sarah, Hsin Yueh, Bryan and Jaclyn joined our lab as Final Year Project students. Welcome all!

- 01/08/2018 : Our lab has been awarded the MOE Tier 1 Grant from the Ministry of Education!

- 05/07/2018: Prof Dang gave an invited talk at the 3rd Asian University Symposium on Biomedical Engineering (AUSBME), Seoul, Korea

- 01/06/2018 : Tram Anh joined our lab as a URECA undergraduate student. Welcome, Tram Anh!

- 15/05/2018 : Four final year project (FYP) undergraduate students from our lab presented their posters at FYP poster day. Good job, Soon Nan, Ngoc Anh, Yun Xuan and Bob! Thank you for your contribution and wishing you the best for your next endeavors!

- 12/04/2018 : Prof Dang delivered an oral presentation at the 2018 Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting in Atlanta, USA

- 05/03/2018 : Prof Dang chaired a session on "Emerging technologies in wound treatment" at the 3rd Singapore International Conference on Skin Research .

- 21/03/2018 : Prof Dang delivered an oral presentation at the 3rd Singapore International Conference on Skin Research

- 09/03/2018 : Hong Anh joined our lab as a postdoc fellow after completing her PhD in the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University! Welcome Hong Anh!

- 08/03/2018: Prof Dang gave an invited seminar at Annual General Meeting of the Singapore Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology.

- 05/03/2018 : Prof Dang co-chaired the 5th International Conference on Cellular amd Molecular Bioengineering which was successfully held on 5-7th March 2018.

- 18/12/2017 : Yicong (aka Zac) joined our lab from Sichuan University as a postdoc fellow ! Welcome Zac!

- 7/12/2017: Prof Dang's patent “Hydrogel-encapsulated cells and anti-inflammatory drugs”. U.S.S.N. 13/400,382 and PCT/US2012/025806 has been licensed by Sigilon Therapeutics, a start-up company based in Boston focusing on developing new technologies to avoid host detection and subsequent foreign body response.

- 27/10/2017: Major IAF-PP grant awarded ! Together with our collaborators at A*STAR (ICES and IHPC) and Singapore Polytechnics, our lab has been awarded a major grant from the Specialty Chemicals AME IAF-PP scheme.

- 07/11/2017: Prof Dang gave an invited lecture at the 2017 Wo+Men for Engineering, Science and Technology conference, NTU, Singapore.

- 23/10/2017: Prof Dang gave the invited plenary lecture at the 2017 Drug Delivery Australia conference.

- 14/08/2017: Soon Nan, Bob, Yun Xuan and Anh joined our lab as Final Year Project students. Welcome all!

- 01/08/2017 : Yus and Maria joined our lab as Master students. Welcome both!

- 28/07/2017 : Prof Dang co-chaired the Symposium on Advanced Molecular and Sensory Engineering (SAMSE) which was successfully held on 27-28th July 2017.

- 12/06/2017 : Prof Dang gave a talk at the joint NTU-Linkoping workshop at Linkoping University in Swededn.

- 06/06/2017 : Our lab has been awarded the Inaugural ARISE Seed Grant from the Aging Research Institute for Society and Education (ARISE)!

- 14/08/2016 : Joyce joined our lab as the first Final Year Project student. Welcome Joyce !

- 01/08/2016 : Our lab has been awarded the MOE Tier 1 Grant from the Ministry of Education!

- 01/08/2016 : Tri Dang and Yang Chen joined our lab as the first two PhD students! Welcome both!

- 19/06/2016 : Ganesh joined our lab from Univ of Queensland as the first postdoc fellow ! Welcome Ganesh!