Jean Paul Thiery

Dr. Jean Paul Thiery is a renowned academic currently serving as Advisor to the Dean at NUS Medicine. He previously held prestigious roles as Professor and Head of the Department of Biochemistry at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (2012-2015), and was a Senior Principal Investigator at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (2008-2015). Earlier, he worked as a Principal Investigator at the Institute of Molecular Cell Biology (IMCB) under A*Star and as Deputy Director of the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology in Singapore. He also directed the Translational Research Department at the Institut Curie in 2003 and led the Cell Biology Laboratory there in 1995.

• Emeritus CNRS Researcher (2010)

Dr. Thiery's research focuses on fundamental processes in developmental and cancer biology. His work spans key areas including:

• Morphogenesis
• Invasion
• EMT (Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition)
• Metastasis
• Carcinoma development

His scientific contributions have been recognized through:

• Membership in the French Academy of Science (1993)
• Membership in the American Association for Cancer Research (1992)
• Membership in Academia Europaea (1990)
• Membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) (1984)