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Name: GE Ruowen
Present Appointment: Associate Professor

Contact Information:
Department of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science
National University of Singapore
14 Science Drive 4
Singapore 117543
Tel: (65) 65167879; fax: (65) 6779-2486; email: dbsgerw@nus.edu.sg

Research Areas:
Tumor angiogenesis; liver organogenesis and embryonic angiogenesis in zebrafish; anti-angiogenic cancer therapy

Teaching Areas:
Cell and Molecular biology

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• BSc, Genetics, (1985), Nankai University, Tianjin, PRC
• PhD, Molecular & Cell Biology, (1992), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Career History:

• 1992-1993 Postdoctoral Scientist, Dept. of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology, Medical Research Division, Wyeth Research, New York, USA.
• 1993-1994 Postdoctoral Fellow, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, New Jersey, USA.
• 1994-1996, Teaching Fellow, Department of Zoology, National University of Singapore
• 1996-1998, Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore
• 1998-1999, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore
• 1999-2003, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore.
• 2003-now, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore.

Major Publications:

• Liang, D., J. Chang, A. J. Chin, A. Smith, C. Kelly, Eric S. Weinberg and R. Ge. The Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) in Vasculogenesis, Angiogenesis, and Hematopoiesis in Zebrafish Development. Mechanism of Development 108, 29-43, 2001.
• Shim, W. S. N, M. Teh, A. Bapna, I, Kim, G-Y Koh, P. Mack and R. Ge. Angiopoietin-1 Promotes Tumor Angiogenesis and Tumor Vessel Plasticity of Human Cervical Cancer in Mice. Experimental Cell Research, 279, 299-309, 2002.
• Sulo chana, K. N., Fan, H., S. Jois, Subramanian V., F. Sun, R. M. Kini, and R. Ge. Peptides derived from human decorin leucine rich repeat 5 inhibit angiogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry 280: 27935-27948, 2005.

Patents

• Ge, R and R. M. Kini, Small Peptides With Potent Anti-Angiogenic Activities. US patent No. 7,317,003, 2008.

• Ge, R and R. M. Kini, Small Peptides with Potent Anti-Angiogenic Activities. US patent No. 6,200,954, 2001.