MicroTE Lab

Micro-scale tissue models for human diseases and toxicology

MicroTE Lab

Micro-scale tissue models for human diseases and toxicology

Principal Investigator

Email: yichin.toh@qut.edu.au

Tel: +61 7 3138 6170

Office: 60 Musk Ave, Q.703B, Kelvin Grove QLD4059, Australia

Yi-Chin TOH

Yi-Chin Toh is a Future Fellow and Associate Professor at the Queensland University of Technology. She obtained her B.Eng in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D in Bioengineering from the National University of Singapore in 2001 and 2008 respectively. She did her post-doctoral training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2008 under Professor Joel Voldman’s guidance. Before joining QUT, she led an independent research group as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore. 

Her research interest is in engineering multi-scale tissue models to mimic complex biological interactions during human development and diseases, as well as translating them into scalable platforms for disease modeling and drug testing applications. Dr Toh is a recipient of the Australia Research Council Future Fellowship, National University of Singapore Research Scholarship, A*STAR Graduate Scholarship and A*STAR International Fellowship.

Research Fellows and Graduate Students

Louis Ong

Microfluidics, Organs-on-Chip

Jorge Amaya

Microfluidics, Organs-on-Chip

Sarshar Foroughi

Gut-on-chip: Microbiome function

Laura Milton

Organs-on-chip; hydrogels

Grace Malseed

Metastatic Breast Cancer, Endothelial cells, Microvasculature, Microfluidics

Undergraduate Research Students

Anthony Ngo

Modular microfluidics, 3D printing

Nathaniel Lake

Microfluidic pump design

Malcolm Van Der Westhuizen

Bioprinting, hydrogels, automation

Zeus Mascarenhas

Microfluidic pump design

Alumni