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Dr Robert Lieu Zi Zhao is currently a lecturer with the Department of Biological Science and Special programme in Science at National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore

Academic Qualification

Bachelor of Science (Hons) and PhD, The University of Melbourne

Teaching Areas

1. SP2274 Engineering a Life like Cell

2. SP3172 Integrated Science Project

3. MW5200: Project in Science Communication

4. MW5203: Frontier Topic in Science Communication

5. MB5104: An Integrative approach to understand cell function.

6. LSM3244: Molecular Biotechnology

7. BL5601: Case studies in Biotechnology

Research Interest

1. Designing Course based and Inquiry based laboratory course

2. Intracellular trafficking in specialised cells

3. Science communication (Science and media) and new science teaching methods

Selected Publications

1. Doreen W.Y. Yong; Zi Zhao Lieu; Xujun Cao; Xin Ee Yong; Jireh Zhu Liang Wong; Yuan Shan Cheong; Laney K Browder; Wee Shong CHIN (2021) Biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticles with high antimicrobial and catalytic activities using Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia glutinosa). Chemistry-An Asia Journal.

2. De Souza D. E., Lieu Z.Z., Mani L., Toh K.P.T. and Lin T.L.B (2020) The Emergence of Modern Science Communication in Singapore. Toss Gascoigne (editor), forthcoming, The emergence of modern science communication, ANU Press.

3. Bipul R. Acharya, Selwin K. Wu, Zi Zhao Lieu, Robert G. Parton, Stephan W. Grill, Alexander D. Bershadsky, Guillermo A. Gomez, and Alpha S. Yap (2017) Mammalian Diaphanous 1 Mediates a Pathway for E-cadherin to Stabilize Epithelial Barriers through Junctional Contractility. Cell Rep. Mar 21;18(12):2854-2867.

4. Yang, Bo; Lieu, Zi Zhao; Wolfenson, Haguy; Hameed, Feroz; Bershadsky, Alexander; Sheetz, Michael, Nano letters (2016) Mechanosensing Controlled Directly by Tyrosine Kinases. Nano Lett. 2016 Sep 14;16(9):5951-61.

5. Nisha Mohd Rafiq, Zi Zhao Lieu, Cheng-Han Yu, Paul Matsudaira, Gareth Jones, and Alexander Bershadsky (2016). Podosome assembly is controlled by the GTPase ARF1 and its nucleotide exchange factor ARNO. J Cell Biol. 2017 Jan 2;216(1):181-197.

6. Zi Zhao, Lieu, John G. Lock, Luke A. Hammond, Nicole L. La Gruta, Jennifer L. Stow and Paul A. Gleeson. (2008) A trans-Golgi network golgin is required for regulated secretion of TNFα in activated macrophages in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) 2008 105(9): 3351-3356.

7. Zi Zhao, Lieu, Merran C. Derby., and Paul A. Gleeson. (2008) Structure and organization of the trans-Golgi network, The Golgi apparatus- The state of the art after 110 years of Camillos discovery, (A. Mironov, M. Pavelka and A. Luini eds.)