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Teh Bin Tean

Professor

Vice Chair, Research, Oncology Academic Clinical Programme

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Education Qualifications: Dr Bin Tean Teh obtained his MD (1992) from the University of Queensland, Australia and his PhD (1997) from the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. 

Following postdoctoral works in multiple endocrine neoplasia 1 at Karolinska Institute, Dr Teh joined the Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) in 2000 as a Senior Scientific Investigator heading the Laboratory of Cancer Genetics. In 2007, Dr Teh was appointed as the founding Director of the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS)-VARI laboratory, which serves as a bridge between translational research and clinical medicine. In 2010 he received the Singapore Translational Research Investigator Award (STaR) and relocated to Singapore and is currently a full professor in Cancer and Stem Cell Biology (CSCB) Programme at Duke-NUS. He served as the SingHealth Group Director for Translational Research from 2010-2012. 

His laboratory focuses on genomic studies of cancers common among Asian populations, using tools such as high-throughput genomic platforms and correlation studies with clinicopathological information. 

He holds Adjunct Professorships at several universities worldwide including Baylor College of Medicine, USA, Nanjing University and Sun Yat-Sen University, China and the Karolinska Institute, Sweden.

 

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships:

  • Deputy Director (Research), National Cancer Centre Singapore
  • Deputy Director (Scientific), SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision Medicine
  • Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
  • Senior Principal Investigator, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore
  • Senior Principal Investigator, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

Selected Publications:

Dr. Teh has published extensively, with over 350 publications in high impact scientific journals. He has been member of various editorial boards for journals including Lancet Oncology, Cancer Research, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, International Journal of Oncology, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Clinical Genitourinary Cancer, and the American Journal of Translational Research.

Ler LD, Ghosh S, Chai X, Thike AA, Heng HL, Siew EY, Dey S, Koh LK, Lim JQ, Lim WK, Myint SS, Loh JL, Ong P, Sam XX, Huang D, Lim T, Tan PH, Nagarajan S, Cheng CW, Ho H, Ng LG, Yuen J, Lin PH, Chuang CK, Chang YH, Weng WH, Rozen SG, Tan P, Creasy CL, Pang ST*, McCabe MT*, Poon SL*, Teh BT*. 2017. Loss of tumor suppressor KDM6A amplifies PRC2-regulated transcriptional repression in bladder cancer and can be targeted through inhibition of EZH2. Sci Transl Med. 2017 Feb 22;9(378). (*Co-corresponding author)

Fukawa T, Yan-Jiang BC, Min-Wen JC, Jun-Hao ET, Huang D, Qian CN, Ong P, Li Z, Chen S, Mak SY, Lim WJ, Kanayama HO, Mohan RE, Wang RR, Lai JH, Chua C, Ong HS, Tan KK, Ho YS, Tan IB, Teh BT, Shyh-Chang N. 2016. Excessive fatty acid oxidation induces muscle atrophy in cancer cachexia. Nature Medicine 22(6): 666–671, 2016

Tan J, Ong CK, Lim WK, Ng CC, Thike AA, Ng LM, Rajasegaran V, Myint SS, Nagarajan S, Thangaraju S, Dey S, Nasir ND, Wijaya GC, Lim JQ, Huang D, Li Z, Wong BH, Chan JY, McPherson JR, Cutcutache I, Poore G, Tay ST, Tan WJ, Putti TC, Ahmad BS, Iau P, Chan CW, Tang AP, Yong WS, Madhukumar P, Ho GH, Tan VK, Wong CY, Hartman M, Ong KW, Tan BK, Rozen SG, Tan P, Tan PH, Teh BT. 2015. Genomic landscapes of breast fibroepithelial tumors. Nature Genetics 47(11): 1341–1345, 2015

Poon SL, Huang MN, Choo Y, McPherson JR, Yu W, Heng HL, Gan A, Myint SS, Siew EY, Ler LD, Ng LG, Weng WH, Chuang CK, Yuen JS, Pang ST, Tan P, Teh BT, Rozen SG. 2015. Mutation signatures implicate aristolochic acid in bladder cancer development. Genome Medicine 7(1):38, 2015

Lim WK, Ong CK, Tan J, Thike AA, Ng CC, Rajasegaran V, Myint SS, Nagarajan S, Nasir ND, McPherson JR, Cutcutache I, Poore G, Tay ST, Ooi WS, Tan VK, Hartman M, Ong KW, Tan BK, Rozen SG, Tan PH, Tan P, Teh BT. 2014. Exome sequencing identifies highly recurrent MED12 somatic mutations in breast fibroadenoma. Nature Genetics 46(8): 877–880, 2014

Chan-on W, Nairismägi M-L, Ong CK, Dima S, Pairojkul C, Lim KH, McPherson JR, Lim WK, Cucutache I, Heng HL, Ooi L, Chung A, Chow P, Cheow PC, Lee SY, Huat ITB, Duda D, Nastase A, Myint SS, Wong BH, Gan A, Rajasegaran V, Ng CCY, Jusakul A, Zhang S, Vohra P, Yu W, Huang D, Yongvanit P, Wongkham S, Khuntikeo N, Bhudhisawasdi V, Popescu I, Rozen SG, Tan P, Teh BT. 2013. Distinct mutational patters of infection and non-infection-related bile duct cancers revealed by exome sequencing. Nature Genetics 45(12): 1474–1478

7. Koo GC, Tan SY, Tang T, Poon SL, Allen GE, Tan L, Chong SC, Ong WS, Tay K, Tao M, Quek R, Loong S, Yeoh KW, Yap SP, Lee KA, Lim LC, Tan D, Goh C, Cutcutache I, Yu W, Ng CCY , Rajasegaran V, Heng HL, Gan A,  Ong CK, Rozen S, Tan P, Teh BT, Lim ST. 2012. Janus kinase 3-activating mutations identified in natural killer/T-cell lymphoma. Cancer Discov 2(7): 591–597

Ong CK, Subimerb C, Pairojkul C, Wongkham S, Cutcutache I, Yu W, McPherson J, Allen GE, Ng CCY, Wong BHM, Myint SS, Rajasegaran V, Heng HL, Gan A, Zang ZJ, Wu Y, Wu J, Lee MH, Huang D, Ong P, Chan-on W, Cao Y, Qian CN, Lim KH, Ooi A, Dykema KJ, Furge K, Kukongviriyapan V, Sripa B, Wongkham C, Yongvanit P, Futreal PA, Bhudhisawasdi V, Rozen S, Tan P, Teh BT. 2012. Exome sequencing of liver fluke-associated cholangiocarcinoma. Nature Genetics 44(6): 690–693

Zang ZJ, Cutcutache I, Poon SL, Zhang SL, McPherson J, Tao J, Rajasegaran V, Heng HL, Deng N, Gan A, Lim KH, Ong CK, Huang D, Chin SY, Tan IB, Ng CCY, Yu W, Wu Y, Lee M, Wu J, Poh D, Wan WK, Rha SY, So J, Salto-Tellez M, Yeoh KG, Wong WK, Futreal PA, Pang B, Ruan Y, Hillmer A, Bertrand D, Nagarajan N, Rozen S, Teh BT*, Tan P. Exome sequencing of gastric adenocarcinoma reveals recurrent somatic mutations in cell adhesion and chromatin remodeling genes. Nature Genetics 44(5): 570–574, 2012

Varela I, Tarpey P, Raine K, Huang D, Ong CK, Stephens P, Davies H, Jones D, Lin M-L, Teague J, Bignell G, Butler A, Cho J, Dalgliesh GL, Galappaththige D, Greenman C, Hardy C, Jia M, Latimer C, Lau KW, Marshall J, McLaren S, Menzies A, Mudie L, Stebbings L, Largaespada DA, Wessels LFA, Richard S, Kahnoski RJ, Anema J, Tuveson D, Perez-Mancera P, Mustonen V, Fischer A, Adams DJ, Rust A, Chan-on W, Subimerb C, Dykema K, Furge K, Campbell PJ, Teh BT, Stratton MR, Futreal PA. 2011. Exome sequencing identifies frequent mutation of the SWI/SNF complex gene PBRM1 in renal carcinoma. Nature 2011: 469(7331): 539–542.  PMCID: PMC3030920 (Co-corresponding author)