Kah Ping, Andy Tay

Assistant Professor

Postgraduate:

University of California, Los Angeles
United States

Main Appointment:

College of Design and Engineering (Biomedical Engineering)

Joint Appointments:

Joint Appointments:
  • Institute For Health Innovation & Technology
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    Research Fields:

    • STEMM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Medical Sciences

    Research Keywords:

    • Biomaterials
    • Nanotechnology
    • Immune
    • Cancer
    • Immunotherapy

    Current Appointments:

    Resident Fellow, Halls, Houses And Student Residences
    Jt Appt – Assistant Professor, Nus College

    Brief Description of Research:

    My overall theme of my lab is multi-scale immuno-engineering and we are designing materials and technology to exploit immunity for medicine. Two of the sub-projects are nano-structures to genetically engineer immune cells for cancer immunotherapy and biomaterial scaffolds as artificial lymph nodes.

    Total Number of Publications:

    32

    Five Representative Publications:

    1. Andy Tay & Melosh, N. Transfection with nanostructured electro-injection is minimally perturbative. Advanced Therapeutics (2019).
    2. Andy Tay & Melosh, N. Nano-structured materials for intra-cellular cargo delivery. Accounts of Chemical Research (2019).
    3. Andy Tay, Sohrabi, A., Poole, K., Seidlitis, S. & Di Carlo, D. 3D magnetic hyaluronic acid hydrogels for magneto-mechanical stimulation of primary dorsal root ganglion root neurons. Advanced Materials (2018).
    4. Andy Tay & Di Carlo, D. Magnetic nanoparticle-based mechanical stimulation for restoration of mechano-sensitive ion channel equilibrium in neuronal networks. Nano Letters (2017).
    5. Andy Tay, Kunze, A., Murray, C. & Di Carlo, D. Induction of calcium influx in cortical neural networks by nano-magnetic forces. ACS Nano (2016).

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    Kah Ping, Andy Tay

    Assistant Professor
    College of Design and Engineering (Biomedical Engineering)
    Institute For Health Innovation & Technology

    Appointments

    Resident Fellow, Halls, Houses And Student Residences
    Jt Appt – Assistant Professor, Nus College

    Education

    University of California, Los Angeles
    United States

    Research Areas

    • Biomaterials
    • Nanotechnology
    • Immune
    • Cancer
    • Immunotherapy

    Research Description

    My overall theme of my lab is multi-scale immuno-engineering and we are designing materials and technology to exploit immunity for medicine. Two of the sub-projects are nano-structures to genetically engineer immune cells for cancer immunotherapy and biomaterial scaffolds as artificial lymph nodes.

    Research Videos

    Selected Publications

    (out of 32 publications)

    1. Andy Tay & Melosh, N. Transfection with nanostructured electro-injection is minimally perturbative. Advanced Therapeutics (2019).
    2. Andy Tay & Melosh, N. Nano-structured materials for intra-cellular cargo delivery. Accounts of Chemical Research (2019).
    3. Andy Tay, Sohrabi, A., Poole, K., Seidlitis, S. & Di Carlo, D. 3D magnetic hyaluronic acid hydrogels for magneto-mechanical stimulation of primary dorsal root ganglion root neurons. Advanced Materials (2018).
    4. Andy Tay & Di Carlo, D. Magnetic nanoparticle-based mechanical stimulation for restoration of mechano-sensitive ion channel equilibrium in neuronal networks. Nano Letters (2017).
    5. Andy Tay, Kunze, A., Murray, C. & Di Carlo, D. Induction of calcium influx in cortical neural networks by nano-magnetic forces. ACS Nano (2016).