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Awarded Projects of Third NRF-NSFC Joint Grant Call

The National Research Foundation, Prime Minister's Office, Singapore and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding in November 2015 to explore collaboration through joint grant calls.

The third joint call addressed two topics of mutual interest, i.e. synthetic biology and earth science. The selected projects from the third call are listed below.

NRF-NSFC Joint Grant Call (Synthetic Biology)

No	Project Title	Principal Investigators
1	Synthetic biology via engineering enzymes and cascade reactions: Efficient production of valuable hydroxy fatty acids and lactones from fatty acids	Zhi Li, National University of Singapore Yan Feng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2	Identify essential genes to construct a functional unfolded protein response programme using synthetic biology	Guillaume Thibault, Nanyang Technological University Yingjin Yuan, Tianjin University
3	Synthetic biology-driven smart virus sensors for prevention and control of emerging zoonotic viral diseases	Linfa Wang, Duke-NUS Medical School Haifeng Ye, East China Normal University
4	Metabolic engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica for efficient lactones production	Uttam Surana, Agency for Science, Technology and Research Xueli Zhang, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

NRF-NSFC Joint Grant Call (Earth Science)

No	Project Title	Principal Investigators
1	Persistence and removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria/genes in drinking water and pipeline biofilm	Jiangyong Hu, National University of Singapore Xin Yu, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2	Sinkhole risk assessment for tunnelling in complex geological conditions using big data analysis	Fook Hou Lee, National University of Singapore Dianqing Li, Wuhan University
3	Development of thermal-aerodynamic models for local climate zones	Nyuk Hien Wong, National University of Singapore Zhaolin Gu, Xi'an Jiaotong University
4	Evaluating unrest and potential hazards at Changbaishan Volcano, China	Susanna Jenkins, Nanyang Technological University Jiandong Xu, Institute of Geology,China Earthquake Administration
5	Probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment in South China Sea region - Quantification of aleatory and epistemic uncertainties	Philip Liu, National University of Singapore Hua Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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