Biography • Principal Investigator
Guillaume Thibault is an Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator of the Lipid Regulation and Cell Stress Laboratory at the School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is also an Adjunct Principal Investigator at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Toronto, Canada in 2007 and subsequently he carried out a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Davis Ng at the Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore. During that time, Guillaume research was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship and the Singapore Millennium Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship. In 2013, Guillaume received The Elite Nanyang Assistant Professorship Award when joining Nanyang Technological University to establish his independent research group. Guillaume is an expert on cellular stress responses in the context of lipid bilayer stress. His research group mostly focus on elucidating the role of the endoplasmic reticulum in sensing and maintaining lipid and protein homeostasis in the context of metabolic diseases and aging.
Guillaume THIBAULT, PhD
Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator
School of Biological Sciences
Nanyang Technological University
60 Nanyang Drive, SBS-03n-27
Singapore 637551
Tel +65 6592 1787
thibault@ntu.edu.sg
Twitter @Guillou76
Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator
School of Biological Sciences
Nanyang Technological University
60 Nanyang Drive, SBS-03n-27
Singapore 637551
Tel +65 6592 1787
thibault@ntu.edu.sg
Twitter @Guillou76
Employment History
2013-curr • Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
2019-curr • Adjunct Principal Investigator, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), A*STAR, Singapore
2008-2013 • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore
2004-2006 • Treasurer (elected position), Graduate Students’ Union (GSU), University of Toronto, Canada
1996-2000 • Research Technician, INRS – Institut Armand-Frappier, Université of Québec, Canada
2019-curr • Adjunct Principal Investigator, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), A*STAR, Singapore
2008-2013 • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore
2004-2006 • Treasurer (elected position), Graduate Students’ Union (GSU), University of Toronto, Canada
1996-2000 • Research Technician, INRS – Institut Armand-Frappier, Université of Québec, Canada
Academic Qualifications
2013 • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore
2007 • Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Canada
2002 • B.Sc. in Biochemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
1999 • Diploma in Analytical Chemistry, Collège Ahuntsic, Canada
2007 • Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Canada
2002 • B.Sc. in Biochemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
1999 • Diploma in Analytical Chemistry, Collège Ahuntsic, Canada
Publications
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ORCID 0000-0002-7926-4812 Profile
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Funding and Awards
2021-2026 • MOE AcRF Tier 3 2020, Endomembrane System Dynamics, Architecture, and Functions in Aging Cells and Tissues, Team PI. S$ TBD
2021-2025 • NMRC OF-IRG November 2019 Grant Call, Targeting Host-Pathogen Synergy in Wound Infection, Lead PI. S$ 1,250,000
2020-2022 • MOE AcRF Tier 1 September 2019 Grant Call, Adaptor protein WDFY3 is neuroprotective by counteracting age-mediated decline in proteostasis, Lead PI. S$ 198,517
2019-2022 • 3rd NRF-NSFC Grant Call, Identify essential genes to construct a functional unfolded protein response programme using synthetic biology, Lead PI. S$ 499,836
2019-2021 • NTU EdeX Grant, Improving student learning using open-ended question assessment with machine learning-driven immediate feedback, Lead PI. S$ 39,100
2018-2021 • MOE AcRF Tier 2 February 2018 Grant Call, Characterising the anti-aging role of the UPR from high glucose diet, Lead PI. S$ 881,924
2016-2018 • MOE, AcRF Tier 1 Grant, Elucidating Exosomes Biogenesis and Uptake in Cancer Progression, Lead PI. S$ 150,000
2016-2018 • MOE AcRF Tier 1 Grant, Catalytic Synthesis and Metabolism of Site-Specific Deuterated Essential Fatty Acids, Lead PI. S$ 100,000
2015-2016 • MOE AcRF Tier 1 Grant, From Dietary Excess to Neurodegeneration: Finding the Missing Links in Vesicular Autophagy Transport, Degradation, and Stress, Lead PI. S$ 100,000
2013-2016 • The Elite Nanyang Assistant Professorship Award 2013, Nanyang Technological University. S$ 1,000,000
2009-2011 • Singapore Millennium Foundation Post-Doctoral Award (competitive fellowship). S$ 160,000
2006-2007 • Fonds de Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies du Québec Graduate Scholarship. C$ 21,000
2006 • David A. Scott Award, Department of Biochemistry – University of Toronto (DB-UofT). Best all-round Graduate Student. C$ 500
2004-2006 • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS D), Doctoral research. C$ 42,000
2004 • Bradley Pett Graduate Award for academic excellence, DB-UofT. C$ 2,500
2004 • Beckman Coulter Award for best first-author publication, DB-UofT. C$ 500
2003 • 3rd place poster award (M.Sc. category), DB-UofT.
2002-2004 • NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS A), Master research. C$ 42,000
2002 • NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, UofT. C$ 4,500
2002 • Boehringer Ingelheim Award in biochemistry for academic excellence, UQAM Foundation. C$ 500
2021-2025 • NMRC OF-IRG November 2019 Grant Call, Targeting Host-Pathogen Synergy in Wound Infection, Lead PI. S$ 1,250,000
2020-2022 • MOE AcRF Tier 1 September 2019 Grant Call, Adaptor protein WDFY3 is neuroprotective by counteracting age-mediated decline in proteostasis, Lead PI. S$ 198,517
2019-2022 • 3rd NRF-NSFC Grant Call, Identify essential genes to construct a functional unfolded protein response programme using synthetic biology, Lead PI. S$ 499,836
2019-2021 • NTU EdeX Grant, Improving student learning using open-ended question assessment with machine learning-driven immediate feedback, Lead PI. S$ 39,100
2018-2021 • MOE AcRF Tier 2 February 2018 Grant Call, Characterising the anti-aging role of the UPR from high glucose diet, Lead PI. S$ 881,924
2016-2018 • MOE, AcRF Tier 1 Grant, Elucidating Exosomes Biogenesis and Uptake in Cancer Progression, Lead PI. S$ 150,000
2016-2018 • MOE AcRF Tier 1 Grant, Catalytic Synthesis and Metabolism of Site-Specific Deuterated Essential Fatty Acids, Lead PI. S$ 100,000
2015-2016 • MOE AcRF Tier 1 Grant, From Dietary Excess to Neurodegeneration: Finding the Missing Links in Vesicular Autophagy Transport, Degradation, and Stress, Lead PI. S$ 100,000
2013-2016 • The Elite Nanyang Assistant Professorship Award 2013, Nanyang Technological University. S$ 1,000,000
2009-2011 • Singapore Millennium Foundation Post-Doctoral Award (competitive fellowship). S$ 160,000
2006-2007 • Fonds de Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies du Québec Graduate Scholarship. C$ 21,000
2006 • David A. Scott Award, Department of Biochemistry – University of Toronto (DB-UofT). Best all-round Graduate Student. C$ 500
2004-2006 • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS D), Doctoral research. C$ 42,000
2004 • Bradley Pett Graduate Award for academic excellence, DB-UofT. C$ 2,500
2004 • Beckman Coulter Award for best first-author publication, DB-UofT. C$ 500
2003 • 3rd place poster award (M.Sc. category), DB-UofT.
2002-2004 • NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS A), Master research. C$ 42,000
2002 • NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, UofT. C$ 4,500
2002 • Boehringer Ingelheim Award in biochemistry for academic excellence, UQAM Foundation. C$ 500
Teaching
BS1007 Molecular and Cell Biology I • Lecturer
BS3022 Protein Trafficking • Course Coordinator
BS3340 Science of aging and life extension in C. elegans • Course Coordinator
BS3022 Protein Trafficking • Course Coordinator
BS3340 Science of aging and life extension in C. elegans • Course Coordinator
Service and Committees
2019-curr • Coordinator, Graduate Student Seminar Series, School of Biological Sciences, NTU.
2019 • International Meeting Session Organizer and Chair, ASCB│EMBO 2019 Meeting, subgroup session Lipids and Proteins in the Secretory Pathway - Homeostasis and Stress, Washington, DC, USA.
2018-2019 • Editor for the Research Topic "Connections to Membrane Trafficking Where you Least Expect Them: Diseases, Dynamics, Diet and Distance" in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology and Frontiers in Physiology
2017-curr • International Scientific Program Committee Member, Asia-Pacific Worm Meeting, Seoul, South Korea (2018); Taipei, Taiwan (2020 cancelled due to COVID-19; postponed to 2022).
2017 • International Meeting Session Organizer and Chair, ASCB│EMBO 2017 Meeting, subgroup session The Intersection of Lipids and Proteins in the Secretory Pathway, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
2015 • International Meeting Session Organizer and Chair, ASCB Annual Meeting 2015, subgroup session Dynamic Interplay between Lipids, Curvatures, and Diseases of Biological Membranes, San Diego, CA, USA.
2010-2013 • F1000 Associate Faculty Member. Regularly contributing evaluation of papers published in biological sciences to the Faculty of 1000 Biology.
2019 • International Meeting Session Organizer and Chair, ASCB│EMBO 2019 Meeting, subgroup session Lipids and Proteins in the Secretory Pathway - Homeostasis and Stress, Washington, DC, USA.
2018-2019 • Editor for the Research Topic "Connections to Membrane Trafficking Where you Least Expect Them: Diseases, Dynamics, Diet and Distance" in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology and Frontiers in Physiology
2017-curr • International Scientific Program Committee Member, Asia-Pacific Worm Meeting, Seoul, South Korea (2018); Taipei, Taiwan (2020 cancelled due to COVID-19; postponed to 2022).
2017 • International Meeting Session Organizer and Chair, ASCB│EMBO 2017 Meeting, subgroup session The Intersection of Lipids and Proteins in the Secretory Pathway, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
2015 • International Meeting Session Organizer and Chair, ASCB Annual Meeting 2015, subgroup session Dynamic Interplay between Lipids, Curvatures, and Diseases of Biological Membranes, San Diego, CA, USA.
2010-2013 • F1000 Associate Faculty Member. Regularly contributing evaluation of papers published in biological sciences to the Faculty of 1000 Biology.