Biography:Sit Kim Ping
Sit Kim Ping is a Singaporean biochemist and an Emeritus Professor at the Department of Biochemistry at the National University of Singapore.[1] She was the Head of the Department of Biochemistry (part of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine) from 1996 to 2000.[2]
Early life
Sit was born in 1941 and attended Tanjong Katong Girls' School.[3] She studied science at the National University of Singapore and obtained first-class honours when she graduated top of her class.[3] She obtained her PhD in biochemistry from McGill University.[4]
National University of Singapore
Sit was instrumental in the development of the New Life Science Undergraduate Curriculum, and was awarded the Emeritus Professorship in 2008.[5]
Research
Sit studied detoxification, namely the process of conjugation by which metabolic by-products are made soluble prior to excretion.[6] She also studied metabolism within cancer cells and found aerobic respiration within mitochondria in cancer cells, which contradicts the Warburg hypothesis.[7]
Personal life
Sit is married to a clinician and has two children.[3]
References
- ↑ "Academic Staff - Biochemistry, NUS Medicine". https://bch.nus.edu.sg/acad.htm.
- ↑ "Teaching Biochemistry to Medical Students in Singapore – From Organic Chemistry to Problem-based Learning". http://annals.edu.sg/pdf/34VolNo6200506/V34N6p79C.pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Tea and Mitochondria". 2016-04-27. https://www.asianscientist.com/2016/04/features/sg50-pioneer-sit-kim-ping-tea-mitochondria/.
- ↑ "List of Emeritus Professors". http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/administrative-policies/university-statutes-and-regulations/list-of-emeritus-professors.html.
- ↑ "Newshub - NUS' News Portal". http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/ke/0805/articles/pg02.php.
- ↑ Mok, J.S.L.; Hutchinson, J.S. (1990). "Brain phenolsulfotransferase (PST) activity in spontaneously hypertensive and normotensive rats.". Biogenic Amines 7 (5): 475–481. http://repository.um.edu.my/14258/1/Biogenic%20Amines%201990.pdf. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
- ↑ Lim, H.Y.; Yip, Y.M. (2015). "Metabolic signatures of renal cell carcinoma.". Biochem Biophys Res Commun 460 (4): 938–43. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.03.130. PMID 25839656.
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