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Singapore
2025
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Singapore
2024

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Molecular Biology

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2014 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Philip W. Ingham is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Their research spans primarily the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Medicine. The scientist's focus includes significant contributions in Molecular Biology and Genetics, alongside studies related to Rheumatology and Epidemiology.

Their work investigates key topics such as:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
  • Heterotopic Ossification and Related Conditions
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting

Philip W. Ingham has published extensively in several venues, including:

  • Disease Models & Mechanisms
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • Autophagy
  • PLoS Pathogens

Recent significant papers include:

  • "Hedgehog signaling" (2022) in Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • "Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: current concepts from bench to bedside" (2020) in Disease Models & Mechanisms
  • "Neutrophils use selective autophagy receptor Sqstm1/p62 to target Staphylococcus aureus for degradation in vivo in zebrafish" (2020) in Autophagy
  • "Blood vessel occlusion by Cryptococcus neoformans is a mechanism for haemorrhagic dissemination of infection" (2022) in PLoS Pathogens
  • "Musculoskeletal regeneration: A zebrafish perspective" (2021) in Biochimie

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Arun-Kumar Kaliya-Perumal
  • Thomas J. Carney
  • Zhonghua Zhao
  • Josie F. Gibson
  • Stephen A. Renshaw

Philip W. Ingham has been recognized by several professional organizations. They are a Fellow of the Royal Society of the United Kingdom since 2002 and a Member of Academia Europaea since 2014. They are also a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom and a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Hedgehog signaling in animal development: paradigms and principles.

    Philip W. Ingham;Andrew P. McMahon

  • A functionally conserved homolog of the Drosophila segment polarity gene hh is expressed in tissues with polarizing activity in zebrafish embryos

    S. Krauss;J.-P. Concordet;P.W. Ingham

  • The molecular genetics of embryonic pattern formation in Drosophila

    Ingham Pw

  • A transgenic zebrafish model of neutrophilic inflammation.

    Stephen A. Renshaw;Catherine A. Loynes;Daniel M.I. Trushell;Stone Elworthy

  • Developmental roles and clinical significance of hedgehog signaling.

    Andrew P McMahon;Philip W Ingham;Clifford J Tabin

  • Elephant shark genome provides unique insights into gnathostome evolution

    Byrappa Venkatesh;Byrappa Venkatesh;Alison P. Lee;Vydianathan Ravi;Ashish K. Maurya

  • Groucho is required for Drosophila neurogenesis, segmentation, and sex determination and interacts directly with hairy-related bHLH proteins

    Paroush Z;Finley Rl;Kidd T;Wainwright Sm

  • Mechanisms and functions of Hedgehog signalling across the metazoa

    Philip W. Ingham;Yoshiro Nakano;Claudia Seger

  • Transducing Hedgehog: the story so far

    P. W. Ingham

  • Transcriptional activation of hedgehog target genes in Drosophila is mediated directly by the cubitus interruptus protein, a member of the GLI family of zinc finger DNA-binding proteins.

    C Alexandre;A Jacinto;P W Ingham

  • Role of the Drosophila patched gene in positional signalling

    P. W. Ingham;A. M. Taylor;Y. Nakano

  • Role of segment polarity genes in the definition and maintenance of cell states in the Drosophila embryo

    A Martinez Arias;N E Baker;P W Ingham

  • Smoothened encodes a receptor-like serpentine protein required for hedgehog signalling

    Marcel van den Heuvel;Philip W. Ingham

  • Isolation, structure, and expression of even-skipped: A second pair-rule gene of Drosophila containing a homeo box

    Paul M. Macdonald;Phil Ingham;Gary Struhl

  • Notochord induction of zebrafish slow muscle mediated by Sonic hedgehog

    Chris S. Blagden;Peter D. Currie;Philip W. Ingham;Philip W. Ingham;Simon M. Hughes

  • A protein with several possible membrane-spanning domains encoded by the Drosophila segment polarity gene patched.

    Y. Nakano;I. Guerrero;A. Hidalgo;A. Taylor

  • HEDGEHOG IS REQUIRED FOR THE PROLIFERATION AND SPECIFICATION OF OVARIAN SOMATIC CELLS PRIOR TO EGG CHAMBER FORMATION IN DROSOPHILA

    Alexandria J. Forbes;Haifan Lin;Philip W. Ingham;Allan C. Spradling

  • SPATIAL REGULATION OF A ZEBRAFISH PATCHED HOMOLOGUE REFLECTS THE ROLES OF SONIC HEDGEHOG AND PROTEIN KINASE A IN NEURAL TUBE AND SOMITE PATTERNING

    Jean Paul Concordet;Katharine E. Lewis;John W. Moore;Lisa V. Goodrich

  • Transcription pattern of the Drosophila segmentation gene hairy

    P. W. Ingham;K. R. Howard;D. Ish-Horowicz

  • Axial, a zebrafish gene expressed along the developing body axis, shows altered expression in cyclops mutant embryos.

    U Strähle;P Blader;D Henrique;P W Ingham

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen A. Renshaw
Stephen A. Renshaw University of Sheffield
Sudipto Roy
Sudipto Roy Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Moira K. B. Whyte
Moira K. B. Whyte University of Edinburgh
Peter D. Currie
Peter D. Currie Monash University
Byrappa Venkatesh
Byrappa Venkatesh Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Uwe Strähle
Uwe Strähle Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Tomas Marques-Bonet
Tomas Marques-Bonet Pompeu Fabra University
Stefan Schulte-Merker
Stefan Schulte-Merker University of Münster
Wesley C. Warren
Wesley C. Warren University of Missouri
Sydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner Agency for Science, Technology and Research

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