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
editSit 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
editSit was instrumental in the development of the New Life Science Undergraduate Curriculum, and was awarded the Emeritus Professorship in 2008.[5]
Research
editSit 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
editSit is married to a clinician and has two children.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Academic Staff - Biochemistry, NUS Medicine".
- ^ "Teaching Biochemistry to Medical Students in Singapore – From Organic Chemistry to Problem-based Learning" (PDF).
- ^ a b c "Tea and Mitochondria". 2016-04-27.
- ^ "List of Emeritus Professors".
- ^ "Newshub - NUS' News Portal".
- ^ Mok, J.S.L.; Hutchinson, J.S. (1990). "Brain phenolsulfotransferase (PST) activity in spontaneously hypertensive and normotensive rats" (PDF). Biogenic Amines. 7 (5): 475–481. 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.