Anne K Bendt
Deputy Director and Principal Investigator
Singapore Lipidomics Incubator (SLING), Life Sciences Institute
Tel: +65 6516 6683
Email: anne.bendt@nus.edu.sg

What are your present research interests?

Lipidomic tools and their applications, especially for development of biomarkers and diagnostics; Infectious Diseases; Translation & Commercialization; Operations

Do you have a distinctive viewpoint to your research?

I am driven by the prospect of translating the research findings of SLING into applications with impact outside of the laboratory, in particular in the areas of diagnostics.

What do you see as your future research directions?

1) Clinical applications of mass spectrometry for small molecules. 2) Robust workflows for applications in nutrition, skin health and additional areas with potential for commercialisation.

Does your laboratory have a particularly strong research expertise?

SLING is a worldwide leading program for mass spectrometry-based analysis of lipids, i.e. lipidomics. We further have a strong focus on education, and mutually beneficial partnerships with collaborating parties from academia and industry.

Recent Publications

1. Bendt AK, Mir SA, Maier AB, Goh J, Low IC, Lee JK, Koh AS, Wenk MR, Adamski J. Lessons from the Singapore cohorts showcase symposium—open call for collaborations. Eur J Epidemiol. 2023 Apr 29:1-3. (IF 13.6)
2. Chen L, Mir SA, Bendt AK, Chua EW, Narasimhan K, Tan KM, Loy SL, Tan KH, Shek LP, Chan J, Yap F. Plasma lipidomic profiling reveals metabolic adaptations to pregnancy and signatures of cardiometabolic risk: a preconception and longitudinal cohort study. BMC medicine. 2023 Dec;21(1):1-24.
3. Selvalatchmanan J, Wenk MR, Bendt AK. Lipidomics in Clinical Diagnostics. Mass Spectrometry for Lipidomics: Methods and Applications. 2023 Mar 20;2:557-84
4. Vogeser M & Bendt AK. From research cohorts to the patient – a role for “omics” in diagnostics and laboratory medicine? Clin Chem Lab Med 2023. PMID: 36592431
5. Vvedenskaya O, Holčapek M, Vogeser M, Ekroos K, Meikle PJ, Bendt AK. Clinical lipidomics – A community-driven roadmap to translate research into clinical applications. J Mass Spectrom Adv Clin Lab. 2022. PMID: 35199094
6. Burla B, Arita M, Arita M, Bendt AK, Cazenave-Gassiot A, Dennis EA, Ekroos K, Han X, Ikeda K, Liebisch G, Lin MK, Loh TP, Meikle PJ, Orešič M, Quehenberger O, Shevchenko A, Torta F, Wakelam MJO, Wheelock CE, Wenk MR. MS-based lipidomics of human blood plasma – a community-initiated position paper to develop accepted guidelines. J Lipid Res. 2018;59:2001-2017