Patrick Tan Boon Ooi

Prof. Patrick Tan's research focuses on developing genomic approaches to unlock the molecular and clinical diversity of gastric cancer (aka stomach cancer)- a leading cause of global cancer mortality.

Education

PhD, Stanford University

MD, Stanford University

B.A (summa cum laude), Harvard University

Awards

Charles Yanofsky prize for Most Outstanding Graduate Thesis in Physics, Biology or Chemistry.
President’s Scholarship
Loke Cheng Kim scholarship
Young Scientist Award (A-STAR)
Singapore Youth Award
Chen New Investigator Award (Human Genome Organization)
President’s Science Award
Japanese Cancer Association International Award
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Team Science Award as Team Leader

Selected publications

Tay ST, Leong SH, Yu K, Aggarwal A, Tan SY, Lee CH, Wong K, Visvanathan J, Lim D, Wong WK, Soo KC, Kon OL, Tan P. A combined comparative genomic hybridization and expression microarray analysis of gastric cancer reveals novel molecular subtypes. Cancer Res. 2003 Jun 15;63(12):3309-16. PMID: 12810664.

Tan IB, Ivanova T, Lim KH, Ong CW, Deng N, Lee J, Tan SH, Wu J, Lee MH, Ooi CH, Rha SY, Wong WK, Boussioutas A, Yeoh KG, So J, Yong WP, Tsuburaya A, Grabsch H, Toh HC, Rozen S, Cheong JH, Noh SH, Wan WK, Ajani JA, Lee JS, Tellez MS, Tan P. Intrinsic subtypes of gastric cancer, based on gene expression pattern, predict survival and respond differently to chemotherapy. Gastroenterology. 2011 Aug;141(2):476-85, 485.e1-11. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.04.042. Epub 2011 Apr 28. PMID: 21684283; PMCID: PMC3152688.

Zang ZJ, Cutcutache I, Poon SL, Zhang SL, McPherson JR, Tao J, Rajasegaran V, Heng HL, Deng N, Gan A, Lim KH, Ong CK, Huang D, Chin SY, Tan IB, Ng CC, Yu W, Wu Y, Lee M, Wu J, Poh D, Wan WK, Rha SY, So J, Salto-Tellez M, Yeoh KG, Wong WK, Zhu YJ, Futreal PA, Pang B, Ruan Y, Hillmer AM, Bertrand D, Nagarajan N, Rozen S, Teh BT, Tan P. Exome sequencing of gastric adenocarcinoma identifies recurrent somatic mutations in cell adhesion and chromatin remodeling genes. Nat Genet. 2012 May;44(5):570-4. doi: 10.1038/ng.2246. PMID: 22484628.

Zouridis H, Deng N, Ivanova T, Zhu Y, Wong B, Huang D, Wu YH, Wu Y, Tan IB, Liem N, Gopalakrishnan V, Luo Q, Wu J, Lee M, Yong WP, Goh LK, Teh BT, Rozen S, Tan P. Methylation subtypes and large-scale epigenetic alterations in gastric cancer. Sci Transl Med. 2012 Oct 17;4(156):156ra140. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3004504. PMID: 23076357.

Qamra A, Xing M, Padmanabhan N, Kwok JJT, Zhang S, Xu C, Leong YS, Lee Lim AP, Tang Q, Ooi WF, Suling Lin J, Nandi T, Yao X, Ong X, Lee M, Tay ST, Keng ATL, Gondo Santoso E, Ng CCY, Ng A, Jusakul A, Smoot D, Ashktorab H, Rha SY, Yeoh KG, Peng Yong W, Chow PKH, Chan WH, Ong HS, Soo KC, Kim KM, Wong WK, Rozen SG, Teh BT, Kappei D, Lee J, Connolly J, Tan P. Epigenomic Promoter Alterations Amplify Gene Isoform and Immunogenic Diversity in Gastric Adenocarcinoma. Cancer Discov. 2017 Jun;7(6):630-651. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-16-1022. Epub 2017 Mar 20. PMID: 28320776.

For more publications, please visit:
https://www.csi.nus.edu.sg/web/patrick-tan/