Eliza Fong

Research Interest

• Biomaterials
• Tumor Microenvironment
• Three-Dimensional Tumor Models
• Drug Testing

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Rice University (2010 — 2015)
• Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) National University of Singapore (2005 — 2009)

Companies

• Assistant Professor National University of Singapore (2019)
• Senior Tutor National University of Singapore (2017)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow National University of Singapore (2015 — 2017)
• Graduate Student Rice University (2010 — 2015)
• Teaching Assistant National University of Singapore (2009 — 2015)

Selected Awards & Honour

• SLAS 2020 Tony B. Academic Travel Award (2020)
• L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship Runner-Up (2019)
• Singapore Women’s Weekly, one of 18 Great Women of Our Time, Science and Technology category (2018)
• NUS Early Career Award (2017)
• BioScience Research Collaborative, Collaborative Shared Prize (2014)
• Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering Travel Grant (2014)
• Society of Biomaterials STAR Award (2013)
• Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering Travel Grant (2013)
• Cancer Biology Training Consortium (CABTRAC) Invited Participant (2013)
• Rice Bioengineering Department Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2012)
• Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering Travel Grant (2012)
• National University of Singapore-Overseas Graduate Scholarship
• Faculty of Engineering Dean’s List

Selected Journal Publications

Too N, Ho N, Adine C, Iyer NG, Fong EL, Hot or Cold: Bioengineering Immune Contextures into In vitro Tumor Models, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2021 Aug;175:113791

Tang L, Zaseela A, Toh C, Adine C, Aydar O, Iyer NG, Fong EL, Engineering Stromal Heterogeneity in Cancer, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2021 Aug;175:113817

Fernando K, Kwang LG, Lim J, Fong EL*, Hydrogels to Engineer the Tumor Microenvironment In Vitro, Biomaterials Science, 2021 Apr 7;9(7):2362-2383 *invited article for Biomaterials Science Emerging Investigators 2021

Luo X, Fong EL*, Zhu C, Lin XXQ, Xiong M, Li A, Li T, Benoukraf T, Yu H, Liu S, Development of patient-derived colorectal cancer organoid models incorporating cancer-associated fibroblasts, Acta Biomaterialia, 2020 Sep 15;132:461-472 *co-corresponding and co-first author

Fong EL*, Toh TB, Lin X, Liu Z, Nurrul Abdullah L, Mohd Abdul Rashid Masturah Bte, Benoukraf T, Chow E, Huynh H, Yu H, Generation of Matched Patient-Derived Xenograft In Vitro-In Vivo Models using 3D Macroporous Hydrogels for the Study of Liver Cancer, Biomaterials, 2018 Mar;159:229-240 *corresponding author

Fong EL, Wan XH, Yang J, Morgado M, Mikos AG, Harrington DA, Navone NM, Farach-Carson MC, A 3D in vitro model of patient-derived prostate cancer xenograft for controlled interrogation of in vivo tumor-stromal interactions, Biomaterials, 2016 Jan; 77:164-172

Pan T, Fong EL, Martinez M, Harrington DA, Lin S-H, Farach-Carson MC, Satcher R, Three-dimensional (3D) culture of bone-derived human 786-O renal cell carcinoma retains relevant clinical characteristics of bone metastases, Cancer Letters, 2015 Aug 28; 365(1):89-95

Fong EL, Martinez M, Yang J, Mikos AG, Kasper FK, Harrington DA, Farach-Carson MC, Hydrogel-based 3D model of patient-derived prostate xenograft tumors suitable for drug screening, Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2014 Apr; 11(7):2040-2050

Fong EL, Lamhamedi-Cherradi SE, Burdett E, Ramamoorthy V, Lazar AJ, Kasper FK, Farach-Carson MC, Vishwamitra D, Demicco EG, Menegaz BA, Amin HM, Mikos AG, Ludwig JA, Modeling Ewing Sarcoma Tumors in vitro with 3D scaffolds, Proc Natl Acad Sci (PNAS) USA,2013 Apr; 110(16):6500-5