Mei Bigliardi-Qi, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology

Contact Info
Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology
PhD, Biological Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Summary
Awards & Recognition
International Global 3R's Award IQ Consortium and AAALAC (Association for Assessment and Accreditation, of Laboratory Animal Care International) A*STAR Patent Power Award (IMB Singapore) Dedicated Service Award Biomedical Science Institutes A*STAR Women in Science Award, University of Lausanne Roche Prize 2003 of the Swiss Dermatology Society Annual Meeting USPA Pain Institute Switzerland 2002 Pain Award, 70th Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Internal Medicine Nominated Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize
Research
Research Summary/Interests
- Neruo-immuno Interface Lab
Patents
1. Developing Novel Non-Toxic, Non-Allergenic p-phenylenediamine Analogues for Hair Dyes and Temporary Tattoos, ILO (NUS) #2017-101. Filing Date: 2018
Inventors: Pastorin G, Bigliardi PL, Valiyaveettil S, Venkatesan G, Sinha A, Dancik YH, Bigliardi-Qi M
2. Systems and Methods for analyzing cutaneous conditions, applicant Ref JAT/AS/sng/17004948, application No. Filing Date: August 2018
Massey JM, Alam SH, Bigliardi PL, Bigliardi-Qi M
3. Thin Film Deposited Inorganic Metal Oxide as a Selective Substrate for Mammalian Cell Culture, ILO (NUS) #15151N-US/PRV, ETPL (A*STAR) #IMB/Z/09. Filing Date: October 11, 2017
Dykas Michal Marcin, Poddar Kingshuk, Thirumalai Venky Venkatesan, Krishnan Kutty Viknish, Bigliardi Paul, Bigliardi Mei
4. Microfluidic chip system for standardized, reliable and high-throughput screening and analysis, IMB/Z/09559 2017. Filing Date: August 2017
Bigliardi PL, Wang Z, Wu R, Alberti M, Wu B, Bigliardi-Qi M, Gopu S, Ramasami S, Dancik Y
5. Specific targeting of melanocytes and melanoma cells by photodynamic therapy using ligated photosensitizers directed against MC-1 receptors, ETPL (A*STAR) #IMB/P/09104/00/SG, 10201506686W. Filing Date: August 24, 2015
Inventors: Paul Lorenz Bigliardi; Mei Bigliardi-Qi; Brandon Burkett, Bhimsen Rout, Aakansha Pant
6. Multi-spectral calibrated light source for long term cell culture study, ETPL (A*STAR) #10201501747P; IMB/P/08796/00/SG; IL. Filing Date: June 3, 2015
Paul Lorenz Bigliardi (IMB); CHUA Soo Jin (NUS; IMRE); TAY Chuan Beng (NUS); WANG Ben Zhong (IMRE); Mei Bigliardi-QI (IMB)
7. Use of selective delta-opioid receptor Modifiers and specific sensory receptor ligands, PCT/SG2014/000025. Filing Date: February 2014
Inventors: Bigliardi-Qi M and Bigliardi PL
Publications
Ho, B. S., Vaz, C., Ramasamy, S., Chew, E. G., Mohamed, J. S., Jaffar, H., Hillmer, A., Tanavde, V., Bigliardi-Qi, M., & Bigliardi, P. L. (2019). Progressive expression of PPARGC1? is associated with hair miniaturization in androgenetic alopecia. Scientific Reports, 9(1).doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43998-7 I |
Sriram, G., Bigliardi, P. L., & Bigliardi-Qi, M. (2019). Full-thickness human skin equivalent models of atopic dermatitis. Methods Mol Biol, 1879, 367-383.doi: 10.1007/7651_2018_163 |
Ho, B. S., Ho, E. X., Chu, C. W., Ramasamy, S., Bigliardi-Qi, M., de Sessions, P. F., & Bigliardi, P. L. (2019). Microbiome in the hair follicle of androgenetic alopecia patients. PloS one, 14(5), e0216330.doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216330 |
Sriram, G., Alberti, M., Dancik, Y., Wu, B., Wu, R., Feng, Z., Ramasamy, S., Bigliardi, P. L., Bigliardi-Qi, M., & Wang, Z. (2018). Full-thickness human skin-on-chip with enhanced epidermal morphogenesis and barrier function. Materials Today, 21(4), 326-340.doi: 10.1016/j.mattod.2017.11.002 |
Dancik, Y., Sriram, G., Rout, B., Zou, Y., Bigliardi-Qi, M., & Bigliardi, P. L. (2018). Physical and compositional analysis of differently cultured 3D human skin equivalents by confocal Raman spectroscopy. Analyst, 143(5), 1065-1076.doi: 10.1039/c7an01675a |